dr. J's King and this is Austin we're
here the Washington family veterinary
clinic today we're going to talk about
how to get your cat to gain weight first
of all that starts off by general health
and being able to go visit your vet
regularly to see them every 6 to 12
months as they grow and as they get
older especially two to have them have
regular vet checks so that they you know
that they're healthy that's probably the
main thing that you want to start with
the second thing is to have just a
nutritious food you need to check on the
ingredients of your of your food make
sure that there's plenty of protein
there's plenty of of good nutrients
within your food because that's going to
be probably the most important because
if you're if you're feeding your cat a
low quality food your cats not going to
be able to gain weight the other part of
the gaining the weight is is keeping
your cat up to date on vaccines and
up-to-date on deworming and in different
protocols that way so that the cats
isn't having other things other elements
that are making this cat not gain weight
or to lose weight
sometimes your veterinarian or sometimes
things that you can do would be to add
different foods not only just dry food
but also adding some type of wet food
that will actually enhance the cat to
eat sometimes cats will like a little
bit of wet food that will actually make
them want to eat more and you can mix
this with the dry so they have a better
appetite and and will gain more weight
things to look for in a Cadden on how
how how trim a cat should be is you
shouldn't be able to to fill very much
fat on your cat on the ribs you should
be able to rub your hands down their
ribs and actually not have to push at
all to fill those ribs you should just
fill them as you as you rub your hands
by if you can't fill those ribs you know
that we've got a cat that's probably
overweight and if you can fill the ribs
too easily or the backbone real easily
you know that your cat does need to gain
weight so starting off with a full
physical health plan including deworming
up to date on
vaccines a good diet and good healthcare
is probably the start of how to get your
cat to gain weight
