Cats are usually smaller than dogs, and the average weight of an ordinary adult cat is about 4~5 kg, of course, depending on the breed and growth stage, there will be some weight differences. The weight of the cat should fluctuate between 20% and above. If cats are overweight for a long time, they will be prone to some troubles in life, just like obese people, insulin in the body
, glucose, blood vessels, joints and other health will be threatened.
The reason for most cats being overweight is that they consume high-calorie food and have few ways to consume calories, such as overeating, low activity, diabetes, and hyperadrenal corticism
and breed, sterilization, hypothyroidism and other factors can cause overweight. Many cat owners like fat and fat cats, thinking that fat cats are very acceptable, but when their weight has threatened their health, they should consider how to help them lose weight. How to lose weight for a cat? Let’s look at the following effective ways to lose weight for cats.
1. Food regulation
By low fat and high carbohydrates
Food to regulate weight is a good way, if you can also add some crude fiber to the cat’s food, it can more effectively promote the cat’s digestion and absorption, so that it can defecate smoothly. But be careful not to have too high fiber content in cat food, excessive cellulose
It will hinder the absorption of nutrients by the intestines, and at the same time, it will also reduce the digestibility of food, so cats that lose weight often have adverse reactions such as diarrhea and poor fur shine.
2. Persist to the end and do not rush the moment
Weight loss can not be rushed, and the adjustment of the diet can not be changed suddenly, use the cat food that the cat has always liked mixed with the weight loss meal to adjust the corresponding ratio one by one, set your own cat’s weight loss cycle, after a cycle is over, the diet should return to the original calories provided.
3. Diet should be combined with exercise
We all know that exercise is the healthiest and most effective way to lose weight, maybe your cat is lazy and unwilling to insist on training according to your arrangement, at this time the owner must have greater patience and tolerance than the kitten, – every day, again and again teaching, demonstration, bow I temptation, until exercise becomes their living habit.
4. Seek help from professional doctors
If you have tried to help your cat lose weight many times without success, ask the pet doctor to help check whether there are other obesity factors hidden in the cat’s body, and ask the doctor to help set up a nutritionally sound and easy-to-implement weight loss plan. Pet doctors usually make the most scientific and healthy assessment through the changes in weight during the weight loss process of cats, so as to make the weight loss plan more perfect.