Kitty diet plan

[lexin]

I took Smokey to the vet, and Good News, she is in fine fettle for a cat of her age. Yippee.

Bad News, she is 5.9kg but should only be 4.5. That means she’s put on nearly a kilo since she was last weighed in 2019. She will have to go on a kitty diet and exercise plan – less cat food, fewer treats, more running about. Poor, poor kitty.

The vets are good, further away from where I live than my vets in London, but much, much cheaper and friendlier. I did have to wait outside, though, they are not allowing anyone in the surgery.

We are also going to have to re-start all her vaccinations because it is so long since we saw a vet – nearly three years. So she has a follow-up appointment in three weeks. Which will not make me popular as she hates the carrying basket.

Comments

[emrinalexander]

I remember when you first brought her home. I'm really glad she's in fine health.

[lexin]

I know! Time passes so fast - she was six then, and she's 15 now.

[doire]

Poor kitty. They do hate the basket when is time to go to the vets, but treat it as a refuge when they want to come home.
We had a very round kitty who got to the point that she couldn't clean herself. She really liked the cat diet biscuits though, to the point of refusing anything else.😺

[lexin]

Smokey hasn't reached that stage yet, she can manage to clean herself just fine. But I am reducing the amount of food she gets. I don't want her thin, just thinner than she is now.

[lyorn]

Could you interest her in hunt-the-kibble games?
It's my cats' second favourite game (after "keep human from working in Home Office").

[lexin]

I already play hunt-the-kibble with her treats, and she complies wearily. This is the laziest cat this side of the Pesos. But it's a good thought.