I have to admit it now: my Nemo is overweight. Not much, he weights 5,8kg (that's about 13 lbs if you wish), but he's a bit heavy for a Siamese. When petting him, I can feel his spine, but not ribs. He's spayed and only one year old, so I worry what will happen if I won't get him to lose some of that weight.
The problem is that Nemo isn't our only cat: Wizard is 6 and quite fit. Most of the time, Wizard is clearly the alpha male, but when it comes to feeding, Wizard is picky and slow eater and Nemo wulfs everything down in no time. Judging by the size of their stools, Nemo eats twice as much Wizard, so no wonder he's getting fat. These are the options I've come to:
1. Live with it - and hope he does too.
2. Execise him more - he's a playfull boy - but I'm a afraid it would be a full time job to lose to play him back to shape without diet chances.
3. Reduce their meal size and try to sneak some treats to Wizard when Nemo isn't watching.
Any ideas? Anyone?
The problem is that Nemo isn't our only cat: Wizard is 6 and quite fit. Most of the time, Wizard is clearly the alpha male, but when it comes to feeding, Wizard is picky and slow eater and Nemo wulfs everything down in no time. Judging by the size of their stools, Nemo eats twice as much Wizard, so no wonder he's getting fat. These are the options I've come to:
1. Live with it - and hope he does too.
2. Execise him more - he's a playfull boy - but I'm a afraid it would be a full time job to lose to play him back to shape without diet chances.
3. Reduce their meal size and try to sneak some treats to Wizard when Nemo isn't watching.
Any ideas? Anyone?