Thread: Weight loss during growth spurts?

hi Sbream - the exact same thing happened to Neevie, she seems to keep fluctuating up and down - she also seemed slimmer as she got longer, so it was hard to gage. Now she fluctuates between 5 and 5.5 kilos (according to my scale). I think most of the time the scale is just being wonky.
Actually if someone has a good / sure way to weigh them, a brand of scales that would be accurate.... that would be great!

Originally Posted by Alekto

hi Sbream - the exact same thing happened to Neevie, she seems to keep fluctuating up and down - she also seemed slimmer as she got longer, so it was hard to gage. Now she fluctuates between 5 and 5.5 kilos (according to my scale). I think most of the time the scale is just being wonky.
Actually if someone has a good / sure way to weigh them, a brand of scales that would be accurate.... that would be great!

I think the -best- way to check weight is the feel test.

If you can easily feel the ribs = Underweight
If you need to press a little to feel the ribs = Good weight
If you need to press harder to feel the ribs = Over weight

My last cat only went for a check up twice in her life, and have that regret of "if we caught the cancer early, maybe it would of been different" so now I'm a bit more wary. This is my first time owning a maine coon (well, maine coon cross, but he's like 90% coon, when he was at the vets for his shots, alot of people asked if he was a pure bred) so I'm new to their size, habbits etc

That's another joy of owning a MC,some of them have this habit of doing just as Sampson has just done,do a great growth spurt on you & loose weight at the same time as seeming to eat the same or even more{wish I could discover their secret}...... Some do loose appetite too while having a spurt but then make up for it again.
I tend to weigh mine in exactly the same spot whenever I do it,get OH to weigh himself in first {not me as I don't like the shock}then hold the cat & I do the maths,I find if you do it all yourself & peer down that in itself changes the weight,I keep a monthly record & when I they go to vets & get a proper weigh in I then adjust the difference with mine but normally within a few grams they are exact....

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

That's another joy of owning a MC,some of them have this habit of doing just as Sampson has just done,do a great growth spurt on you & loose weight at the same time as seeming to eat the same or even more{wish I could discover their secret}...... Some do loose appetite too while having a spurt but then make up for it again.
I tend to weigh mine in exactly the same spot whenever I do it,get OH to weigh himself in first {not me as I don't like the shock}then hold the cat & I do the maths,I find if you do it all yourself & peer down that in itself changes the weight,I keep a monthly record & when I they go to vets & get a proper weigh in I then adjust the difference with mine but normally within a few grams they are exact....

Yeah I'm not sure if it's him or the scales, I remember bringing him home from the vets after his first shots and tried to weigh him, he was 2.2lb at the time, but my scales didn't even start with him on it lol. He's still pretty sleepy, but tested to see if he was lethargic, found some string, and walked away with it trailing behind, sure enough he woke up within 2 seconds and chased after it. So I'm not sure if he is still having the spurt or not. I'll still weigh him every now and then, but I think I'll stick to the feel test and weigh-ins at the vet haha.

Originally Posted by sbreame

My last cat only went for a check up twice in her life, and have that regret of "if we caught the cancer early, maybe it would of been different" so now I'm a bit more wary. This is my first time owning a maine coon .

Exact same thing as me! I'm absolutely not ready to have that hurt again.

I never weigh him again, only the vet does it ones a year.A MC is a slender muscular cat in the free.We fix too much on weigh.Better too thin then too fat.

I did just weigh him specially for you= almost 20 lbs.And I can easely feel the ribs.