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My obese cat can't clean herself. What are effective weight loss tips?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 13 lbs

My cat is way too fat and we can see poop on her butt that she can't clean because of her weight we have tried many brands of weight loss food we have even tried walking her but nothing seems to work-Shifou's cat mom

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Answered By Jenny, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 6th, 2018

You will need to clean the poop or it can cause an infection or an impaction. cats lose weight the best by changing to a canned food diet. If that doesn’t work you can change to a prescription weight loss formula diet such as science diet metabolic. Try to stimulate and play more to increase her activity level

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