Kitten

>>2223503
What they the vet say?

So my kitten is a 6 month old male cat, who I now know is very healthy. However, every time I've taken my kitten in to be weighed, they've said he weighs too much and he's going to get fat. Which I was very upset by as I really had taken the time to educate myself and feed good brands of food and I though that I had been really strict and good at feeding him properly. Also, he doesn't have a tummy and next to other cats, he's slim if anything. They told me I should cut down his food. Turns out that they had listed his birthday incorrectly and they thought he was 4 weeks younger than he is, which at his age makes a huge difference. He went from being overweight, to the skinny side of a healthy weight in seconds.

Also, I explained I wanted to make his food at home so that he was only getting good ingredients and none of the filler they use in commercial cat food. I only asked because I wanted to make sure I was giving him all the right amount of vitamins and minerals. The vet started lecturing me about the problems with raw diets, which I would never ever ever put my cat on. So the vets recommendation was to just feed him dry food 100% of the time because "there's nothing wrong with it". I told him point blank I wouldn't be so cruel as to do that and am now trying to find a reliable feline nutritionist.

>>2223510
>>2223508

>>2223510
The birthday thing is an error. Vets are humans, they make mistakes.

Lots of them aren't nutritionists. They know that dry foods are nutritionally balanced and provide a cat what they need. Dry food isn't ideal for cats, but to call it cruel is hyperbole.

Cats have highly, highly specific dietary requirements. Please consider a top shelf wet food or commerically available raw food. These will have what he needs to be healthy and grow.

Have you been feeding him homemade meals?

>>2223515

The birthday thing is an error, but I kept repeating my cats age, so they should have realised that they had made a mistake with the birthday but they clearly weren't paying attention.

The veterinary nurse I saw for nurtitional advice, I had to make a separate appointment for and it was her job in the veterinary practice to give feline neutrino advice.

Dry food is cruel for cats because if you give it EXCLUSIVELY to them, it will because various problems regarding dehydration but in particular it makes it difficult and painful to urinate, so actually it is cruel.

Also, hyperbole is a statement which by its nature is so exaggerated it is not intended to be taken seriously. So you're wrong about that too.

>>2223515
Recommending a top shelf wet food is a vague statement with no fucking value. These words don't fucking mean anything.

>>2223516
I reckon we've got a dog fan here? I also train guide dogs, I have two Labradors (who don't mind my kitten) wHo live with me permanently and are trained guide dogs but together we train new dogs to be guide dogs.

>>2223521
Yes, I quite literally do. I've reared animals for decades and to be honest, I'm fucking great at it. I literally only asked the vet for advice expecting her to hand me a slip of paper with his requisite vitamin and mineral breakdown.

My only problem is I've spent so long with dogs and working with dogs that I have a million reliable places to ask dog-related questions but I've yet to find anyone who knows about cats.

>>2223520
Also, if you don't have anything useful to contribute, why don't you just fuck right off?

>>2223517
Many cats do fine on dry food. So long as they drink water, they will be okay. Many cats will not, as they evolves to get much of their water from their prey, so this is where wet food is so great for cats. Every cat is different, so cater to them accordingly. Again, calling it cruel is hyperbole.

>>2223519
If the OP is American, I would be happy to recommend him some brands. It would be pointless for me to rattle off brands hr cannot possibly acquire.

>>2223535
Hahahahahahahahahahaha okay so let's start with a lesson in English. The hyperbole is used to describe something which was said INTENTIONALLY to exaggerate something to the point where it is not intended to be interpreted as literally true. If I made the statement and, in my opinion, did not exaggerate but more importantly did not exaggerate INTENTIONALLY then by definition is cannot be hyperbole. If I am the person who used the word, then you could call it an exaggeration and that would be your opinion but you cannot call it hyperbole because that's wrong.

