Is your cat fat? While there is a myth that suggests that neutered cats get
fat, there is science to indicate that it's all about diet. There are many
serious health risks associated with obesity in cats. Read on to learn
more:
What you feed your cat can have profound influences on
their long term health and well-being.
Many people feed their cats a strictly dry commercial
food diet. Some incorrectly think that canned food promotes dental
problems, many take to heart the manufacturer's claims that their food is
"100% nutritionally complete".
Information is coming to light that indicates that a
dry only diet increases the chances of many maladies that up until recently were
thought to be just old age or obesity disease of the cat. Studies have
been published to support this beginning in 2001. I wonder how long it
will be before the pet food industry and the veterinary community at large
recognize this body of work. I thank Dr. Hodgkins and Dr. Pierson for
allowing me to publish their work in the hopes of reaching others.
