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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / June 2007Ping Lesley: Caliban's diet
You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0229.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0227.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0225.jpg ... and then tell me he doesn't need a diet. ;) Nothing seems to be happening, though he's been on a diet for a couple of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, since I still haven't bought better scales.  SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0229.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0227.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0225.jpg > ... and then tell me he doesn't need a diet. ;) > > Nothing seems to be happening, though he's been on a diet for a couple > of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, > though, since I still haven't bought better scales. Persia's been on a "diet" for a few years now. I use a measure the vet gave me, not a scale. Doesn't matter. She's still fat. But although the vet would like to see her weigh less it isn't compromising her health so he's not worried about it. And she is a lot older than Caliban, so she's sedentary. Jill > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: > > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0229.jpg > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0227.jpg > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0225.jpg Definitely a Porker of a Puss! A Chubby Cat. A Fluffy Feline. :) You'll just have to face it, Marina, some cats have slower metabolisms than others. Mind you, a nice rowdy kitten to chase him around could be just the ticket - go on, you know you want to :D Claudius is of the Miranda persuasion, extremely svelte. But extremely well muscled so it's not a concern. He sez. "just make sure you keep ol' fatso away from the chapter's stash, Supurrvisor Miranda". Purrs Gordon & the FF >> You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I >> posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0229.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0227.jpg http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/IMG_0225.jpg > Definitely a Porker of a Puss! A Chubby Cat. A Fluffy Feline. :) > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > Purrs > Gordon & the FF A nice ginger kitten might help "Fatus Catus" loose a little weight. Then again it may just give him access to kitten food. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> You'll just have to face it, Marina, some cats have slower >> metabolisms than >> others. Mind you, a nice rowdy kitten to chase him around could be >> just the >> ticket - go on, you know you want to :D > A nice ginger kitten might help "Fatus Catus" loose a little weight. Then > again it may just give him access to kitten food. Shut up, you two! SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >>> You'll just have to face it, Marina, some cats have slower >>> metabolisms than [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Shut up, you two! Ginger bitty, ginger bitty, ginger bitty......... ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>> A nice ginger kitten might help "Fatus Catus" loose a little weight. >>> Then again it may just give him access to kitten food. >> Shut up, you two! > > Ginger bitty, ginger bitty, ginger bitty......... ;-) Now you made me browse adoption pages. Can't have third cat... can't have third cat... can't have third cat... SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Can't have third cat... can't have third cat... can't have third cat... Trust me, three is just the right number :-) SignatureNik Simpson > Trust me, three is just the right number :-) Not if you need to transport them 200 km every summer single-handedly and without a car. :) SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Marina kirjoitti: >> Trust me, three is just the right number :-) > > Not if you need to transport them 200 km every summer single-handedly > and without a car. :) Use a "granny-cart", you know, the cart (sometimes with bag, but take it away) that grannies transport their shopping with... or Finns transport the beer cases from cruises to Tallinn... SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/christal63 photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 > Nothing seems to be happening, though he's been on a diet for a couple > of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, > since I still haven't bought better scales. When we moved into our new house in Newton, we met all of our adjoining neighbors. The lady to the south of us has no cats, but has two small dogs. After we had been in the house for a couple of weeks, she spoke with me over the fence about the cats. One of her questions was whether "the pretty brownish one is a special breed or something". The only "brownish" cat we have is Amelia, the torty. Our neighbor was amused when my answer was "No, she's just a regular housecat. She just happens to be rather fat." I've got to figure out how to manage Amelia's diet without causing undue hardship on the other 5. >> Nothing seems to be happening, though he's been on a diet for a couple >> of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > cat we have is Amelia, the torty. Our neighbor was amused when my answer > was "No, she's just a regular housecat. She just happens to be rather fat." LOL! > I've got to figure out how to manage Amelia's diet without causing undue > hardship on the other 5. That's the main problem. Miranda is a nibbler. It takes her hours to finish one serving of food. Caliban vacuums everything in sight in seconds. He usually finishes his food while I am putting Miranda's in her dish. I have to watch her eat, then quickly snatch away her dish before Caliban gets to it and put it up on the fridge where he can't reach it. If Mir hasn't finished her food when I have to leave for work in the morning, I have to put her dish on top of the wardrobe, where she can climb but not Caliban. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/ IMG_0229.jpg > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/ IMG_0227.jpg > http://i120.photobucket.com/albums/o185/frankiennikki/Jan%20-%20Jun07/ IMG_0225.jpg > ... and then tell me he doesn't need a diet. ;) > Nothing seems to be happening, though he's been on a diet for a couple > of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, > since I still haven't bought better scales. Sounds like he might need a little more exercise. Does he get to run around on the island? Joyce > Sounds like he might need a little more exercise. Does he get to run > around on the island? Yes, he will be free to run there. He does run around at home too, though he's always sleeping in the pictures I post. he's also very good at scaling the cat trees. He and Mir chase each other and wrestle. I think he gets enough exercise, though this is a fairly small flat to run around. The problem on the island is that he goes around the other cabins there and eats the other cats' dry food. I've stopped giving him any dry food at all, and he loves dry food, so it will be hard to keep him from the other cats' bowls. Especially since some of them just sit by and watch him eat their food. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, > since I still haven't bought better scales. Now, why do these pictures look so familiar? They take me back 5 years or so, when my little monster looked like a big round killer whale. http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/BlogPics/photo#5066297614930254706 http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/BlogPics/photo#5066298087376657282 Don't get discouraged that he hasn't lost any weight yet. It took my monster 3 or 4 years to lose the extra 1.74 kg he had gained as a teenager. He didn't lose any weight at all while he was eating dry food. But once I switched him to wet food only, he started to slooowly lose the extra weight. He is now eating one 156-gram can of wet food per day, split into 3 meals. I also add water to each meal, because it's the only way to get him to drink any. The water has the added benefit that it fills his tummy, so he thinks he's full (at least for a couple of hours - then the begging starts again). Nadia (and Kotyo) SignatureLittle Monster pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/nnakova/Kotyo Blog: http://littlemonstermusings.blogspot.com/ > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > of months now. I weigh his every portion of food. I'm not sure, though, > since I still haven't bought better scales. He's, erm, very healthy! I started to agree with you but Mistletoe, with a similar build, unsheathed her claws to tell me that he's just fi-i-ine! Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe > You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I > posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > ... and then tell me he doesn't need a diet. ;) Uh oh - he looks like Kate Moss compared to Chester. Better get Chester on a treadmill ... Susan M Otis and Chester >You said something about Caliban not looking too fat in a picture I >posted. Well, feast your eyes on these: Okay he WAS holding his stomach in last time! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs |
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