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Old 20-10-2015, 22:43
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He is only just over a year old. He was neglected by his owners so we cat napped him and have given him food, warmth and love for 7 months now. He was castrated at 6 months old.

The problem is he looks pregnant. He is always eating, as we leave biscuits out for the cats (4) to graze. They all also get a breakfast of a wet food sachet.

He was wormed 2 weeks ago but still is bulging around the belly, but he's not a big bodied cat so it looks very odd.

Today I've restricted his biscuits by only giving him a few everytime he's looking for food, so I will keep him on a diet to see if his belly goes down.

Anyone else had a fat cat and any tips on diets?
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Old 21-10-2015, 12:50
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I took my cat to the vet for his vaccinations, and he was 6 kilos when they recommended he be a MAXIMUM of 5.5kg, ideally they'd like him to be 5kg. As I have another cat we found it really hard to have separate food bowls and measure out the correct quantity for each cat, so we bought the surefeed food bowls, they were expensive but so handy to ensure our cats only ate the correct amount of food. He is now down to 5.6kg so it's slowly working. We also swapped to a diet version of cat food.
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Old 22-10-2015, 16:22
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I was going to say are you sure he is male but yes, you have had him castrated!

does he go outside?

if yes, he might be going to another house for food - I believe that many cats have a "second home" and if he is going out it might be worth attaching a note or something to his collar (if he wears one) saying "Please dont feed me, I am on a special diet" my sister had this problem with her cat, he was overweight and he was going down the road for "extras" so he put a disc on his collar saying "dont feed me, i am on a special diet" and it worked

if he isnt going out then Im stumped - restrict his food intake as you are doing and hope for the best
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Old 23-10-2015, 01:32
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He is only just over a year old. He was neglected by his owners so we cat napped him and have given him food, warmth and love for 7 months now. He was castrated at 6 months old.

The problem is he looks pregnant. He is always eating, as we leave biscuits out for the cats (4) to graze. They all also get a breakfast of a wet food sachet.

He was wormed 2 weeks ago but still is bulging around the belly, but he's not a big bodied cat so it looks very odd.

Today I've restricted his biscuits by only giving him a few everytime he's looking for food, so I will keep him on a diet to see if his belly goes down.

Anyone else had a fat cat and any tips on diets?
Was he wormed with good stuff or rubbish from the pet shop? Pot bellied usually denotes worms.
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Old 24-10-2015, 11:15
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He is always eating, as we leave biscuits out for the cats (4) to graze. They all also get a breakfast of a wet food sachet.
I'd be interested to know where you can get biscuits for cats, as I've not come across them.

Or did you mean some sort of dry cat food?
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Old 24-10-2015, 11:48
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I'd be interested to know where you can get biscuits for cats, as I've not come across them.

Or did you mean some sort of dry cat food?
I just assumed they meant dry food - I always refer to it as cat biscuits too!
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Old 24-10-2015, 11:53
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I just assumed they meant dry food - I always refer to it as cat biscuits too!
I also call them cat biscuits

I've got the same problem with my cat. I was the one who posted about a slim kitten, she's put on weight now which is good, only my other cat has also put on weight when he was already a good size. For him it was because he was eating the kitten designed food. So now I make sure that as soon as my kitten finishes her food if there is anything left I throw it straight out. As in as soon as she stops eating. (I also give her smaller portions so she eats it usually in one go) I also tend to feed them in separate rooms. My biggest issues is the constant supply of kitten biscuits as I need to keep it down for my kitten. I just make sure I keep an eye on it if my adult cat is in and if need be remove it for a duation until he loses interest.
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Old 24-10-2015, 20:46
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Oh right. In my book, biscuits is biscuits Like dog biscuits, only smaller.

I feed my cat Purina One dry food which she loves. Each meal is weighed - I am sure if I left out a constant supply she would outgrow the cat flap in no time!

Incidentally, I have an Andrew James automatic feeder which allows me to weigh out 6 meals (2 a day) in advance. Best thing I have ever bought, I think, since she expects her morning meal about 5am
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Old 24-10-2015, 21:37
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Last week we took one of our cats with the same symptons to our vet.
Turned out he has a hernia.
We now have him on a diet to try to reduce his weight.
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Old 28-10-2015, 10:52
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Is he getting enough attention and stimulation? Cats when bored often turn to eating basically as 'something to do'. My cat was always whining for food but when I started playing with her some more and giving her more affection she only whines at breakfast and dinner time now ie. when she should
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Old 04-11-2015, 23:56
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I had a dumped cat and she would eat anything in sight, I guess because she was scared she wouldn't get any more food. In the end I had to feed my cats separately to make sure she wasn't eating the other cats food. It helped a bit but in the end I had to get special low fat food recommended by the vet. It cost more but filled her up without her getting to many calories. She soon got to the right weight with the new food.
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Old 07-11-2015, 21:59
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I'd be interested to know where you can get biscuits for cats, as I've not come across them.

Or did you mean some sort of dry cat food?
I mean dry cat food, sorry for confusion, we always call them biscuits
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Old 07-11-2015, 22:03
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Last week we took one of our cats with the same symptons to our vet.
Turned out he has a hernia.
We now have him on a diet to try to reduce his weight.
Interesting, was he showing any ill health signs?

Our little chubby seems really healthy.
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Old 07-11-2015, 22:06
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We weighed him yesterday and he's 4.5k so I guess he's not too heavy even though he looks a bit odd.
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Old 10-11-2015, 23:48
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I had a dumped cat and she would eat anything in sight, I guess because she was scared she wouldn't get any more food. In the end I had to feed my cats separately to make sure she wasn't eating the other cats food. It helped a bit but in the end I had to get special low fat food recommended by the vet. It cost more but filled her up without her getting to many calories. She soon got to the right weight with the new food.
I had a similar experience. At first she ate like crazy and went from being just skin and bones to a being a little fatty! Since then though she's lost weight and has maintained a healthy weight ever since. It seemed like once she'd got used to the idea that she was going to be fed regularly, she stopped gorging. I do think, though, that it's worth buying good quality food with fewer empty calories and more actual nutrition.
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