Over the past few months, I’ve shared my love of animals, especially our rescue cats, and how to keep them healthy with Hills Metabolic Cat Food. With pet obesity reaching an all time high, it’s important we arm ourselves with the facts. No one likes to see our pets being deprived of their food! While I am usually on the opposite end of the spectrum, seeing pets in my foster cat care who have been abused, neglected and starved, being overweight can be a huge health hazard as well. This month, I am sharing a story about a heartbroken cat, Maggie, who lost her pet parent. She was given a loving home with her new pet parent, Joanne, but she was nervous, licking her lips, hiding and cowering . Already upset over being displaced, she had trouble breathing and couldn’t keep up with the two energetic kittens living in her new home. Having never had an overweight pet before, Joanne thought Maggie might have an illness and took her to the vet. Instead, of an illness, she discovered Maggie, at only four years old, weighed in at 13. pounds!
Maggie was introduced to Hills Pet Metabolic Cat food to help her reach her ideal weight and she loved it! By this time Maggie had moved into her “furever” home with Joanne’s friend, Vicki, who sneakily encouraged Maggie to exercise by feeding her both upstairs and downstairs. Maggie started her weight loss journey in March and today is well on her way to reaching her ideal weight. She’s already down to 11 pounds! She’s breathing better and feeling like the queen of her domain as she is once again an only cat. Like Joanne, I cried happy tears to see Maggie once again feeling safe, secure and healthy.
I encourage you to read more of Maggie’s story and keep up with her weight loss progress by visiting Joanne’s blog, The Tiniest Tiger. I’m sure both Joanne and Maggie will enjoy your words of support! Does your pet need a weight loss program? If so, learn more about cat weight loss by reading this article, Feed your Pet with Love, Not Excess Food.
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Awwe! How cute. I’d love to have cats if I didn’t have asthma.
What a sweetie! I don’t have any cats either, but thanks for fostering!
Maggie is so adorable. I don’t own any cats, but I wouldn’t mind one if they looked like Maggie!
Maggie is so cute,We have one cat who was also a rescue as a kitten and she is a fussy thing.Glad to see Maggie is doing well.
Thank you so much (and your friends) for being a fellow feline foster mom! I have used this food as well with great success. I haven’t had to use it for an overweight cat as yet, but for older cats who would rather lay in the sun than chase the rays.
It’s so sweet the amount of love that Maggie has received. 🙂 I’m happy to hear that she’s better and on the road to getting healthier.
This is wonderful! That is a beautiful cat and so glad that she is losing weight the healthy way. I have a MinPin that is a little overweight and we have been working with him to lose weight also. So far he has lost a pound and we are happy with that and will keep working on it.
My husband loves cats & I’m sure he’d love Maggie. Glad she’s doing well now!
What a sweet cat. We have a black cat at our house and she is also sweet.
What a cute cat! I don’t have a cat because my son is allergic
Aw Maggie is a cutie and so happy to hear she is doing well.
I did hear that changing homes could be so stressful for cats … I guess they’re very routine oriented! So glad to see the positive changes have been so helpful for her! Pets are at the mercy, often, of the decisions their owners make. And many pet owners are not focused on health themselves! Great post and story!!
How cool that she got her exercising by feeding her upstairs and downstairs. Just like w/the kiddos, if it works why not use it. 🙂
oh baby cat, it is adorable!
I hope they do good with their program.
will go over to encourage them
She is such a pretty kitty! And yes, our CoCo is 16 pounds! She’s on a diet, and she eats green beans for snacks and has to jump back and forth over a kitty gate to get to her food, so I really don’t know why she’s still overweight!
We have huge issues with our cats, one has severe dietary issues and it is a battle to keep her at a normal weight because of it. I make her food myself to fit her needs. The other one is the one that is overweight – two cats opposite weight issues. It is hard for me because I have always been one to leave food down all day for my pets. I figure I get hungry though out the day so they must as well. Luckily all of my pets have dealt well with 24/7 food access until my girls. I am glad Maggie found her place again, hopefully my big girl will lose her weight as well.
I have taken in a rescue cat. She needs to lose some weight because she is a fat cat!
That is a good looking cat! We have two cats that started out as feral cats where we live, but they let us pet them… I laugh at the cat and chicken picture because we have chickens now and have always worried that the cat will kill the chickens. Hasn’t happened yet and I have heard they won’t.
Maggie is so cute. I don’t have any cats (allergies), but I have a dog and if he’s ever diagnosed with being overweight, I would try the dog version of this for him.