I need help with this topic. We follow the "free feed" method since we have 7 cats in the house right now (1 likes the garage better, the other hasn't been around for awhile) Some of these babies are completely at normal weight, and 2 of them we are having problems with. One would be Onyx he was a stray but isn't that badly overweight. Mittens was a feral when we got him as a baby, it has taken him 6 years to let us touch him without him trying to bite, he is now 8 years old and ever since we got him he has had a weight issue. When we took him to the vet they just said that it is nearly impossible to put a cat on a diet when you live in a multi-cat household. I know this can be done, it was just way to hard to even try when my mom was at work until 3 and then school from 4:30 to 10:30 pm, and I was at school. Now that I have graduated I have a whole lot more time to work on this, he has lived outside his whole life until this winter, when we carried him inside as to keep him warm and safe. He has now decided he likes it inside and around people, I have noticed he is finally losing weight, not much but it is something. I would like to put him on a diet to get him nice and healthy so he can have a better quality of life. I just don't know how to do it when we have the others to feed as well. We feed dry food only, wet for a treat once a month. I have heard many different things, one would be to feed a teaspoon of food every 3 hours. So maybe someone can help me since I know there are many multi-cat households!
Sorry this is so long!!!
Sorry this is so long!!!