Thread: Weight and eatting patterns

He is now past the period of constant fast growth, so you should expect him to grow more slowly and eat less. They seem to usually have occasional growth spurts after that age. You can tell by an increase in appetite for a couple of weeks. Our 18mos old male just went through a couple of weeks of pigging out, and is now back to being very fussy and eating way less. This is normal.

Weight seems fine to me. While most people here seem to have males that will be closer to 20 lbs, some males are smaller. If you look at MC info, you will see that males are generally listed as 13 lbs and up (sometimes you see 14/15 lbs and up, but there are absolutely pure breed males <15 lbs). The MC mix that we adopted a number of years ago never got over 14 lbs. Everyone in the neighborhood still thought he was huge (people used to honestly ask us if that was a cat). Compared to our now 23 lbs 2.5 year old male, he was obviously quite small, but still normal MC range.

We see dander under mats sometimes, but do not just see it on bedding. Do not have any black bedding, however. Their skin can get dry if insufficient fat in diet, and of course during winter it can get very dry in houses and cause their skin to be dry just as with our own. Brushing is probably a good idea.