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do you have a chubby cat at home
you're really not alone in fact people
really actually like their cats a little
chubby the problem is is that it's not
healthy for them cats are most healthy
when they're out an ideal weight or even
a little thin so if your veterinarian is
complaining to you that your cats a
little overweight try not to take it
personally and instead take action the
first thing you want to do is figure out
how many calories you're feeding your
cat per day and how many calories your
cat needs to lose weight your
veterinarian will help you figure this
out
once you have that discuss with your
veterinarian now you need to set up a
system for feeding keep in mind that if
you suddenly drastically reduce the
calories without an appropriate diet
your cat will be hungry and maybe be
more vocal and kind of a pest but don't
take it out on your cat if you were
hungry all day and you could only get
food from pestering people you'd do it
to make sure you're feeding a food
that's filling and low in calories and
make sure that it takes your cat a long
time to eat because that will allow the
cat to have a better opportunity to feel
full one way to make sure that your cat
takes a long time to eat is to use a
food puzzle toy there's many of those
out on the market I have a few here this
one you put dry food in and the cat
kicks it around and food comes out same
thing with this one although usually I
like to start with it open so that the
cat gets comfortable eating out of them
as a dish before closing it the great
thing about this and many other food
dispensing puzzles for cats is that you
can make them more difficult or easier
depending on your cat's level remember
food puzzles are a lot like reading you
want to start easy and work your way up
to difficult if your cat eats wet food
you can still make it more difficult for
the cat to eat that's easy just put a
piece of paper or a piece of fabric or
some other object in the cat's away
don't make it too hard to start though
as always we want to make it easy for
your cat to get the food at first and
then gradually make it more difficult
then make sure to add more activity or
cats day many people really don't play
actively with their cats as often as
they should try to spend at least 5 to
10 minutes a day keeping your cat up and
moving around with predatory play if you
do those things and check the weight
again in 4 weeks
you should be starting to see that scale
move down and that's how you'll help
your cat lose weight
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