有圖:
主要看能否摸到肋骨和肚子肥肉。
理想體重可以摸到肋骨但看不到,肚子還是會收起。
要註意的是貓肚子有個專門儲存能量的地方,看上去像一塊肥肉,但是生理性的肥。 特別是雄性貓會有這塊下垂的肥肉。 所以有肚腩但是整體符合體重標準不一定是肥胖。
而且現在也有研究表示老年腎衰的貓肥一點可以活得久一點。
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