Diet for obese cats

Offering a specific diet to a cat that suffers from obesity is essential so that it can lose weight properly and have an adequate weight according to its constitution. As many of us know, obesity causes the appearance of certain diseases and reduces their life expectancy, so it is very important to act as soon as possible.

In this article we will offer you a diet for obese cats that you can make in your house, some tips about your diet and other details that will help your cat recover its ideal physical shape.

Keep reading and discover everything you need to know so that your cat stops suffering from obesity:

Dangers of feline obesity

Obesity in cats has a very negative effect on their health. The diabetes and hypertension They are serious diseases very related to overweight. Before this, we must take a series of measures to first stop the weight gain in our cat; to then reduce that weight by putting it on a diet.

The first thing we will do is leave the cat feeder with the feed alone for a certain time. After said time we will empty it. The best thing is to get used to small intake 3 or 4 times per day.

A good measure to satisfy the cat, and at the same time reduce its intake of dry feed, will be to soak the feed ration half an hour before serving. The feed will absorb water, swell and gain weight, becoming more satiating and moisturizing at the same time.

Exercise for an overweight cat

To motivate our cat to exercise, we will have to use the imagination. First of all we will buy or make some toys that our cat can “hunt”.

But over time, and after hunting five thousand times the false mouse, it is very likely that their interest will decrease. It will be then when we will remove from our arsenal the definitive weapon: a fishing rod for cats.

The saying goes: “Curiosity killed the cat”. Well, in this case curiosity can save your life. The hunting instinct of the cat will activate immediately and will try to catch the elusive cane. It will run from left to right, and will jump when it stays still at a certain height. Five or ten minutes a day practicing this hunting game and your cat will perform a very healthy exercise.

There are also a series of passive exercises for obese cats that will help you exercise without you hardly noticing it, write them down!

Goodbye to boredom

One of the causes that cause excess intake food in your cat will be boredom. Playing with him longer than usual will be excellent; but if we do not have the precise time, the best solution will be to adopt a puppy cat to keep him company.

At first your play will seem fatal to you, and for a couple of days the first cat will be offended and think that only these misfortunes happen to him. But the puppy with his desire to play, his persistence despite the signs of rejection, and his natural charm, will be accepted and from this moment both will play a lot. It is rare to see obese cats that live together. The usual thing is to observe it in cats that are a unique pet.

Diets with light diet

In the market there are types of low calorie feed for obese cats. These feeds are effective, but they should not be provided for a long time, since they lack the omega element and the epidermis and the fur of your cat would suffer.

In addition, any type of diet should be supervised by the veterinarian depending on the state of the cat, its age, and its circumstances (if it is neutered, for example).

The reason is that the cat’s organism is more delicate than the human or the canine, and its liver slows the metabolization of toxins. A sudden drop in calories consumed could lead to liver lipidosis.

Healthy homemade diet

A healthy homemade recipe It can be alternated with the dry or moist feed prescribed by the veterinarian. The composition should contrast with the veterinarian and make the variations that he proposes.

• 500 pumpkin gr
• Carrots 2
• 100 gr of peas
• 2 eggs
• 100 gr of cow’s liver
• 100 gr of chicken liver
• 200 gr of ground beef or poultry

1. Boil the squash, carrots, peas and well-washed eggs together.
2. Slightly pass through a nonstick skillet the cows liver and the chicken without salt.
3. Chop the pumpkin, carrots and peeled eggs into small dice, placing everything in a bowl. Add the boiled peas.
4. Chop the veal liver and chicken liver into small dice, adding it to the bowl.
5. Add the raw minced meat, or slightly passed through the skillet, in the bowl and knead mixing all the ingredients well. Once perfectly kneaded, the mixture will be broken into portions the size of a large meatball and each ball will be wrapped in food film. It will be stored in the freezer and a couple of times a week the meatball will be given to the cat after thawing.

You can enrich the mixture by adding a can of tuna to the natural (without oil or salt). In this way also the Omega 3 will be present in the diet. Veal and chicken liver to a lesser extent contain taurine, essential element for the health of the cat.

This article is merely informative, in .com we do not have the faculty to prescribe veterinary treatments or make any kind of diagnosis. We invite you to take your pet to the veterinarian in case of any type of condition or discomfort.

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