Is my cat Charlotte getting fat?

[Archae]

Last edited Sun May 20, 2012, 04:32 PM - Edit history (1)

This is Charlotte when I first got her, 3 years ago:



And this picture was just taken 5 minutes ago:



Is she getting too fat?

I'm not sure.

[NYC_SKP]

1. Yes, your cat Charlotte I getting fat!

Are you missing any children or medium-size appliances?



Please take a small-child and medium-size appliance count.

[pacalo]

12. Hahaaa!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. honestly she seems a little fat

what are you feeding her?

(umm dont tell her i said so, we dont want a low self esteem kitty)

[Archae]

3. I buy whatever cat food is on sale.

Right now it's "Kit and Kaboodle."

Except Lucky isn't fat.

She's the same size she's always been.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

4. i just realized what you said. another cat of yours isnt fat whilst eating the same food?

[Archae]

7. Exactly.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. yeah, we fed cokie and kitty the same food

but cokie got obese and kitty didn't. i stopped giving them dry food. that helped a bit

[meow2u3]

20. I fed my cats Kit and Kaboodle and they balloned

Now I bought them Friskies Indoor and I'm confident they'll lose the weight they put on because of the K & K.

Speaking of Kit and Kaboodle, here's my new slogan:
Kit'n'Kaboodle: for the wannabe 1%er fat cat in you

[WillParkinson]

5. We have a cat in the same condition...

Might I suggest a trip to the vet, just to be sure that everything is OK?

[LoveMyCali]

6. I'm not a good one to ask

The kitten I took in last summer was so tiny I always call her Little Bit, now I call her Little Bit chubby. I always try to make excuses for her saying spayed females often have saggy little bellies but in all honesty, she's kind of chubby but she's active happy and certainly not obese so I don't see any problem with it, her hopes of a career as a Sports Illustrates Swimsuit Model may be over but she's happy.

[Liberal Veteran]

8. Only one way to be sure....

[kaiden]

9. Tell her she needs to make the bed.

Every little bit of exercise helps.

[HopeHoops]

11. Not yet. Give it a couple years and then "yes".

[WhoIsNumberNone]

13. It's pretty common for cats to put on weight as they get older

This is especially true of females after they're spayed.

[bigwillq]

14. looks like she is, yes.

But could be the angle in the photo.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. She does look a bit porky.

How much does she weigh?

You might start feeding her canned cat food - there's a lot of carbs in the dry stuff and it tends to make them fat. Cats shouldn't be eating corn anyhow.

[crunch60]

22. Iams is a great brand of dry cat food. My vet told me a little wet food is good as well, because it

helps dilute the kitties urine. Male cats especially, have a problem with blockage as they get older.
Iams is also lower in ash content than other brands, that's a good thing.

[pstokely]

16. Is she giving $ to the GOP?

nt

[Rhiannon12866]

17. Well, yes, she is heavier, but she's still very pretty.

I'd ask your vet if she's at a healthy weight. And I'm not one to ask, either. My vet said that my dog wasn't "obese," but he could stand to lose "a couple of pounds." He's a toy breed...

[Brigid]

18. Charlotte does look a bit portly.

Take her to a vet for a professional opinion.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. If you rub your hands gently along her sides,

can you feel her ribs, and if you look at her from above when she's standing up, can you see her body narrow at all (her "waist&quot ? If so, she's not too fat (this is how the vet explained it to me). (On the basis of these criteria I have one not-fat cat and two who aren't obese but could stand to trim down a bit.)

[TheCruces]

21. Yeah, she definitely needs a diet

[davsand]

23. I am probably the wrong one to ask.

Chaucer's vet put him on diet cat food this last fall. He's a really big cat to begin with, and when he hit the portly stage he was up around 17 pounds which I agreed was too much for a healthy cat to weigh.

He eats his weight loss food quite happily and he has lost a pound or so in the last 6 months. I think he plays more now than he used to--but he's TEN and he tends to be a lazy sluggo most of the time anyway.



Laura

[yellowcanine]

24. No she is just big boned.

[Arkansas Granny]

25. She looks like she has put on a few pounds. I'd consider cutting back on her groceries a bit.

[soccer1]

26. Pleasingly plump.....I would say.

Charlotte is a very pretty cat, but probably overweight. Your vet could tell you if she's overweight and how to cut back on her food. According to my vet, overweight cats (and dogs) are prone to developing diabetes. So I'd check with your vet about her weight management.

[jp11]

27. Yeah.

My cat got fat when I let him have too much, food always in the dish, I cut it back and he slimmed down. Now I put the same amount in the dish at regular times and no food at night.













*Warning fat kitty may showup on your bed when she becomes hungry attempting to steal your soul as you sleep or wake you and show you how much she loves you while saying "feed me more human".