I have a 6mth old persian kitten weighing 9 lbs.Is it possible that she is overweight. She was always a large kitten being the heaviest in the litter.
I do not leave food permanently down but give her 3 meals a day on a mixture of dry biscuits and wet food of cooked meat or fish .She is quite fit and agile but should I now start to cut her food down to two meals a day to just maintain this weight. Advice from breeders would be good especially persian breeders.

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You can overfeed and a cat can be overweight.

However, find out what is a 'normal' weight for your particular breed (depending on size of cat because there will always be a range). Vets don't always know about different weights for breeds and may say your cat is overweight because it would be for a moggie.

So you are right to ask Persian breeders what they think the weight range is.

Hi, well looking at the photo she doesnt really look overweight to me. Mine have two meals a day one at morning and one in the evening and biscuits left down inbetween. I would cut her down to that, I dont think any cat needs three meals a day and also has she been wormed lately? Other than that, I think you have a good healthy stropping kitten there.

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Thanks for your replies I feel much happier now I never thought about her buiding herself up to grow.

my cat looks porky. he is 8months and 3 weeks and is 12lbs. though he has more growing to do length wise so i am sure that will correct itself.

i agree with Saikou and Saynamore,dunno much about Persians but he just looks like a chunky lad to me and as long as he gets enough excersise he'll be fine i'm sure

I was looking at a veterinary site concerning weight and it is normal for male cats to be heavier than females so your kittens 12 lb weight at the moment appears to be fine.The article was lited in The cat care centre site in an article 'That fat cat'

thanks ...

I'm glad you asked this because I've been wondering myself.

I feed Mikah once a day (in the morning) and she'll eat it throughout the day.. Usaully when I go to bed there's still some in the bowl.. But when I wake up it's empty. :P

I weighed her last night and she's 8 pounds.