My husband and I have two cats, one is a normal weight while the other is chunky and getting worse. We feed them both the same amount at the same time and the chunky one is actually very active. I'm guessing that she might steal a little bit of our other cats's food, but it couldn't be that much. Vet says he doesn't see any issues other than her just being overweight, butnim not sure what to do. How much should I be feeding my cats? I feed them small portions three time a day but it is kinda hard to not give them little snacks here and there when they start crying for food. Do I just need to stop giving in when they start crying and is there anyhing else I can do? It's kinda tricky sine one of the cats is perfectly fine and doesn't need to lose weight...:
any suggestions would be appreciated!
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Overweight Cat
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What food are you feeding?
Posted 2 years ago by furryfriends50 #
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http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.htm
http://www.catinfo.org/
www.fnes.org
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library
http://www.rawfedcats.org/
http://rawfed.com/myths/cats.html
http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html
http://www.catnutrition.org/index.php
http://yourdiabeticcat.com/a few links on nutrition (okay, more than a few!).
also http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/21115 which is on here
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What you want to do is get them off of any dry food. Both of them, its much healthier.
Some good brands of wet: EVO, Instinct, Wellness Grainfree, Wellness CORE, Natural Balance, By Nature 95%'s, Blue Wilderness. You want the wet food to be grainfree and low carb. Preferably also not have by-products.
Feed them according to how many calories they need NOT how much food the can says.
Dry food just isn't good for cats in the first place and will not help a cat lose wieght the right way. Cats NEED water, dry food dehydrates them (unless they are drinking a TON of water like 1.5 cups per .5 cups of dry). Any dry food, not matter how good it is is worse than the best brand of dry food. Plus, all dry foods are higher in carbs than the better of the canned.
Carbs are undigestable for cats. So, carbs = fat. Grains, veggies, fruits, etc = carbs.
Cats only need MEAT. Not veggies, fruits, grains, etc. That's why I feed raw; they are obligate carnivores after all. All it is is 80% meat, 10% bone, 5% liver, and 5% other secreting organ (kidney, brain, etc. not heart).
Posted 2 years ago by furryfriends50 #
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Thanks! I'll give moist food a try again, it is kinda hard though because they don't really eat it. I've tried different brands and flavors, but they give it a couple of licks and walk away. Should I keep trying though? Is it something that they will get used to? Staying away from dry food makes total sense though, so I'd really like to give it a try.
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Well, if you've always had dry food available for them they could just not be hungry.
Keep trying! Cats being cats are supposed to try drive us nuts :)
What brands have you tried?
Mikey started out only wanting the Fancy Feast Gourmet Chicken. Hey, it was wet food and he would eat it :)
Some cats even prefer certain textures: pate, shredded, slices, loaf,...
It seems like Weruva is one that cats won't refuse (and its healthy!). But it totally depends on the cat.
You might want to try textures and work from there.
A few sites with tips on transitioning:
http://catinfo.org/#Transitioning_Dry_Food_Addicts_to_Canned_Food_
http://fnes.org/raw-feeding/transitioning-your-cat-to-a-raw-diet (does lead to raw but if you don't want to you don't have to go there, but if you do that's what I feed all mine if you want info)
http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.php?action=library&act=show&item=switchingfoods
Posted 2 years ago by furryfriends50 #
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