Hi
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We have 3 cats. The one in question is about 6yrs old, we adopted him from next door. Not sure what age they got him at but young I think. Her daughter bought him for her as a Mother's Day present one year she said.
She's one of those people who think animals should catch mice and fend for themselves so when we first met him aged around 4.5 he was super lean, still healthy looking though, must've weighed at a guess around 4kg or 4.5 absolute max more likely 4. We thought he was still a kitten or around a year old.
So he was shut outside most of the time, always hungry, survived on mice etc and never had flea treatment nor flu or any injections. He never had fleas though. Now he's with us he's had all that and gets fed lovely food. Problem is he can't stop eating.
He will wolf down all his food then come looking for the 2 kittens food. They prefer to eat a bit many times a day so he knows it's easy pickings. We don't want to keep picking up the kittens food as we want it to be always there for them but he will just munch it all.
Even though we tell him no he is just stealthier and stealthier about it lol. Any suggestions what best to do?
I can only think because he was hungry in the first I guess 4 years of his life he has an instinct to gorge and that's inbuilt now?! We leave Orijen cat and kitten dry food down for them all and he can just about manage to leave some of that but the wet food he finds irresistible ?
Thanks for any advice xx
This is him by the way xx clearly, there's much fatter cats than him in the world! He likely weighs between 5.5/6kg right now. If we didn't shoo him away from the kittens food we are sure he'd be closer to 7kg! Vet says for him 5.5kg is ok but on the overweight healthy limit she prefers 5kg for his age and build. So asking both for his health and to make sure the kittens are getting what they need.
Thank you xx
Not sure if this is the correct place for this please move it if not
We have 3 cats. The one in question is about 6yrs old, we adopted him from next door. Not sure what age they got him at but young I think. Her daughter bought him for her as a Mother's Day present one year she said.
She's one of those people who think animals should catch mice and fend for themselves so when we first met him aged around 4.5 he was super lean, still healthy looking though, must've weighed at a guess around 4kg or 4.5 absolute max more likely 4. We thought he was still a kitten or around a year old.
So he was shut outside most of the time, always hungry, survived on mice etc and never had flea treatment nor flu or any injections. He never had fleas though. Now he's with us he's had all that and gets fed lovely food. Problem is he can't stop eating.
He will wolf down all his food then come looking for the 2 kittens food. They prefer to eat a bit many times a day so he knows it's easy pickings. We don't want to keep picking up the kittens food as we want it to be always there for them but he will just munch it all.
Even though we tell him no he is just stealthier and stealthier about it lol. Any suggestions what best to do?
I can only think because he was hungry in the first I guess 4 years of his life he has an instinct to gorge and that's inbuilt now?! We leave Orijen cat and kitten dry food down for them all and he can just about manage to leave some of that but the wet food he finds irresistible ?
Thanks for any advice xx
This is him by the way xx clearly, there's much fatter cats than him in the world! He likely weighs between 5.5/6kg right now. If we didn't shoo him away from the kittens food we are sure he'd be closer to 7kg! Vet says for him 5.5kg is ok but on the overweight healthy limit she prefers 5kg for his age and build. So asking both for his health and to make sure the kittens are getting what they need.
Thank you xx
