Thread: Weight loss during growth spurts?

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