Most cats will be fine eating a little bit of dry cat food but if they eat it exclusively they will experience a set of symptoms which would not be dissimilar to a person eating exclusively supermarket ready meals.

Over time, they will become overweight, they will experience pain and difficulty in urinating and passing bowel movements, they will be lethargic because their body has to do more work to get nutrients out of food and also, whether it's cruel or not, it's definitely not the best diet for your cat and if it's not the optimal, then I don't give a shit what it is.

>>2223531
I'm not trying to wave my dick around, if you look at my first post then you can see I'm just after a knowledgeable feline nutritionist.

I'm not having some clueless cat owner giving me advice. Just because you've decided to treat your cat like shit doesn't mean I have to agree to subject my cat to a shitty life.

>>2223575
you sound like a fucking moron

i hope your cat bites your dick and then dies

>>2223510
First off, the weight thing is based off of the body, not the age. Cats come in so many shapes and sizes, they don't have a chart that labels cat's ages and their appropriate age. They go off of body condition. If your cat has a fupa or they couldn't easily palpate ribs, they will tell you your cat is overweight. Chances are, you just need to get your cat engaged in activities which admittedly can be difficult.

Secondly, homemade meals for animals are almost always done poorly or incorrectly. Cats especially are known to be incredibly difficult to supplement their diets. On top of that, animals also tend to get fat on homemade meals because people buy ingredients made for human consumption, which has more sugar and fat. Some people can do homemade diet fine, but the vast majority of people can't, and it's the vet's job to do what they can to not kill your cat.

Anyhow, if you're this upset, you should shop for another vet because your cats will have to go back whether you like it or not.

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>Go to store
>Look at dry and wet foods for cats
>Read ingrediants
>Pick the ones not full of preservatives and fillers

There you go OP. Avoid things that list corn, wheat, rice, and "Flavors". Also look out for foods that list "by product" and "parts" in relation to the meat.

And as long as they've been weaned kittens are the same as pretty much any young animal. They do best on a high protein diet. Your bigger problem will be stopping them from chewing on and attempting to eat anything they can find and stick in their mouths.

>>2223600
I know all of this information already, as would anyone who spent five minutes on Google. However if you go into a vets they factor age and weight as guidelines, you forgot to include that in your little rant.

Oh and thanks for advising me to take him to a different one, my intention was to take him to the same vet forever despite my discomfort with them.

>>2223608
Actually food labelling for animals is NOT governed by the same legislation that convers food for human consumption. If you've ever picked up cat food, you'd know that yourself.

It's cute that you've tried to act like it's obvious and straightforward but all you've proven is that you don't know what you're talking about.

>>2223580
And you continue to be nothing other than a fucking waste of skin

>>2223624
They factor age in dying cats and beaners. I know who you are. You're the kind of crazy cunt that steps through a specialized vet and already thinks they knows more about everything than anyone in there. I advised bringing your dumb parasite to another vet because you seem honestly too retarded to think of that yourself given that you made a useless thread about it.

>>2223631
That's fucking bullshit they have to factor weight and age into kittens because they need to know how much food they're eating and how much they weigh to help exclude the presence of parasites in unprotected cats.

You don't know a fucking thing you're talking about you spastic bitch.

I bet you're just a fucking crazy cat lady that thinks their fucking pet loves them because they're the only fucking have. My cat wet to a general vet, not a specialist one, so fuck even only knows what bullshit you're sprouting.

FUCK OFF YOU IGNORANT CUNT

>>2223693
>claims I'm the crazy cat lady
Get a fucking grip on life. They don't care about age past beaners. Once they are in a stable weight they don't need to worry about age. Unless your cat is 4 weeks old, a minor age difference isn't going to make a difference. And weight is not a good indicator of parasites unless your cat is dying from it, all cats should have a blanket de-wormer that eliminates major parasites.

It's really weird the things you come up with to use against me, when I gave off no such impression. I can only assume you are projecting. You should seek help

>>2223693
>being this triggered