Fat Cats AGAIN!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Erica Huggins — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 12:33:30 GMT

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Hi with regards to losing wt with the wet diet - i wonder if this is cos they may feel more satisfied and fuller with it after a meal as it will have water added to it with it being wet?If that makes sense?!

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I was wondering this myself also! I know that if I drink a large glass of water before I go shopping I buy less cakes!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Katy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:14:17 GMT

Oooooh i've just weighed my two. (Paranoid owner syndrome)

Cleo has lost 200g since January and Felix 100g. So at least they aren't putting weight on and they've been on r/d for less than a week...

Score!!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

dinkyd — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 18:58:09 GMT

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Katy — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:09:24 GMT

Well my monsters are still doing ok on it, Cleo had a whinge this morning, but when she ate some off the floor decided she liked it again. God!

Pleased with it so far and will weigh them next week.

I tried my 2 on Royal Canin wet food. Absolute nightmare as they get so obsessed with it. Dry is the way to go with my 2!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Erica Huggins — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 15:03:11 GMT

Hi,

Ive used about every diet product during mu clinics and find that most brands if used correctly will work. The pet howver may have different ideas about which one they prefer and if they every reach a platou effect for far to long try changing. I have however found that most of my stubborn cats have lost weight well on either MD (wet!) carefull have lost weight too quickly! or OM wet again. Don't ask me the science stuff just have found that over the last 8 or so years that although I alwasy start them on lovely dry food they all loose weight better on complete wet diet food. Arrrh poor teeth!

No cat were harmed in my experimental dieting clubs just *issed off! lol

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Saskia Quinn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:03:08 GMT

yes, new monitor/computer/everything needed at home as now I am home again, its not so clear

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Katy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:55:27 GMT

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Katy, have you improved/changed your pic? It looks much clearer now or maybe my work computer is a better quality hehe

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Nope, lol!
Maybe you need a new monitor at home - oop!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Saskia Quinn — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:28:26 GMT

Katy, have you improved/changed your pic? It looks much clearer now or maybe my work computer is a better quality hehe

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Katy — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:40:02 GMT

A little update for you all......

WTF is up with my cats?!!!!!!!!

They changed completely onto the r/d yesterday after I gradually introduced it. My OH texted me around 2pm to say that he had not seen the cats all day because they were too busy sleeping upstairs!!

Now usually the little sods (particularly Cleo) whinge for food all day.

I am in shock and can't believe that the food has made such a difference. They are even leaving food in their bowls. I wish i'd put them on this sooner rather than persevering with RC Obesity.

Oh well. We live and learn.

I will weigh them in a week to see if they are losing any, and then adjust the amounts as needed.

Soooooo impressed!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Fiona Leathers — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:04:32 GMT

Best way of Sonny (9.2kg) losing weight - he became hyperthyroid!!!

No other outward signs just weight loss, which didn't really mean that much cos he was already on RD, but we had a new Idexx snap machine fitted to our Vet-test so we decided to blood sample him to try it out! Bloody cat!!

He's now quite a svelte 6.3kg!!

PS he had 5 old ladies he visited daily for food & lurve - I didn't make him fat - I could understand why he kept putting on weight, until followed him one day

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Libby Reys — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:35:18 GMT

Hi guys. Okay, have you seen the ingredients in Hill's r/d? Do you want to give your cat grains and among other dubious ingredients, these three: BHT, BHA and Ethoxyquin, implicated in kidney and liver disfunction!

If you're really keen for your cats to lose weight, do you feel it might be more beneficial to up the protein and lower the carbs a bit? What about fresh meat as part of their diet? Cats being carnivores and all that

Hide and seek's a good running about, weight reducing exercise! Good luck!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:21:19 GMT

aye, I know you worked with greyhounds so you def know the breed!! Not so hot here either, hubby drank too much and is sleeping on chair but I am going to let him lie there and sleep it off as I have my electric blankett all warmed up and waiting for me and boys are asleep hours ago!! Early rise in the morning I am sure!!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:15:00 GMT

speaking of tired WTF are we doing up it is freezing cold my feet are like ioce blocks l have boiled the kettle 4 times for a hot water bottle have made 3 coffees and still here wittering on god are we sad or what?

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:12:41 GMT

l used to work with them had 70 in the kennels sometimes went up to over 100. and took on a retired racer so fair to say l know greyhounds.

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:11:49 GMT

Saskia and Ranger are such couch potatoes its unreal!!! I had to go into the garage just now as Daisy, my lurcher (tiny) was 'barking' giving off as Ranger was in her bed. In the end she had to settle with sleeping beside Saskia on the retired to dogs 2-seater!!! Quiet now so they must be sleeping, unlike some of us!!!

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:09:17 GMT

Carolyn, I smiled with interest when I saw you had replied to my greyhound idea!!! hehehe Have been on the receiving end with Saskia on 2 occassions!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:04:54 GMT

Just as well Paula. Greyhounds look to where their next sleep is comming from.

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Saskia Quinn — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:50:36 GMT

I have a much better idea than that.......get a greyhound hehe only joking!!

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Caro Laithwaite VN — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 11:12:58 GMT

Christine tie a cream cake on a long line and have someone stand in the middle of a field wizzing it around their head. You have to run around and grab it. Well was just a thought as you wanted to do a varyation with the feather

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Shane — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:36:27 GMT

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personally i found very few cats or dogs liked r/d (sorry Judy)

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lol, that's maybe why they lose weight, they dont like it? Pfftttt!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Christine Chapman — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:14:01 GMT

Exercise is good! All I do is sit in the middle of the floor, grab a feather or something and make my poor cat go around me a few times until he tires and has to lie down. It works! He's got so much more energy too and is losing a lot of weight now so I'm about to reduce the amount of 'circuits' he does. Warning though, you may feel a little dizzy. Haha maybe I should start 'chasing the feather' I need too!!

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Katy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:28:43 GMT

I'm pretty sure that as my 2 are food orientated that they'll be fine with it. Especially as they are on a diet food already!

I'll let you know how the tubbies get on!

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Helen Brewster — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:37:09 GMT

Peggly bear - my mad ginger eating machine - loved R/D, but then he scavenges anything off the floor like a dog - so prob not the fussiest eater!!

However, even olly - (the chosen one) who starts his diet today - likes it and he can be quite fussy

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Sal the 1st — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:33:59 GMT

My Morris loves r/d - and did lose a good amount of weight on it , things went a bit awry in december but plan to have him back on r/d and forage feeding ( small amount only in the bowl and rest hidden around the flat in toys etc so the lazy little git has to work for it!)again very soon

Re: Fat Cats AGAIN!

Steph Worsley — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:28:05 GMT

personally i found very few cats or dogs liked r/d (sorry Judy) but loved Purina OM and had great success with it!