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Posted by PHAbymom on September 17, 2002 at 00:01:50:

In Reply to: Overweight Cat posted by Suzanne on September 16, 2002 at 10:18:59:

It's not easy to put a cat on a diet. One major problem is that when you cut the calories severely, it can cause other problems, like heart and liver damage, this is especially true for overweight cats. A cat's calorie intake should never be reduced more than 10% to 15%. You didn't indicate if you free feed. Often introducing a "diet" food won't work well because the cat just eats more of it. You might want to try set feedings, morning and evening, with a measured amount of food and increasing the cat's activity with a few short play sessions. It make take quite a while to see any significant weight loss, but slowly the cat will lose the excess weight and build more muscle.

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