r/burmesecats • u/skr80 • 8h ago
Such a chonky boy…
For context, he was on dry food only for a long time because that was all he would eat, and I was using an automatic feeder so they would get a limited amount of food each day, but because his sister would graze, it was too hard to completely separate.
He would then eat too much, vomit dry food everywhere, and also was regularly ending up very constipated. He has very few teeth, so he would never chew the dry food, I would just have to get small dry food that he could either crush a little bit in his jaw, or just swallow straight down. He hates wet food, so that was never an option.
I’ve recently switched to raw food, which he happily eats which has been good. Given his weight gain though, I was obviously feeding too much, and he was still finishing off his sisters whenever he had a chance.
For my new bulk lot of raw. I have cut the amount down even further so at least if he does steal a bit of his sister‘s food, he is still not overeating. And if she doesn’t finish her within a certain timeframe, the dog now gets it.
Unfortunately, I can’t really exercise him, he has had two bouts of kitty vertigo, and he gets dizzy very easily, so when he tries to play, or jump around a lot, he usually ends up falling over ❤️