I've been concerned about Mama cat's wieght, so I went to a vet's office, and they had a chart that had pictures of what the ideal cat weight is. It looks a little something like this:
1) Portion Control: Keep food out of reach, and only feed twice a day, don't let them graze all day.
2) Change Diet: Put your animal on a prescription diet food.
3) Play!: Invest in interactive toys (lasers, fishing poles, etc.)
4) Climb: Encourage your cats to climb by purchasing a cat tree.
I have a couple of girl kitties that have been on a diet. It seems counter-intutitive but can food helps them lose weight. It's the dry food that causes the most weight gain. So feed two or three times a day, can food. It needs to be high protein can food, no carbs. And they need to lose the weight slowly. No more then 2 % of their body weight a week.
ReplyDeleteI'm sitting here thinking canned food- with all the 'delicious' looking gravy would be bad for little kitty. That's so interesting.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I do like my kitties to have a little chub since I do like to squish them every now and then.
Very interesting! Around my house we use another method to keep the cats thin - they get lots of exercise by running around avoiding the dogs. Works great for their physical health - not so sure about their mental health. :-)
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