July 29, 2009
Diet for fat cat in a mulitcat household?
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Amber R asked:
I have 3 cats, one really large, about 23 pounds, one normal (15 pounds), and one very skinny, about 8 pounds. I want to put the fat cat on a diet, but I dont know how. We have seperate food bowls, but he just eats his food, and the other cats food when they are done. I have thought about seperating the food, but are there any other ideas?
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I have 3 cats, one really large, about 23 pounds, one normal (15 pounds), and one very skinny, about 8 pounds. I want to put the fat cat on a diet, but I dont know how. We have seperate food bowls, but he just eats his food, and the other cats food when they are done. I have thought about seperating the food, but are there any other ideas?
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August 1st, 2009 at 5:02 pm
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Seperate him into a different room when you feed him. Get him a special food made for animals to loose weight. Make sure he does not have access to the other cats’ food too. Eating right is just half of it. Make sure you play with him A LOT and get him to exercise. It is important to keep your cat at a healthy weight because my ‘fat cat’ as we called him got severe diabetes and we had to put him down. Don’t let this happen to your cat and I wish you good luck
August 4th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
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Lo-Cal food, and feed it seperately when you are feeding the others, say if you get up in the am and you start to feed the kitties in the kitchen, Take the dieter to the bathroom or another room in the house and let it eat alone. When the other kitties are done in the kitchen pick up thier bowls and put remaining food back in bag until next time you feed. If fat cat doesn’t eat it all either put it up for later. Although I suspect he will eat it all
August 7th, 2009 at 7:22 pm
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Are you feeding wet food? Wet has a lot less carbs, and is overall much healthier for cats. Here’s one of my favorite articles regarding feline obesity, and it’s written by a veterinarian. It may be of some help or interest to you.
Also, give your fat cat a lot more exercise, obviously. Place his food up on an elevated surface, and he’ll have to work a little to get to it. You may want to consider investing in a harness and leash and taking him for some supervised outside time. Many cats are a lot more active outdoors, especially when there’s bugs and other enticing, fast-moving objects.
When the other cats are done with their food, take it up. If they have a tendency to come back to it later to finish, then just secure fat cat in another room until they eat it all, or put it away and give it to them when they come back looking for it.
August 8th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
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My vet considers anything over 12 pounds overweight for a cat, so it sounds like you have TWO fat cats!
Probably you should feed him in a separate room and not let him out until the others are done with their food so that he doesn’t have the opportunity to eat it all. Good luck!
August 8th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
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I went through this with my own fat cat who went from 20 to 12 pounds. All I did was measure her food and at feeding time she ate hers in a carrier. As soon as the other cats were done, all dishes were put away and fat cat could come out. We got cat toys and played with her a lot too. Good luck!
August 8th, 2009 at 5:11 pm
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My cat is currently on a diet of lo-cal food, 1 cup per day. Since my other cat is still a kitten, they are fed seperately and the bowls aren’t left out. Good luck.
August 10th, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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Feed them all a good quality canned food. The fat one will lose weight and the others will maintain or perhaps even gain as needed.
Canned food is far superior to dry, and it’s the only thing I’d ever recommend (outside of feeding raw).
See the What to feed link for suggestions on GOOD foods. You don’t want to feed anything you can get at the supermarket.
Also see the articles on obesity and how to deal with it – which will tell you the same thing I did.
And see the article on how to introduce a new food.