Keighan. wrote:Topsy Turvey wrote:Speaking of overweight cats, our family cat named Ash is obese and has been the majority of his life.
He's now getting old and has never been hugely active or playful although with being in a slightly more exciting environment that is slowly changing, which I'm more than happy about! However he has for a very long time had an obsession with food, for a while we lived in a place where he couldn't get out of the house and he would sleep and the second we would go anywhere near the kitchen he would start screaming at us like his life depended on it and that was all he ever did. He didn't particularly like us (we hadn't bonded much as at the time he was still supposed to be my sister's) and so he wasn't interested in pats and refused to play, all he cared about was food. And he still does. I have no idea what to do about it, any suggestions? c':
(He's currently on a diet (and has been for a year c':) but it's made no difference as he steals other cat's food. I desperately want him to learn that there's more to life than just food but he's a cat so I can't exactly explain it to him, any suggestions on what I can do to help?
maybe since he's so motivated by food, You could train him? set up a kitty agility course and have him jump around and such? Idk works for my dog
That's actually a super good idea, I don't want to stop him from going outside as he's missed the freedom of being outside so much that it just wouldn't be fair to him. So this could be a very good alternative, he's a bit old and cranky but some more basic things might work. He's almost 10 and had never been put in a harness before let alone walked but with patience and treats I managed to pull it off so you never know, basic agility and such might work too ;p
I have been thinking that he loves to follow me to the bathrooms (it's a five minute walk from where we live) and he sometimes he loves to chase us too so he can catch up so I might try working on that and encouraging it more. <3