answersLogoWhite

0

What do you do if your cat is fat?

User Avatar

Roxygal3000

Lvl 1
10y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Put the cat on a diet. By "diet", I mean you need to regulate the food your cat is eating. If you free-feed your cat (keep a bowl of dry food down all day), you need to take this away and feed your cat at set intervals - maybe three times a day. This may take a while for your cat to adjust, but its for her/his own good

Ideally, your cat should be on a wet-food diet. Good, high-quality wet foods have high meat content in and no grains. Grains, which are found in cheap wet foods and many dry foods, is what is most probably making your cat overweight, as its overeating to try and get the nutrients it needs (dry food doesn't contain much meat based protein which is what cats need). Cats cannot digest grain or corn, so it just gets converted into fat. The best thing about wet food is a cat will often eat less of this as it has far more nutrition than dry.

This conversion can take several months for cats to get used to, and several more months on top of that to get your cat at a ideal weight. Cats need to lose weight SLOWLY, as losing weight too quickly can lead to many health problems. You might want to invest in a digital scale for this so you can check up on his/her weight once a week so you can check the progress

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago

What else can I help you with?