July 12, 2009
whats a good amount of food for a fat cat who needs 2 diet?
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Hunny b asked:
help! im scared he’ll live a shorter life cuz he is fat and he has a bigger belly now, he’s already on special cat food due to bladder stones thanks to too much tuna from us
. anyways whats a good amount of food for him, i think he’s over 21 pounds or lower O_O. please, his stomach will start dragging instead of wobbling soon if we dont do something fast. also should i cut back on the treats to 1 a week since he’s so fat?
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help! im scared he’ll live a shorter life cuz he is fat and he has a bigger belly now, he’s already on special cat food due to bladder stones thanks to too much tuna from us
. anyways whats a good amount of food for him, i think he’s over 21 pounds or lower O_O. please, his stomach will start dragging instead of wobbling soon if we dont do something fast. also should i cut back on the treats to 1 a week since he’s so fat?cat training manual
July 15th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
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I strongly suggest you go to: and read Dr. Jean Hovfe’s article titled “The Right Weight Loss Program for Cats”.
You are doing the right thing to move in the direction of helping him take off pounds. Your cat does not have to suffer from lack of food in order to do that. The right diet will do it gradually and he will stay trimmer the rest of his life.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:29 am
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definitely cut way back on the treats and any scraps that you give him. Put him on a well balanced dry diet and offer him a smal;l (vet recommended) amount a couple of times a day. and by all means do not let him gorge himself!
July 16th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
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I use a veterinary diet dry food called ’sensitivity control’ – strictly at the recommended daily amount. My cat has slimmed -down to a normal weight over a period of about six months. Its available from the Vet – quite expensive at about £22 per 3.5Kg bag – but it is less wasteful than throwing away left over cat food and anyway – she worth every penny.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
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Hi, I have three cats who are all in the correct “body mass index” for cats. They are all around 10-11 lbs and are not big cats. They eat aproximately 2/3 a cup of food a day. This is a high protein (50% at least) dry food. But I put it down twice a day and they eat it all. When they take a break from that it’s a chicken wing (raw) each a day or about 1/2 ground turkey (semi-raw) with cat supplement. Ok, starting to sound complicated. Basically shift your cat to a low carb diet. The ideal scene would be a feline ‘in the wild’ diet. But anything in that direction will do. Please consider that the single most important change is don’t leave food out all the time. Just water.
July 20th, 2009 at 3:58 am
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Treats: Cats don’t NEED treats. Treats should only be given as rewards for being good during nail clippings or things like that. Especially true when you’re dealing with a weight issue. Don’t think of them as humans who aren’t getting their candy!
Rather than feeding less, just feed BETTER! Another advantage if you follow this advice is that this will likely help with his urinary issues as well.
In a nutshell, most cats are fat because they’ve been fed too much (free-feeding or indulging them) and because they’re fed dry food which is NOT appropriate food for them due to the grain/carb/sugar content. Cats are obligate carnivores who need to eat a high meat-based protein diet, which is also high in fats and low in carbs.
Many vets, who are sadly ignorant on the topic of proper cat nutrition, will recommend prescription diet foods (usually dry). Cats are expected to lose weight on a starvation diet of 1/4 or 1/3 cup of food per day. Everyone is miserable in these situations.
The solution is to switch the fat cat (and any others in the household as well) to a good quality canned food. Because these foods are species appropriate, the cat will lose weight at a safe, slow pace (no more than 1 pound per month). Switching foods needs to occur slowly, and if you’re trying to get a kibble junkie to eat canned food, that will happen naturally.
That’s it. Easy as pie. Not only will fat cats lose weight, but it and any others in the home will reap many benefits of eating a speciies appropriate diet.
See the links below for detailed information on this topic.