- Joined
- May 18, 2010
- Messages
- 14
- Purraise
- 0
I know this has been discussed a lot as I have been searching through threads. One of my babies has an obesity problem. All his siblings weigh about 7.5 lbs or so but he weighs 13.6. I feel so badly for letting him get into this shape. He has issues with getting struvite crystals so he is on a special food (Hills c/d canned). Normally, I give him about a tablespoon full A.M. & P.M. and he free feeds dry food (royal canin 34) the rest of the time. He usually just licks the Hills around not really eating much of it and then when I let him out of the large pet carrier (multi cat household) he runs out waiting for me to put the dry food out. I plan on consulting my vet in the morning for advice although I am not sure she knows much about nutrition but hopefully she can help me. In the meantime, I am hoping to get any advice you all can give to help me help him. I have googled and searched through so many websites trying to figure out how many calories he should be consuming a day but the formulas vary so greatly that I don't know what to do. Maybe I should just not worry about portioning (since he hardly ever cleans his dish) and just take his bowl up when he is finished. I am at a loss. What is a safe weight loss per week or month? How much should I feed him? I don't know the first thing about what to do but I want to get my baby back to healthy weight.