Hello, I’m Dr. Karyn! Learn my introduction to be taught extra about me and meet my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.
It’s been the longest 6 weeks of Cyril’s life, however we have now lastly made it to our first weigh-in of his weight reduction journey. Whereas I knew that Cyril will need to have been getting greater than his fair proportion of the meals at meal occasions, it has turn into clear simply how a lot of a meals hog he’s! I by no means go away meals down for greater than half an hour as a result of this encourages the cats to graze and subsequently eat greater than they really must, so on the finish of every meal, I enable a few canine helpers in to clear up any leftovers – not that there have been a lot of these. Effectively, Cyril may not be too impressed along with his confinement at meal occasions, however Ned and Fred have been delighted! Even after decreasing the quantity of meals scattered for the opposite 4 cats, there was nonetheless quite a bit left over on the finish. Sadly for my grasping clean-up crew, I’ve now adjusted the day by day parts accordingly.
Clutch, Alex, Zelda and Zazzles are all in good situation, haven’t misplaced any weight, and haven’t been begging for meals, which tells me that they’re all consuming precisely what they want, whereas Cyril had been consuming no matter he may get his paws on.
For the previous 6 weeks, Cyril has been shut in a separate room for breakfast and dinner till the remainder of the cats have completed consuming. Most days, he has been fairly good at accepting his change in circumstances, however there have been loads of occasions when the temptation of meals has brought on him to desert any sense of self-control or respect. This has been significantly evident on nights when we have now indulged in considered one of our (and Cyril’s) favourite treats: pizza.
At first of this journey, Cyril weighed in at 6.6kg (14 1⁄2 lbs), with a Physique Situation Rating (BCS) hovering round 7-8. Being a large-framed feline, he ought to ideally weigh between 4.5kg and 5kg (10-11 lbs), however this can be a long-term goal. Within the first 6 weeks, I’d ideally hope to see a lack of roughly 10% of his physique weight.
And now, the second we have now all been ready for…
Cyril now weighs 5.95kg (13 lbs)! That’s a lack of 650g, or 9.8% of his authentic weight!
I’ve to confess, I used to be not feeling all that assured earlier than getting him on the scales, however regardless of attempting to steal meals and hunt pizza, he has (virtually) hit his goal! I’m thrilled with how a lot he has misplaced, however we’ve nonetheless obtained a protracted option to go.
Now, how do I inform him that the eating regimen continues…?
This text is part of Dr. Karyn’s sequence along with her 5 hilarious cats.
