Why Obese Cats Need to Lose Weight Gradually

If a cat is obese or overweight, it can experience fatty liver disease (hepatic lipidosis) if there is an abrupt loss of weight.

If you are currently trying to help your cat lose all those excess pounds, you need to be careful and ensure that its weight loss will happen in a gradual manner. The ideal weight loss is one where there's a decline of 0.5 pounds in a single month. If a cat is only moderately overweight, it's safe for it to lose one pound each month. If the weight loss is abrupt and beyond these limits, the cat will be predisposed to getting fatty liver disease which could be deadly. Fatty liver syndrome or hepatic lipidosis is a condition that happens when the cat's body notices an abrupt weight loss is happening. It's one of the cat body's way of preserving itself. This problem can overwhelm the liver and can result to its shutdown.

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