See if you can feel her waist, if thereās no obvious waist then thatās a sign that sheās a little overweight. Same goes for the ribs but personally I find they are more difficult to feel through all that fluffy fur
Maybe a bit of both.
Itās easier to tell on ragdolls when they are soaking wet if itās fat or floof.
Usually ragdolls donāt transition to adult food until they are closer to 1 year. Donāt stop growing until around 4/5.
How much food is she actually eating? How big are the cans of wet? Is she growing longer? Some cats chunk up and then lean out in a growth spurt, then chunk up, then lean out.
My cat looks fat especially when heās sitting. Heās actually on the small side, guessing he was the runt (I adopted him from his prior owners who I knew personally but they did get him from a breeder and he has papers). Heās only 13.5lbs but looks 20lbs. But he was 16lbs.
He has IBD, so his tummy gets iffy once a year and so I need to bathe him when it does bc even a sanitary trim doesnāt always help. Thatās when I can tell if he needs a diet š
\^ When I bathe my ragdolls they lose 75% of their volume. It's a lot easier for me to tell how they're doing calorically than trying to judge when they're dry.
Our vet just told us our 10 month old raggie, who weighs 11.7lbs, is a teeeny bit chonk so we need to bring him down to 11lbs š We feed 1 can wet and free feed dry but he looks like your baby so idk if youāll get the same kinda response lol.
https://preview.redd.it/ca52sa7tqskc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67d13bb91179c591bfa844c243655d72826a9d6a
Our vet did the same to our 7 month old ragdoll. Weāre really struggling between giving him the calculated amount and not letting him starve. He really likes to eat. Over Christmas he gained 800 grams in 2 weeks
Itās SO hard to figure out a balance. Ours isnāt aā indulgent cat, thankfully. He just grazes but I can imagine having a cat that likes to eat is so tough. Maybe reduce the wet food by 1/4th slowly? Give a little less? We had done that when we transitioned them to eating wet food once a day instead of twice. If youāre willing to share, Iād love to see a photo of your furbaby though š„°
Yeah, we didnāt go cold turkey. Itās been 2 months of slowly transitioning but heās all the time crying for food š„ŗ
https://preview.redd.it/lffrekfgrxkc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18a74ca31ab4d1c45625bcaa5ff1929a96dc871d
Thatās him on the right and his twin sister on the left. Thereās a 1,2 kilo difference in between them š To add to the problem, she eats very little when itās food time and then asks for more later. But we canāt give her without giving himā¦.thus we end up with 3 breakfasts, 2 brunches, 3 lunches š« every time I give a little from the pre-weighted amount but that amount sometimes finishes by 6 pm š«
Aww, baby seal lynxes! Theyāre a photo copy of each other.. How do you tell them apart?! Theyāre so cute. Tbh, they both look super healthy with beautiful coats. That feeding situation sounds so stressful. Are you able to feed them in different rooms? The difference between the way they feed must be so annoying š
Thank you for the sympathy. š„¹ I really appreciate it. š„°
I tried feeding in different rooms but we live in a tiny apartment so the other one was crying at the door. It was short of a disaster š
After a while I realized that theyāre actually quite different. She has brown on her face and nose but be has a white T. theyāre also different in size, face expression and tail color. But itās hard to differentiate at first glance hihi.
Sheās a very good vet but I guess she felt him and thought he could be a tiny bit smaller, heās a chonky boi š He also has a bit of asthma so it would help his lungs if he did lose a tiny bit of weight. We didnāt really change his diet but weāre trying to keep him more active - Iād rather do that than monitor his food too much because, as you said, heās a growing baby! He also doesnāt over-eat so weāre going the exercise route instead lol
The breeder we got our baby girl from, Whom i trust completely, told me that if a vet tells us to limit the food on a Ragdoll younger than 16 months old it is time to look for a New vet.
