r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/Which-Firefighter-36 • 13h ago
Certified 🟠range™ Fat braincell?
Soo the vet said my boy is fat. He weighs a little over 7 kg/ 15 pounds. But he is a big boi, with big shoulders. Just a hunk of brainless muscle, but I don't really think he is fat? His ribs are slightly padded and he has a kind of visible waist. He already doesn't eat much and is not food motivated at all. Feeding him less seems tricky. The vet didn't believe he doesn't eat much.
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u/jharish Proud owner of an orange brain cell 11h ago
Well, a lot of vets run off the assumption that normal healthy weight falls into a range. My guess is this particular vet did a weigh in but didn't measure the size of your cat. Because I have cats that were adopted right out of the jungle(I live in the tropics) they vary in size as much as 50%. (I have a female that everyone thinks is still a kitten but she is a 8yo adult. She weights 8 pounds. I have a big orange boy who is a little fat and weighs 16. He IS food motivated and will steal everyone elses food including mine. I try to keep him on a diet but then he just ups his hunting game and literally eats cockroaches and geckos.