How To Prevent Fat Cat Exercise Decrease Dry Food Increase Canned Guide Released

Pet Cat Health, an online resource for all information regarding cats, has released information on preventing Winter Weight Gain in cats and preventing obesity along with a link to “Exercising with Your Cat: A How-To Guide.”

More information on Pet Cat Health and preventing obesity in cats is available at: http://petcathealth.info.

An estimated 58 percent of cats in the United States are overweight or obese according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. This rate continues to rise with more than 90 percent of pet owners reporting that they did not recognize that their obese pets weighed more than they should.

The extra weight that obese cats carry around places demands on all of the organs in their bodies, Veterinary Doctors Foster & Smith report on Pet Education. Disease and death can result from overloaded organs along with a variety of other health challenges.

Pet Cat Health has released articles and resources that help cat owners understand and be aware of their pet’s health where their weight is concerned including a link to “Exercising with Your Cat: A How-To Guide.” The guide recommends games and activities to keep cats interested and active.

Excess weight in cats can cause a number of problems and disorders including Type 2 Diabetes, liver disease, heart and respiratory disease, osteoarthritis, skin conditions, high blood pressure and cancer, especially intra-abdominal cancers, and cats that are overweight have shorter life expectancies.

Pet Cat Health provides informational articles on managing a cat’s diet. The articles include recommendations on how much to feed a cat, when to feed them and what types of foods to feed them. Some recommendations include feeding them foods higher in protein and fat and lower in carbohydrates.

Other articles available discuss ways pet owners can keep their cats active. Domesticated cats are legendary for laying around all day and doing nothing, not having to participate in hunting for their food like their feral counterparts or ancestors.

Pet Cat Health articles suggest a number of novelty items to have on hand to keep cats interested in playing including empty boxes with holes cut in to make a cave, crumpled paper that makes a lot of noise, plastic rings, empty toilet paper and paper towel rolls, stuffed animals, scratching posts and cat trees for climbing.

More information on Pet Cat Health and to read the article “Exercising With Your Cat: A How-To Guide,” visit the website listed above.