Question about cats...

[Archae]

I have two cats, a 6 year old calico and a 10 month old black cat.
(They can be seen at my Facebook)

https://www.facebook.com/ross.sauer.3

The calico is getting somewhat fat.

Any ideas as to how to slim her down at all?

[onehandle]

1. Difficult since you have a young cat too.

Who needs more food at that age.

We have two 9 year old cats that were plumping a bit.

Stopped leaving food out for them. Just put it out for mealtimes, with a snack here and there to shut them up... I mean as a treat.

They were not happy about this.

Also played with them more. Still took 3-4 months to get the weight off.

Although they are brothers, one was fatter than the other. I gave him a little less and gave it to him in stages while his brother ate his full measure. This is what you may have to do with an adult and an adolescent cat.

[Archae]

2. I know what you mean.

My sister has a cat that is really fat, but she also has two other young cats.

[LiberalElite]

3. I have 4

cats and one of them got really plump (he's on prednisolone). Vet said no dry food. So, I confine him to the bedroom and then put out three small dishes of dry food for the others. When they're done and I've picked up the leftovers, my two-ton tabby gets released. He "only" gets a normal amount of wet (canned) foot twice a day and NO TREATS. The others also eat wet food. I have slimmed down a couple of cats before, but it does take time.

[scarletlib]

4. Cats are oligate carnivores. They need to eat meat--preferably chicken and small animals.

fur and feathers. Dry food is loaded with carbs. They make your cat fat. Put them on an all meat ( canned food) diet and they will do much better. The fat one will lose weight. It worked for my cats.

[Major Nikon]

5. That's true generally, but not always

There are some dry foods that contain less carbs than some canned feed.

I feed my dogs Orijen dry which is 80% protein and their dry cat food is also 80% protein.

[shanti]

6. what kind of feeding do you use?

both of my cats used to be heavy, but that's when i used a self-feeder and dry food. they LOVE the costco dry cat food (kitty crack). i rarely got them any wet food as they would turn their nose up at it. however, when my male cat got crystals in his urethra and couldn't urinate (very painful, apparently), i was told to put him on wet food, which i did, and he hasn't had any since (yay!)

it took a few days, but now they both love the wet food. i feed them twice a day: in the morning and in the evening. i still give them a little dry food, sprinkling it on the bottom of their dishes, and then i divide a small can into fourths and give them 1/4 each per meal = one can.

[Arugula Latte]

7. What worked for us: Cut out all dry food. Feed wet only.

Dry food has a lot of carbs.

[Skittles]

8. laser pointer

[Mac1949]

9. If you feel it's necessary to feed dry

use a grain-free variety (we use Earthborn) to reduce carbs. More expensive, but our cats began eating less since they felt more satisfied. There are also a number of indoor or mature cat formulas that help keep down the weight of older kitties. We let ours have dry because it helps keep their teeth clean, but we only leave it down at night, or if we are going to be away for an extended period. Otherwise they get moist for breakfast and dinner.

Your calico is adorable! Black kitty also very pretty. We have A black one like yours, and a tuxedo cat.