rehomed cat with a dicky tummy ( he is also v fat) What do i feed him?

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We re homed two 2.5 yo cats, one is very slim but the other one is a fat git, the fatty cannot cope with rich food, what do i give them. I am keen to continue with dried foo as they have both had probs with their teeth which is now esolved thanks to our fab animal rescue centre.
They are both great one is quite shy (the slim boy) and the other is so affectionate you cant move for him being on you or wrapped round your ankles

You can get special low-calorie dry cat food, by Hills Science Plan I think (they also do normal-calorie stuff which your non-lardy cat can eat). Your vet should stock it...

Also congrats on your new cats

Have had my second-hand cat 10 years this November

Our cat had a very dodgy tummy when we first got him - bleeding rectally allsorts - I think a lot of it was the stress of fostercare, moving homes 3 times in a few short months.

Anyway he is on royal cannin sensitive stomach and it's been great, they also do a diet version.

Thanks Meg

Where do you get it cargirl is it expensive?

another Q? How do i stop the fat boy bullying mr slim?

Have no idea about the bullying - don't understand why they were rehomed together if one bullies the other - seems a bit strange. Fat one will be fat because he steals the other ones quota of food.

The royal cannin stuff is on a par with iams and the like £12ish for a large bag - 3kilos I think, lasts for ages & ages and I have a large cat. can get it from any decent pet shop, independent ones can usually order stuff in for you if you ask. At our chain pet store it's been on 3 for 2 quite often so just buy 3 bags!

How bad is the bullying? Does the slim one get hurt? Does it happen every time they are in the room together? Is it actual fighting? Is the slim one afraid to come in the room if the fat one is in there?

If no to the above it's just normal cat dominance and I wouldn't worry too much but would not leave shut in a room together alone in case a fight does start.

The food is as cargirl says, fatboy is taking slim's probably, feed them seperately if poss or stay in the room while they eat

MIL had a very domineering female cat (they had a mix of several sexes) and they had to keep her seperate from one of the other females. One day FIL got fed up of it and shoved them intogether!!!!!!!! Timid one had to stand up for herself and bully, although still dominant over her, never attacked her again.

I would feed them at the same time and put slim one on the worktop whilst fat boy is on the floor - you can then push him off the work top easily if he jumps up to scoff slims food.

Hills sensitive stomach is excellent!!!

and the bullying?

Read 'The Cat Detective' by Vicky Hall

Got mine in Tesco's a few months back (book not cat!)

Opened my eyes!

Has Fat boy been wormed?

actually if Fat boy had worms wouldn't he be slim??? So have they both been wormed?

Another thought is that the dry cat food may be causing him to drink more and therefore ending up with a dodgy tum. My mum took care of our cat several years ago and he did this but she switched him to an ordinary tinned food and he was fine.

Cats with bad worm infestations can look bloated, but as they are from an animal rescue centre, they would have been wormed and fully checked before leaving.

Lots of cats cannot cope with rich food. Manx cats find it a real problem. Mines a manx cat with a tail!

The other thing the vet gave me was a course of a herbal digestion thing which had kaolin in it. and do they go out side to 'do their business'? Mine has improved greatly, since new addition 'garden trained' him.

Thanks all for the responses. Fat boy puked all over kitchen this am but he had stolen slims food! I am feeding them seperately now and keeping fat boy away. I think that the bullying is just the usual dominance thing. Low cal food from the vet as soon as i can get there

The have both been wormed, De fleaed, and had there injections etc. They were both very well cared for in the animal centre

Sounds like a few weeks of watching what he eats and he will be on his way to becoming a slim boy like the other one You can get some very good diet cat food from large pet shops. They do all the good makes as well as ones for sensitive tums.

That's interesting Manxmum. We have a Manx and she does indeed find rich food vomit inducing. She finally settled on cheap as chips GoCat of all things.

Congratulations on your lovely new cats btw, gdb1 and good luck with finding Fat Boy a food that agrees.