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We took our cat Katie for an MOT yesterday, which she passed with flying colours, except for her weight! She's 9 and weighs 6.01Kg. Our vet suggested introducing mince fish or chicken (all raw) as a substitue for senior cat food and to include chicken bones as well. I can see the fish going down a treat but I'm not sure about the chicken. We give her some Go Cat biscuits on a night but the vet says this does contain quite a bit of salt and fat, so we're cutting back. The experiment starts tonight, I'm not sure she'll take to it but we'll weight, err, wait and see! |
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Good luck with Katie, changing an older cat's diet can be quite tricky. Small changes rather than wholesale swapping of feeds is the key. RCR - I hope Dylan's not overeating  |
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Hi Went to the vet with Cactus for a check-up this a.m as she was quite poorly yesterday. Anyhow, she is nearly 6kg and vet said she is overweight and needs to loose 1kg. They can tell by the obvious; weighing, also feeling from the back around the tummy, apparently you should be able to feel their rib cage, also no saggy belly, that Cactus has. So, the vet was worried as being an overweight cat can obviously bring lots of health risks. Cactus is on the Royal Canin obesity diet of dry and wet food (vet has recommended how much to give and I've got a list). Also lots of excercise as Cactus doesn't much like going outside, although she's gots lots of lovely fields etc. to explore, so I have to work on her in the summer in being a bit more of an outdoor cat. |
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Ooops, I think Oli may be slightly over weight! He weights 6.3kg. He has a saggy tummy, thats for sure.  We will be moving soon and Oli will have a much bigger house and he will also have his own run in the garden. Hopefully that will prevent him from piling on anymore weight. |
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Dylan's now down to 5kg, got him excercising more!  |
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I suspect Leia's a bit overweight, she's 14 pounds (6.5 kilograms), but she is a BIG cat, long and tall! Big bones? But the vet didn't say anything the last time he saw and weighed her. |
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