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Bobo is around 7 years old and weighs about 18 lbs. The black and white small cat is his cousin (they were both born of feral cats who were sisters, born within 2 weeks of each other, adopted at 14 weeks old); she is tiny and has never had a weight problem. Heās massive, not even considering his overweight situation. Heās just really big, as you can see compared to the other two cats heās pictured with. Heās probably a head taller than the two girls, and significantly taller than our other male cat.
They all eat about 1/2 cup of IAMS āProactive Healthā cat food a day (split between two feedings), and we give him and the calico pictures about a tbsp of wet food (she has to take medicine, he tries to steal hers if he doesnāt get some). The calico (12 y/o, 10 lbs-ish) was a little chunky and has lost the weight since we started this regimen about a year ago. Bobo continues to weigh in at about 18 lbs. He doesnāt lose anything. The bag suggests he should be eating 3/4 of a cup to get down to 16 pounds, which would be an improvement, but weāre feeding less than that with no change.
He is neutered and weāre pretty sure he has feline hyperesthesia, which we accommodate by being careful not to touch his back or get him too worked up, which has helped significantly, but which does sometimes bother him.
Heās not super active, I think partially because he grew SO fast as a baby that he was really clumsy as a teenager and missed some jumps, which has left his confidence shaken when it comes to tearing around the place. He has a strong prey drive for chasing, but mostly just our other male cat, unfortunately. He doesnāt play very much, and is generally pretty chill and lazy.
Any advice for our stubbornly chunky big boy?
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I think probably he needs smaller feedings more times a day.
There are two really excellent solutions for this; one is annoying, the other is expensive.
Annoying: your household works in concert to feed him and the other cats 6 small meals a day in separate spaces from one another so food is never laying about(same amount of food over 6 meals)
Expensive: Timed feeders in separate spaces that are accessible ONLY by the cat that is coded to the feeder (some can read their microchips, some use a little collar thing, ect; you can either put the cat stopper on the doors to a feeding area, or some bowls will only feed the correct cat) you can do the 6 small meals with less hassle on your end this way, but it's going to be pricey.