Maybe I'm obsessing too much, but off of the advice from Dr Lisa Pierson, I am measuring my cat's weight to make sure he's not loosing weight too fast. (Weighing myself and then myself + cat is fine right?)
Unfortunately, he seems to be gaining and I have no idea why. X__X
When I first got him, I was feeding 6/8 cup SD r/d.
Since then, I've given him this: (by day as I remember it until now)
1 can wet + 1/4th cup SD, 1 can wet + less than 1/4th (just a tiny handful) of SD (half thrown for him to catch, rest in his bowl for later) for 2 days, then today not even half a can plus <1/4th cup.
So you don't think I'm crazy, here's my thought process for the different days.
6/8th cup SD to hopefully get him down to 14-16lbs.
(switched to better food/mostly canned)
1 can wet = normal cat weight + 1/4th cup SD so he doesnt lose too fast plus for gradual transition
1 can + <1/4th - realized 1/4th was probably too much and decided to pair that with Dr Pierson's technique of throwing the pieces to exercise the cat; took probably a little more than 1/8th cup (plus if it's too little, i can always bump it up)
(weighed him and saw that he had gained but wasnt too worried)
boyfriend spent the night so Grim was in the bathroom, fed him 5 pieces at 5am and 7-9 at 9am to keep him busy
fed him a spoonful of wet then went out
came back and weighed him and he had gained
fed him only the rest of half a can
I'm going to weight him again tomorrow to see if that did anything but I'm getting worried :/
He was checked for thyroid issues on the 29th, so I know thats not it.
And here are his weights..
3/31/11 20.2
4/2/11 20.4-20.6 (idk, i math failed that day)
4/3/11 21.0
Help? D:
Unfortunately, he seems to be gaining and I have no idea why. X__X
When I first got him, I was feeding 6/8 cup SD r/d.
Since then, I've given him this: (by day as I remember it until now)
1 can wet + 1/4th cup SD, 1 can wet + less than 1/4th (just a tiny handful) of SD (half thrown for him to catch, rest in his bowl for later) for 2 days, then today not even half a can plus <1/4th cup.
So you don't think I'm crazy, here's my thought process for the different days.
6/8th cup SD to hopefully get him down to 14-16lbs.
(switched to better food/mostly canned)
1 can wet = normal cat weight + 1/4th cup SD so he doesnt lose too fast plus for gradual transition
1 can + <1/4th - realized 1/4th was probably too much and decided to pair that with Dr Pierson's technique of throwing the pieces to exercise the cat; took probably a little more than 1/8th cup (plus if it's too little, i can always bump it up)
(weighed him and saw that he had gained but wasnt too worried)
boyfriend spent the night so Grim was in the bathroom, fed him 5 pieces at 5am and 7-9 at 9am to keep him busy
fed him a spoonful of wet then went out
came back and weighed him and he had gained
fed him only the rest of half a can
I'm going to weight him again tomorrow to see if that did anything but I'm getting worried :/
He was checked for thyroid issues on the 29th, so I know thats not it.
And here are his weights..
3/31/11 20.2
4/2/11 20.4-20.6 (idk, i math failed that day)
4/3/11 21.0
Help? D: