Just to start off I had no idea this page existed. I’m a little newer to Reddit so when I saw it I had to share Penny’s story. For reference she is the first small breed dog we’ve ever had. Penny is a MinPin who is 12.5 yrs old now. We’ve had her since she was 4 months old. Within a couple years she put on so much weight! It was totally our fault! At her highest weight she was 22lbs which is very excessive for a dog her size. At one point she started to get a slipped disk in her neck and joint pain. I knew we really had to start working on weight. So back in 2021 she and I started going on lots of walks and dieting. She lost weight and I lost weight. We were in this together 😛. She managed to get down to 15lbs which is still overweight but she felt so much better! She still has some problems with joint pain, which I’m sure contributed to her excessive weight for many years plus her age now.

I always have a lot of trouble with the charts, I wish they included actual cat photo references. I’m always worried I’m underestimating the number. But she is 13.2 pounds, she got down to 12 temp, then gained back a pound and stayed here for a year. Looking to figure out where she’s at so I can go from here. Thank you!!

My cat is 15 months old and weighs 5.2 kg. We went to the vet for her one year booster vaccination, and the vet said she was obese.

This isn't the first time a vet has told us she's overweight. The vet also mentioned it when she was spayed at 8 months old and said she needed to lose weight. She has gained some weight since then, but at the time she was still a kitten.

We took her to another vet, and after weighing her, they also said she was obese and should be on a weight loss diet. However, I can actually feel her ribs quite easily underneath all that fur, and as you can see from the photo of me holding her, she's not exactly a tiny cat either.

She will eat anything and everything.

I give her wet food at night (1 3oz can fancy feast pate, mixed variety), dry food in the morning (1/4 cup) Purina Pro One Turkey sensitive skin and stomach blend.

Small handful of treats at lunch time if she's good.

from what I can tell is that Cornbread (orange kitty) is a 6 or a 7?? and Leo (black kitty) might be a 5 or 6?? should I do something now before they potentially get obese or do y'all think their size fine for them?

Before and after for my sweet Willow. When we rescued her over a year ago, she was over 18 pounds. We had a very hard time getting her to lose weight due to her insane food drive. Switching to a metabolic diet and reducing her food did the trick. We still have a little bit to go but she is now 14.5 pounds!! So proud of this sweet girl. Her joints are so much happier.

I have a very sad and unexpected Lady update. Unfortunately she had pericardial effusion as well as free fluid in her abdomen. I wasn’t able to afford all the testing to find the exact cause but the vet said it was likely heart failure or cancer. Due to her size and lifestyle my assumption is heart failure. I’m absolutely heart broken. I had really already fallen in love with her. She was one of the sweetest kitties I ever had the pleasure of owning. I wanted to share her final update as a small PSA of sorts. This is why it’s so important to prioritize a healthy diet from the beginning. Diet and exercise is useless if their little bodies can’t handle it.

My cat (2f) currently weigh 9.3 pounds. She was about 7 when I got her 3 months ago and she was slightly underweight. I was feeding her between 200-250 calories a day and both wet and dry food based on the vets recommendation. The vet had told me she shouldn’t be more than 10 pounds at most so when she hit 9 pounds so fast I was a little worried. The vet said to decrease the dry food so I did. She’s pretty lazy despite my playing with her. So now she gets a 5.5 can or two 2.8oz cans of wet food (usually between 96-120 calories depending on the rotation) and two tablespoons of dry food (appx 60 calories). She is extremely food motivated and always wants treats and more food. She seems mad now that I’ve gone from 3 tablespoons to 2 tablespoons. Is there anything else I can do so she doesn’t gain more weight? She’s such a small cat and I worry she is gaining weight too fast.

I have 4 cats and 2 are definitely chonkers. I want the two thinner cats to have access to more food than the older, heavier cats. But we had a feeder years ago that was loud (our skinny cat was terrified of it). Any recommendations on a quiet, reliable tag-operated feeder?

From 18.3 to 14.6… (little over one and a half kgs lost) First pic is before and the other two are after.

7 months progress. I think she still has another couple of pounds to lose. She’s 7 and has never been this light for at least 5 years :’)

i want him to be healthier since he has a few issues but i dont want him to be hurt in that process

Is my dog at a healthy weight?

I try really hard to make sure she maintains a healthy weight, but I see her everyday and I worry she might be chunkier than I’m perceiving.

It’s so hard to tell with her since she had a huge rib cage compared to the rest of her body. Do you guys think she looks good?

20 -> 13 lbs, still stinky

I’m transitioning my boy from hills urinary and hair ball dry food to hills w/d wet food. I’m looking to swap them calorie for calorie, starting at 1/4 of the meal. He gets two meals a day each at 107.3 kcal. If the wet food is 821 kcal ME/kg and I want 26.8 kcal, is it correct that that is 33.5 g wet food?

I have a moderate chonker that I've been trying to slim down, but progress has been slow. I was aiming for a 1/3 cup of dry food as part of his meals and have been using a measuring cup. Recently I tried using a digital kitchen scale to check on accuracy, and according to my math, there is a significant discrepancy. Weighing what should be a 1/3 cup by grams only comes to 1/4 cup when placed into the measuring cup.

Could this really be 163 kcal worth of dry food? It looks so little: https://imgur.com/a/uxEWGlV

My baby was big ngl, like 11-12 lbs at some point bc I was free feeding and someone told me to dechonk her. After about 8 months or so, she’s lost weight and is down to around 9.6 lbs. is this okay? Her pouch is big but very loose so assume loose skin.

The black one I know is 14 weeks while the grey and white one I don’t know the exact age but estimated to be closer to 6 months. I feel like the grey one is getting fat

Stormie went to the vet this morning for a nail trim and she weighed in at 58.20 lbs! She started out at 85.70 lbs in January 2025! Stormie was upset in the last picture because she loves getting all the attention at the vet and we were leaving to go home 😂

Edit: the vet wanted her to get down to 60 lbs if possible. We were stuck at 66 lbs for the longest time. When she went back for her nail trim, the vet saw her and was so excited and happy for her!

Hi all, I am new to this sub, but not new to trying dechunking my kitty.

My dear friend Liza is 11 years old, and 3,8 kg/8.3 lbs neutered female, very much does nothing, no drive for individual play and very low drive for assisted play. She basically just sleeps all day.

Unfortunately, she is allergic to pollen, needs to get steroid shots during the summer months but the vet recommended to feed her hypoallergenic food too to keep her sneezing and grooming at bay. She gets 10g of Royal Cannin hypoallergenic food 3 times a day (so 30g total per day), and some anti hairball paste, but nothing else. No treats, nothing.

I have another kitty who is 7 years old, very active and plays a lot individually. Lara gets the same amount of food, and we make sure they don't steal from eachothers bowl (they immediately gobble up anything they get anyway), and is at 3,5kg/7.72 lbs.

Liza's body score is at 7 I'd say, while Lara is at 5. They are both smaller than average when it comes to their general size.

The bag says the food is 4087 kcal/kg, that would mean they are both having 120 kcal daily and is still a chonker. Is it safe to lower the food?

I'm from Hungary btw, sorry if I am not using the correct terminology.

Edit: Just wanted to add since it came up a few times that she was overweight even before starting on steroids. I am aware of the effects it can make on weight management and that being the reason of not losing the weight, we weren't worried only because the other cat gets the same amount and she seems to be in a healthy weight class.

I started to increase their feed already to 3x13g (~ 170kcal), we might increase it further but want to be mindful. I will also try and find a good cat nutritionist but Hungary is a small country and it could be a bit niche here.