Do you think my cat is fat?

Because of his weight not being that "much" you might want to consider having a blood panel drawn on him to check hormonal among other things just to be safe.

Your plan of action sounds good, I applaud the fact that you went the extra effort to get that wonderful enclosure built for them, and just a suggestion, try hanging just a few feet from the ground off the top of the enclosure some toys on a rope, or string, so the toys dangle in the breeze (make them feather-type toys, lightweight) To entice the cats to jump up a little to grab the prize. But hang them high enough so that the cats don't get wrapped in the rope, and make this a supervised activity only to be safe. I can't remember right now if you have climbing trees inside the enclosure, but if you live close to a forest or wooded area, you might try going on a hike and looking for good sized logs or limbs the cats could climb. This also helps when they sharpen their claws to blunt the tips because of the hard surface.

I was hoping you wouldn't take offense at my reality check, but Anne initially set up these boards as a learning tool, and I have learned so much here and other places and would like that trend to continue. Take care, and good luck with GoGo. I love his name, how did you figure that name out? LOL I have a feeling there is a story behind it.

Oh No, please don't think that I'm offended. I know he's a "BIGGIN" That's why I was so glad to find a forum to post my cat questions. This place is great and your input is appreciated.

Funny you mention hanging toys....I have a dozen "bite-size" rats hung in the enclosure with the thinnest sisal I could find. It was hilarious to see GoGo attempt a jump for those rats. Gravity definitely became a problem for him, though.

Anyway, GoGo figured out a plan of his own on capturing rats. He knew he had a choice of climbing the 2 giant tree logs/branches or the sisal wrapped vertical beam in the center of the cage, that leads to 3 separate perches....then the little smarty pants scoops the hanging rats from up high—string and all. Too funny. Depending on his mood, he has been known to climb the chicken wire to get what he wants.

It's kind of funny, too. The squirrels and birds have figured out that my cats can't get out of this cage. They actually sit as close as one inch away from the cage and dare to have staring contests with my boys. Brave wildlife!

Anyway, GoGo is only 3 and I want him to live forever so, I will speak to my vet about having a blood panel drawn. Thanks again for the advice!!

GoGo...that name was given to him because when he was a baby..he was the only one in the litter that wouldn't pose for a picture...(accept for the picture below) he was always on the GoGo. His brother, however stayed in trouble all of the time and his name is NoNo.

Ya know, everyone of these kittens ended up just as big as GoGo. The Blonde one in the front, Salvatore, is bigger than GoGo. Definitly in the genes, huh?

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Kim

I want to let you know first hand that Go Go does not have a weight problem, he has an eating problem. He eats his food and his three brothers food too. As one of Go Go's Sitters I can personally tell you that he muscles out the other cats at the feed trough. He gives them a little nudge and they don't stand a chance. I can tell you that he is a wee bit heavy - he has stood on my back and used my rear side as a pin cushion. yow!! He is a big cat, but not just in weight but in length, and yes he does have BIG BONES!!

What a handsome guy! I'm dying to kiss that fuzzy wuzzy tummy!

I just adore ginger kitties too!

Here are pics of my 3 week old male ginger's.

Oscar and Parsley

Im keeping Oscar, and Parsley is going to live with my sister

That was Oscar............

THIS is Parsley!

Neesey, those kittens are just adorable!! I just want to snatch them all up and snuggle, kiss, snuggle!

They are beautiful! I want them all!

This is Peter:

OMG! I want dem all! I just want to kiss their wittle faces!
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme

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Kim

the only female in the litter.

The hand belongs to my 8 year old daughter, shes not hurting her, just supporting her for me

Named after his Papa

So adorable! Send them all my way! I'm really partial to black or black and white kitties, and Bonnie and Beanie are just too cute for me!

CUTE OVERLOAD!!!!!!!

Bonnie is homed already, but poor Beanie is the only one I have no home for at the moment

I live in England, so I guess you cant have him!

Neesey xx

Beanie is my favourite !

-saf

Hello.

I really enjoyed reading all of your comments regarding GoGo and I'd like to share some of my input regarding GoGo.

I do agree that something need to be done about his weight.

I had a cat who I adopted about 1 1/2 years ago and she was FAT and BIG when I adopted her or was it her adopting me?? Her name was SunniDay but I called her Sunni for short and she was about 9 1/2 years old.

Anyway, the vet weighted her in at about 15 pounds and told me that Sunni couldn't gain any more weight. He started lecturing to me about this and I was like, "Hey! I just adopted her so I am not the one who let her get fat!"

As I lived with her and watched her throughout the years, I noted she'd push Zebra (another cat) out of the way and eat Zebra's food so I had to make sure that didn't happen very often. One way I tried which worked was to cut out a small door out of a cardboard box and put it over Zebra's food dish and weight the box down with something heavy. That way, only Zebra's head could fit through the "door" in the cardboard box and prevented Sunni from eating Zebra's food. That helped her not to gain any more weight...

After 1 1/2 years of SunniDay living a very happy life with me and Zebra, I had to put SunniDay to sleep on April 23, 2002. She had kidney failure and lost over 5-10 pounds within 2 weeks. I tried everything to lengten her lifespan and lessen suffering but after 2 weeks, I knew she wanted to go so I had to let her go.

I have heard that weight can be a contributing factor in kidney failure. Just thought this might help.