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 out to be clear simply how a lot of a meals hog he’s! I by no means depart 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 have to, so on the finish of every meal, I enable a few canine helpers in to clear up any leftovers – not that there have been lots of these. Nicely, Cyril may not be too impressed together 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 each 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 might 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 precipitated him to desert any sense of self-control or respect. This has been notably evident on nights when we have now indulged in one in every of our (and Cyril’s) favourite treats: pizza.
In the beginning 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 it is a long-term goal. Within the first 6 weeks, I might 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 unique 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 (nearly) hit his goal! I’m thrilled with how a lot he has misplaced, however we’ve nonetheless received a protracted technique to go.
Now, how do I inform him that the food regimen continues…?
This text is part of Dr. Karyn’s collection together with her 5 hilarious cats.
