有图:
主要看能否摸到肋骨和肚子肥肉。
理想体重可以摸到肋骨但看不到,肚子还是会收起。
要注意的是猫肚子有个专门储存能量的地方,看上去像一块肥肉,但是生理性的肥。 特别是雄性猫会有这块下垂的肥肉。 所以有肚腩但是整体符合体重标准不一定是肥胖。
而且现在也有研究表示老年肾衰的猫肥一点可以活得久一点。
Veterinarians from Tufts University recorded the weight of cats with kidney failure at 2 or more time points to see if the cats were losing weight before they were diagnosed. They reported a weight loss of 8.9% of the body weight in the year before diagnosis of kidney disease. Cats that were thinner