Friday, July 11, 2008

Carlton the overweight cat

I keep trying to tell people that Carlton is not fat, that he is just a big cat. No one believes me. We are going to fly to Florida in August, Carlton and I. He and his soft sided carrier cannot weigh more that 20 pounds. Good grief. He weighs 19 pounds in the carrier, and what if my scale is off?
The problem is that we used to live in a house that had stairs, a sun room with 'cat' tv, and plenty of windows all over the place that he could run from window to window after the bird, mouse, neighbor cat, turkey, deer etc etc.
Now we live in a small apartment that has a driveway in the front and the brick facade of a pharmacy side wall in the back. I used to let him out in the stairwell, but now there is a dog living downstairs and I am not willing to risk it. Carlton has become sluggish.
I have toys up the ying yang, catnip, and even a laser pointer. He plays with them for maybe 5 minutes and them flops down and only reaches out his paw if the thing is near. He doesn't even lift a paw to the laser pointer. He has figured out that he cannot 'catch' it so he stopped trying. The big poopie.
He is only getting 1/3 of a can of wet food in the morning and 1/2 scoop of dry food at night. He gets maybe 15 pieces of a dental dry food as treats(his Dr. thought it might help). I think that I cannot take away any more food. He is on a prescription diet, but I am close to getting him a senior food. It has less calories and more fiber. The prescription diet was for a problem with crystal formation in his urine. The doctor told me that the prescription has less magnesium in it.
He is whining at me right now wanting food. The PITA.

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