Koshkovoda are inclined to worry for health of the pets therefore can ask the mass of questions to veterinarians. Improper weight can become the cause of a serious disease, and it is necessary to watch closely it.
Animal weight – one of important indicators for determination of his health. Obesity can become a problem not only for people, but also for animals. As well as the lack of weight quite often is the reason of a serious disease.
What weight for cats is considered normal
Among all cats in the world the Australian representative of this look is recognized as the heaviest – its weight was 21 kilograms. And here the cat by nickname Mr. Piblz – 1 kg 300 g is recognized as the easiest. Certainly, standard indicators strongly differ from record.
At a simple domestic cat the weight can fluctuate from two to seven kilograms. Generally both the animal size, and his weight directly depend on what its breed. So, representatives of the Angora and Siamese breeds differ in ease and symmetry. The Persian and British cats are heavier – some of them are capable to strike with the dimensions. And cats of breed a Maine Coon quite often on weight are more than eleven kilograms. As a rule, the solid weight of the pet – direct result of passionate love of owners to it which is expressed in overfeeding of an animal. Usually cats with an excess weight health have unimportant. Obesity and problems with health accompanying it the attentive relation to a food allowance, carefully picked up drinking mode will help to avoid. Regular weighings will help at control over weight. If the cat does not wish to be weighed, hold it on the place it is possible in the following way. The owner takes an animal on hands, is weighed together with him then it is weighed alone. The second is subtracted from the first received value – result and will be the weight of a cat.
How to define whether the weight of a cat is normal
His breed can be the key parameter determining the normal weight of a healthy cat. The British, Maine Coons, Norwegians without uniform symptom of obesity can weigh more than eight kilograms. Small breeds like Singaporeans can be considered as weight in three kilograms having surplus of weight. Average weight for a cat depending on structure of the structure of a skeleton and the size can be considered the range of 3.5-5.5 kg. In veterinary clinics it is possible to get acquainted with instructions which will help to define approximately whether the weight of a specific cat is sufficient. At a lack of weight of a bone of a basin, joints of a breast, an edge act and are very noticeable as to the touch, and by visual consideration. On a breast the fat layer is not probed. At the excess weight at a cat or a cat it is difficult to distinguish a waist, difficult to grope a backbone and edges, and on a back, a stomach and a thorax the fat layer is well expressed.