olive the cat, not the oil
almost works up a sweat
during her usual workout routine.
at her recent annual vet visit
after weighing her in at 9.6 pounds,
they determined that she was overweight
and assigned her a ‘goal weight’ of 8 pounds.
the first suggestion was to up her physical efforts
(which currently include an all-indoor circuit training routine
of slowly moving from couch to bed to rugs and back
with an occasional look out the window
a saunter up the 8 stairs
or taking a few steps into the kitchen to eat),
other suggestions were to
give her healthier food
take away her bowl
(I’m half Italian, I worry if her bowl gets low)
and put her new healthy food
in something she has to work to get to.
with her round figure
set atop lilliputian legs
that will never get any taller
she does resemble a bit of a child’s-hand-sized furry bowling ball
and luckily she has a year to lose her 1.6 pounds
but timing is everything
and as luck would have it
she recently received the gift of
her very own cat advent calendar
filled with little kitty treats ‘n things
set to kick off tomorrow
and this might be a long year
for the both of us.
—
“i do not oppose form, but only form as a goal.”
-ludwig mies van der rohe
Kitty on a diet! Tut tut.
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I feel for her
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Me too. Dieting and losing weight are a tough challenge.
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we all (most of us) know the ongoing battle
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Exactly !
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I don’t have a cat, but the thought of trying to make cats do exercise is very funny!
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I think so too! I don’t see it going well, she is not about to change her lifestyle
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Poor Olive!
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I feel for her
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I love the way you form your blog posts, beth.
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Thanks, ann. I think they reveal the way I try to make sense of the world. I’m curious, observe and listen, and reorganize all of the pieces in my heart and brain and somehow make them fit.
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and they help us make sense of the world, beth.
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great -)
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Coax Olive into the bathroom while you shower so she gets her own daily steam room session, Beth?
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Is have to lure her in with food, so -)
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That wouldn’t be so good, Beth.
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right –
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I can so relate Olive…..
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Me too -)
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Absolutely love her calendar. How wonderful and good luck with getting her to move. Hahahaha What a silly vet. He must not have a cat.
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Ha! I found it hilarious 😻
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Just read an article; dog years = 15 (first year)+9 (second year)+5 (years 3 through now). This means our dogboy is 84; he still acts the puppy sometimes. Our last cat (Rama) lived to be 20 (human years). A big part of keeping pets healthy is keeping them happy.
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I so agree, and my philosophy as well. she was a rescue, in dire straits, so I’m just happy she’s happy and secure.
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Cute kitty! We’ve just moved to Canada and brought our cat Takeshi with us. He lost nearly a kilo in weight while staying in a cattery, so we’re actually trying to fatten him up. Anyway, good luck with the kitty diet 🐈
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she was a rescue, living in a caboose, only 6 pounds and they said she’d never grow, so I was happy that she bulked up a bit. they were right about her tiny legs, but her body has definitely responded to regular feeding and care.
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The Hill’s diet should help, maybe get her down to her goal weight without any other major changes. Get a laser pointer. All our cats (and there have been a few), regardless of age, size or weight, have gone crazy chasing the red dot. Personally, I wouldn’t worry about it: if she’s happy and not struggling to do her “circuit training,” if she takes off some weight, I’d go with it.
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I’m fine with her as she is and I just found it funny, knowing her personality
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A lot of hard work to make her move. I dont know but pets are not that easy. All the best to both of you 🙂👍
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fingers crossed!
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Olive is so beautiful and cute!
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she is very sweet, too. I’ll pass on the compliments to her
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The laser might be an idea for some exercise, Beth.
When my cats were 9 years old, just before we moved to Spain, we visited the vet for vaccinations and passports. In same time my big cat was weighed, he weight about 24 pounds, now at 16+ years he weighs about 7. By age and health related things, they go down in weight natural too. Back then he was a very active cat, both indoor and outdoor.
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I agree and think it all works itself out over time –
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Good luck with this! With that face how can you resist giving her a few little treats xx
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exactly
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Still laughing….and good luck!
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thanks, we’ll need it!
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I think her commendable efforts might inspire me to walk down the same path !! ( I hope you had a lovely thanksgiving BTW, if I haven’t already said that !
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yes, and yes to that and thank you!
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she is absolutely beautiful! I saw that you stated that she was a rescue. I also have a two rescue cats and one of them won’t stop eating or sleeping and I was told that some rescues are scared to not have food so they eat as much as they can! 🙂
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I think that’s it, exactly. She was found in pretty dire circumstances
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I am so very sorry……..bless you for giving her such an amazing home.
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godalmighty, I do love this! my baby girl constant kitty companion died two weeks ago and is ever on my shoulder as far as I can tell..and she smiled and liked it also! thanks, beth!
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I’m so sorry, that is a terrible loss. I’m happy she liked this one even though it was from afar
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This is gonna be hard.
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absolutely -)
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My cat’s vet appointment is due…. let’s see…best of luck with Olive.
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thanks and best of luck to you and your cat as well
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Wow, Biskit is pretty small (for a male cat, anyway)… and he weighs nine pounds and is a skinny as a rail. I worry he doesn’t eat ENOUGH! Down to 8 pounds…. ouch! I can’t fathom 9 pounds being overweight for an adult cat…
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She just has a very tiny build and tiny legs in proportion to her body, I guess. I feel she’s just fine, though
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I think I have an answer for you… A laser pointer 🙂 Cats seem to find them irresistible and will chase them for hours 😺
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I’ll definitely try this – thanks )
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no more catnaps either, I guess…
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I have a feeling this will not go as suggested )
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😀
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Poor Olive. I can commiserate. ;( Best of luck to you both.
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we’ll need it )
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OLive and let live! ₍՞◌′ᵕ‵ू◌₎♡
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perfect comment!
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