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From: msj@drutx.UUCP (JanssenMS)
Newsgroups: net.pets
Subject: Fat Feline and Science Diet Cat Food
Message-ID: <133@drutx.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 15:32:17 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 15:32:17 1986
Date-Received: Wed, 5-Mar-86 03:49:52 EST
Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver
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My cat is fat.  While this does not bother
me too much, I am wondering how bad it is for
the cat.

Kiku, my cat, is a two-year old, spayed
female who lives inside.  Other than a daily
game of fetch (yes, she retrieves almost anything)
with me, she gets little exercise -- she
sleeps all day.  I
took her to the vet to have her pendulous stomach
checked (just to be sure the cat was overweight and did not
have some other problem).  The vet had only one suggestion
for a diet and said that some cats are just fat just
like some people are just fat.  So far, cutting back
on kiku's food has not helped (she gets a little more than
1/4 cup of dry science diet cat food each day).  She
is still chubs.

I am reposting this article because of the recent discussion 
about cat diets.  When I started feeding this 
fat feline (although at the time she
was a sliver of her current self) science diet, I was told that 
she would probably lose weight because she would be eating less
because the food had less filler material.  This has not proven 
to be the case.  Rather, she chows down on whatever
quantity is in her dish.  Is this really typical of 
cats that eat foods like science diet and iams? 

Does anyone know of any
useful cat diets or have any information about whether 
being overweight is bad for a cat in the same way it
is bad for people (heart problems, etc.)?  Thank you.


Maggie Janssen, AT&T Information Systems, Denver, Colorado.