Comments on: 25% Just Right

By: Sempo

Sempo — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 02:57:31 +0000

Hi I saw you were talking about your cat
I’m a black labrador called Sam, and im chairman of http://www.sempo-tahoe.com
(a search engine club for animals)

We have a major inequality problem with our species distribution and we would really like some cats to join.
We’re having soooo much fun and we’d love it if your pets would join too!

Regards

Sam ~ Woof Woof!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 25 Apr 2004 15:33:35 +0000

My point was the fact that I’m happy as long as my cat is happy.

By: Jen

Jen — Sat, 24 Apr 2004 11:09:35 +0000

I think my demon beast needs company, or at least someone to keep her in line. Too bad my place is so small.

By: trolley

trolley — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 10:57:41 +0000

There was, but we just moved in together so our feline saturation has been doubled

By: Jen

Jen — Fri, 23 Apr 2004 06:06:17 +0000

That’s as much personality as weight, though.

Sorry, I thought there was only one cat in the household.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 21:43:23 +0000

Not the mention the fact that Dolly is the happiest cat that I know.

By: trolley

trolley — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 10:59:44 +0000

She isn’t the only cat though, and its funny because you say a fat cat is less playful because Dolly is much more playful than Nala, who is the correct weight.

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 22 Apr 2004 05:54:22 +0000

Actually, a fat cat is an unhappy cat — one extra pound on a cat is the equivalent to about 10 extra pounds on us, possibly more.

As you said, it runs the risk of diabetes and such, but also heart disease, arthritis, and many many other ailments.

A fat cat is a less playful one, if nothing else.

Finally, it’s quite easy to adjust Dolly’s weight, especially as she is the only cat in the house. For one, if she’s over a year old, you can switch her to adult “less active” formula foods, or you can simply monitor her food and ensure she doesn’t get more than the recommended dosage (which tend to be generous to begin with) per day. Put her food for the day in a measuring cup, and don’t exceed it, or just use a measuring cup to dole out how much she gets.

Feeding cats at regularly scheduled mealtimes is better for them than leaving food out all day (although many cats won’t eat all of their food in one sitting anyhow).

Forgive the lecture, but it’s left over from working at the animal hospital where diets were a large concern, as well as seeing the change in my cats when their weights went up and down.