Suggestions for Cat weight loss

burnt69 wrote: ↑ Dry food = carbs. Which has both high caloric content, as well as creates insulin response which causes additional consumption. So basically you need to get him off the dry food pretty much entirely. And the 'wet' food should be as low carb as possible.

Basically just like a human. Its next to impossible to exercise out of a weight problem, especially for a cat.

If the cat is able to drop some weight, then maybe it will be naturally more inclined to be a bit more active. (ie: imagine if your normal body weight was 160 pounds, but you were 240 pounds, ie: 50% overweight, certainly your ability to engage in physical activity would be impacted!).

I know when I had a cat, by the time I figured it all out, there was very little difference between feeding him store-bought "human" chicken, hamburger, stewing beef, etc., compared to buying canned cat food cost-wise, and he certainly was eating much healthier with "human" food. Cats can be notoriously picky eaters though. But that dry food is like a human dining on potato chips -- you'd never consider a substantial amount of your diet , let alone 50% potato chips, to be healthy. Except that's what 'dry' food manufacturers magically think is acceptable for a cat.

Kkhan15 wrote: ↑ Thanks for the feed back. His wet food is def low carb and the reason we went with that brand as recommended. Will see how he does by upping his wet food while slowly lowering the dry food.

Kkhan15 wrote: ↑ Our cat is about 6 years old and is on the chubby side. Weighed him around 18 lbs and has a floppy belly. We have been more diligent in giving him 2 feeding cycles, morning and evening. He loves wet and dry food. We feed him about a quarter can of wet food (B.F.F.) in the morning and another quarter in the evening. He also gets about a quarter cup of dry food with each wet serving.

He is not too active. When he goes outside he just sits on the deck. Inside he plays a little but not too much unless catnip is involved. He just does not seem to be dropping weight.

Any suggestions? Thanks,

ammaretto wrote: ↑ I have the same problem....my cat refuses to eat Wet food. she is always sitting by her bowl wanting MORE! she eats purina ONE kibble. shes so tubby she cant jump up on the bed .