July 31, 2009
What green veggies would a fat cat eat?
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jbscout1912 asked:
I have a 9-year old tabby who is quite obese – 24.8 pounds. I’m about to start him on a strict diet of very low-fat canned food and the vet advised that I try to get him to eat veggies as well. Does anyone here have experience with putting a cat on a diet like this, and what veggies their cat actually ate? I’m going to try broccoli, green beans and spinach but I doubt he will like it. Any input would be appreciated.
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I have a 9-year old tabby who is quite obese – 24.8 pounds. I’m about to start him on a strict diet of very low-fat canned food and the vet advised that I try to get him to eat veggies as well. Does anyone here have experience with putting a cat on a diet like this, and what veggies their cat actually ate? I’m going to try broccoli, green beans and spinach but I doubt he will like it. Any input would be appreciated.
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August 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 pm
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Your vet advised you to feed your obligate carnivore veggies? Time to find a new vet. Not really very surprising though, as vets get painfully little nutritional training during their veterinary schooling.
Ditch the veggies. They are not species appropriate.
Stick with a high quality wet food fed twice daily.
Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Whiskas, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Meow Mix.
Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Felidae, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature’s Variety Prairie, Nature’s Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timber Wolf Organics.
Edit: Cubby, Science Diet (and Nature’s Best) are crappy, low quality cat foods. Hate to break it to you, but it’s true.
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August 6th, 2009 at 5:54 am
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Did your vet say you could flavor them with something like the juice from their wet food or something like tuna? that might help.
August 8th, 2009 at 6:49 am
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I would try the same green veggies as dogs,
Broccoli green beans carrots any other kinds a dog can eat…usually
August 10th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
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A cat, which is carnivorous, does not naturally go around eating green beans. I’d just start cutting back on your cat’s food every day until you reach the amount for a healthy cat, about one or one and a half cups. Cats need high protein foods. If he doesn’t get the protein, it could upset his system.
Just make sure that the cat food he is eating has protein as the number one ingredient at least. Also, go for ones without corn or corn products. That’s a filler.
August 12th, 2009 at 10:10 am
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Science Diet has a dry food made from veggies and chicken.
It’s called Nature’s Best.
My cat eats everything but the peas. He puts them on the floor by his dish!
He also likes lettuce once in a while but is crazy for fruit like mango, peaches apricots, bananas, grapes and melon (canteloupe)
August 14th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
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Your vet is either kidding you or is a quack! Cats cannot metabolize vegetables – they are strict carnivores. If your cat is overweight, you are probably free feeding dry food. Gradually switching to regular feeding of wet food along with some exercise is a better solution.
August 16th, 2009 at 8:05 am
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Many cats like green beans. If he won’t eat the regular kind, try the french style where its more shredded.
August 17th, 2009 at 1:17 pm
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I would start with a new vet. Dogs are all right with veggies, but they are not really appropriate for cats. Yes, some of the newer “natural” cat foods show vegetables on the package, but if you look at the ingredient list, they really are minimal. Cats are carnivores, and their body is designed for meat.
Weight reduction is done with calorie restriction and perhaps food that has added fiber to make them feel full without the calories. But it is food formulated for cats.
Weight reduction is done gradually. To get your cat down to a more reasonable weight is measured in many, many months. I would expect several years would be needed.
August 20th, 2009 at 3:30 am
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Wow, that cat is HUGE, especially for its age! Get a high quality food, and only feed the recommended amount for the healthy size he’s estimated to be as an adult. The other important thing is to get him to move. Get a laser pointer and some fishing pole toys and get him moving for at least 10 minutes twice a day.
I don’t think they need veggies-it’s really more about the calorie count, and feed the best quality food you can (from a specialty pet store-it’s more expensive-but you’ll have knowledgable people there and generally better, cleaner food to choose from).
I do have one cat that likes broccoli and spinach, but it’s just fed as a treat.
Good luck. He’s gonna drive you CRAZY when you cut back on the food. Stick with it though. He’s a baby and has such a long life ahead of him if he can get the weight off.