Thread: My Cat was Neutered Today

Originally Posted by xman

Most cat owners leave food out all day for kitty. This not only causes some serious obesity, it's unhealthy in other ways. Because the cat's eating habit is cued by smell, and he's always smelling food, the blood rushes to his stomach to digest what it thinks is coming. This keeps the various glands from working on his coat or antibodies or whatever.

A half cup in the morning and another at night is more than enough for your cat and will help him live a long, happy, tumor free life (can you say vet bills?).

Food for thought (lol)

X

Sorry, but

BULL

by nature a cat is used to eating small quantities several times a day.
It is the kind of food left behind screwing the cat's health up. But with most cats, you can without a probleem leave dry food there. My cat never had a tumor, or any other real illnesses and has lived for 24 years, with food always readily available.

Hoekie the cat raiser for 27 years

I don't think you can generalize cats like that. Cats are all different. I have one that only eats until she's full, and that's it. Stays skinny, even with food out all the time. I have another that eats like a pig, gets fat. I have to put her food away to maintain a healthy weight.

It has to do with the amount of excercise, quality of food, possibility of other cats getting to food and so on (and yes genes). Any modern day illness cats get are a result of the way we treat them and the surroundings we put them in.

Hoekie

Yes, the cat's genetics are definitely the deciding factor in whether or not they become obese; you can't narrow it down to how much food you provide for them.

My cousin's cat, for example, is around six years old and weighs about six or seven pounds. Tiny. When he comes home from the grocery store with a bag of cat food, he dumps it all into a big bowl. The cat eats when it's hungry, knowing that it doesn't have to rapidly scarf down a measured portion at a scheduled time.

I feed my cat twice a day, though. Morning and evening.

I wasn't privy to the chat you mention so forgive my ensuing question.

WHY?

Heh heh. No special reason, really.

I just thought my cat shouldn't be totally separated from the essence of his masculinity, you know? They were just going to throw them in the garbage, and I decided it would be better to preserve them in alcohol.

Amazingly, the nurse I spoke to at the vet had done the very same thing with her cat's balls. One of the doctor's, who told me "In all his thirty years of practice, he had never received that request," was equally suprised that she had done the same. "You did that too?!"

Everyone was amsued, though.

Originally Posted by HoekmanX

Sorry, but

BULL

Actually not bull. I'm glad you have had healthy cat friends for so many years and that is the only important thing.

My cat (gone to us now ) was always trim and energetic with two feedings per day. When she stayed with my friend for six months who left food out all day, she turned into a little marshmallow. When I returned her to her natural, twice a day diet, she shed her excess weight within a month.

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