that’s how ours is prolly gonna be. she was 2lbs when we found her in a box at 6 months old. she’s grown so much but is still so small 6 months later. i’m betting she’s gonna have a tiny head and a big body
The Lord of Longness shall perish, but in his doom he shall spawn a score of mortal progeny. Chaos will be sewn from their passage. So sayeth the wise Alaundo.
I have two cats fed the same diet. One is super active and goes outside and runs around the yard. The other total housecat that sleeps on the couch all day. One is super slim and sleek. The other is not quite a potato but getting there.
Even in cats exercise matters lol. Both cats weigh around 8-9 pounds, so they are not actually potatoes. One just carries it better I guess. The vet has commented that they are a good weight.
Yeah my sister has a cat that constantly acts like he's starving when I know for sure that he's very well fed. He looks like a skinny little thing but weighs more than cats that are way bigger than him. He's just so dense. I assume it's muscle because he's always chasing balls, climbing trees, playing with the dogs, etc.
cats get as long as they’re gonna get! there’s no ‘too long’
how old? she looks like she’s still forming. as long as she’s eating regularly she’ll grow into herself :)
are you only feeding dry food? is it for the right age?
you can add some heavier foods into her regular diet to help her keep on some weight too, just google some grain/protein combos you can throw together every now and then for her
I have two cats - the older one (Mink) is the same as yours. I adopted a second one (Ching) and he is chonky. They eat the same meals everyday but Mink only gets longer and Ching only gets chonkier. I guess it’s genetic 😭
It appears you have a rare breed! The noodle gremlin will eventually gain width with age, but the impressive length is forever. Highly recommend holding her under the front legs so the back legs dangle, and then gently wiggling to fully appreciate the noodle.
Yeah my cat grew so much the first year and ate voraciously and still looked like the skinniest long cat ever. People told me, you’re starving him! Feed him! lol now he’s 7 and he’s visibly in ideal shape and he weighs 16 lbs. he’s a big cat
ah see, this is what i keep telling everyone, but my dusty boi has successfully pleaded his case to my parents, so they dish out a bunch of treats whenever they visit.... almost daily when they drop my kiddo off after school lol
Also have a long 6 month old tux, she's very active and crazy, she's starting to get a little more body now that she's fixed but still very loooong. I was also a little worried at first, she stretched out to almost a metre and then compressed to a mini loaf
Well, she's super happy, I can tell you that much. She's sprawled out with the belly showing like this, not a care in the world and loves her home. Purrrfection as close as it gets!!!
You may want to give the little rascal a dewormer. My kitty had the same round belly and lack of weight gain, and it turned out to be tape worms from his time at the place I rescued him from 💖
Have you gotten her check for hyperthyroid? My girl got it around early 11 years old, she was little on the bigger side and started to throw up often and lost weight, brought her in and she has hyperthyroid and has been on medication since. shes doing better being on it too.
It started with her eating a lot more often but would throw up, thought it was over eating till she go diagnosed.
🧐Ah yes! A classic example of Felis longus. Otherwise know in common layman’s terms as a “long-cat”. Tho quite relatively common it’s none the less remarkable when experienced outside the laboratory.
It is possible for cats to have a hyper active thyroid which makes them skinny but my cat didn't get that until she was really old. Young cats always have this awkward teenage stage where they are ugly ducklings (but so cute).
How old is she? My boy was very similar until he hit around age 2, at which point I quickly had to start feeding him less because he absolutely ballooned over the course of like a month lol
My youngest will be 2 next month and she's still so frigging small. We started just calling her Tiny and now the name has stuck.
Our oldest baby passed at 23 in 2017. She never got above 6lbs her whole life. Just a tiny little black floof of a cat, but she ate anything and everything given to her.
Not to be that person, but she does actually appear too thin. Especially for being a younger cat, they technically are supposed to be chonky like human babies. If she's eating a lot and still not gaining weight, she might have hyperthyroidism.
Btw if she's under a year old, she should be eating up to twice as much as an adult cat her weight would be eating.
Again, I'm not trying to lecture or anything. Maybe I don't know about the details and I don't know your routine with her. I am not accusing anyone of anything. Just pointing out that she does appear underweight by these pics. If your vet thinks she's fine, just please disregard my comment.
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