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Hello everyone!
I also stumbled onto this site looking for some advice on how to help my older kitty, Gre from gaining anymore weight! My husband and I have two cat "babies" (they really are 1 year old, but you know, they will always be kittens in our eyes) and just recently we noticed that the older one is getting a little pudgy and the other, well, is much thinner. Anyone out there have any suggestions or some advice on how to help my pudgy princess get a little fuller from her meals so she won't feel like she has to bully food away from her little brother?

Originally Posted by ReneeMichelle

Hello everyone!
I also stumbled onto this site looking for some advice on how to help my older kitty, Gre from gaining anymore weight! My husband and I have two cat "babies" (they really are 1 year old, but you know, they will always be kittens in our eyes) and just recently we noticed that the older one is getting a little pudgy and the other, well, is much thinner. Anyone out there have any suggestions or some advice on how to help my pudgy princess get a little fuller from her meals so she won't feel like she has to bully food away from her little brother?

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Instead of getting her to feel fuller, I think I might focus on getting her to be happy with a "normal" amount of food. You don't want to end up with fat cats that have weight problems. If you feed her a little less gradually, she should adjust and become content with her portion size. You could also try feeding them seperately for awhile and give them both the amount of food they need to maintain a healthy weight without loosing or gaining.

If all else fails, feed her dry sponges! (JUST KIDDING! DONT DO IT!)

Good luck with them both!

Welcome to the site! I split your post from the other thread, and will now move it to Health & Nutrition for more advice.

You really do not want pudgy cats. Cats are supposed to be athletic, well oiled feline machines not fat, obese or pudgy. Fat cats are prone to diabetes, kidney and liver problems, heart problems and thyroid disease. They are unable to keep themselves clean. I would take your pudgy kitty to the vet to be sure the weight is good, and if not the vet will put her on a diet that will gradually take the weight off. Once they put weight on, it isn't easy to remove it safely

welcome!! it is nice to meet you!

If all goes well at the vet, maybe you could try a feeding schedule.

Smaller meals more often might help. The more meals the better. Three or four times a day would be good. (Divide the amount of food per day she should be getting for her size into thirds/fourths, depending on how many meals.) It should help increase her metabolism and lessen her hunger between meals, thus keeping her from wanting to eat so much.

You may also want to consider feeding them in separate rooms until she learns to settle down. Maybe for a week or two, and then try feeding them in the same room. Once she learns that she'll only be allowed to eat what's in her dish, she should leave her brother alone.

Hi there, welcome to TCS!!