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Hi, my Robin is a bit overweight. 14.4 pounds versus 12.8 last year same time. Vet says to cut back 25% of his food.
He free feeds at present, ONE Hairball with a few cans of wet per week. And yep, I spoil him--food both front and back of my apartment.
I've heard changing feeding habits drastically can cause cystitis however being overweight is far more likely to cause this.
Should I free feed him, cutting back, or feed him but twice a day and removing after a few hours?
I work shift work and frankly am OCD something might happen to me and he go without food a day or so, which is why he is fed quite generously.
I'm willing to give him nibbles of dry and feed him a can of wet food for his main meal, but it's embarrassing to admit I'm not sure how to go about this. Free feeding has made ME lazy and unfamiliar with healthy feeding options.
Robin is part snowshoe, part Scottish ragdoll, and is 35 inches nose to tail. What is a good weight for him? 12 pounds? That's a lot of weight to lose.
He free feeds at present, ONE Hairball with a few cans of wet per week. And yep, I spoil him--food both front and back of my apartment.
I've heard changing feeding habits drastically can cause cystitis however being overweight is far more likely to cause this.
Should I free feed him, cutting back, or feed him but twice a day and removing after a few hours?
I work shift work and frankly am OCD something might happen to me and he go without food a day or so, which is why he is fed quite generously.
I'm willing to give him nibbles of dry and feed him a can of wet food for his main meal, but it's embarrassing to admit I'm not sure how to go about this. Free feeding has made ME lazy and unfamiliar with healthy feeding options.
Robin is part snowshoe, part Scottish ragdoll, and is 35 inches nose to tail. What is a good weight for him? 12 pounds? That's a lot of weight to lose.