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Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: forever_missing_my_boys(Lisa) on March 07, 2007, 23:00:33 PM
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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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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.
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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
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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
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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!!
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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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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!!
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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.
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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.
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oh ....i read in my cat book that indoor cats tend to eat more out of borderm
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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.
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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!!
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yes forever, sometimes they do so its up to us to break the boredom or just not allow them to "boredom eat"
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LOL dawn, i have a puss here who loves to bite noses !!
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he drew blood!!
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ouch !! no cody hasnt done that ... yet !
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Mark: the black cat photo u posted is gorgeous
i want him/her
i adore black cats .
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Thanks - that's my little big girl Kylie ;D
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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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awwwwwwwwwwww lynn he is so beautiful
i want him lol
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feel free to come and get him, he's a pain in the proverbial !
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awww Whats his name ?
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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.
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Awwwwwwwwwww my fav cat Sebastian...................how can you say he is a pain when you have naughty Cody....................also Frazer is gorgeous too ;D