Except for the giant Maine Coon and the small Siamese cat, the ideal adult weight of most cats is about 9 catties.
Owners can use this data as a reference. Find out if your cat is overweight.
If owners keep enough cat food in the cat bowl to allow the cat to eat freely, and most cats eat 6-11 times a day, use this Feeding methods, most cats will gain weight (ten oranges and nine fats are the truth).
We should adopt the regular quantitative feeding method, which can not only effectively control the weight of the cat, but also increase the intimacy between the owner and the cat.
No matter how fat an adult cat is, the daily calorie requirement is about 200-225 kcal (Maine Coon, Siamese cat) except).
Owners can use the calorie chart on the bag of cat food to calculate the total amount of food the cat needs each day.
In this way, the cat’s total daily calories are well controlled, and the cat’s weight will naturally improve.
If the cat is obese enough to cause many serious diseases, such as degenerative joint disease, diabetes, etc., please seek medical attention promptly,
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Ask your doctor to develop a weight loss plan for your cat, and take your cat for regular checkups to monitor if weight loss brings new problems.
Hint: 1 kcal = 1000 calories ≈ 4.2 kJ. The calorie unit of some food labels is kilojoules, and some food labels are calories, so owners need to convert by themselves.
As a pure carnivore, cats have evolved a unique metabolic mechanism.
Cats are better at converting protein in food into energy and amino acids needed by the body, and a large amount of fat is involved in the conversion process in the cat’s liver.
The living environment of modern cats has entered the indoor environment from the wild. Compared with their ancestors, their activities are greatly reduced, their calorie consumption is reduced, and their body fat is more likely to accumulate. .
The proportion of nutrients in the food has also changed a lot. Some cats have insufficient protein intake, resulting in excess fat decomposed by protein, which has been accumulating in the liver continuously. In the long run, it will lead to fatty liver. .
