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post Mar 17 2015, 10:28 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Mar 17 2015, 08:52 PM)
Will do thanks
just out of curiosity,  how much do you guys actually feed per day? As in how big is your serving size?
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In response to all your other questions, it is definitely your mother's free feeding and probably the excessive treats. It may help to add two 10 minute play times every day.

The type of food does not significantly impact your cat's weight. It is overfeeding and a lazy lifestyle that causes it. Lay down the law with your mother, or don't allow her access to the cat food. Your cat is cute and can manja etc. but your mother can provide pets and not food.

I feed my cats 1oz wet food each twice a day for a total of 2oz, and leave out about 40g dry food to free feed that they don't always finish. They've maintained their weight very well.

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post Mar 17 2015, 10:56 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Mar 17 2015, 10:47 PM)
lol thanks.
My cat plays quite a lot, i make sure i play with her when I get home from work
Other than that she's generally quite active, unless everyone in the household is in lazy-mode, then she gets lazy as well.

I've told my mom to cut down on her treats already - will see how it goes.
What to do, my cat knows how to manja2 very well, only if she could speak laugh.gif
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Haha I know what you mean. I can spend a very long time just kissing and nuzzling and cuddling my two girls, but I know that I should not give them too many treats.

I actually cut back on their wet food because my black cat was gaining weight very very quickly (she looooves her wet food). They used to be on 1.5oz, twice a day, which is a whole can each per day plus free feed on kibble. Their weight has stabilized now, which I'm very happy with.

I hope your mom will stick to the plan. I know that if it were my mother, I would have to lock the food up because she wouldn't listen.
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post Mar 18 2015, 10:44 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Mar 18 2015, 01:43 PM)
I give them quite a lot of food, then again they're outdoor cats, and un-neutered/ spayed so I believe that makes a difference.
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First of all, SPAYING AND NEUTERING DOES NOT MAKE YOUR CAT GAIN WEIGHT.

It is the sedentary lifestyle and overfeeding that causes weight gain. Go to 1:38 in the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTmfFTAUiAE

Secondly, by not spaying/neutering your animals, you are contributing to the stray population. Please be responsible and do so.

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post Mar 20 2015, 12:36 AM

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For those of us talking about amount of food, I think the best way to standardize it would be measure it in weight. For example, I feed my cats 1oz of wet food twice a day each, with about 40g of dry food left out for free feeding. I use a kitchen scale.

Showing us cups means nothing, since cups can be all sorts of different sizes and so can our hands.

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post Mar 20 2015, 01:56 AM

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QUOTE(aeonsakura @ Mar 20 2015, 12:46 AM)
got my evo from waggy meal today, it smell a little bit like taste of the wild tongue.gif

btw, how to feed those wet food ? bought 2 fancy feast canned food, open and feed directly?
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I wouldn't recommend that. Depending on the can's size, it might interfere with the whiskers.

I scoop mine out into a bowl.
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post Mar 20 2015, 11:03 AM

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QUOTE(splatzkill @ Mar 20 2015, 08:38 AM)
incase u didnt realize the cup i used had measurements on it. i feed about 30g per meal for a cat. so about 60g of dry food a day per cat and my cat is about 3kg now. younger one is about 2kg
i dont free feed any form of wet or dry food in between.

i'm cutting down their meals to just 50g a day. i'll see how it goes.
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Yeah I know, but even that can be misleading too. I have two rice cups that are different amounts for 1 cup.
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post Mar 24 2015, 08:04 AM

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QUOTE(splatzkill @ Mar 24 2015, 07:48 AM)
never happened, not even once.
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I think they're more likely to do it if it's in the way, like a cone.
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QUOTE(Seager @ Mar 24 2015, 11:18 AM)
Guys just out of curiosity, what wet food do you feed your little ones?
I give her Sheba or Fancy Feast Royale.
I noticed that Sheba has got a lot of gel (I believe this is starch), but not as much as Royale. Nowadays I remove all the gel and starchy content before feeding her.

What about you guys? Any particular brands? Or home made meals are the best? Boiled chicken/ fish?

Thanks.
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My girls have been on Wellness CORE for two months now. I tend to change the flavors up within a brand, but I don't often change brands.

I don't recommend fish, particularly ones you cooked yourself.

QUOTE(thahirah @ Mar 24 2015, 11:37 AM)
Hmm my cat loves those gel and starchy things lol
sometimes she would just lick that and leave the fish meat -__-

Ive preferred fussy cats for a long time now...it seems to have alot of fish meat in it.
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Is there a particular reason why you like the fish meat for your cat? I've never preferred fish mainly due to the mercury content. I do give them tuna and salmon treats, but they're treats, not part of their regular meals.
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QUOTE(kizwan @ Mar 24 2015, 11:33 PM)
(Boiled) Fish mixed with rice is regular meal for cats in Malaysia. This what folks at kampung feed their cats since I can remember. I don't remember any of the cats got sick or malnutrition. Then again these are outdoor cats that also hunt & eat small rodents like mouse. So malnutrition is not an issue.

