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Jun. 2nd, 2010 07:58 amWhen I took Shula to the vet on Saturday, the doctor said that he was all right overall. He'll need his teeth cleaned this year, mostly. I mentioned that I knew he was overweight, so we talked about how to get him to slim down some. The suggestions I got from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
bodldops were brought up- put his food somewhere he has to jump to get it, feed him snacks by putting them in a ball he has to bat around to force it to dispense, etc. The vet also suggested that instead of giving him a full can of food a day in the form of a morning and evening feeding, I should give him 3/4 of a can a day as a morning feeding, a just-after-work feeding, and a just-before-bed feeding. I've been doing that. Shula is not thrilled with it. He tends to meow loudly and imperiously at me when he sees the quarter-can of food in his bowl, and after he devours it and licks the bowl clean he tends to meow at me for more. More importantly, if I so much as gesture in the general direction of the kitchen he assumes I'm about to get FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. This is a little problematic as the bathroom is just off the kitchen, but there's not much I can do about that.
This may end up being a weight-loss program for me. I get all guilty about getting up for a snack if the cat is following me going MRRRRAH! at the top of his lungs the whole time I'm picking up my extra piece of cheese or what have you.
bodldops were brought up- put his food somewhere he has to jump to get it, feed him snacks by putting them in a ball he has to bat around to force it to dispense, etc. The vet also suggested that instead of giving him a full can of food a day in the form of a morning and evening feeding, I should give him 3/4 of a can a day as a morning feeding, a just-after-work feeding, and a just-before-bed feeding. I've been doing that. Shula is not thrilled with it. He tends to meow loudly and imperiously at me when he sees the quarter-can of food in his bowl, and after he devours it and licks the bowl clean he tends to meow at me for more. More importantly, if I so much as gesture in the general direction of the kitchen he assumes I'm about to get FOOOOOOOOOOOOOD. This is a little problematic as the bathroom is just off the kitchen, but there's not much I can do about that.This may end up being a weight-loss program for me. I get all guilty about getting up for a snack if the cat is following me going MRRRRAH! at the top of his lungs the whole time I'm picking up my extra piece of cheese or what have you.
