Overweight cat , goal is to lose weight and prevent diabetes ..

2cats4me · Nov 10, 2015

I think my Philippe is overweight at 19 pounds . Although he is naturally a big boy I think that he needs to lose some weight . I am not sure how much he should lose or the proper amount to feed him .

I used to feed mostly dry diet but now finally got my cats to eat mostly wet ..
I feed Fancy Feast Classic & 9 Lives Meaty Pate Chicken .
I give a Tbs of Evo kibble for a snack

.For Philippe's weight how many calories per day should he have for weight loss ?

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ruthm · Nov 10, 2015

Your Phillippe is a good looking boy, I commend you for switching him to canned food, it is so much better than dry food. My kitty Tiger was diabetic, i was lucky, she transitioned pretty easily to wet food once we had our diagnosis. You may have come across this already, but here is an article by Dr. Lisa Pierson on obesity, and please check out her food chart for low carb foods http://www.catinfo.org/?link=felineobesity

I am no expert, but to me your cat doesn't look obese? Here's a chart that I used for comparison: https://www.purina.com/cats/cat-food-nutrition/is-my-cat-her-ideal-weight-or-overweight

You an use Dr. Lisa's calculations, but I think the formula is something like 20 calories per pound to maintain ideal weight? Do you have a scale? I would get a baby scale, I have this one for my kittens:

You mention preventing diabetes, I am a member of Feline Diabetes Memberhip Board- they help me so much with managing Tiger's diabetes. The wonderful people therre might have some suggestions. Good luck.

2cats4me · Nov 11, 2015

RuthM said:
Your Phillippe is a good looking boy, I commend you for switching him to canned food, it is so much better than dry food. My kitty Tiger was diabetic, i was lucky, she transitioned pretty easily to wet food once we had our diagnosis. You may have come across this already, but here is an article by Dr. Lisa Pierson on obesity, and please check out her food chart for low carb foods http://www.catinfo.org/?link=felineobesity

I am no expert, but to me your cat doesn't look obese? Here's a chart that I used for comparison: https://www.purina.com/cats/cat-food-nutrition/is-my-cat-her-ideal-weight-or-overweight

You an use Dr. Lisa's calculations, but I think the formula is something like 20 calories per pound to maintain ideal weight? Do you have a scale? I would get a baby scale, I have this one for my kittens:

You mention preventing diabetes, I am a member of Feline Diabetes Memberhip Board- they help me so much with managing Tiger's diabetes. The wonderful people therre might have some suggestions. Good luck.

Thank you so much for your response .. You are actually the second person that commented that his body condition looked fine . So maybe he just needs to slim down a bit . I did just join the FDMB and those people are awesome . Everyone is very friendly and helpful . I just want both my cats to be very helpful . Thank you very much .

LTS3 · Nov 11, 2015

A low carb diet will help prevent possible diabetes. Too many carbs puts a heavy burden on the pancrease. Being overweight is also a factor. Feed low carb canned food for both weight loss and diabetes-prevention

The FDMB is a great board even if you just have a borderline possible diabetic or, what they call, a GA (Bridge) diabetic

2cats4me · Nov 11, 2015

LTS3 said:
A low carb diet will help prevent possible diabetes. Too many carbs puts a heavy burden on the pancrease. Being overweight is also a factor. Feed low carb canned food for both weight loss and diabetes-prevention

The FDMB is a great board even if you just have a borderline possible diabetic or, what they call, a GA (Bridge) diabetic

Thank you so much .. Yes , I am now feeding 90% wet .. Fancy Feast Classic & 9 Lives Meaty Pate and they get 2 Tbs of Evo kibble each meal for a topper . I am also feeding by caloric intake . Yes , the FDMB board is very helpful . I am learning a lot ..

lisahe · Nov 11, 2015

I agree with LTS3 about the low-carb diet. If you're able to keep Phillippe on the low-carb wet foods--I know it's been a struggle to get him there!--there's a good chance he'll slowly lose some weight over time. I'd also say he looks more like "slim down" rather than major weight loss is what he needs. He's a very handsome cat! What a face!

2cats4me · Nov 11, 2015

LisaHE said:
I agree with LTS3 about the low-carb diet. If you're able to keep Phillippe on the low-carb wet foods--I know it's been a struggle to get him there!--there's a good chance he'll slowly lose some weight over time. I'd also say he looks more like "slim down" rather than major weight loss is what he needs. He's a very handsome cat! What a face!

Thank you so much .. I appreciate your advice .. Yes , I agree he mostly just needs to slim down a bit . Maybe one or two pounds . Well he is really enjoying the wet food so long as I stick to just the two brands I think it will go well .. . They hate change ..

zed xyzed · Nov 11, 2015

what a handsome boy, I am glad you have him off of dry food. Not sure how active he is but see if you can get him to move around a little more. The is great site that rates cat foods it it naturalcatcareblog/2010/12/the-7-best-natural-commercial-cat-foods-so-far/ (add a dot com after the first word) good luck, the changes you are making will likely give you more time with him

2cats4me · Nov 11, 2015

Zed Xyzed said:
what a handsome boy, I am glad you have him off of dry food. Not sure how active he is but see if you can get him to move around a little more. The is great site that rates cat foods it it naturalcatcareblog/2010/12/the-7-best-natural-commercial-cat-foods-so-far/ (add a dot com after the first word) good luck, the changes you are making will likely give you more time with him

Thank you so much . Believe it or not he is very active . Always running around the house and up and down his cat tower .. I do play with the cats too .. So far they are both loving the wet food ..

stephanietx · Nov 11, 2015

Philiippe is so good looking! Like my little boy, Tumbles, Philippe looks to have short leg syndrome.

(Tumbles is the chunky monkey in my house and I always tell him his body is too big for his legs.) I agree, that he just needs to slim down a bit. He's not morbidly obese, but he does need to trim down and look sleek and trim. As many others have recommended, cutting carbs, going to a grain-free mainly wet diet will help.

2cats4me · Nov 11, 2015

stephanietx said:
Philiippe is so good looking! Like my little boy, Tumbles, Philippe looks to have short leg syndrome.

(Tumbles is the chunky monkey in my house and I always tell him his body is too big for his legs.) I agree, that he just needs to slim down a bit. He's not morbidly obese, but he does need to trim down and look sleek and trim. As many others have recommended, cutting carbs, going to a grain-free mainly wet diet will help.

Thank you so much . Yes , he does have some short legs ... Yes , I think he will be good with just a trim down .

ruthm · Nov 11, 2015

I meant to say this in my post last night--play is serious business to cats- the more you can incorporate activity, he might "slim" down without actually being on a diet. My two kittens just love this thing called, "Da Bird", .

2cats4me · Nov 12, 2015

RuthM said:
I meant to say this in my post last night--play is serious business to cats- the more you can incorporate activity, he might "slim" down without actually being on a diet. My two kittens just love this thing called, "Da Bird", .

Thank you so much . Yes , my cats love to play .. I do play with them a lot . We have lots of toys ..

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