Many cat owners will feel that cats are "fat for beauty", and think that fattening cats is a thing worth showing off, and long-term overweight has many adverse effects on cats' health.
Cat obesity hazards
The most common health hazard caused by excessive obesity in cats is cardiovascular problems, which will increase the burden on the cardiovascular system and easily cause diseases such as congestive heart failure.
Most obese cats will also have different degrees of fatty liver, high blood lipids and other problems. Fatty liver can not heal itself, and for fat cats is a more dangerous thing, once cats have anorexia, it is easy to cause more serious diseases. Therefore, to lose weight for cats, avoid dieting.
Obesity is also prone to insulin disorders in cats and diabetes. Diabetes is a high-risk disease for cats, and the care process is also very cumbersome.
In addition, obesity can also increase the burden on cats' joints and easily cause arthritis.
What is the standard weight range for cats?
Different breeds of cats have different standard weight ranges due to genetic differences. In cats of the same breed, male cats are generally larger and heavier than female cats.
Chinese pastoral cats, such as beavers, three-flowers, orange cats and other short-haired cats, the standard weight range of adults is 8~12 pounds. Since most pastoral cats are not picky eaters and have good physical fitness, domestic pastoral cats are easy to eat fat, especially orange cats, and the daily food intake of cats should be properly controlled during the feeding process.
British short blue cat, blue and white, gold gradation, etc., as well as American short cats, the standard weight range of adults is also 8~12 pounds. The male blue cat is particularly prone to gain weight, and there may be hypertrophic heart disease congenitally, so in order to reduce the load on the cardiovascular system, it is recommended to control its weight within 10 pounds.
In large cats, the standard weight range of puppet cats is 12~20 pounds after adulthood, and the development of puppet cats is relatively slow compared to other cats, and it is generally not until about 4 years old that the body size and personality gradually stabilize. The larger cat Maine, the standard weight range after adulthood is about 16~20, and the Maine after neutering will grow very fast, so pay attention to control the amount of Maine after neutering, and keep it a certain amount of exercise every day.
Cats are too thin and fat is not good, too thin may be caused by nutrition can not keep up, long-term malnutrition is also easy to cause many health problems; Being too fat also has many health risks. If you want cats to live a long and healthy life, get sick less and spend less money, you must feed scientifically, avoid following the trend to raise cats in fat, and pay attention to the fact that cats can not use dieting methods to lose weight.