My name is Detta, and my partner and I have just adopted our second cat from the SPCA.
He's settling in nicely, and is proving to be a wonderful addition to our little family, making us laugh on a daily basis with his crazy antics.
Our only concern is how much he eats compared to our other cat.
Our first cat is a petite 8lb Short hair tortoiseshell....our new cat, Max, is a kingly 14lb long hair beast!!!! He isn't fat at all, in fact he's very trim and muscular, and our vet didn't seem overly concerned (just surprised) by his size. From tip of tail to tips of ears he is probably 3ft long and 1.5 high...we swear he's half shetland pony!!!!
His age has been put between 1-2 years, although the vets weren't really sure.
Max will eat at every given opportunity, in fact we sometimes forget how handsome he is as his face is nearly permanently in a food bowl.
Our first cat, Phoebe, has always self-regulated her dry food intake and we have always left food out for her to help herself as and when.
Should we control the amount of food our big boy eats?? Do you think this will unsettle our resident cat who is still getting used to the new addition?
Do cats self-regulate or is this just a myth?? Could this just be post-shelter stress that will settle in it's own time???
Answer/advice would be greatly appreciated.....in the mean time I'll try and post a pic so you guys can see how big he really is!!!!
Thanks,
Detta (",)
