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So both of our kitties have gotten...fat. I'm not proud of it but I'll cop to it, our 9 year old senior female (spayed) is about 11.5 and our 1.5 (neutered male) year old is about 13.5ish, ideally she'd be about 9 lbs and he'd be about 12/12.5 We are also in the middle of a cat introduction process (working on visuals right now) but I really don't want them getting any fatter.
We have all the tools - foraging toys, etc. etc. but I'm wondering how people have gotten their cats started with weight loss? We've talked to our vet and she said follow the feeding directions on their dry food bag (she's allergic to cats and only owns dogs), also having been through a kitty that I adopted with hepatic lipidosis I really don't want to go through that nightmare scenario again.
Right now we are feeding Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Urinary (our female has a history of idiopathic cystitis), we measure it out but we do free feed and give a bit of wet food (think like a sliver). To get her down to the ideal weight, we'd be feeding her the amount on the bag recommended and same with him (according to our vet).
What I would like to know is what is a good way to start a kitty's weight loss journey in terms of the food aspect? For example, if you free fed cats and then switched them over to an all-wet diet because it's better for them, etc. what steps did you take? I'm just looking for some general advice on gradual ways to ease them into this, obviously enhanced playtime is also a MUST.
We have all the tools - foraging toys, etc. etc. but I'm wondering how people have gotten their cats started with weight loss? We've talked to our vet and she said follow the feeding directions on their dry food bag (she's allergic to cats and only owns dogs), also having been through a kitty that I adopted with hepatic lipidosis I really don't want to go through that nightmare scenario again.
Right now we are feeding Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Urinary (our female has a history of idiopathic cystitis), we measure it out but we do free feed and give a bit of wet food (think like a sliver). To get her down to the ideal weight, we'd be feeding her the amount on the bag recommended and same with him (according to our vet).
What I would like to know is what is a good way to start a kitty's weight loss journey in terms of the food aspect? For example, if you free fed cats and then switched them over to an all-wet diet because it's better for them, etc. what steps did you take? I'm just looking for some general advice on gradual ways to ease them into this, obviously enhanced playtime is also a MUST.