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OK, I'm considering adopting a 7 year old kitty from a shelter - she gets overlooked and needs a home badly and looks to be a total sweetheart.
I went to see her this weekend and there was a sign on her cage from the vet that she was sick and not to touch her. We interacted a little through the cage and she very nice... but I have to say - this cat was enormous. My Len was bog boned, and a big cat - at one time he was obese (27 lbs) until I moved into a house with stairs and he got some exercise, and soonafter I switched both cats to canned only diet - he went down to 19-17 lbs. Still a bit on the big side but as I said he was a big cat. Len's weight loss could have been a fluke (he was HUGE at 27 lbs).
This cat at the shelter... ok. Maybe the steps will help her (she looks like she should be at 12 lbs give or take, and she's probably about 19 or so now), if you switch a cat to a canned diet - is that known to be a weight loss catalyst? I suppose I could get a harness and take her for walks (haha, really). I'm leaning towards the harness and the walks, and canned food - just looking for some other ideas.
I have to find out what is wrong with her and why she is quarantined first, but she's on my mind. And so is this kitten, which I said I wasn't going to adopt a kitten, but it was the sweetest little thing.
I'm worried at her advancing age and her weight, there will be problems sooner than later. I'm not adverse to giving proper cat care, but have been thru the wringer the past couple of months with two seniors, one now departed one quickly and heartbreakingly currently departing.
Tips? Tricks? Thanks in advance!
PS: I had Len on weight-loss food, and found that he started losing when I took him off that, I think it was making him gain - and he wasn't free-fed, two meals a day, nothing in-between - so I'm not going down that "weight-loss food" path.
I went to see her this weekend and there was a sign on her cage from the vet that she was sick and not to touch her. We interacted a little through the cage and she very nice... but I have to say - this cat was enormous. My Len was bog boned, and a big cat - at one time he was obese (27 lbs) until I moved into a house with stairs and he got some exercise, and soonafter I switched both cats to canned only diet - he went down to 19-17 lbs. Still a bit on the big side but as I said he was a big cat. Len's weight loss could have been a fluke (he was HUGE at 27 lbs).
This cat at the shelter... ok. Maybe the steps will help her (she looks like she should be at 12 lbs give or take, and she's probably about 19 or so now), if you switch a cat to a canned diet - is that known to be a weight loss catalyst? I suppose I could get a harness and take her for walks (haha, really). I'm leaning towards the harness and the walks, and canned food - just looking for some other ideas.
I have to find out what is wrong with her and why she is quarantined first, but she's on my mind. And so is this kitten, which I said I wasn't going to adopt a kitten, but it was the sweetest little thing.
I'm worried at her advancing age and her weight, there will be problems sooner than later. I'm not adverse to giving proper cat care, but have been thru the wringer the past couple of months with two seniors, one now departed one quickly and heartbreakingly currently departing.
Tips? Tricks? Thanks in advance!
PS: I had Len on weight-loss food, and found that he started losing when I took him off that, I think it was making him gain - and he wasn't free-fed, two meals a day, nothing in-between - so I'm not going down that "weight-loss food" path.