Last May we got Tessa to help with ground-squirrel control. She is a great little hunter. When she came to us, she was practically starved, her little stomach was caved in and her little hip bones stuck out. We made sure she always had food available and she started eating all the time.
Now, she is fat and looks like a pumpkin as she waddles by.
What are we to do? If we take her food away, she will get the 'starvation complex' all hungry creatures get, eating even more so as not to starve again. When humans restrict their food, the body slows down its metabolism and tries to store as much fat as possible, and I imagine it would be the same for cats.
Poor little Tessa. Hopefully, she will learn someday that she is not going to starve ever again and the problem will take care of itself.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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