What affects us affects cats
The question is asking whether your cat is underweight if you can feel the vertebrae running down the spine. I think this is quite a tricky question to answer on the internet in the written word only and I’ll tell you why. My cat is approaching seven years of age. He has always been …
To be on the safe side check that your cat is not obese for medical reasons and that it is safe to reduce weight. Using a weight-loss diet provided by your veterinarian older cats should lose weight at no more than 1.5 percent of their initial body weight per week. Clearly it is advisable …
It appears that no domestic cat has beaten Himmy as the heaviest domestic cat on record. Dr Desmond Morris discusses this topic in his book Cat World published in 1996 and at that time Himmy held the world record for the heaviest domestic cat according to The Guinness Book of Records. I’ve checked the …
A lot has been written on how to help your cat lose weight. You can overcomplicate it or you can keep it simple. I believe in the simple approach because there’s two ways any living creature can lose weight: you can burn more energy i.e. calories and/or you can ingest less calories. To put …
Although this is a complicated subject and there are many reasons why some cat owners allow their cats to become overweight, a very useful study published online on the Oxford Academic websiteA tells me that probably the biggest reason why domestic cats become overweight is because their owner feeds them with too many treats …
The pet obesity crisis in the UK is a constant source of news. It is worrying. I was surprised to read in today’s Times newspaper that nearly two-thirds of UK veterinarians said that they had sustained an injury when treating an overweight cat or dog. I’ll have to presume that the report means that …
This is a discussion post. I don’t know the answer and neither do the scientists as far as I aware. We know that people eat for pleasure; as a means to alleviate stress or as a coping mechanism. You might call it emotional eating. In fact a lot of human overeating is due to …
She’s gone viral on news websites…She weighs around 25 pounds apparently. The title is an understatement as this cat could not be more demotivated and for that reason the video is amusing. Mind you I don’t blame her because who’d think about trying a water workout for an obese cat unless you want to …
