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| 1800.1 | Diet time! | PARITY::WHALEN | And may the traffic be with you | Tue Sep 27 1988 21:56 | 16 |
| When my Noella began tipping the scale at over 20 lbs. and great
rolls of fat could be grabbed on any part of her body, we both knew
it was time for a diet. My problem was with 4 cats, they all wanted
different kinds of food at different times. So there was ALWAYS
food around. Well, that just had to stop. Now there is 3 feeding
times, amounts are just right, so that there is only a little bit
left after they all eat, if anything. No more food left in the dishes
around the clock. Every moment of her waking time was spent eating.
Now she gets "normal" mealtime amounts along with the others. It
means I have to keep an eye open so she doesnt hoover her portion
down and everyone else's as well, but it seems to be helping.
I just started recently, so there isn't a great difference yet,
but she is a little lighter, closer to 15-16 now.
And of course since she loves to run, we play chase and peekaboo.
Denise
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| 1800.2 | | AIMHI::OFFEN | | Wed Sep 28 1988 11:14 | 19 |
| When Thunder came into our life at three months of age, she was
a normal kitten at mealtime. She ate hers and everyone elses if
she could. Well, seeing that Deja is not a GOOD eater and has
NO fat to lose, I took steps to stop Thunder from eating her food.
I feed both Thunder and Lightning (Lightning takes no guff) in one
area of the kitchen and Deja in another. I put Deja's food where
I can see it and watch for Thunder to come-and-get-it. Every time
she does, I lightly scold her and bring her back to her area. Deja
is grateful for being treated `special' and Thunder is learning
"NO".... I feed my cats twice a day and have dry food down all
day.
Now, if I could just train Thunder to let me eat in peace without
a cat on my lap ...............
Sandi (Lightning, DejaVu & Thunder's mom)
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| 1800.3 | Behavior Mod.-2 factors? | SEDJAR::MIDTTUN | Lisa Midttun,261-3450,NIO/N4 | Wed Sep 28 1988 12:50 | 9 |
| Re:.1 and .2-
How old are your cats? And are either of the "weight watchers"
candidates nuetered males? My cats are about 4 years old now.
Cinnamon didn't really start to put on weight 'til about 1 year
ago. (He was nuetered when he was 6 months old so that doesn't
appear to be the immediate cause of his weight gain.) I'm wondering
how well all the behavior modification techniques will work for
him because of these two factors. I can't imagine that I'll have
too much trouble trying to coax Raisin to eat.
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| 1800.4 | diet plan | SKITZD::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Wed Sep 28 1988 15:46 | 18 |
| Nick is skinny and needs weight as he gets frightened by almost anything
in life including the twice weekly vacuuming he has always seen, but never
adjusts to....a little dim up top...so I offer him special feedings of
canned science diet, warmed in the micro at 28% power for 25 seconds, twice
an evening - once at 6:00 P.M. and once at 10:00 P.M. - this way he gets
two additional meals besides the normal kibble I leave out for 2 hours
in the evening - approx. 7:00 to 9:30 or so. and 2 hours in the morning.
My fat cat, Sam, is a night feeder so he misses breakfast altogether
and he has lost some weight. I keep Sam away from Nick's feedings of
canned food - it only takes approx. 10 minutes of guarding to take care of
it. It has worked to put weight on Nick. Now I have started leaving
the kibble (Science Diet or Iames) down all the time again as Sam is
not feeding all the time, being lighter and moving more seems to distract
him from eating all the time. I also make him play each night so he
chases the cat dancer for at least 30 minutes.
good luck
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| 1800.5 | Exercise:How to? | SEDJAR::MIDTTUN | Lisa Midttun,261-3450,NIO/N4 | Thu Sep 29 1988 13:12 | 10 |
| RE. 4
Now that brings on another question. I can't seem to get Cinnamon
to be interested in any playtoy, which involves exercise on his
part, for more than a few minutes. This, of course, is with the
exceptions of bugs which occasionally get into the house- he can
chase them for a LONG time. Catnip just makes his too aggressive
towards Raisin - our scaredy-cat. Any suggestions? What is a cat
dancer?
Thanks for all the help so far.
Lisa
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| 1800.6 | play or rough house - it works | DOOBER::WILDE | Time and Tide wait for Norman | Thu Sep 29 1988 20:26 | 8 |
| A Cat Dancer is a thin flexible wire with little "thingies" on the end. It
has lots of motion, and seems irresitable to my fat and skinny guys....I
can keep the interest for at least 30 minutes at a time...check pet store
for it.
If you can't get 'em to play, make 'em mad enough to chase your hand or
a stick or something....anger can get 'em moving - and then they discover
they LIKE it. Keep at it.
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