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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
Is there a way to determine the correct weight for a cat?
This is a large long-haired cat, taken over as a stray. The hair is so long that you can't get near enough to its body to see if you can feel its ribs. With humans you can use BMI - but is there a cat equivalent? It weighs 6.1 kg - but has enormous paws - which makes me think it probably should be big. Is there a reliable way of knowing for certain? -- Chris |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
Your vet should be able to tell you. My guy is approx 9lbs and the vet
said he is a bit overweight. I can feel his spine, but not his ribs. Good Luck Danielle On Dec 14, 4:17 am, Chris ] wrote: Is there a way to determine the correct weight for a cat? This is a large long-haired cat, taken over as a stray. The hair is so long that you can't get near enough to its body to see if you can feel its ribs. With humans you can use BMI - but is there a cat equivalent? It weighs 6.1 kg - but has enormous paws - which makes me think it probably should be big. Is there a reliable way of knowing for certain? -- Chris |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
"Chris" ] wrote in message news Is there a way to determine the correct weight for a cat? This is a large long-haired cat, taken over as a stray. The hair is so long that you can't get near enough to its body to see if you can feel its ribs. With humans you can use BMI - but is there a cat equivalent? It weighs 6.1 kg - but has enormous paws - which makes me think it probably should be big. Is there a reliable way of knowing for certain? See if this helps: http://maxshouse.com/nutrition/Body_...stem-Chart.jpg Phil |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
Phil P. wrote: See if this helps: http://maxshouse.com/nutrition/Body_...stem-Chart.jpg Phil Thanks Phil. Someone asked me the same question a few days, so I found it very interesting.You are full of information you know! S. |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
"Chris" ] wrote in message news Is there a way to determine the correct weight for a cat? This is a large long-haired cat, taken over as a stray. The hair is so long that you can't get near enough to its body to see if you can feel its ribs. With humans you can use BMI - but is there a cat equivalent? It weighs 6.1 kg - but has enormous paws - which makes me think it probably should be big. Is there a reliable way of knowing for certain? -- Ask your vet to be sure. Also, to make sure he is not too thin, when you pet his back, you should be able to feel his backbone but not the individual vertebrae. |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:48:25 GMT, "cybercat" wrote:
Ask your vet to be sure. Also, to make sure he is not too thin, when you pet his back, you should be able to feel his backbone but not the individual vertebrae. Levi is WAY too skinny, despite eating like a pig (and definitely being parasite free). I can SEE his vertibrae. Otherwise he looks great - very bright eyes, soft, silky fur, tons of energy. Idiot vet had nothing to say about it, good or bad. Levi hasn't seen the new vet, yet, but will in early January. He is about 5 months old, and I don't recall any of my other 3 males being this thin ever. Is this a symptom of having FHV?? -- Lynne |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
"Lynne" wrote in message . 97.142... on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:48:25 GMT, "cybercat" wrote: Ask your vet to be sure. Also, to make sure he is not too thin, when you pet his back, you should be able to feel his backbone but not the individual vertebrae. Levi is WAY too skinny, despite eating like a pig (and definitely being parasite free). I can SEE his vertibrae. Otherwise he looks great - very bright eyes, soft, silky fur, tons of energy. Idiot vet had nothing to say about it, good or bad. Levi hasn't seen the new vet, yet, but will in early January. He is about 5 months old, and I don't recall any of my other 3 males being this thin ever. Is this a symptom of having FHV?? -- Oh, God, Lynne, I don't know, but don't even think that about Levi. What exactly did Idiot Vet do? |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:45:47 GMT, "cybercat" wrote:
Oh, God, Lynne, I don't know, but don't even think that about Levi. What exactly did Idiot Vet do? Well Levi does have FHV. Idiot vet just wanted to dose him with constant rounds of antibiotics, which is *never* a good idea. Levi's outbreaks come frequently, but also pass frequently and with no sign of infection in months. So unless and until that changes, he is only getting L-lysine supplements (and lots of suckling, hehe). Idiot vet agreed that Levi is underweight, but said that since he is growing, looks so good (other than being so thin) and has beyond normal energy, not to worry. I am not worrying, except of course when I think about it... -- Lynne |
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How to tell the correct weight for a cat?
"Lynne" wrote in message . 97.142... on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:45:47 GMT, "cybercat" wrote: Oh, God, Lynne, I don't know, but don't even think that about Levi. What exactly did Idiot Vet do? Well Levi does have FHV. Ohh, I had missed that for some reason. Poor baby. |
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FHV Question
I posted this in another thread, but thought I'd repost with the new
subject. Does FHV cause cats to be underweight? on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:41:23 GMT, Lynne wrote: Levi is WAY too skinny, despite eating like a pig (and definitely being parasite free). I can SEE his vertibrae. Otherwise he looks great - very bright eyes, soft, silky fur, tons of energy. Idiot vet had nothing to say about it, good or bad. Levi hasn't seen the new vet, yet, but will in early January. He is about 5 months old, and I don't recall any of my other 3 males being this thin ever. Is this a symptom of having FHV?? -- Lynne |
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