my cats alittle over weight and i really want him to lose it, but he cant go on a diet until my other cat is..

Question

not around, shes too old to go on a diet, so any suggestions?

Answer 1

there is a new cat food that is for this. it helps the slim one look good & trim down the over weight ones. it's made by pureina or imms. oh, never give a cat cows milk!! it will upset thier tummy & give then the runns, which inturn causes more weight loss. hope this helps:)

Answer 2

There's no reason you can't put one cat on a diet and leave the other alone. You can continue feeding the older one her usual food in the usual quantities. Just be sure to take up anything she doesn't eat, or fatty will probably start eating it - if he isn't already doing that!

You can get cats to lose weight by cutting their intake. Do it gradually so it's less noticeable to them. You don't have to bother with diet foods - they're crap and many cats won't eat them anyway. If you're just dealing with a pound or two, decreased consumption (with extra exercise thrown in) may do the trick.

The problem with this is that the cat is likely going to be unhappy eating less food and is going to take it out on you.

A better method is to feed better, not less. Better could be a better dry food (Evo, Core or Raw Instincts), or switching to a good canned food. With canned food, a cat can eat more which makes them happy, but because it's species appropriate food, they will lose weight.

Not all canned foods are created equally though. If you're going for weight loss, you want to get a good grainless food. See the What to feed link for suggestions.

Answer 3

you absolutely can change their food at this point, and provide them both a species appropriate diet which will help the overweight cat shed pounds, and help the older cat get the nutriants she needs. Get rid of all the dry food - it is little better than McDonalds is for humans - and does nothing to help their teeth - and turn to a good quality canned food with low carbs. Check out the listed website for information. It is run by a vet who has studied cat nutrition. I put my diabetic cat on a species appropriate diet a year and a half ago and her need for insulin was greatly reduced. I gave it to my cats with urinary issues, and they haven't had another problem since

Answer 4

This is very easy. Feed the proper foods to both and that means no dry food aka kitty crack


Nutrition since there are so many bad things out there is very important to your cat’s health
Contrary to what you may have heard; dry foods are not a great thing to feed a cat.
Please read the label on what you are feeding? What are the ingredients? Do you know what they mean? Is the first ingrdiant a muscle meat like chicken or meal or other things?
http://www.catinfo.org/#Learn_How_To_Read_a_Pet_Food_Ingredient_Label
Dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as being a huge contributing factor to kidney disease, obesity, crystals, u.t.i’s and a host of other problems. Food allergies are very common when feeding dry foods. Rashes, scabs behind the tail and on the chin are all symptoms
The problems associated with Dry food is that they are loaded with carbohydrates which many cats (carnivores) cannot process them. Also, Most of the moisture a cat needs is suppose to be in the food but in
Dry, 95% of it is zapped out of dry foods in the processing. Another thing, most use horrible ingredients and don't use a muscle meat as the primary ingredient and use vegetable based protein versus animal. Not good for an animal that has to eat meat to survive.
You want to pick a canned food w/o gravy (gravy=carbs) that uses a muscle meat as the first ingredient and doesn't have corn at least in the first 3 ingredients if at all. Fancy feast is a middle grade food with 9lives, friskies whiskas lower grade canned and wellness and merrick upper grade human quality foods. Also, dry food is not proven to be better for teeth. Does a hard pretzel clean your teeth or do pieces of it get stuck? http://www.felinefuture.com/nutrition/bpo_ch4a.php

Please read about cat nutrition.
http://www.newdestiny.us/nutritionbasics.html
http://www.catinfo.org/feline_obesity.htm
http://maxshouse.com/feline_nutrition.htm#Dry_Food_vs_Canned_Food.__Which_is_reall

Answer 5

Senior cat food is a good idea -- there are many types of cat food to help them lose weight. You may also want to try feeding them separately. This is what my cat's vet suggested. However, this is not always easy to do!

Answer 6

I have the same problem, one is a fatty and the other one is slim. I think he even eats when I am not looking the other cats food. I tried feeding them separately like the vet recommended but the fatty one got upset, jealous and started to get aggresive towards the other cat. And I am never home so it was hard. So now I buy indoor cat weight & hairball control food and give it to both of them the slim one is ok he hasnt lost any weight. ( I give him milk or treats when the other one isnt looking just in case) And my fatty one is loosing a bit of weight and I try to encourage his exercise even if gets tired fast.

Answer 7

avoid unnecessary usage of drugs

Answer 8

pounding out your meat will help healthier portions go a longer way visually and its good stress relief

Answer 9

trade in a cappuccino for a regular a cup of joe

Answer 10

turn off the lights at night because more darkness at night will make your body lighter