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NinjaPete
Nov 14, 2004

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Delight to those who have listened.

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I need some advice. Our kitty is over weight and we have been struggling with it for a year now. She gets exercise and we measure her portions but she is staying steady at 11.5 pounds. Her vet recommended looking for food with fewer calories right now she is on Blue Buffalo Indoor Health dry food. We have done the BB weight control but the effects were minimal. She has been on BB since she was a kitten and I don't know what other brands to try.

So what is a dry food of comparable quality with BB, but fewer calories? Google just tossed up a bunch of brands comparing how awesome they are compared to others, but I didn't find much raw data.

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NinjaPete
Nov 14, 2004

Hail to the speaker,
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Joy to him who has understood,
Delight to those who have listened.

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Crooked Booty posted:

Is there a reason you don't want to just feed her a smaller amount of food?

She gets around 1/2 or 1/3 a cup a day. I asked the vet if we should be doing that and he suggested trying a different brand instead of cutting down on the amount. Of course he then suggested science diet...

NinjaPete
Nov 14, 2004

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Joy to him who has understood,
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Her target weight is ten pounds, so I think we will switch to 1/3 cup and start considering Wilderness.

You think I should be getting just the plain wilderness and not even weight control?

Thanks for the advice by the way, she has been "a little overweight" for awhile now and we don't know what else to do.

NinjaPete
Nov 14, 2004

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Hail to the knower,
Joy to him who has understood,
Delight to those who have listened.

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lamb posted:

Have you tried Blue Buffalo Longevity (or is that the weight control you referred to)?

No I haven't. Sadly the nearest pet store that has any thing high end in stock is 45 minutes away, and their selection is pretty limited. But they did have Wilderness so we'll give it a shot.

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