My husband took the dog and Buttons, our outdoor cat for their vet visit last week. Buttons is a long-haired calico and she will be 14 yrs. old at the end of April. She had been 9 lbs. last April and she is 10.7 lbs. now. She had been getting leftover wet food since we got Dandy last fall and has been eating up the case of Hound and Gatos chicken that Dandy didn't like. I guess that is the answer.
My husband buys her Friskies. I've tried to get her better dry food but he's not very cooperative. The vet always marvels at how clean their teeth are and thinks they eat sticks. No - it's bones. Buttons still hunts a lot and the dog is running around with a deer leg or something he's found. Anyway, H&G apparently puts on the pounds.
For all who think she shouldn't be out. She's not my cat and I really don't think she would adjust well to being indoors at this time of her life. Just the bath and grooming would be terribly traumatic and she does enjoy her hunting.
My husband buys her Friskies. I've tried to get her better dry food but he's not very cooperative. The vet always marvels at how clean their teeth are and thinks they eat sticks. No - it's bones. Buttons still hunts a lot and the dog is running around with a deer leg or something he's found. Anyway, H&G apparently puts on the pounds.
For all who think she shouldn't be out. She's not my cat and I really don't think she would adjust well to being indoors at this time of her life. Just the bath and grooming would be terribly traumatic and she does enjoy her hunting.