AmyH-Cornwall
11-05-2010, 04:14 PM
Hi Everyone
We adopted Jess from our local Cats Protection on the 1st of May! She is lovely! :D
She is 6 years old and unfortunately does have a weight problem, she is 5.8kg (was 5.9 when she went to the centre) and the vet has said she should be about 4.5kg!:?
When she left the centre she was being fed Pro-Plan Light biscuits and I did have to give her ID wet food for a couple of days as she had had an upset stomach! I wanted to let her have wet food still aswell as dry (hope you guys think its ok to feed wet and dry diet?)
I looked at different 'light' foods and she is now being weaned onto Hills Light diet - I also picked up some Hills Light wet food which she seems to like - I am feeding the recommended amount - and she definately does not get more than it says!
She went back to CP for her second vacc today and she hasn't lost any weight! :cry:
So I was wondering should I try her on a different food? Any ideas?
Also any ideas on how I can get her to move more? She will play with toys but doesn't really move that much, we got her a wind up mouse and she just sits and watches it! Hehe Cats hey! :p It is soooo hard that we can't let her out yet - I felt awful today that she hadn't lost any weight but we have been doing our best!
We adopted Jess from our local Cats Protection on the 1st of May! She is lovely! :D
She is 6 years old and unfortunately does have a weight problem, she is 5.8kg (was 5.9 when she went to the centre) and the vet has said she should be about 4.5kg!:?
When she left the centre she was being fed Pro-Plan Light biscuits and I did have to give her ID wet food for a couple of days as she had had an upset stomach! I wanted to let her have wet food still aswell as dry (hope you guys think its ok to feed wet and dry diet?)
I looked at different 'light' foods and she is now being weaned onto Hills Light diet - I also picked up some Hills Light wet food which she seems to like - I am feeding the recommended amount - and she definately does not get more than it says!
She went back to CP for her second vacc today and she hasn't lost any weight! :cry:
So I was wondering should I try her on a different food? Any ideas?
Also any ideas on how I can get her to move more? She will play with toys but doesn't really move that much, we got her a wind up mouse and she just sits and watches it! Hehe Cats hey! :p It is soooo hard that we can't let her out yet - I felt awful today that she hadn't lost any weight but we have been doing our best!