Topic: obesity (Read 4073 times)

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #24 on:** March 11, 2007, 02:58:32 AM »

Awwwwwwwwwww my fav cat Sebastian...................how can you say he is a pain when you have naughty Cody....................also Frazer is gorgeous too

Iluvcritters · « **Reply #23 on:** March 10, 2007, 05:46:20 AM »

My Linx is 15 lbs because of the steroids he is on inhaled meds for his asthma and I would love to get him down to 13. I can not separate the food so I have them all on lite dry and wet food. The other 3 are of somewhat normal weight and do not seem to be bothered by the lite food. So I hope it will help Linxy to loose. I can so relate hugs and purrs to you and the furrys.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #22 on:** March 08, 2007, 15:58:37 PM »

awww Whats his name ?

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #21 on:** March 08, 2007, 15:57:36 PM »

feel free to come and get him, he's a pain in the proverbial !

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #20 on:** March 08, 2007, 15:54:02 PM »

awwwwwwwwwwww lynn he is so beautiful
i want him lol

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #19 on:** March 08, 2007, 15:40:17 PM »

forever, you'll also like this guy aswell then who has been abit tubby but not just now, a healthy weight for him is around 9kgs !!

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Mark · « **Reply #18 on:** March 08, 2007, 15:05:31 PM »

Thanks - that's my little big girl Kylie

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forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #17 on:** March 08, 2007, 14:52:09 PM »

Mark: the black cat photo u posted is gorgeous
i want him/her
i adore black cats .

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #16 on:** March 08, 2007, 13:24:21 PM »

ouch !! no cody hasnt done that ... yet !

Dawn F · « **Reply #15 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:22:35 PM »

he drew blood!!

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:15:04 PM »

LOL dawn, i have a puss here who loves to bite noses !!

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:14:16 PM »

yes forever, sometimes they do so its up to us to break the boredom or just not allow them to "boredom eat"

Dawn F · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:14:02 PM »

wow Mark Kylie is a big girl isn't she! Amber my torti was weighed last night she is 4kg Tilly my bengal was 4.5kg - Gill I was bitten on the nose by a birman in the rescue at the weekend!!

CurlyCatz · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:13:21 PM »

its plain and simple...regardless of her build and being neutered and activity...she's comsuming much more kcals and fat than she needs.

hopefully you'll be told at the obesity clinic how much she should be and what she has to lose and they can get your started on a prescription diet food such has hills r/d or the likes along with all the info you'll need to try and change her habits.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:11:48 PM »

oh ....i read in my cat book that indoor cats tend to eat more out of borderm

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2007, 12:09:49 PM »

when we first got molly she was an averege sort of size ,she wasnt spayed even thou she was 7 at the time

anyway we got her spayed 2 weeks after she came to live with us and since the spay she put on more n more weight ,but shes not a very active cat at all so its not really suprising i guess.

Mark · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:25:22 AM »

The problem is she sneaks up into the kitchen and gets willows food from the kitchen table. Yesterday, I caught her eating clapton's renal food that he wouldn't eat. There isn't really anywhere I can put it where kylie can't get it without keeping a door closed which isn't fair on her and clapton - they need to have a roam around. If Ikeep the kitchen door closed, it means willow is shut in one room which isn't fair on her.

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:12:17 AM »

mark, is there any way you can do some kind of set up so that only Willow can get at the food? Mine are grazers, but I had to take that away from them when Tom was here to get him to lose weight, I just used to give them extra rations when he was in a different room!!

Mark · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2007, 08:09:03 AM »

Kylie is 7kg but she is a big girl anyway. Nevertheless, I am constantly trying to keep her weight down. It's difficult though as she goes around scrounging food from the other cats plates. I would like to keep their food away from her but willow is tiny (around 3.5kg) and a grazer so I have to make sure she has food available all the time.

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Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2007, 07:51:38 AM »

As Gill says, the weight depends on teh cat - Molly is only 3.5 and a nice weight, so she would look quite fat at 4kg, yet Tom was looking a bit on the thin side at 6kg. It is quite hard to get cats to lose weight, but very important to make sure they dont carry too much extra weight as there are a lot of health implications if they are. Good luck, my foster is going up for her first weigh in tonight, I dont like calling it the obesity clinic though!!

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2007, 00:56:47 AM »

Jack nah she doesnt play much and when she does she just lays on the floor and rolls over playing with her toy mouse ,the others run all over the place lol

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2007, 00:30:05 AM »

Weight is determined by breed and size of cats.

My misa is a very big moggy the size of a young Maine Coon and he was 6.5 kg last summer.

My birmans are much smaller and I think Franta was about 4-4.5 kg and just right.

Certainly your vets will be able to tell you what is right for your cat

JackSpratt · « **Reply #2 on:** March 07, 2007, 23:13:48 PM »

Does Molly play as much as your other cats, though? It's possible the others burn off more energy than her, which is why she's bigger.

forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2007, 23:00:33 PM »

My Molly has got so fat i think youd class her as obese
theres a free obesity clinic at our vets so we r going to take her along and get her weighed
she eats the same as the others so dunno whys shes so round .
what is the ideal weight for an adult cat is it 4kg?

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