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Is Exercise Enough?
"Claude V. Lucas" wrote in message
... In article 5c5484226c00a@uwe, NanCe via CatKB.com u18214@uwe wrote: Sammy is my little chubby. She is a rescue like my other cats, but by looks and temperment I'd have to say she has 99.99999% Maine Coon in her ancestry. She is *huge* over all (here is a picture of her with 7.5 pound Jessie: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Jessie17/ - here is a closer picture of her: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy28/, or: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy26/, or: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Squirrel/). She's tall enough to stand on my kitchen floor put her front paws on my counter top! She is so cute! Maybe it's just me but she doesn't look that big to me, maybe because she's lying down(?) although she is only 2 years old and as you said, could get bigger in the years to come. I know it's really tough when you have more than one cat to feed. I had the same problem - one of my cats was 7 lbs while the other was 14 lbs. So I would pick up the food so the 14 lb wouldn't eat all day but then I worried about the 7 lb one not getting enough calories so after awhile I quit picking up the food. It is 14 years later and my 14 lb girl is still 14 lbs but is okay - no diabetes or heart disease (thank goodness). I think that some cats are always going to have weight problems and some are lucky and are slim (just like humans). When she was only 6 months old, she already had a hanging belly (we didn't overfeed her) but my 7 lb one was super slim at 6 months. She loves to play chase with me - we take turns chasing each other all through the house and up and down stairs (it's so cute that when it's her turn to chase me she taps me on the back of the legs with her paws as if to say, "You're it!". I can't do this as much as she would need to lose weight though, I get tired too fast (at 54, I can't outrun a kitten any more)! ; You know, this may be the thing that helps. My 14 lb one hardly ever exercised; I tried to get her to but she hated it. You're lucky your's likes it. Keep it up; don't let her become lazy as she gets older. NanCe -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200602/1 Pretty cat. I think Maine Coons can handle a bit of extra weight without being obese, although it's not at all a scientific opinion. Bubba's 23Lbs+ and from some angles looks like he swallowed a baseball, but he is very solid and not really flabby or anything. My occasional jokes aside he can move the bulk around the house at an amazing speed when he feels like it and has no problem jumping up on (my) stomach high surfaces. He doesn't get a lot of exercise other than 5 or 10 minutes of chasing a stuffed fish on a string once or twice a day. I've put him on a strict ration of Royal Canin MC Kibble in the amount recommended on the bag for weight reduction and he still seems to be growing. He's a rescue kitty too, so I don't really know how old he is. The shelter said 2-3 years, the vet said 2-5 years... Anybody know how to measure body fat on a cat? What *is* the proper body fat for a cat? Claude Not other than just by sight. Here is Purina's web site page on the subject: http://www.placervillevet.com/feline...0condition.htm According to this, Sammy would fall between 5 and 7 (leaning more towards a 7) - overweight, but not obese (yet!). Hugs, CatNipped |
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CatNipped wrote: "Claude V. Lucas" wrote in message .. . In article 5c5484226c00a@uwe, NanCe via CatKB.com u18214@uwe wrote: Sammy is my little chubby. She is a rescue like my other cats, but by looks and temperment I'd have to say she has 99.99999% Maine Coon in her ancestry. She is *huge* over all (here is a picture of her with 7.5 pound Jessie: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Jessie17/ - here is a closer picture of her: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy28/, or: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Sammy26/, or: http://www.possibleplaces.com/CatNipped/Squirrel/). She's tall enough to stand on my kitchen floor put her front paws on my counter top! She is so cute! Maybe it's just me but she doesn't look that big to me, maybe because she's lying down(?) although she is only 2 years old and as you said, could get bigger in the years to come. I know it's really tough when you have more than one cat to feed. I had the same problem - one of my cats was 7 lbs while the other was 14 lbs. So I would pick up the food so the 14 lb wouldn't eat all day but then I worried about the 7 lb one not getting enough calories so after awhile I quit picking up the food. It is 14 years later and my 14 lb girl is still 14 lbs but is okay - no diabetes or heart disease (thank goodness). I think that some cats are always going to have weight problems and some are lucky and are slim (just like humans). When she was only 6 months old, she already had a hanging belly (we didn't overfeed her) but my 7 lb one was super slim at 6 months. She loves to play chase with me - we take turns chasing each other all through the house and up and down stairs (it's so cute that when it's her turn to chase me she taps me on the back of the legs with her paws as if to say, "You're it!". I can't do this as much as she would need to lose weight though, I get tired too fast (at 54, I can't outrun a kitten any more)! ; You know, this may be the thing that helps. My 14 lb one hardly ever exercised; I tried to get her to but she hated it. You're lucky your's likes it. Keep it up; don't let her become lazy as she gets older. NanCe -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200602/1 Pretty cat. I think Maine Coons can handle a bit of extra weight without being obese, although it's not at all a scientific opinion. Bubba's 23Lbs+ and from some angles looks like he swallowed a baseball, but he is very solid and not really flabby or anything. My occasional jokes aside he can move the bulk around the house at an amazing speed when he feels like it and has no problem jumping up on (my) stomach high surfaces. He doesn't get a lot of exercise other than 5 or 10 minutes of chasing a stuffed fish on a string once or twice a day. I've put him on a strict ration of Royal Canin MC Kibble in the amount recommended on the bag for weight reduction and he still seems to be growing. He's a rescue kitty too, so I don't really know how old he is. The shelter said 2-3 years, the vet said 2-5 years... Anybody know how to measure body fat on a cat? What *is* the proper body fat for a cat? Claude Not other than just by sight. Here is Purina's web site page on the subject: http://www.placervillevet.com/feline...0condition.htm According to this, Sammy would fall between 5 and 7 (leaning more towards a 7) - overweight, but not obese (yet!). Hugs, CatNipped Ouch. According to that chart, Bubba's an easy 8 according to the picture. He just doesn't seem to be *that* fat in person. Just big. He's mostly solid with a floppy belly hang. He definately has a waist between his belly and back legs. I still think MCs are more able to tote around extra that would be too much on a slimmer breed, but again, that's an uneducated opinion. Going by the feeding chart at http://www.feline-nutrition.com/mainecoon.htm He's *way* too big according to the silhuettes. He's definately the one on the end. I've been feeding him the recommended 90 gram cup of Royal Canin for the over 20Lb butterball split into 3 feedings, but he's still growing. He seems to be OK with that amount of food. Any less and he gets a bad attitude. If I forget the portion before bedtime he wakes me up at 4:30AM by licking my eyelids while I'm sleeping. :^) Claude |
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he wakes me up at 4:30AM by
licking my eyelids while I'm sleeping. :^) Ahhhhh, ever cute! (although that's probably not what you're thinking when that bristly, wet little tongue is scraping your eyelids at 4:30 in the morning) Anna -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200602/1 |
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In article 5c56a033450de@uwe, Anna via CatKB.com u18214@uwe wrote:
he wakes me up at 4:30AM by licking my eyelids while I'm sleeping. :^) Ahhhhh, ever cute! (although that's probably not what you're thinking when that bristly, wet little tongue is scraping your eyelids at 4:30 in the morning) Wet Sandpaper... I'm getting better about remembering to leave food out before I go to bed. :^) Claude |
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