We got our rescue girl 8 months ago and she was very underweight, barely 3kg as her previous owners were shits to her. She needed feeding up to be neutered so for a few months she ate loads, at least 2 sachets of Felix and maybe two bowls of dried food. 3 months ago she was up to 3.9kg and the vet said that she was starting to get a little "cuddly" so we should reduce what she was eating.
So for 3 months she's had half a sachet morning and night, and then maybe 2/3rds of a bowl of dried food to nibble on when she wants. This looks roughly what the packets suggest a cat her size should be eating. She doesn't snack at all really, maybe a few Dreamies once or twice a week, doesn't like to eat our meat or fish.
Of course, even on that she's gone up to nearly 4kg!
Or vet does have weight loss clinics but I don't think we can start going to them for a few months so I wanted ideas of what we might be able to do at home to help out?
I'm loathe to cut down the wet food anymore as I don't think she drinks much so I didn't want to do just dried food (this might be a completely wrong idea!) plus she does like it more than dried. I've cut the dried down to a handful twice a day, which she seems to gobble down. I am worried that she is asking for food and eating so quickly because she was so mistreated before she came to us.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
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Thurlow · 26/09/2016 13:38
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