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I need some help with my two cats, that have two different kinds of weight problems. Both cats are spayed/neutered, and have been for years. My boyfriend and I are also getting them more exercise and play at home.
I have a male cat, Petty, who is 18.2 lbs last vet visit. He seriously needs to lose weight, but he's more of a dog like and social cat. He is relentless when he's hungry or thinks his food is too low. We've tried a couple of times scheduled feedings, but he wouldn't eat the whole bowl (maybe a half cup of food). So when we put the bowl up, he was whining and sullen all day until his next bowl that night, which he threw up from eating too fast. If the bowls are left out all day he will eat from both bowls.
The female cat, Tesla, is currently 8.8 lbs last vet visit. She had been 9.8 lbs for most of four years, and suddenly had lost weight. She doesn't act any differently than normal and the vet hasn't found anything ill with her. She also won't go right to the food bowl when it's put down, which means she won't really get to eat until night time if we put the food bowls out at scheduled times. She's also not a whiny or noisy cat, so you can't really tell if it bothers her like it does Petty. She also has had a consistent tapeworm problem that I can't get ahead of. They're both strictly inside cats, and while Petty has all the flea dirt and live fleas, you never see any of that on her. When they turn into tapeworms you won't see them from Petty, but you can easily find them on her.
I need suggestions for the weight issues before I waste money on automated feeders for them both, and my schedule forces me out of the house for work by 7am at the latest. We're still not sure what my boyfriend's semester is going to look like yet, whether it will be at home or in person. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!!
I have a male cat, Petty, who is 18.2 lbs last vet visit. He seriously needs to lose weight, but he's more of a dog like and social cat. He is relentless when he's hungry or thinks his food is too low. We've tried a couple of times scheduled feedings, but he wouldn't eat the whole bowl (maybe a half cup of food). So when we put the bowl up, he was whining and sullen all day until his next bowl that night, which he threw up from eating too fast. If the bowls are left out all day he will eat from both bowls.
The female cat, Tesla, is currently 8.8 lbs last vet visit. She had been 9.8 lbs for most of four years, and suddenly had lost weight. She doesn't act any differently than normal and the vet hasn't found anything ill with her. She also won't go right to the food bowl when it's put down, which means she won't really get to eat until night time if we put the food bowls out at scheduled times. She's also not a whiny or noisy cat, so you can't really tell if it bothers her like it does Petty. She also has had a consistent tapeworm problem that I can't get ahead of. They're both strictly inside cats, and while Petty has all the flea dirt and live fleas, you never see any of that on her. When they turn into tapeworms you won't see them from Petty, but you can easily find them on her.
I need suggestions for the weight issues before I waste money on automated feeders for them both, and my schedule forces me out of the house for work by 7am at the latest. We're still not sure what my boyfriend's semester is going to look like yet, whether it will be at home or in person. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!!