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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / December 2003Status of Hobbes' diet (long sigh!)
Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. She wanted him to weigh 17 lbs by this time. He went in today for his annual exam and vacs. He was such a good boy!! He gets so stressed when we visit the vet (due to bad experiences with previous vet) that he growls and hisses at everyone who comes near him. Today I took his brush with me (he loves being brushed) and while we were in the exam room waiting for TED I brushed him and he relaxed. He didn't hiss at her until she reached under him to listen to his heart and then it was only a half-hearted hiss. I'm feeling really down on myself right now however. I've let him down on his diet. He weighs 26 lbs! I simply have to figure out what to do to help him lose weight. We've gone to weight management food but since he free feeds I think he's just eating more. I guess the free feeding days are over. The girls are not going to understand at all, but if it helps to keep Hobbes alive they'll just have to get over it. His teeth need to be cleaned so TED went ahead and took care of the pre surgery blood work today as well as a thyroid test so now he's had Thyroid, CBC and chemistry profile. At least I'll hopefully know that he's healthy even if he is fat. Julie Aw, poor Hobbes. Weight-loss purrs coming over for him, and purrs that the tests all come back negative. Frank sends special teeth-cleaning purrs, as he is prone to tartar and has to have his teeth cleaned regularly.  SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year > he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. She wanted [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Julie Awww, poor Hobbes! DH's office kitty Tiger also seems to be *gaining* weight eating the weight-control food. He is coming to resemble more and more a little stripey basketball. Mike is *losing* weight when he shouldn't, because he is tired of the U/R food he has to have, the poor darling. It's so hard to manage these little guys' weight! Mike is concentrating hard and sending special purrs to Hobbes, hoping by the power of purr to transfer this weight-losing thing. I myself send sympathy and good-luck vibes, knowing how hard it is to deny anything to big green pleading eyes. :-( ------ Krista I don't know if this will help, but once a guy on TV explained how he gives his kitties the food they like less if they start to gain weight. I haven't needed to do that with Soncek, but I do notice that as I give him different food every day, there are some of the foods he doesn't like so much, so he eats it much more slowly (and therefore less of it). It only works with dry food unfortunately (wet food would go bad if I left it for him). Lots of hugs and best wishes for you to find a good and easy way for Hobbes to lose weight, SignaturePolonca & Soncek > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year > he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. <snip Funny your name for your hungry nose is Hobbes my Henri surname* Hobbs* RB. is very close and he was a good eater and weighed[ before he became ill] nine point three kilo'severyone commented on his size,I wish I was able to post photo's of him and Wilson but I'm afraid I cant I 13 years I have a mountain of Henri pics and am fast building up another of Wilson. Cheers Jean P. > I don't know if this will help, but once a guy on TV explained how he gives > his kitties the food they like less if they start to gain weight. I haven't [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year > > he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. <snip > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year > he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. She wanted [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Julie {{{Julie}}} It's hard to be a mean meowmie and make them watch their weight and I'm no success story either. Midnight, Robin and Tucker could all stand to weigh less and so I've already got my New Year's Resolution for them set... Taking away the free feeding is hard but maybe you can buy some kitty toys and plan for extra playtime with them instead... Good luck! Christine > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last > year he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Julie Purrs for Hobbes, I wish it was as easy to lose weight as it is to gain it. SignatureAdrian A House Is Not A Home, Without A Cat. > Some of you may remember that when Hobbes had his annual exam last year > he weighed 22 lbs and TED suggested he needed to lose weight. She wanted [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Julie The best solution seems to be good canned food at regular controlled intervals and exercise. No free feeding. If you give them a kibble snack it probably won't hurt, but Hobbes doesn't seem to have an off switch. It has soemthing to do with the carbs in dry food. You get better energy calories with wet food. It's more satisfying (though I'm sure at first they are "where's the food?"). Purrs for Hobbes to get in shape. Karen >I'm feeling really down on myself right now however. I've let him down >on his diet. He weighs 26 lbs! I simply have to figure out what to do to >help him lose weight. We've gone to weight management food but since he >free feeds I think he's just eating more. I guess the free feeding days >are over. The girls are not going to understand at all, but if it helps >to keep Hobbes alive they'll just have to get over it. It sound hard, putting different cats on different diets. I wonder how people do it? Nine pounds is a lot of weight - your girls probably only weigh a little bit more than that. :) |
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