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Hi! Haven’t been here in ages! How is everyone?
My cat Robin is now a whopping 17 pounds and the vet wants to get him down to about 13 or 14 pounds. He’s a low energy cat with a naturally larger frame (Ragdoll mix). He inhales a certain wet food that has 42 calories per small 1.3 ounce packet. He got fat on a dry kibble addiction.
I’ve been thinking of restricting him to 1/3 cup of Purina One hairball formula (dry) with two potions of the smaller portion food a day, for a total of 135 calories a day. It doesn’t sound like much, but my cat has become far too sedentary and doesn’t really move anymore unless he’s hungry, and I’m getting desperate for him to lose that weight. And it’s doable. But is this enough food? Sigh...I thought I knew a lot about cats, but I sometimes feel like a failure when I go to the vet and get yelled at for him being heavy.
Anyway, thank you. I hope everyone is having a great new year so far! I’m looking forward to being on these forums again.
My cat Robin is now a whopping 17 pounds and the vet wants to get him down to about 13 or 14 pounds. He’s a low energy cat with a naturally larger frame (Ragdoll mix). He inhales a certain wet food that has 42 calories per small 1.3 ounce packet. He got fat on a dry kibble addiction.
I’ve been thinking of restricting him to 1/3 cup of Purina One hairball formula (dry) with two potions of the smaller portion food a day, for a total of 135 calories a day. It doesn’t sound like much, but my cat has become far too sedentary and doesn’t really move anymore unless he’s hungry, and I’m getting desperate for him to lose that weight. And it’s doable. But is this enough food? Sigh...I thought I knew a lot about cats, but I sometimes feel like a failure when I go to the vet and get yelled at for him being heavy.
Anyway, thank you. I hope everyone is having a great new year so far! I’m looking forward to being on these forums again.