Over weight

One of my cats out of five of them is 23lb.He eats so much
I tried to give him a diet but it does not work
Because I have five eating in the same dish.
I can not lock him up though cause he just
Paws at the door. What should I do?[emoji]128570[/emoji]

Could you try putting the food in separate bowls, lined up for the cats?

I'm sure that he'd still poach, but it'd give the others a better chance at a fair share, thus leaving less for the glutton in the family

I have a glutton too, my Matt cat. He's 16lb, and should be 12.....he switches bowls with the younger cat part way through the meal, so what I did was lessen the amount that I give to him, and feed a little more to the young one. This way Midnight gets a better sized portion before Matt poaches his dinner.

  I had tried separating them for meals, but like yours, they got upset and didn't eat until they were sharing space again.

One of our two cats also likes to poach. It's helped to gradually separate them: first to separate bowls, then to separate parts of the kitchen, then, for some meals, to separate parts of the house, with a closed door. Part of the problem is that they have very different eating paces and styles: the poacher eats fast and loves everything but the other cat is a picky grazer. I sometimes sneak snacks to the grazer.

I think some people separate the cats and use timed meals, leaving the food out for a limited period, like a half-hour. We do that for the meals they eat in separate rooms: the slow cat gets about 20 minutes. She's gotten better about finishing and the fast eater has gotten better about not pawing at the door like a vulture!

Good luck!

Hi I agree with the previous posts separate feeding is a must to achieve portion control, I also think it's less stressful for them if they have their own food bowls/areas. I have one overweight and one skinny cat, having some success with Hills metabolic diet food, Eva's loosing weight slowly as suggested by the vet to prevent fatty liver. Separate feeding areas also allows me to give the other one more calorific food without Eva getting jealous.

Here's a recent thread with more tips on how to help a cat to lose weight: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/290035/overweight-cat

Thanks for the advice.

evamilly said:

... I also think it's less stressful for them if they have their own food bowls/areas.

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This is so true! Our slow eater is definitely less stressed about eating now that she eats her separate meals. These two, BTW, were both very underfed when we adopted them, so they may still have some food anxieties even though they've been with us for a little over a year now.

Too tried them things it doesn't work,today he ate so much he puked two big piles of cat food. [emoji]128572[/emoji]

Well I switched cat food and this is much better [emoji]128570[/emoji]

What have you switched to?

cat naturals

Did you try switching to a wet canned food? Really helped with our cat, from 20 down to 14 in seven months.....

Ok, I've never used a site like this. I looked for the topic of UNDERweight, but didn't see one. I have a 14 yr old cat who's lost quite a bit of weight over the last few months. She is indoors, and has only been exposed to my other 2 cats for YEARS. The other 2 are nice and plump. She eats fine, climbs stairs, and is alert. The vet simply suggested that she is probably just getting old. I am a single mom of 2 teenagers and have 4 other animals to care for, so I'm not wanting to spend $$ on blood test, and don't feel like that'd be much help in diagnosing "old" anyways. I totally understand its a part of the aging process, and would just like to keep her comfortable in her senior years. Of course I keep the lower cal foods out, bc of her healthy room mates. Suggestions on what I could feed her to put on healthy weight? I know it might not be much weight, but I'd like to cover up the boniness a bit. I know I should feed her this away from the other 2. She's really not picky. I haven't fed her much table food in the past, but if I mix it with canned, she might be up for it.