[net.pets] cat resembles meatloaf

booter@lll-crg.ARpA (Elaine Richards) (10/25/85)

Well folks, now I humbly come to you for advice. My cat has taken
on the dimensions of the Hindenberg. Due to a hairy schedule, I got her
one of those cat silos that feeds the little monsters automatically.
She did well by it for a year and suddenly *FAZOOM* mucho kitty.

How does one put a cat on a diet. I trusted her for so long that
I really don't know how much to give her. She eats Science Diet
dry food due to a history of bladder infection. She HATES canned
food and food that people eat.

How many fractions of a cup should a cat get. She is small and should
weigh no more than seven pounds.

    ^-^		I appreciate your advice, I am sure Mehitabel
    =.=		will not.
    !!!   )
    00 0--..........?		lll-crg!booter

freeman@spar.UUCP (Jay Freeman) (10/29/85)

[This line dedicated to the obesity of the line-eater.]

>Well folks, now I humbly come to you for advice. My cat has taken
>on the dimensions of the Hindenberg. ... She eats Science Diet ...

>How many fractions of a cup should a cat get. She is small and should
>weigh no more than seven pounds.

I have about seventy pounds of cats who eat "CD Dry", a similar product.  I
use a "regular" cat-food can -- tuna-fish-can size -- as a scoop.  A grand 
total of two such scoops per day -- leveled off precisely -- feeds the 
aforementioned felines adequately.

These prepared diets are very rich, and a little goes a long, long way.

(My seventy pounds of cats count out at six, except when they are playing
when I am trying to sleep.  Then it's more like fifty of them.)
-- 
Jay Reynolds Freeman (Schlumberger Palo Alto Research)(canonical disclaimer)