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I've never personally seen an intact obese cat and this leads me to the conclusion that it's probably not necessary to food restrict intact cats at all unless they are especially sedentary. I dearly hope this is correct.
I'm going to start breeding Oriental Shorthairs and frankly I'm uncomfortable food restricting any cat, at all. I'm picky about what I give my cats, but not how much. Admittedly I have had a few fat cats but these have all been spayed before they met me. When my cats get fat I exercise them and play with them rather than food restrict so they at least don't turn into huge cat balloons. I've never gotten one to run on a wheel but my breed of choice supposedly likes wheels so I may get one again even after swearing off them forever (the last one scared the heck out of my cat and had to be trashed because I couldn't give it away and the seller wouldn't take it back). I find the exercise works and I've just never food-restricted, though whatever is necessary to keep my breeding cats perfectly healthy, I will do.
I'm just really hoping food restricting is unnecessary for intact cats.
My spouse got a dog recently and it makes me super uncomfortable when it asks for more food but has already had its allotment. I've always avoided animals I would have to food restrict for this reason. It's only through recent research that I found out that some experts think it is necessary to food restrict cats. I always thought that cats were supposed to freefeed because they can starve or at least cause themselves starvation damage exceptionally quickly.
I'm going to start breeding Oriental Shorthairs and frankly I'm uncomfortable food restricting any cat, at all. I'm picky about what I give my cats, but not how much. Admittedly I have had a few fat cats but these have all been spayed before they met me. When my cats get fat I exercise them and play with them rather than food restrict so they at least don't turn into huge cat balloons. I've never gotten one to run on a wheel but my breed of choice supposedly likes wheels so I may get one again even after swearing off them forever (the last one scared the heck out of my cat and had to be trashed because I couldn't give it away and the seller wouldn't take it back). I find the exercise works and I've just never food-restricted, though whatever is necessary to keep my breeding cats perfectly healthy, I will do.
I'm just really hoping food restricting is unnecessary for intact cats.
My spouse got a dog recently and it makes me super uncomfortable when it asks for more food but has already had its allotment. I've always avoided animals I would have to food restrict for this reason. It's only through recent research that I found out that some experts think it is necessary to food restrict cats. I always thought that cats were supposed to freefeed because they can starve or at least cause themselves starvation damage exceptionally quickly.