Anyway, basically it's like a custom or tradition for us to feed fish to our cats. Nowadays, many people like to feed their cat with commercial pet food but then again many of cat food in Malaysia contain fish.

My oldest cats grow up with tuna & sardine (canned pet food) mixed with kibbles & they turn out great. Nowadays, I try my best to reduced the amount of tuna I feed to my cats. However I live in small town, not many choice of wet food that doesn't contain fish. Actually no choice at all.
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I understand the lack of choice, in fact, I feel frustrated for you guys.

Maybe I just researched wayyyyyyy too much into what food to feed my cats lol that I now believe that fish on a regular basis for cats is not complete nutrition for them.
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so cute! biggrin.gif
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post Apr 7 2015, 11:07 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Apr 7 2015, 01:36 PM)
Bought a laser pointer a couple of days back
Very good exercise for my cat biggrin.gif
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haha my cats don't really run after it. I think they're broken.
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post Apr 13 2015, 11:18 PM

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QUOTE(AhJetz @ Apr 13 2015, 12:54 PM)
Here is what I do when i first have my kitten as well. I will put him in cage during working and sleeping time but he seems to meow forever so when I was at home i try to put him inside the cage and observe him to meow. After awhile, he will pause and quiet for a moment. At that moment i open the cage door let him out and repeat few times until he get the idea of not meowing will get him out but after awhile I decided to just keep him inside one of my toilet with his food,drinks and litter box whenever i was working/sleeping. He meow also when first i close him inside the toilet room but after a week he stop meowing already as he familiar with the time when he can out (morning before i work and evening until night)

Hope this help biggrin.gif I am new to owning a cat as well
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you don't let your cat sleep with you? sad.gif

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post Apr 13 2015, 11:35 PM

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QUOTE(AhJetz @ Apr 13 2015, 11:26 PM)
No.. mom don't let  sweat.gif
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why nooottt? best thing evar tongue.gif
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post Apr 14 2015, 10:31 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Apr 14 2015, 02:10 PM)
My cat is attached to sleeping on my bed with me now, especially with the air-conditioning switched on.
She'll walk over me and my comforter sometimes.

But she knows her place, with is the bottom right corner of the bed laugh.gif

During the day, she's rarely on the bed - she uses her 2 cat beds, 1 in my room and the other in the living room instead.
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lol. one of my cats likes to sleep between my legs, because she likes leaning against my leg. The other one sleeps leaning next to my chest with my arm around her <33
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QUOTE(jessteong @ Apr 15 2015, 08:53 PM)
mine, tried to keep them in my bed room before, but end up two playing hide-and-seek and i can't sleep. chase them out.
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haha I'm actually okay with them making noise if they're playing around. If they're meowing for NO REASON then I kick them out.
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QUOTE(AhJetz @ Apr 16 2015, 12:28 AM)
my cat like to bite the wire in my room so he is not allowed inside my room when i am sleeping
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Use Tabasco.
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post Apr 16 2015, 11:15 PM

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QUOTE(AhJetz @ Apr 16 2015, 09:16 AM)
put tabasco on my wire? blink.gif  those are mostly my computer lan cable and phone charger cable
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Yup. I have an outlet near my bedroom door that has all sorts of charging wires coming out of it, and my cats kept chewing on them for a while. Rubbed them all with Tabasco, and now they leave it alone.

Wires can always be wiped anyway, if you don't want the Tabasco on there anymore after they've learned to stop.

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post Apr 23 2015, 10:28 PM

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QUOTE(kizwan @ Apr 23 2015, 10:08 AM)
In case like surgery, e.g. spaying, the time the cat need to recover from anesthesia varies from cat to cat right? They should recover fully after 24 hours right?
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24 hours to recover from the anesthetic, 10-14 days for full recovery from surgery. No jumping, no running.
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post Apr 27 2015, 11:08 PM

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QUOTE(Seager @ Apr 27 2015, 05:51 PM)
Mine was up and running the same day itself, as if nothing happened to her laugh.gif
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depends on when the surgery is. my girl was walking around, but definitely not "sober", and the shelter vet told me no food for her until the following morning. She was fine after 24 hours, but because of the incision, I kept her shut in my bedroom with low furniture.
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QUOTE(kizwan @ Apr 28 2015, 11:21 PM)
Mine the opposite. They'll sit quitely in the cage but once get out, they will walk around & climbing. I actually can't wait to let them out from the cage.

About the stitch, I forgot to ask my vet & he also didn't tell me when I should bring them to undo the stitches. I'll call him tomorrow. A couple of stitches on one of the cats already gone without a trace.
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Can you see the stitches? Usually they're internal, dissolving stitches. If they didn't tell you to come back to take them out, you may not even need to because they'll dissolve.

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