Cat on diet...need advice.
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When I took our Ragdoll cat , Colin, for his shots back in February the vet told me that, unfortunately, he was overweight and would need to go on a diet. As you might know Raggies are a big breed and can be up to 10kg without health issues. Colin was weighing in at just under 8kg so i'd thought he was fine. Anyway he needs to lose about a kilo. The upshot is that the vet has said that we need to check the correct weight of food for his size and then half it until he loses the weight.
The trouble is that I now have a permanently hungry cat on my hands, who is yowling and scratching the furniture to get my attention and then leading me to the cupboard where his food is. I just feel so sorry for the poor little sod.
My question is, is there something we could be feeding him that has the low calorific value that he needs yet which will fill him up. At the moment he is fed on Royal Cannin Indoor 27 which is supposed to be a low calorie food.
Help!
The trouble is that I now have a permanently hungry cat on my hands, who is yowling and scratching the furniture to get my attention and then leading me to the cupboard where his food is. I just feel so sorry for the poor little sod.
My question is, is there something we could be feeding him that has the low calorific value that he needs yet which will fill him up. At the moment he is fed on Royal Cannin Indoor 27 which is supposed to be a low calorie food.
Help!
Yes Royal Canin do an Obesity Management diet. You'll be able to get it on line (or your vets may do a loyalty scheme with Royal Canin) and they do satiety dry sachets for cats very hungry all the time.
However you buy these foods you must have your cat under the care of a vet nurse and have him weighed at least once a month to ensure he loses weight safely.
Nurse appointments are usually free of charge and the diet food hopefully is temporary.
Tbh I have never seen a 10kg ragdoll, not even at a cat show. The same for Maine Coons, they can get to 10kg yet most males I see are 7-8kg and would be over weight if any bigger. My friend has one that is 9.2kg and still growing (he's a show stud though!)
Good luck he should lose thu weight
Should add playing games and his food in treat balls (they have to roll the ball around for the food to falk out) are other methods to help with weight loss and reduce boredom.
Cats use food as a way to be distracted from boredom, esp if they're indoor cats.
However you buy these foods you must have your cat under the care of a vet nurse and have him weighed at least once a month to ensure he loses weight safely.
Nurse appointments are usually free of charge and the diet food hopefully is temporary.
Tbh I have never seen a 10kg ragdoll, not even at a cat show. The same for Maine Coons, they can get to 10kg yet most males I see are 7-8kg and would be over weight if any bigger. My friend has one that is 9.2kg and still growing (he's a show stud though!)
Good luck he should lose thu weight
Should add playing games and his food in treat balls (they have to roll the ball around for the food to falk out) are other methods to help with weight loss and reduce boredom.
Cats use food as a way to be distracted from boredom, esp if they're indoor cats.
Edited by bexVN on Saturday 7th April 18:21
My cat is on the Royal Canin one but he seems really grumpy not sure if it's because he's hungry. The vet did say there was another food available which makes him feel fuller if he's struggling with this food, will take him back soon to be weighed and see what they say (he doesn't seem to have lost any weight in a month)
Simpo Two said:
rickf_uk said:
The upshot is that the vet has said that we need to check the correct weight of food for his size and then half it until he loses the weight.
Why not 3/4 it?Thanks folks.
The good news is that we weighed him today and he is losing wieght. since Feb he's lost 800g. I'm going to take him to see the nurse in two weeks for a follow up visit and in the mean time I'm going to try him with one of the sachets Bex mentioned as well as getting him a food ball.
The good news is that we weighed him today and he is losing wieght. since Feb he's lost 800g. I'm going to take him to see the nurse in two weeks for a follow up visit and in the mean time I'm going to try him with one of the sachets Bex mentioned as well as getting him a food ball.
rickf_uk said:
Thanks folks.
The good news is that we weighed him today and he is losing wieght. since Feb he's lost 800g. I'm going to take him to see the nurse in two weeks for a follow up visit and in the mean time I'm going to try him with one of the sachets Bex mentioned as well as getting him a food ball.
That's really really good, in fact you would want the rate to slow slightly (which it probably will do) over the next several weeks. Wish all my patients did that well!The good news is that we weighed him today and he is losing wieght. since Feb he's lost 800g. I'm going to take him to see the nurse in two weeks for a follow up visit and in the mean time I'm going to try him with one of the sachets Bex mentioned as well as getting him a food ball.
That is amazing and quite a fast loss. I'd have been happy (if he was my patient) with a loss half that amount in the time! You may want to slow his loss down a bit now, so that it is easier to control once you've reached his target.
Have you noticed Colin being more athletic (I hope so)
Have you noticed Colin being more athletic (I hope so
)I can't really imagine colin being athletic! Having said that he can now jump straight up onto the window sill without having to use our base speaker as a step. In the past we've let him out in garden in the summer knowing that the six foot fence is too much for him. I'm guessing I may need to re think that.
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