pet question

IronSmasher

Mine are all of a healthy weight.

I don't think you can get fat tarantulas, and the cats seem to be able to control their own portions.

I do wish they would stop bringing us food though. Or even worse lately they've not been killing them, we've just been getting new house guests. Who knew that getting cats when you have no mouse problem, could introduce one?

trackercasey76

NO HUMAN FOOD FOR ANY PET...EVER!!

kdelost630

I actually adopted a 3 year old pup about two months ago who was underweight, and am having trouble getting him to eat more. If I was so lucky to have that problem...Ha.

eillamarie

My cat is larger, but still on the healthy side. However, if I don't give him healthy cat food he will blow up like a balloon super fast and end up with a rock hard stomach. He can't eat Iams and Wiskas and junk like that. I buy him locally made stuff and it's actually pretty reasonably priced-a $22 bag lasts him about a month! Like with people, it's quality of the food over quantity!

My boyfriend and I have a 11 month old husky who is also on 'health' pet food. $80 a month for his food I think. We didn't give him any human food for the first few months we had him, but around 5 months we started giving him popcorn and peanut butter-he LOVES it!! He also gets a couple random scraps of veggies-he also loves cherry tomatoes and peas in the pod haha. Weird dog. We try not to give him meat, but if we're camping and have an extra hot dog or something like that we'll give it to him. He eats quality kibble twice a day, so occasional treats are fine.

Hezzietiger1

Please PLEASE stop giving your cat turkey fat or any other kind of fat for that matter. Whether they are getting fat or not it's not good for them. ... Also, animal cannot metabolize fats the way we do and it puts alot of strain on their pancreas.

I've got to ask...if they can't metabolise fats, then what happens to the fat they ingest from the animals they have killed? I can think of a guinea pig and a chicken *someones* cat/s have eaten in the last couple of weeks. These animals had fat on them. How well do cats metabolise the fur and feathers?

My vet told me to give my dog fish oil...that is fat.

KaleidoscopeEyes1056

My cat is too skinny, and cannot gain any weight. I keep trying to give him foods that will make him gain a little without over-doing it.

126siany

My dog is not overweight (per the vet), but she tends to be more muscular when I'm in better shape. Her diet doesn't change; it's that I tend to take her for longer walks and play more games like "fetch" with her when I'm generally being more active. :happy:

126siany

My cat is too skinny, and cannot gain any weight. I keep trying to give him foods that will make him gain a little without over-doing it.

Have you had his thyroid checked? Hyperthyroidism is very common in cats and could explain his low weight.

Troll

My two female dogs got chunky after being spayed. since theyre indoors my cats and male dog are intact....and slim. Its crazy how fast they gain, even on restricted diets, after getting fixed. oh well. now theyre fat and happy

PayneAS

I've always been concerned about obesity in my pet but as of his last checkup he was only 1 lb overweight (and he's ~15 yrs old).

shaynak112

My hamster is kinda big but not too big lol. I make sure I feed her the proper amount. She also knows when to "stop" eating.

sharleengc

My dogs get leftovers and grease (if there is any), dribbled on their food. They aren't overweight but they are also very active!

mmarcy7

I believe in order for a dog to be poisoned by garlic or onion, they would have to eat quite a lot, like an entire onion. A little bit mixed up in some meat is ok.

My pets are not overweight. I wish it was so easy to control my own weight. If we could just get a bag of people chow and you could eat so much per day and you would stay the correct weight.

