Going Back To Overweight Pets

It wasn't very long ago that we were discussing how to keep our pets from putting on too much weight and the benefits of preventing them becoming obese. This week 'The Sun' newspaper reported a story about a grossly obese cat weighing two and a half stone and measuring 34 inches around the waist - the poor cat lives in China and its owners excuse for feeding the cat on dough rolls and chicken hearts, is that diets make the cat 'bad-tempered' (see pic).


This is an extreme case (I hope), but it shows how this cat's misguided owners feel that they are doing their best for their pet, when in fact the cat's extreme weight will almost certainly lead to many serious health problems as well as a greatly reduced quality of life. It makes me very sad that lots of pets are suffering because their owners may just need a little education on 'what's right and what's not'.


I've found some good home-made recipes for keeping dogs healthy here . It is more difficult with cats as they need quite high levels of meat protein and taurine in their diet, but there are lots of 'light' diets on the market and many prescription diets available - there is no excuse!

Story and picture originated from 'The Sun' newspaper 1st February, 2007