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Hi everyone, I hope someone has suggestions for a fat cat!!! I adopted a stray cat who was living around my apartment complex. I think he was probably abandoned in the park next door, because he was very friendly and obviously not feral. (Spent several weeks trying to track down the owners -- he was microchipped -- but they wouldn't return calls.) Anyway, he eats constantly and has become quite chubby. Initially I tried to limit his food intake, but when he is hungry he is just IMPOSSIBLE to live with. Not only does he meow constantly, he becomes quite destructive, tearing up furniture, attacking the curtains and so on. One night he completely destroyed the electrical cord to my lamp -- he chewed it all to pieces. Luckily the lamp was turned off at the wall switch or I would have had a fried kitty.
So I started keeping his bowl full all the time, but he just eats all the time. I switched him to low calorie food (Science Diet) but he still eats too much and is still gaining weight.
He's getting so fat he is beginning to have trouble cleaning his rear end, and I'm afraid that is going to start causing hygiene problems.
Here's a picture of my wonderful little boy (taken awhile ago -- he's fatter now). Any advice on how to get him to eat less? I live in a small condo and I can't really have a hungry cat who is tearing around meowing and destroying things constantly. When he gets enough to eat, he's pretty mellow -- but otherwise, ugh!
Rebecca
So I started keeping his bowl full all the time, but he just eats all the time. I switched him to low calorie food (Science Diet) but he still eats too much and is still gaining weight.
He's getting so fat he is beginning to have trouble cleaning his rear end, and I'm afraid that is going to start causing hygiene problems.
Here's a picture of my wonderful little boy (taken awhile ago -- he's fatter now). Any advice on how to get him to eat less? I live in a small condo and I can't really have a hungry cat who is tearing around meowing and destroying things constantly. When he gets enough to eat, he's pretty mellow -- but otherwise, ugh!
Rebecca