Monday, February 09, 2009 , early afternoon

Weigh-in

We had our first feline weigh-in for our fat foster cats, Buddy and Wilbur.  After four weeks of being fed a proper amount of wet food (4 oz. per cat, per day), Buddy has gone from 26 pounds to 23.5, and Wilbur has gone from 21 pounds to 19.5.  This is a great start, and they’re both already more agile.  This new friskiness isn’t great news for Skylar, their roommate, because Skylar is being subjected to regular beat-downs and attacks in the litterbox.  He used to be able to just lounge up on a high surface, like a cat tree, but now Wilbur can easily reach those spots too.  I’m working on the problem by removing Skylar from the room at least three times a day so he can use a different, more private litterbox, and that’s working out well for him.  He enjoys the breaks from the bedroom, but doesn’t act stressed or reluctant when I return him.  I figured out the litterbox issue when I went into the bedroom last week and found that someone (Skylar), had peed on the top of a relatively pricey Epson printer.  Not a nice surprise, nor nice to have to clean up.  I really hope these foster cats get to go home soon so that Skylar can once again be the master of his domain.

One interesting note… by weighing the cats at 4 week intervals, I inadvertently discovered that I’d lost 10.5 lbs. in that same time period.  It was confirmed at a doctor’s visit the next day.  In all my years of dieting, I’ve never been able to dump 10 lbs in 4 weeks… maybe I could do 8, if I was lucky, and that was while watching what I eat.  If I told you what I’ve eaten in the past month it would make you feel green, but it includes numerous pizzas, chocolate croissants, entire boxes of cereal consumed in 48 hours, a large tin of shortbread cookies from my mother, and a load of desserts from Trader Joe’s.  I guess it’s time to check my thyroid gland again, especially because I’m sitting here in shorts and a t-shirt while Flippy is bundled up in sweats and buried under the covers.  If the only symptom of hyperthyroidism I get is odd weight-loss, then that’s super, but I don’t want to progress to Graves disease and get bulging eyeballs.  No sense trying to look like a bushbaby.

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 02/09 at 02:45 PM
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