My male, Leo, was on the heavier side of healthy, bordering onto overweight. He wasn't heavy enough I was worried, but I was looking into getting him one of those feeder balls to encourage him to be a bit more active.
Then we introduced the 'babies.' (they're two years old, but so tiny we always call them babies)
Leo has visibly lost some weight. He's not skinny, but his slightly saggy belly is tightening more and his waist tapers much more nicely.
He's playing more--the babies are very active kitties and he's constantly in their presence, following them and trying to play their games. He's enough bigger that he doesn't really get into it, but he's always chasing and batting at them. He's also spending less time at the food dish--we have a single food dish, shared between all four cats and he won't eat when there's another cat at the dish. He's still eating, I'm sure of that, and he's pooping and peeing normally.
Is his weight loss something to be horribly concerned with? Should I just keep an eye on it? Has the introduction of younger cats ever caused some weight loss in anyone else's cat?
Then we introduced the 'babies.' (they're two years old, but so tiny we always call them babies)
Leo has visibly lost some weight. He's not skinny, but his slightly saggy belly is tightening more and his waist tapers much more nicely.
He's playing more--the babies are very active kitties and he's constantly in their presence, following them and trying to play their games. He's enough bigger that he doesn't really get into it, but he's always chasing and batting at them. He's also spending less time at the food dish--we have a single food dish, shared between all four cats and he won't eat when there's another cat at the dish. He's still eating, I'm sure of that, and he's pooping and peeing normally.
Is his weight loss something to be horribly concerned with? Should I just keep an eye on it? Has the introduction of younger cats ever caused some weight loss in anyone else's cat?