Mojo has a big spay sway, which seems kinda odd to me since she's still a baby. The shelter said 6 months, but we're thinking she's closer to 4 months. She has been spayed. She has a sway of loose skin that hangs literally about 2" from her belly. I don't know if she had been pregnant before (gosh she is so young for that!) or if that's just from inactivity.
She did have a large tummy when we got her. It was actually so big that they thought she might be pregnant (she isn't, thank goodness). It has gotten much smaller since we adopted her, and given what we've observed I'm pretty sure she just plain got fat because of lack of an energy outlet and eating out of boredom.
My questions are, do we need to worry at all about her being overweight for her size at this time or just let nature take its course with that? Now that she can (and boy does she ever) run and play, and isn't eating everything in sight, she is finally starting to look like a kitten, instead of a kitten that swallowed a bowling ball.
Also, will she always have the big ol' spay sway and loose skin or will she grow into it? Since she is losing some of the mass, we are noticing that she does have some loose skin around that belly and chest where she was so big. Not a lot, and it's not really a health concern, just a question.
She did have a large tummy when we got her. It was actually so big that they thought she might be pregnant (she isn't, thank goodness). It has gotten much smaller since we adopted her, and given what we've observed I'm pretty sure she just plain got fat because of lack of an energy outlet and eating out of boredom.
My questions are, do we need to worry at all about her being overweight for her size at this time or just let nature take its course with that? Now that she can (and boy does she ever) run and play, and isn't eating everything in sight, she is finally starting to look like a kitten, instead of a kitten that swallowed a bowling ball.
Also, will she always have the big ol' spay sway and loose skin or will she grow into it? Since she is losing some of the mass, we are noticing that she does have some loose skin around that belly and chest where she was so big. Not a lot, and it's not really a health concern, just a question.