We adopted a cat at 2.5 years old. She’s been with us for 5 months now. She was previously a stray that was found with her litter of kitten. (Though not 100% feral cause she sweet and does exhibit some “house trained” cat behaviors so I think she had an owner at one point) She’s progressively gotten more bold with her food drive. possibly because she’s gotten use to us and has fully adjusted, nonetheless, I need to understand what’s normal? And what’s possibly a sign of a condition ? And maybe no one knows for sure besides some blood work, but any insight would be appreciated.
she weights 6-7 lbs and def no more than 8. I give her half a cup of food (8 tables spoons) a day. 3 tablespoons for breakfast, 3 tablespoons for dinner, and 2 for a night snack before bed. She’s getting rabbit instinct cat food mixed with freeze dried or air dried toppers, which ultimately adds up to 200-250 calories. I exercise her twice a day, am and pm, for 10-15 minutes.
she jumps on our countertop pretty much multiple times a day, especially during and after we’re cooking. She’s licks Out of any pan with food residue in it. She knocked a covered plate of bacon off the counter (which shattered) and grabbed at the bacon.. This wasn’t her first bacon incident. She goes after closed bags of potato chips and Brown rice. She tries to grab at food off our plates when we eat. She licks dirty dishes from the sink. This has all progressively gotten worst over the last 4-6 weeks. It’s almost as if she tasted human food again, and now is reminded of days when she was a stray in the streets eating garbage.
I’m keen on not having her gain weight bc our mom has an obese cat that isn’t able to reach/clean her behind, so every few months our mom has to take her to the vet to get her fur shaven there cause it smells so bad. So from that experience and overall extending her (my cat’s) life expectancy- I don’t want her to become “fat”. She’s normal weight (prolly more on the pulp side), I’ve checked the weight diagrams and shes def normal. Her ribs and hips have a thin padding and (from the top view) her tummy curves in at the waist/hind legs.
what do you all think? Should I up her food serving? Is this normal and she’s poorly trained as she was previously a stray? Can the freezes dried or air dried food be making her extra “aggressive”? Depending on what y’all say, I might just take her in for blood work but would rather not and save the money instead.
she weights 6-7 lbs and def no more than 8. I give her half a cup of food (8 tables spoons) a day. 3 tablespoons for breakfast, 3 tablespoons for dinner, and 2 for a night snack before bed. She’s getting rabbit instinct cat food mixed with freeze dried or air dried toppers, which ultimately adds up to 200-250 calories. I exercise her twice a day, am and pm, for 10-15 minutes.
she jumps on our countertop pretty much multiple times a day, especially during and after we’re cooking. She’s licks Out of any pan with food residue in it. She knocked a covered plate of bacon off the counter (which shattered) and grabbed at the bacon.. This wasn’t her first bacon incident. She goes after closed bags of potato chips and Brown rice. She tries to grab at food off our plates when we eat. She licks dirty dishes from the sink. This has all progressively gotten worst over the last 4-6 weeks. It’s almost as if she tasted human food again, and now is reminded of days when she was a stray in the streets eating garbage.
I’m keen on not having her gain weight bc our mom has an obese cat that isn’t able to reach/clean her behind, so every few months our mom has to take her to the vet to get her fur shaven there cause it smells so bad. So from that experience and overall extending her (my cat’s) life expectancy- I don’t want her to become “fat”. She’s normal weight (prolly more on the pulp side), I’ve checked the weight diagrams and shes def normal. Her ribs and hips have a thin padding and (from the top view) her tummy curves in at the waist/hind legs.
what do you all think? Should I up her food serving? Is this normal and she’s poorly trained as she was previously a stray? Can the freezes dried or air dried food be making her extra “aggressive”? Depending on what y’all say, I might just take her in for blood work but would rather not and save the money instead.