Well, I think the ideal weight would best be best on her skeletal size & muscle mass. We have one cat who we thought was really starting to get fat when he hit 15 lbs at 1 year old. However, he practically overnight turned it over into muscle mass & he is now over 16 lbs & there is very little fleshyness to him. He's just HUGE and very muscular! We have another who started getting fat at the same age who all by herself dropped 3 lbs, now weighs 13lbs and is possitivly svelte. Again though she's a really big cat! She looks perfect now. Then we have another that is fat. She is big, round & fat. But she has some birth defects and previous injuries that I realize keep her a little less active & make her look fatter than she actually is, because they round her hips & back. I just don't know for sure what to do for her, because all her fat is in her abdomin. Can't make a cat do crunches as some wise person here once said, so I don't think there's much we can do about it. I'm not sure how helpful all this is to you, but I think what I'm trying to say is, don't panic, her body may just be reajusting.-- Jennifer
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And neither the angels in heaven above nor the demons down under the sea could ever disever my soul from the soul of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE

"I saw Othello's visage in his mind And to my honours and his valiant parts Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate."

Dance in the burning flame. Pleasure exhumes the pain. The night turns into flame. Dance, Helena, dance!

In most cases Ellison goes around the pit, jumps over it...or jumps right into it, on purpose, avoiding major injury, either by his own talent, the grace of god, or a combination of the two.

I felt a warm rasping at my throat, then came the aweful truth, which chilled me to the heart and sent the blood surging through my brain. Some great animal was lying on me, and now licking my throat.

Where did this cat come from??

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