Many cat owners will find that their cats are getting fatter and fatter. If they don’t lose weight, their health may be affected. However, many cat owners worry that putting their cats on a diet will cause the cats to complain and stop paying attention to them. However, according to the New York Times, a new study published in the Journal of Pet Behavior found that cats actually behaved more closely when being fed after being put on a diet for eight weeks.
Cats and owners get closer
Researchers at Cornell University School of Veterinary Medicine used 48 cats, each of which was at least 25 percent above their normal body weight, to do experiments. They put these cats on three different diets. Determine the diet, all three diets have similar calorie counts. Before a cat goes on a diet, owners must fill out a long-term survey related to the cat's behavior and observe how the cat reacts before and after eating. After eight weeks of testing, more than three-quarters of the cats in the trial were slimmer than before.
The number of times they walk around, beg and meow at you increases before meal time, but their begging for food does not appear earlier than the diet conditions. While these are visible changes, some owners also report that their cats purr and sit on their laps less frequently after eating. Therefore, even if the owners control the amount of feeding, the cats do not complain and do not care, and the gap becomes closer to the owners.
There are many reasons why cats become fat. This includes mixed behaviors of human-animal interaction, that is, people express their love for cats through feeding, and cats learn to obtain feedings through "approach behaviors". "Cats have learned the best way to keep us company: when they're hungry, they become the clingiest cats in the world. People are willing to do anything to make their cats happy." Many cat owners feed their cats casually, allowing them to feed them whenever they want. Might as well have a big meal. But a bored house cat, like a bored person at home, probably eats too much. "Cats are not good at self-discipline," Dr. Goldstein said.
Therefore, when it comes to weight loss for cats, a suitable diet is also necessary. There is no need to worry about the proximity of cats to you, they will not dislike you. You might as well try to fix the feeding time to 2-3 times a day, and use toys and other playthings to arouse the cat's talents and burn calories. It not only brings you closer to your pet, but also makes the cat have fun!
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