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I am calming myself by eating due to separation anxiety..I was a surrendered cat i gained 4lbs in 5months. help please!
Gino sits by the door going out to the garage as if we would have to get past him in order to leave. when we get home we have to push him back because he rushs to the door and tried to get to us the second it opens. He eats not only his moist food, but will push Penguin out of the way to eat his food then he scarfs down even more dry food. We have tried to seperate them but he goes nuts to try to get to Penguin's food. I sense he fears we will abandon him and needs to eat enough so he can survive if left alone for too long. it breaks my heart that he was surrendered at a young age. What can I do to help him. He has gains 4LBS since we got him in may. He went from 12 to 16 LBs. I dont want him to get any bigger for his own health.
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GINO
on Oct 2nd 2009
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Read a site called catinfo.org and read the part about feline obesity, it is on the right hand side of the page, click on that.
If you were to switch your cats both to an all wet diet they will not overeat, and will be satisfied on smaller amounts if fed a higher protein, less carb wet diet. You will save money in thelong run, as you wont be taking your cat to the vet for problems associated with feline obesity. The site I gave you tells you how to feed and how much to feed.
Pet food labels are always overstated, and people feed their pets way too much food.
If kept on any kind of dry food diet, your cat will never loose the weight healthfully and happy.
Good luck :)
Shadow answered on Oct 3rd.
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Oh Goodness! The first thing you should probably do is take him to the vet. Have him checked out with bloodwork too. There could be something medically causing him to want to eat so much.
The second thing I would do is put him on a feeding schedule with no free feeding. Something else you can try is to make him work to get his food, i.e. have it set up where he climbs for it, or the little balls you can put food or treats in for him to bat around for exercise. If you are giving treats, stop. They have a lot of calories without the nutrition, and LOTS of carbs!
Check the food you have him on, if there is corn, or wheat, or other carbs, try finding one with fewer. Cats do not need a lot of carbs, and those carbs can make your cat feel less full therefore they eat more. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a pawmail :)
Good Luck!
Cleopatra
answered on 10/3/09.
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