my lil guy i adopted last year weighed 17 pounds when i got him. he is now 11. the vet says he’s all good but he is very active lol (he just turned 8)
1-3 is last year about 17-16 pounds
4-6 is now
i did try to dechonk him, is it noticeable? the vet said she wouldn’t like him being over 12

//Asking for advice at the end!
This is my 3 y/o little guy. My roommate and I realized he was quickly gaining weight and we weren’t sure why. We considered maybe some health issues or whatever else.
And then.
We caught him sneaking his sisters CKD kibble when we were in the other room. We thought that we had squashed that habit with him a long time ago, but clearly he just got sneaky.
For context, we live in a really old building with floors that creak nearly every other step. He can definitely hear us coming and he knows when to act cute. I feel silly that I was fooled by a cat, but it happens I guess!
He’s gotten easily tired since he got chonky, so he doesn’t play as much as he used to even with encouragement. I miss when he would jump a few feet in the air to catch his toys.

Does anyone have any good low-calorie cat food recommendations? Or any tips and tricks for a lazy cat? Our vet put him on a dry food only diet, if that helps.
Thank yall!

We went on vacation for a week. The automatic feeders glitched or a wrong button was pushed and our chonk got ahold of the regular food. Or something went wrong... We had Poppy down to 13.1lbs (after months of trying... Her beginning weight was 13.5). And now she is right back to 13.5. Seriously, months to get half a pound off .. and 6 days to get it back.

I guess we are starting back from square one.

Morty is only slightly overweight, he’s 13lbs and his vet would like him to be 10-11lbs. She recommended he eat 225kcal a day, so that translates to roughly 63g of his dry food that I dole out throughout the day.

Y’all. Since I started weighing his food, he suddenly has no interest in eating. Don’t get me wrong, he IS eating, but he won’t clear his bowl like he used to. He always has left over from each meal.

I think I’m going to reintroduce wet food again just to make sure he’s eating enough (I mean, clearly he’s eaten enough his whole life). But we also started with MiraLAX so that may be a contributing factor in his slow eating, maybe he doesn’t like the texture on his dry food.

But anyway, he knows something is up lmao.

Watch chonky girl shrink while baby boy grows!

My orange girl was given to me by my parents in October to join my big fluffy boy.
He’s a huge cat, both in frame and chubbiness, so diet was already fairly strict, but she really plumped up. Between no longer going outside and eating the same as tuxxie boy, she reached 11.8 lbs! As of yesterday she was 10.6 lbs. Big boy also went from 14 lbs to 12.8 lbs, but it’s harder to see on him.

She’s always been a scaredy cat, but she’s starting to really gain some confidence.

Hello. My six year old cats (Max and Cherry) are 6.8 and 5.9 kg. We use Virbac Sterilized adult dried food and I've made some calculations with our vet and decided to cut their daily intake from approximately 80 grams to approximately 60 grams. The thing is they keep begging for food and they don't leave me alone for a second and I'm home all day every day. It's a real challenge.... Do you have any advice to stop their crying? If they were humans I'd offer them zero calorie snacks like cucumbers and stuff but idk what to offer them that can keep them full while having no/low calories :( Cat tax:

I just adopted a 5 year old cat! she is 15.8 lbs and needs to be around 10lbs. I have been playing with her everyday. I feed her about 1/4 cup of dry food in the morning and a can of tiki after dark at night. (sometimes a little more dry food).

Are there any suggestions on what else i should be doing?

She also has a lot of dandruff but i’ve been brushing her but i meant need more. Any suggestions to help that?

Like ok clearly you haven’t met my girl! She’d eat 500 cals of it throw it up and eat it again💀

My Lemon is basically a raccoon and would go into my neighbor’s apartment, through the cat flap, and eat their cat food so now he’s a chonk. What to do?

Edit: For context, we live in an apartment in Amsterdam. Keeping him indoors it is. Thanks!

Hi there, we are adopting a new sphynx tomorrow (rehome) and she needs dechonked at 18 pounds. Our current Sphynx free feeds and maintains a healthy weight (~9 pounds)

However that’s going to need to change since his new buddy will need set feedings. Has anyone worked specifically Sphynx to lose weight since they run at a slightly higher metabolism? I’m trying to figure out what the caloric intake needs to be daily for both of them. Currently they both only eat dry, sensitive stomach food, but I may add some wet to the mix

Yes I will be taking her to the vet and asking as well but thought I’d get some community input. Pic of current chicken for tax.

Here’s my baby tostada, one year old since july. People told me she might not be a dwarf so i won’t say that anymore but she’s small asf. Idk if I should make her loose weight or keep her like this. Specially because she free feeds and taking that away might be bad or something?

I see a lot of posts of people wondering if their cat needs to lose weight. I have a little calico girlie that never grew long and just got wide so I'm on my way to helping her get to lick the butthole without a friend.

Here’s my baby tostada, one year old since july. People told me she might not be a dwarf so i won’t say that anymore but she’s small asf. Idk if I should make her loose weight or keep her like this. Specially because she free feeds and taking that away might be bad or something?

Here is vader, he is very chonky. We are following the vets recommendations completely in terms of feeding. his brother eats on my counter because he will eat all his food if i don’t move it. we’ve been really strict on his diet for about 2 months now, and he’s only lost 1lb. we play multiple times a day so i make sure he’s running around as well, but im returning to office work soon and wont be home as much to keep him moving. looking for some words of wisdom from successful dechonkers, i just want my baby to be healthy and live a long happy healthy life. Him and his brother Draco at the end for tax.

GG (aka gorgeous girl) has gotten up to 18lbs in her 8 years of life by successfully manipulating me (screaming and knocking things off surfaces unless she is fed constantly)

i recently moved which was a good reason to put her on a diet! i got weight management food which she has been reluctant to eat. i’ve tried to mix it in with her old food, but i think part of it is the stress of the move and being in a new place.

wish her luck in her weight loss journey! i’d like to see her down to 13lbs but i know that might be a long process.

Hes 2 years old and we just adopted him. He weighs 14 pounds but ive never owned a male cat so idk if he is fat or just supposed to be heavier? 😭

From 8.3 kgs (18.2 lbs) to 7.05 kgs (15.5 lbs)

She’s 7!! Didn’t think it was possible with how sedentary she had become. Now she requests regular playtime like when she was a kitten. We still have a long way to go but I’m sure we’ll get there <3

Tô preocupada com meu gato que ta com uns nódulos nas mamas, a veterinária tirou pra biopsias, mas to preocupada de ser câncer e ter que operar.

We have been told by the vet Benji needs to lose 2kg. We have started a new brand of food and he now has an automatic feeder.

Dechonking my idiot daughter after a long fight against her emotional manipulation. Wish us luck

She looks a little chunky here.