That is great, I hope others follow their progress, and give it a try!
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Fat cat help.
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In continuing to keep everyone updated, both Goober and Gomer are now down to 6oz of food(which is the lowest I am willing to go for them).
So far they seem fine, they get hungry around 4 or 5 and start begging but give up after about 20 minutes of us ignoring them and wonder off to do their own thing.
Goober finally broke 20lbs and is now at 19.8lb. This puts his weight loss at this time at 5.2lbs.
Gomer just hit 16.8lbs himself, with an identical weight loss of 5.2lbs from his original weight.
They are both also into far more trouble than ever. They have discovered new heights they can jump to and are all over the place, enough so that we have had to find new places to stash the bread as they now jump to the kitchen counter and then onto the icebox, on top of this both are more active than ever. Running, jumping, and playing like kittens once again...and the occasional tussle that ends with hair flying that we have to break up between the two brothers.
The biggest thing we have noticed is they no longer wheeze. Both had a wheezing problem when they would breathe and that is officially gone, no more wheezing at all...except when they snore, but thats totally normal.
My goal weight for them is 15lbs, but honestly I am just happy they have achieved what they have and both have been very good sports about the diet changes.
They also both have adorable belly pouches that kinda wobble when they run now, not sure if that skin will ever tighten up or not but it may just be a reminder of one time being obese.
So far they seem fine, they get hungry around 4 or 5 and start begging but give up after about 20 minutes of us ignoring them and wonder off to do their own thing.
Goober finally broke 20lbs and is now at 19.8lb. This puts his weight loss at this time at 5.2lbs.
Gomer just hit 16.8lbs himself, with an identical weight loss of 5.2lbs from his original weight.
They are both also into far more trouble than ever. They have discovered new heights they can jump to and are all over the place, enough so that we have had to find new places to stash the bread as they now jump to the kitchen counter and then onto the icebox, on top of this both are more active than ever. Running, jumping, and playing like kittens once again...and the occasional tussle that ends with hair flying that we have to break up between the two brothers.
The biggest thing we have noticed is they no longer wheeze. Both had a wheezing problem when they would breathe and that is officially gone, no more wheezing at all...except when they snore, but thats totally normal.
My goal weight for them is 15lbs, but honestly I am just happy they have achieved what they have and both have been very good sports about the diet changes.
They also both have adorable belly pouches that kinda wobble when they run now, not sure if that skin will ever tighten up or not but it may just be a reminder of one time being obese.
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Your updates are great to read, thank you! It sounds like the guys are making good progress -- this is where "trouble" is a very positive thing. It's particularly wonderful that they've stopped wheezing. Based on experience with our previous cat, I doubt their pouches will go away.
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So it is about time everyone meets the boys. I went through great lengths to get these as neither were willing to sit idle while I snapped them.
Goober
And Gomer, the ultimate of ultimate of hams, the ham of all hams, the cheeseball.
Goober
And Gomer, the ultimate of ultimate of hams, the ham of all hams, the cheeseball.
try buying a toy called Da Bird, I bought it at Amazon, very inexpensive. Lazy cats cannot resist moving around!
So cute
