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Kazz
09-11-2004, 12:05 AM
What age did your cat get a baggy belly you know what I mean don't you I can't think of any other way to describe it but a saggy belly.

Karen

Azz
09-11-2004, 07:05 PM
lol, *touch wood* Cheetah hasnt got one yet!

Mags
09-11-2004, 07:54 PM
I know exactly what you mean Kazz! I suppose Cassie has had hers since she was 3 (she's 7 now). Hers is so floppy and not that far off the ground :lol:

My previous cat had it as well and when I asked the vet about it, he said it was a build up of fat. That put my mind at rest as I was beginning to worry about it. It got to a stage when I was looking at every cat to see if they had the same.......and they didn't :(

Perhaps I've been overfeeding them.....or they are just lazy! :?

Would be interested if anyone could explain it :?

Naomi
09-11-2004, 08:54 PM
My MIL's oldest cat has got to be at least 10 and she's looking really fit, no saggy belly, yet her daughter who is 2 has a really saggy belly :smt017

Abbi
09-11-2004, 09:35 PM
Amber has the saggy'est belly in the world, I think it has something to do with the age that the are "done" Archie my male cat has not got one and Daisy (my moggie) who was "done" at a mature age does not have one.

Amber is slim and not over weight but does have a really saggy belly - its quite cute though! :D

Mags
09-11-2004, 10:29 PM
Ahh, that might explain it. Cassie was 'done' at six months and Sam at eight months.

It's nice to know that there are several more saggy bellies out there besides mine (oops I mean Cassies :oops: ).

Naomi
09-11-2004, 10:30 PM
rofl Mags

Azz
10-11-2004, 12:32 AM
i kno... post pics of their saggy bellies!

Mags
10-11-2004, 10:33 PM
:oops: :oops:

Kazz
18-11-2004, 02:16 AM
You could be right about the excercise thing though,
Cleo had her saggy belly from about 7-8 I think and she never went anywhere except the front or back garden. Whereas Oscar never got his till he was about 15-16, and slowed down a little.

Karen

tillytails
06-04-2006, 11:22 AM
Baggy Bellies - the cat equivalent of bingo wings :lol:

My two are sisters from the same litter. One has a BB (from about the age of 7), the other not. The one with a BB has always been more active and goes out much more, but is also bigger than her sister but not at all overweight. They were both spayed at the same time.

Reckon it's luck of the draw :lol:

Donna
06-04-2006, 02:30 PM
My two girls are both one and a half and dont have baggy bellies!! Bit too young for the middle age spread methinks!!

Jeanette
06-04-2006, 05:25 PM
All my cats got there's after they had been speyed. I think Oliver has an identity crisis, cos he got one too:roll: :roll:

I thought they came because of the spey???

random
06-04-2006, 05:27 PM
Tabs has one, she's had it for a fair while and she's 13 now :mrgreen:

Sweet
06-04-2006, 05:29 PM
Violet is still tiny and only 8 months old x

Moli
06-04-2006, 05:45 PM
Ahh, that might explain it. Cassie was 'done' at six months and Sam at eight months.

It's nice to know that there are several more saggy bellies out there besides mine (oops I mean Cassies :oops: ).:smt005 :smt005 :smt005 :smt005 :smt005 :smt005 :smt005

dandysmom
06-04-2006, 09:23 PM
All my girl cats have or had "hangy-down tummies" as a friend of mine calls it...the boys, no. I think Misty was about 5 or 6 when she developed one, but she was the most exercise averse cat !!!:roll: Leia is developing one now; she turned 7 in March. Actually, I shouldn't have said "all"; Patches has been a skinny cat all her life & is still a skinny cat at 20! Misty was spayed at 5 months; Leia at 4. It's funny to watch when they tear through the house with the tummy swaying from side to side lol

dandysmom
07-04-2006, 02:54 AM
Ahh, that might explain it. Cassie was 'done' at six months and Sam at eight months.

It's nice to know that there are several more saggy bellies out there besides mine (oops I mean Cassies :oops: ).
Mags, I blame mine on "gravity" lol

Julie84
08-04-2006, 10:56 PM
:oops: :oops: :oops: Murphy has a saggy belly and will be a year old in June!

andrew021
12-04-2006, 01:19 PM
Jet was spayed at 6 months. When i took her to vet for a check up I asked about her hanging belly, he said it's because she has been spayed. I thought she was putting on weight. Again her belly goes from side to side when she is walking.

logoes
12-04-2006, 03:49 PM
India arrived with a baggy belly, so I can't be accused of over feeding her. Little Melba was 16 1/2 yrs old and was still as slim as a kitten. She was spayed at 7 months old. Nelli Kim went baggy but that is the only other one I can think of although Sasquatch just got big all over, he was an enormous ginger tom. No can't remember any of the others going baggy. Logoes.

dinahsmum
12-04-2006, 03:55 PM
I think a lot of it is down to the individual cat and its genes or whatever. All my cats have been treated the same, neutered at similar ages etc - some had bellies, some didn't :roll: Bit like people really............

Jac
12-04-2006, 04:32 PM
Well my OH has had a saggy bellie since about a year after I met him. Just thought he was coming out in sympathy with me will I was expecting:shock: . Mine's away but he stil has his;) . That's with karate twice a week. So much for exersice:lol:

carternm31
12-04-2006, 05:18 PM
Well my OH has had a saggy bellie since about a year after I met him. Just thought he was coming out in sympathy with me will I was expecting:shock: . Mine's away but he stil has his;) . That's with karate twice a week. So much for exersice:lol:

Ha ha ha:smt044 :smt044 :smt043 Very good!

Jaffa has got a slight flabby belly. My sisters can has got a LOT of flab, almost touches the ground :shock: .

I thought it was due to speying too?

Moli
12-04-2006, 09:23 PM
My siamese have hangey belly's, and the vet nurse told me it was due to spaying, they are only 10months and 16months old...

Julie84
13-04-2006, 11:26 AM
Ooh, still not sure how Murphy ended up with a saggy belly then if the general consensus is that it is due to spaying? :shock: His brother has a nice firm belly but Murphy's (10 months) is quite noticeably saggy and droopy! :oops:

janey83
29-04-2006, 12:56 PM
I dunno if Tigger has a saggy belly! his fur is in the way!:roll:

borderdawn
29-04-2006, 07:18 PM
I was told all Cats have a "shopping bag" its the excess flesh they need when jumping and stretching :smt102
Dawn.

Julie84
29-04-2006, 10:52 PM
I was told all Cats have a "shopping bag" its the excess flesh they need when jumping and stretching :smt102
Dawn.

Making me feel much better (and it makes sense I suppose, they do seem to become really long when the jump and stretch).:D