I have one with hormone issues. She is 16 and does not over eat. She is 4 pounds overweight and its kinda hard to take a 16 year old cat jogging. Just because you have perfectly healthy animals isn’t a realistic measure of everyone else’s pets.
If it’s hormonal based weight gain, and yiubjust fed them less, then the cat would most likely feel permanently hungry. Not an ideal situation.
Just like a person, if hormones are out of whack, it’s not as easy as just eat less/eat more.
Average cat is 12 pounds, so 4 pounds overweight is like a person who should be 180lb weighing 240lb. Also, a hungry cat is a fucking nightmare to live with.
I have one with hormone issues. She is 16 and does not over eat. She is 4 pounds overweight and its kinda hard to take a 16 year old cat jogging. Just because you have perfectly healthy animals isn’t a realistic measure of everyone else’s pets.
Obviously there are exceptions but that’s not driving fat drugs for pets.
What would happen if she was fed less?
4 pounds doesn’t sound massive for an old cat compared to how fat most “fat cats” are
If it’s hormonal based weight gain, and yiubjust fed them less, then the cat would most likely feel permanently hungry. Not an ideal situation. Just like a person, if hormones are out of whack, it’s not as easy as just eat less/eat more.
Average cat is 12 pounds, so 4 pounds overweight is like a person who should be 180lb weighing 240lb. Also, a hungry cat is a fucking nightmare to live with.
I think the Meow, one of the fattest cats, was 40lb. Pretty wild
And then you wrap them in a blanket…right? RIGHT???