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Or stop feeding them so much? I've had pets my whole life. A cat and dog now, but multiple cats and dogs since I was born . My parents had cats when I was born.
Not one was ever fat. This doesn't seem complicated.
I have one with hormone issues. She is 16 and does not over eat. She is 4 pounds overweight and its kinda hard to take a 16 year old cat jogging. Just because you have perfectly healthy animals isn't a realistic measure of everyone else's pets.
Obviously there are exceptions but that's not driving fat drugs for pets.
What would happen if she was fed less?
4 pounds doesn't sound massive for an old cat compared to how fat most "fat cats" are
Average cat is 12 pounds, so 4 pounds overweight is like a person who should be 180lb weighing 240lb. Also, a hungry cat is a fucking nightmare to live with.
If it's hormonal based weight gain, and yiubjust fed them less, then the cat would most likely feel permanently hungry. Not an ideal situation. Just like a person, if hormones are out of whack, it's not as easy as just eat less/eat more.
And then you wrap them in a blanket........right? RIGHT???
Seriously, like these aren't humans making their own food decisions, they depend entirely on their owners for food. How exactly are drugs like this supposed to help the human to stop overfeeding them?
Dunno about dogs, but cats who run around outside kill and eat things all day long.
So... Don't let your cat go outside and devastate the wildlife.
Not defending overfeeding pets. This is for people that free feed their pets and don't want the hassle of having to measure out food at specific times because it's inconvenient.
We struggled with that transition when our cat got a bit fat so we did automated feeders. Which cost about as much as a month of those medications...
Guess the food in their bowls will sit uneaten or when they get fed junk (human) food they'll just not be interested?
also cats arnt suppose to lose weight quickly or they suffer health issues.
I've had good luck with slow-feeder inserts in the bowls.
Ever own a pug or English bulldog?
No, we don't buy breeds, we generally rescue our pets, our current two came from SAAP.