My cat is chubby and not losing weight. What diet should I use?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | American Wirehair | Male | neutered | 2 years and 10 months old | 16 lbs
My cat is chubby but he doesn't even eat that much? Hi, my huge cat was 16 pounds the last time we weighed him. We were told he was a pound or two overweight, so since then I've been measuring food. I feed him Beyond, 1/3rd cup in the morning, 1/3rd a cup in the evening. My roommate and I play with him every day. Somehow, he's still chubby and leaves massive presents in the litter box. What is going on? Should I feed him even less? If I do, he complains and annoys my poor roommates.
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Published on March 14th, 2017
I recommend changing his diet to a specialized weight management diet such as hills metabolic so he can feel full and receive all the necessary nutrition to be healthy, whilst still losing and then maintaining weight. Mist vets offices provide free weight clinics to monitor and advise on feeding such diets and maintaining health and fitness
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Published on May 11th, 2017
Obesity is never healthy and increases the risk of many medical issues. I recommend using a specialized diet such as hills metabolic which allows him to eat a good volume of food with restricted calories and fat burning supplements, most vet techs run free clinics to support weight management proggrams
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