Miko is about 6 years old and perfectly healthy except for being about 2-4 pounds overweight. It's been that way for years. She was a stray when I found her, so when she gets around kibble she tends to overeat to the point of throwing up.
So about a year ago we started really limiting her intake - she was splitting a small bowl of kibble with Samson in the morning and then spiltting a can of wet food with Samson at night. Samson, who's a big Maine Coon, who never seems to get overweight, was allowed to snack during the day by himself.
But Miko is still overweight! So our new thing this week is no more kibble for Miko!
She's just splitting the can of wet food with Samson at night.
It's too soon to really tell, but it may actually be working.
Is this enough food for her though? Compared to what she used to eat, it seems like so little, but obviously what she used to eat was way too much for her sedentary lifestyle.
Maybe we should do this until she loses a few pounds then let her have small amounts of kibble to maintain her weight?
I'd heard it's bad for cats to lose weigtht too quickly and I don't want to hurt her!
But being overweight for years isn't good for her either....
So about a year ago we started really limiting her intake - she was splitting a small bowl of kibble with Samson in the morning and then spiltting a can of wet food with Samson at night. Samson, who's a big Maine Coon, who never seems to get overweight, was allowed to snack during the day by himself.
But Miko is still overweight! So our new thing this week is no more kibble for Miko!
She's just splitting the can of wet food with Samson at night.
It's too soon to really tell, but it may actually be working.
Is this enough food for her though? Compared to what she used to eat, it seems like so little, but obviously what she used to eat was way too much for her sedentary lifestyle.
Maybe we should do this until she loses a few pounds then let her have small amounts of kibble to maintain her weight?
I'd heard it's bad for cats to lose weigtht too quickly and I don't want to hurt her!
But being overweight for years isn't good for her either....