Fat Feline and Science Diet Cat Food

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5 total messages Started by JanssenMS Mon, 03 Mar 1986 20:32

#1523

Author: JanssenMS
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1986 20:32

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My cat is fat.  While this does not bother
me too much, I am wondering how bad it is for
the cat.

Kiku, my cat, is a two-year old, spayed
female who lives inside.  Other than a daily
game of fetch (yes, she retrieves almost anything)
with me, she gets little exercise -- she
sleeps all day.  I
took her to the vet to have her pendulous stomach
checked (just to be sure the cat was overweight and did not
have some other problem).  The vet had only one suggestion
for a diet and said that some cats are just fat just
like some people are just fat.  So far, cutting back
on kiku's food has not helped (she gets a little more than
1/4 cup of dry science diet cat food each day).  She
is still chubs.

I am reposting this article because of the recent discussion 
about cat diets.  When I started feeding this 
fat feline (although at the time she
was a sliver of her current self) science diet, I was told that 
she would probably lose weight because she would be eating less
because the food had less filler material.  This has not proven 
to be the case.  Rather, she chows down on whatever
quantity is in her dish.  Is this really typical of 
cats that eat foods like science diet and iams? 

Does anyone know of any
useful cat diets or have any information about whether 
being overweight is bad for a cat in the same way it
is bad for people (heart problems, etc.)?  Thank you.


Maggie Janssen, AT&T Information Systems, Denver, Colorado.

Re: Fat Feline (really cats playing fetch)

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Author: Joseph Pallas
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 1986 21:07

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I'm beginning to think this is the most well-known secret of all.  Is
there anyone out there whose cat DOESN'T play fetch?

Re: Fat Feline and Science Diet Cat Food

#1556

Author: Mona McLaughlin
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 1986 00:02

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> My cat is fat.  While this does not bother
> me too much, I am wondering how bad it is for
> the cat.
> 
> because the Science diet had less filler material.  This has not proven 
> to be the case.  Rather, she chows down on whatever
> quantity is in her dish.  Is this really typical of 
> cats that eat foods like science diet and iams? 
> 
> 
> Maggie Janssen, AT&T Information Systems, Denver, Colorado.

My formerly skinny super skinny calico cat also got fat after eating
both Iams and Science Diet food.  She doesn't seem to eat much less -
I think the food TASTES GOOD, but her health seems better and she's
more relaxed. Before, she spent all of her energy begging for human
food - now she seems content with what she has.  By the way, neither
of these two brands made any difference in the weight of my other two
cats, so I think that diet is as individual in it's affect on animals
as it is on humans.  Frankly, I prefer my cat fat as compared to 
scrawny, but I wish I could find a happy medium.

Mona McLaughlin, Portland

Re: Fat Feline (really cats playing fetch)

#1562

Author: Anita K. Laux
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1986 14:59

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In article <435@Navajo.ARPA>, pallas@Navajo.ARPA (Joseph Pallas) writes:
> I'm beginning to think this is the most well-known secret of all.  Is
> there anyone out there whose cat DOESN'T play fetch?

I have an almost two-year old Aby female, who loves to RUN after a ball that
you've thrown, but after she's pounced on it, she'll run as fast as she can
AWAY from you! She will not return it to me. I used to have an all-white (deaf)
male who would not only return the ball, but nine times out of ten, if you held
out your hand he would drop the ball right in your palm!

AKL @ DEC

Re: Fat Feline (really a cat that DOESN'T fetch)

#1575

Author: Ronald J Wanttaja
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1986 22:42

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> I'm beginning to think this is the most well-known secret of all.  Is
> there anyone out there whose cat DOESN'T play fetch?

We have one that does, and one that doesn't.  The one that does, will fetch
all day long.  BUT... if the one that doesn't touches the object:  Ick,
Poo, Dead Ball, Dead Ball.  The FetchCat refuses to have anything more to
do with it.  End of game.

Ron W.
(ssc-vax!wanttaja)

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