Haddismum,
(owner of Haddi)
on 2008-06-02 13:59:53
Hi Animal Crazy
It may just be a case of reducing the calories. Joe Inglis posted some useful information about how to manage weight post neutering under the 'dogs' thread. Is Tammy neutered? This could be part of the problem. Good luck.
kogalrankotobuki,
(owner of Annie)
on 2008-08-02 04:27:24
Chippy75 wrote:
I have the same problem with my 5 year old cat Tuffers. She has been on measured food (50g dried food & 1 pouch of wet food a day) for a couple of years now but she still can't shift that wobble! She is a lazy character - her idea of exercise is watching me run around with her toys! I wondered whether animals get "stretched skin" like humans do when they gain a lot of weight, so when the weight is eventually lost, the skin stays loose?
My cat is very large too, not as big as Moocow was but still very large. We have been feeding Emo but he lost a couple pounds like maybe 2 or 3 and he just stopped loosing weight. But hes really active. But now he will jump on you and and does things to try and tell you feed me now!
My whippet, Tammy, isn't REALLY overweight, but she could do with losing some. She goes for 3 good runs a day and only has two meals and she isnt losng any weight at all! Does anyone have any suggestions?
I would just keep trying and maybe try light food.
My Cat Mogwai is also very overweight, however, with the help of the vet nurse in the weight loss clinic she is starting to loose it now! It is important to find out just how much food they should get. We fed her the recomended amounts of light food and she just kept gaining! Now she is on a very small quantity of a specialist obesity food and monitored closely by the vet nurse!
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