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NNadir

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5. Thanks. They have lots of toys - my wife buys them compulsively - and, in fact, she sometimes gets the zoomies with...

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 13, 2025, 01:11 PM

Dec 13

...her son.

We have lots of cans of wet food - kitten food - when we cat sat our son's cat before getting these two. (There was a brief unhappy overlap.)

We had to feed our elderly cat canned food in her last years, we have some left. My wife understands quality better than I do; she doesn't like to spend money but she will for quality. It's probably good stuff.

We lost the old lady early this year, at the time of the first "No Kings" demonstrations.

The Evanger's sounds like an idea to discuss with my wife however.

Thanks again.

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Strategies for dealing with an obese cat? [View all] NNadir Dec 13 OP

Retired vet tech SuzyandPuffpuff Dec 13 #1

Thanks. We feed twice a day, and never free feed. We do keep a separate stash for the youngster in my downstairs... NNadir Dec 13 #7

have her thyroid checked Nigrum Cattus Dec 13 #2

Thanks. I think they did that during the first checkup. She was OK then. NNadir Dec 13 #6

we put a little chart on the refrigerator crud Dec 13 #3

My departed rescue girl was elderly & 16 lbs SheltieLover Dec 13 #4

Thanks. They have lots of toys - my wife buys them compulsively - and, in fact, she sometimes gets the zoomies with... NNadir Dec 13 #5

Kitten food might have higher calories SheltieLover Dec 13 #8

2 of our 4 cats, both altered boys, were getting a bit chunky. 3catwoman3 Dec 13 #9

Thanks. These sound like good ideas. I'll talk it over with the household head cat mistress, my wife. NNadir Dec 13 #10

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