Obesity is not just a human health killer, but now it has become a disease for hairy children! Because of the overspending of hairy parents or the wrong concept of feeding, they think fat is cute, etc., making hairy children fatter than the other. Because cats and dogs at home do not need to hunt and forage, their living space is also limited, and they do not need too much calories, so they can easily get overweight. For the health of the children, it is also very important to manage their weight well! Otherwise, like this cat, you will not even jump out of the bathtub.
【Causes of Obesity】
•Wrong eating habits
First, choose suitable feed for the hairy child and judge based on the hairy child's activity, body size, and age. The following website is designed by a Japanese veterinary institute to calculate the calories that a child should take every day. In fact, whether it is feed, canned food or fresh food, try not to feed one of them alone. It is best to eat them in combination to avoid unbalanced nutrition for the children.
•Directive surgery
Hairy children who have completed birth control surgery are prone to gain weight due to endocrine changes. Therefore, after ligation, the feeding amount must be recalculated so that the weight will not rise sharply.
•Insufficient exercise
Many parents are very busy with work and often don’t have much time to play with their kids in a day. Not to mention going out for a walk. If you don’t exercise enough for a long time, the calories of your hair continue to accumulate, so of course you will start to gain weight.
【How do you know if my baby is too fat?】
The variety, gender, age and other conditions of hairy children are different. How do I know if my baby has been fat? In fact, to know if I have been too fat, in addition to measuring body fat, you can also use the so-called Body Condition Score, referred to as BCS, to simply help hairy children with tests. BCS is judged from the appearance and touch. The ideal body shape is that the ribs cannot be seen from the appearance, but you can feel it as soon as you touch it; look at the back of the ribs, you should have a little waist; look at the side of the abdomen with a tilt upwards. On the contrary, if your hands cannot touch the obvious ribs, have no waist, and have a sagging belly, it means that your hairy child is too fat~
[How to help your hairy child lose weight]
It is best to discuss with the doctor before losing weight and then formulate a weight loss plan. Otherwise, in order to see the results as soon as possible, some parents use too intense means to lose weight for their children. Suddenly reducing the amount of feeding, or forcing the child to exercise, etc., is not good. At the beginning, don’t feed it based on the ultimate goal as the standard, as the dog’s body will not be able to stand it. In order to prevent the hairy children from working too hard during weight loss, they can use small amounts of meals to take the amount of feeding at a rate of 2% less per week, or they can also feed them with weight loss feed instead. Exercise volume is also a very important part. Please take time to take your hairy children to exercise. Only by walking 20 minutes a day or walking 60 minutes a day can you achieve the effect of exercise. (But this is not suitable for dogs with cardiovascular and lung problems!) Don’t forget to pay attention to moisture intake after the exercise volume increases~
To successfully help the hairy children lose weight, the owner must also have patience and perseverance. Like humans, weight loss is not something that can be achieved overnight. Please work with the hairy children. Only with an ideal body can you have a healthy body~