Really Fat Cats

I have a cat who’s like that.. have you always given her a half a bowl? I know that wet food causes more cats to become overweight than dry. Try taking her to a nearby vet. I dont mean to scare you but if you dont take her to someone who knows what they’re doing.. she could get sick.. diabete’s..tumors.. but.. some cats are just naturally fury and not so active.. you have to decide if she’s becoming more and more overweight. Like i said, i suggest you take her to a vet.. I hope i’ve helped.

ONE: QUIT FEEDING YOUR CAT FRISKIES!!!!!!!!!!!

I know it is cheap, & kitties love it, but it is very, very, very bad for them. Feed her Iams or Science Diet.

When you get a cat spayed (fixed), she will gain a lot of weight. All of her organs that control her hormones have been removed. Typically, they gain weight and mellow out. That is normal.

I’ve had cats for 30 years…. (I’m not a cat lady, I have a man, and a dog, and two rats and a Columbian red tailed boa).

These are my recomendations for you:
1. Feed your cat a higher quality food. The lower quality it is, the more of it just goes into the litter box, & on to their tummy. Plus it can cause major health problems and lower their energy.
2. Take her back to the vet. They will give you a recomendation for the type of food you should be feeding her to help her maintain a healthy weight. They can also check to make sure she does not have any sort of infection from her spay (being fixed) and that she does not have worms. (Animals, such as cats & dogs, get worms from fleas.) Your vet can get very, very good treatments for you for pests.
3. After 30 years experience with cats, you and your mother should probally not worry too much. BUT, it is always a good idea to take the kitty to the vet if you have concerns.

As I said before, they will tell you the best type of food to feed her, check her for any sort of infection and advise you on the best type of pest control for her to keep her rid of fleas, ticks and other pests (which will also prevent heartworms).

Good luck to you and your kitty, I am sure she will be fine. Let your mom read this too. Take care!

First things first, cats sleep 18 hours a day and by nature are nocturnal — which means they are awake and active at night. Secondly, Commercial Cat Food is BAD for your cat. Feed it the way nature intended and it may regain a healthy weight and feel better:

Your cat is not being fed properly. Commercial cat food contain a lot of carbs and fillers that contribute to obesity in cats. Feed your cat the way nature intended:

Raw Cat Food Diet Recipe Made WITH Real Bones:

2 kg [4.4 pounds] raw muscle meat with bones (chicken thighs and drumsticks or, better, a whole carcass of rabbit or chicken amounting to 2 kg; if you don’t use a whole carcass, opt for dark meat like thighs and drumsticks from chicken or turkey)
400 grams [14 oz] raw heart, ideally from the same animal (if no heart is available, substitute with 4000 mg Taurine)
200 grams [7 oz] raw liver, ideally from the same animal (if you can’t find appropriate liver, you can substitute 40,000 IU of Vitamin A and 1600 IU of Vitamin D–but try to use real liver rather than substitutes)

NOTE: If you cannot find the heart or liver and decide to substitute with the Taurine/Vitamin A and D, then remember to REPLACE the missing amount of organ meat with the equivalent amount of muscle meat. In other words, if you cannot find heart, you add another 400 grams of the meat/bones. If you can’t find the liver, add another 200 grams of meat/bone.

16 oz [2 cups] water
4 raw egg yolks (use eggs from free-range, antibiotic-free chickens if you can)
4 capsules raw glandular supplement, such as, for example, multigland supplement by Immoplex)
4000 mg salmon oil (see note at bottom of recipe*)
800 IU Vitamin E (“dry E” works well)
200 mg Vitamin B complex
(optional: 1/4 tsp. kelp and 1/4 tsp of dulse (1/2 tsp total)
(optional: 4 tsp. psyllium husk powder (8 tsp. if using whole psyllium husks; see note at bottom of recipe**)

NOTE: If you will not be using the food immediately and freezing for more than a week or two, toss in 4000 mg of additional Taurine to make up for what may get lost during storage. It is also not a bad idea to sprinkle extra Taurine from a capsule on the food as you’re serving it two or three times a week, just to be certain your cat is getting plenty of this critical amino acid.

1. Remove the skin from the muscle meat. Chunk up (i.e., cut) as much of the muscle meat (minus most of the skin if using chicken or turkey, but leave skin on if using rabbit) as you can stand into bite-sized (nickel-sized, approximately) pieces. Save the chunked meat for later. Do not grind it.
2. Grind up the raw liver, any skin, raw meaty bones, and raw heart. Once ground, stir this meat/bone mixture well and return to refrigerator.
3. Fill a bowl with 2 cups of water and whisk everything (non-meat) except the psyllium. If you had to replace liver with Vitamin A/D or replace heart with Taurine, add the substitutes now. Add psyllium at the end–if you’re using it– and mix well. Finally, put the three mixtures together–the “supplement slurry” that you have just mixed, the ground up meat/bone/organs, and the chunks of meat that you cut up by hand. Portion into containers and freeze.

Don’t overfill the containers. The food expands when frozen and you don’t want lids popping off. Thaw as you go. The food shouldn’t be left thawed in the refrigerator more than 48 hours before serving. To serve, portion into a ‘zipper baggie’ and warm under hot water in the sink. NEVER microwave the food. Cats like their food at something approximating “mouse body temperature.”

*Every two or three days, I suggest sprinkling a few drops of fresh salmon oil from a newly-opened capsule on to the cats’ food. The Essential Fatty Acids in salmon oil are extremely fragile, and since we do not know exactly how much gets lost during freezing, I think it’s wise to use a bit of fresh salmon oil directly on the food a few times a week. Most cats love the flavor.

**Not all cats require additional fiber (psyllium) in their diet. If your cat has been eating low-quality commercial food for several years, especially dry food, she may have lost bowel elasticity and may benefit from the extra fiber. As a general rule, I recommend using psyllium when an adult cat first gets raw food. I rarely add much psyllium to my adult cats’ diet. Bear in mind that some cats seem to get constipated without additional fiber, whereas other cats seem to get constipated if they get too much fiber. Each cat is unique, and you’ll have to judge what works best for your cat.