Long time no see
Reeses had her last vet visit last month and we were told that she gained a pound from last year and is up around 12lbs or so. We're very surprised at this given that we only fed her 1/2 a cup per day of Purina Indoor Cat Dry, and she is fairly active. The feeding amount was even based on last year's vet visit in which we were told she was slightly overweight and to cut back her food a bit.
So the vet told us to cut down the amount of food we give her again and feed her 3/4 of what she's been getting. Since then we have been giving her about 1/8.5 of a cup twice a day but the problem is she eats it all within an hour where previously she would sometimes have a little left over by the second meal.
We're concerned at her weight gain of course, and don't really understand it considering that she already was getting a fairly small amount of food per day. That combined with her wolfing down her food makes us feel like we're not feeding her enough because she's more hungry than normal, and perhaps that while she's slightly overweight, maybe that is just how she is. Everything else checks out fine for her health wise.
Reeses had her last vet visit last month and we were told that she gained a pound from last year and is up around 12lbs or so. We're very surprised at this given that we only fed her 1/2 a cup per day of Purina Indoor Cat Dry, and she is fairly active. The feeding amount was even based on last year's vet visit in which we were told she was slightly overweight and to cut back her food a bit.
So the vet told us to cut down the amount of food we give her again and feed her 3/4 of what she's been getting. Since then we have been giving her about 1/8.5 of a cup twice a day but the problem is she eats it all within an hour where previously she would sometimes have a little left over by the second meal.
We're concerned at her weight gain of course, and don't really understand it considering that she already was getting a fairly small amount of food per day. That combined with her wolfing down her food makes us feel like we're not feeding her enough because she's more hungry than normal, and perhaps that while she's slightly overweight, maybe that is just how she is. Everything else checks out fine for her health wise.