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- From: jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh)
- Subject: Re: Cat Weight Gain--FROM WHERE?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 13:44:21 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.134421.22929@cbnewsj.cb.att.com>
- References: <lis.722257664@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu>
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- In article <lis.722257664@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> lis@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (Elisabeth Riba) writes:
- >When I last took Boopsie to the vet (September) she weighed between 12
- >& 13 pounds and the vet told me she'd HAVE to shed some poounds. So,
- >I've put her on IAMS Less Active, and slowly reduced the amount I'm
- >feeding her to 1/2 cup per day--the minimum for her weight.
-
- Orson started out at 18 lbs when I moved him to Iam's Less Active.
- He's down to 16 lbs, but it's hard to tell. Just FYI
- >
- >Boopsie now weighs 14 pounds, and I don't know where the extra weight
- >is coming from. There is no food in my home and some bugs, but not
- >enough for such a large weight gain. She likes chewing on papers and
- >cardboard. Could she be gaining weight by eating paper?
- >
-
- Just an idea: perhaps Boopsie is putting on her winter coat,
- and her winter fat layer. The cat doesn't need any extra
- food to do this; I thing that cat's metabolisms change over
- the winter time to do this (protect them from the cold).
-
- Jeremy
-
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- |* *| Mousie's what I love to eat.
- \>Y</ Bite they little heads off...
- `U' Nibble on they tiny feet." B.Kliban `75
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