I weighed her again this morning - exactly 7 days since her last meeting with the scale. After this one, I felt like a very bad mother. No, she didn't gain any weight. In fact, she lost 0.9 lbs! I've read that cats shouldn't lose more than 0.2 lbs per week. I've fed her the same amount of food that I usually do, the only difference is I haven't been sitting to watch her eat it. The other cats no longer went after her food while I was there so I assumed that they also left her alone when I wasn't in the room.
Obviously I've been mistaken. The little snots (aka - the other cats) must be bullying her and taking her food as soon as I'm out of sight. Although Sam can be crabby with me, she won't stop the others from taking her food. This also explains her extreme orneriness lately. The poor thing must have been starving. I'm back on patrol duty now though so I know she'll get all of her food.
Now that she's down to 15 lbs (from a high of 18.1), you can really see the physical changes in her. She has bags of skin that hang down. It's particularly obvious on her elbows and makes her legs look so short.
I suppose she could benefit from a tummy tuck, but that's not going to happen.
I'm grateful that she's feeling a whole lot better now. She can make jumps that she couldn't before and her joints don't make the same noises. Still a little more ways to go though, but hopefully at a much slower pace.
So Sam's stats are now...
- Starting Weight - 17.9 lbs
- Target Weight - less than 14 lbs
- Last Weigh-in - 15.9 lbs
- Current Weight - 15.0 lbs
- Net loss - 0.9 lbs
- Total Weight Lost - 2.9 lbs
Fear of the Lord is the foundation of wisdom. Knowledge of the Holy One results in good judgment.
Proverbs 9:10 (NLT)
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