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Cat weight, 2 have lost, one has gained.?
Okay, before I'm yelled at, look at my other posts please. I do free feed, but I free feed a very quality food. My 2 fat cats, ages 5 and 6 yrs, 15lbs both at the time, now have a healthy tummy flap of skin that my vet has approved. One I know for sure is down to 12.2 lbs, which works for her body type. The other, just has the extra skin hanging around, hasn't weighed in a bit, but she didn't have it before I went to a good food.
Right now I'm using Orijen, a no grain, no carb dry food they all love.
My problem is that my under weight 2 yr male, since I switched from IAMS to Taste of the Wild, has gotten a "Buddha Belly" as I like to call it.
He hasn't had enough time on the Orijen, since I just switched this week (not fully, they are still on the blend of the 2), but I've been using Taste of the Wild for a few months now, and my fat kitties are down to a healthy weight. Why did my thin kitty get fat?
I know you can't diagnose, dear god I do, just looking for ideas. I will bring this up with his vet, and for Ken S. I will not stop using dry food, nor will I stop free feeding, since my 2 others have lost weight and made their vet VERY happy, so don't bother responding unless you have something useful to say, I know the risks already.
Just want opinions on this odd phenomenon.
He gets plenty of exercise, He wakes me up to play fetch in the middle of the night, plus he plays with our 7wk old kitten very hard. He's not overweight yet, just a little pudgy.
I just think it's odd. He was a good weight while we were on a worse food, just a little under. Now that he's on good food, he gained weight too quickly. The other 2 have gotten back to the proper body type, palpable ribs with pressure but not visible, they now have the abdomen tuck again, but our male went from having all that, except you could just see his ribs, to not being able to feel his ribs, even with pressure. It's very confusing. And no, the female do not have health problem that expedited their weight loss
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
In my opinion, the thin kitty just didn't like the IAMS so now he's over eating because he likes the taste of the new food. Once he knows he's going to get the good stuff every day, he'll probably stop over eating. I tried IAMS. It's supposed to be good for your cats, but my cats hated it. They would not eat it untill they realized that's all you're getting. I switched really quickly because I enjoy my food, I want them to enjoy there food too.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Probably because when cats are thinner their stomach is smaller (it shrinks with less food) and they don't need as much food to get fat then. Try cutting down on the food just a little bit and he should loose some weight quite fast again.
Hope I helped :)
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