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Originally Posted by Kay2008
Personally I feel that vets comment on weight and maturity of cats as "normal" moggies ...
I feel that vets put every dog or cat down to the statistics of a normal mongrel dog or moggy cat when infact they should be going on specific breed stastistics!!! in my opinion.
...From what I have read, Persians can weigh anything between 7-12 lbs?? ... You say your cat weighs around 4.5kg's well thats around 9.5lbs roughly and your vet is saying he should weigh 6lbs.
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Kay, you put into words precisely what I was thinking. Not being a Persian breeder, I may not be able to comment categorically about your Persian's weight but at the age of 9 yrs, he is an adult. My feeling is that he is of a good weight but if you feel he should lose a bit of weight, then be careful - I know you are doing so and asking on here too.
For the sake of comparison, a siamese (which I breed) can weigh between 6lb and 12lb+ as fully grown adults. My seal point girl Poppy weights about 11lb but she is a tall well built girl who is 10 years old. I think her weight is fine. Kiki is younger but more delicately proportioned and weighs about 7.5lb. All my cats are fed a mixture of wet and dried food and water is always available, especially when wet food is out. My cats' mealtimes occur twice a day - just breakfast and supper. They tend to want only one sachet each, when they get these (I cook for them too) but do not tend to finish them at all times.
Each cat's appetite varies according to its level of activities, the season, even boredom levels etc etc.
Suggest, if you wish to help your cat lose weight, do not feed the whole sachet. Dried food is ok in moderation but you're probably right in excluding this from the diet at the moment.
Try introducing a small amount of cooked/steamed chicken in with half a sachet of his normal food.
Good luck - please let us know how things go.