NoAdditives

I would feed your cat a high quality canned food. Cats shouldn't have dry food, as it's not what they were meant to eat. They are meant to get all their nutrition, including water, from animals they would eat in the wild. Cats don't even naturally drink much water, as their ancestors came from the desert where there was little, if any, water to be found. Many cats have a difficult time eating and digesting dry food. (Making your own cat food is a little difficult. It's more than just cutting up some raw chicken, like a lot of people think.)

hilltopsarah

This is actually true, I dont know about Turkey fat but if your careful not to overfeed your cat you could prevent overweight gain

Jkelly1221

I have 2 beagles...Brady and Gordie. Brady weighed 21 lbs when he got fixed last year and the vet said that was a good weight...less than a year later, he was at 32 pounds :-O. But then i got my 2nd beagle, so they started chasing each other playing, and cut back his food and treats, and now he's at 26 pounds. Gordie weighs 28 lbs but is a lot taller and longer than Brady, and his ribs still show a little bit ( he weighed 20 pounds and all his bones were showing when I found him wandering the neighborhood) I give Gordie an extra serving of food a day, and they are both very active boys :-)

guacamole17

Nope, none of our three pups are overweight. In fact, we have a hard time keeping weight on the girls since they are so active. Last check up they got excellent reports.

Jkelly1221

Oh and someone mentioned fish oil-I have special fish oil tablets for dogs because both of mine have very dry skin. The vet said it was perfectly fine.

RF3377

I have 3 dogs, 2 german shepherds and 1 mini jack russell and they are all slim and healthy! I'm very careful with what my dogs eat, all measured!

UncleMac

The cats and the dog are at optimal weight. So are the kids. The only one who isn't fit is UncleMac and I'm working on it!

gimpygramma

My little Boston terrier was not so "little" when she first began joining me on my big walk each day. I belong to a walking group and we are always open to new members so we decided to put a notice in the newsletter which is circulated in our housing complex. They took our picture...with me holding my dog. The come-on part of the accompanying article was the claim that one of our walking group members had lost over 20% of her body weight. That was our Sassy...from 23 lbs down to 18

Presleyforpresident

i do feel a bit bad for my cat... she's supposed to weigh 8 or 9 lbs and she's at 10.5 right now. i know a pound and a half/ two pounds isn't grossly, grossly overweight, but she's definitely chubby. she's been this way for about 4 years now, though, and i really don't know how to get her to lose those 2 lbs.

DominiqueSmall

My Pug, Smash, eats all organic jus tlike me. But he has no extra body fat. He is my inspiration !!! Ha Ha

cuarrech

I have two similar black cats, except one is fat and the other is not. They both eat the same amount of food (I've done measuring experiments). The fat one, if left on his own, will graze all day. The lean one is skittish and eats a lot (slowly and warily) at one time then fasts for hours and hours. I've tried putting the fat one on the lean one's eating pattern, and he does ok (tries to steal the lean one's food when he's not looking as the fat one eats faster than the lean one under those conditions), but does not get as lean no matter what. It's interesting.

katymcd81

I have a rescue tabby cat, and at last weigh-in he was 12lb...but you can see his waist from above, and you can feel his ribs and spine when you stroke him...he's just a giant cat! He's in no way fat whatsoever.

He doesn't go outside without supervision because he has seizures, and because of the seizures he doesn't really play (he used to before they started, he's just not interested now, not for lack of us trying!!), so he's not particularly active, but we mostly only feed him a high-quality vet-approved hypoallergenic wet food (he had bloody diarrhoea at the shelter and this was the only thing he could tolerate, so we've stuck with it though we haven't seen any blood for months now). We add extra water to it to prevent him getting cystitis (on vet advice).

He gets a 'puzzle ball' with a tiny handful of dry biscuits in it when we go out to work, and two treat biscuit things with soft fillings each day (we hide his antiseizure tablets in those). For a treat he gets a tuna or chicken fillet occasionally, but only ever the specially packaged stuff specifically for cats.

We do not want him begging us for bits of our food, or taking food from our kids when we have them, so we have tried to teach him that human food is not for him, and we've been pretty successful - he doesn't beg when we're cooking or eating, and he doesn't counter-surf either. We have been very lucky with him

Squiggs67

We have a border collie. Some days he eats, some days he doesn't. He is very active and is so skinny!
It's embarassing when he gets wet.

Mrs_sexobeat

my dog eats whatever,even onions. but he's not overweight n.n