I have a (female) he chomnk. We take her to the vet's annually to hear "welllll, ideally I would like her to lose a pound or two ... but I don't think she's at terrible risk for diabetes."
Thank you, sir. Because she's already a menace leading up to mealtimes, and our lives would be at terrible risk if we put her on a diet.
I noticed you said mealtimes. We switched our cat to a single feeding at night, and she has been sooo much better. It actually allowed us to get her weight under control. She was at like 15-16 lbs and now down to slightly under 12. She was struggling to clean her back, so her coat got pretty oily, and that's when we did some research and found that many cats do a lot better on a single feeding.
This is a good reference but at the same time, it’s important to jeep in mind this isn’t 100% accurate. One of my cats looks chubby, but the vet says she has a pretty good weight and what’s even more, the vet says she should not lose any weight. She weighs 3.7 kilos and she’s a small little thing, but according to our vet she has a pretty short and bulky torso that makes her look wide from above, hence why she looks chonk. Meanwhile, my oldest cat weighs exactly the same, 3.7 kilos, but she looks exactly like the thinnest cat in the picture you show because she’s very long.
One of my cats is the same way. I was concerned she was getting chunky but the vet said she’s “perfectly plump” and at a healthy weight for her. So, now when I cuddle with my cat, I tell her that she’s perfectly plump.
Same. I have one girl who looks a bit chubby but she’s pure muscle and bones. The vet initially said she needed a diet just from looks but then examined her and said she’s the perfect weight for her body. She’s just built that way.
I thought my cat was after getting really chonky over winter but turns out he was just super fluffy!!! He's molting now the weather is a bit better and he looks more like last years summer bod 😅
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