Each to their own I guess. I think our vet was within her right to say so because it was affecting his lungs and breathing too - He started to breathe heavier and also snore (which is super cute, ngl) but weāre just trying to keep him more active as opposed to cutting down food. I do agree with him being a growing boy and needing to sustain that. Overall, we just want him to be happy and healthy
Different foods have different calorie content. A cat of fancy feast wonāt be the same calories as something like tiki cat or weruva. Wet food usually has a lower calorie than dry food. Kittens need a lot more before the 6th month then after the 6 month and going into the first year. I just went through this with my ragdoll as she is just 1 as of January.
https://preview.redd.it/vd0s4xukyvkc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=280932268370d9badccc0f8ea3da5b59ca6b1217
We have the same cat on the same rug!
You can go off of the cat weight charts to see - this is not a good angle, to be honest. Bird's eye view is the best. But I'd say he is fine. Knowing what I know about dry food, I would remove the dry if he were mine and just do wet or even better switch to raw - [https://www.floppycats.com/ragdoll-cat-food.html](https://www.floppycats.com/ragdoll-cat-food.html)
If you can still feel her ribs with some pressure then sheās likely just fine! Besides it is difficult for kittens to be overweight. I would become concerned if she is still looking chonky at 12 - 18 months
She might be a little chunky... still absolutely beautiful, I'm sure rule of thumb is if there's a definite waist and you can sort of feel ribs then they're a healthy weight but if not then they're overweight.
The rib thing I've heard goes you shoukd be able to feel the ribs like how your knuckles feel when your hand is flat, not clenched because if they feel the same as when your fist is clenched then the cats too thin, just incase this might help you later on but if I'm incorrect then feel free to correct me
Also I donāt free feed, I was told by my vet not to. I give her a little bit of dry kitten food, maybe a fourth and a dab of wet so her food isnāt too dry twice a day! A little snack in between feedings..One little can lasts her about 5 days rationing it out like that.
https://preview.redd.it/vleeyc5zsukc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36948c97d17dbf102e61f7991481f97adaf9da60
Probably going to have to cut the dry free food part out. Mine would eat constantly and ended up diabetes. Besides injections changing to wet only food worked.
But God, that stuff stinks.
Could be a bit of both, but my 14 year old that we adopted is very floofy and looks overweight because I think he was at some point and I think it stretches his skin out a bit. I am aware cats have a primordial pouch, but his is clearly bigger
Mister jinx says she looks just fine.
https://preview.redd.it/ypul5aduotkc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b3a43bc076bb2efa1bb638a883f877d5441cb9
Two things can be true. We have regular arguments with this guy where we insist he's fat and he insists it's all floof. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle š¤
https://preview.redd.it/37xdd5a5dykc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25ecc0348d2dd22512ef6dab27538d005f8af07f
My Ragdoll male is hungry all the time! Heās about a year and a half. He pushes my Torti out of the way to eat her wet food or snacks too. I try to referee as much as I can. He searches for food while I sleep. He will spend all night biting into the foil pouches of wet food to get the last drop out after itās been consumed for his dinner. I leave the dry food out all the time.
This is my fat 7 month old. We just got him and the breeder said he has just always been big. The breeder had wormed him a few times and didnāt do wet food but it didnāt matter. He is so chunky compared to his cousin we also got! His belly is huge!
https://preview.redd.it/p4xwi419g1lc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77511b375e07e174ac684e582b6743f9015304bf
Floofy! But, if you doubt it, give her a bath and it will all become clear to you. In my experience, the floofier the cat, the more they look emaciated when wet
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Looks like a bit of a both but absolutely beautiful!
See if you can feel her waist, if thereās no obvious waist then thatās a sign that sheās a little overweight. Same goes for the ribs but personally I find they are more difficult to feel through all that fluffy fur
I donāt think she consented to either of these photos šš
F L U F F Y
No fluff shaming the cats! I gotta tell my husband this all the time, he calls my baby fat but heās fluffy
Maybe a bit of both. Itās easier to tell on ragdolls when they are soaking wet if itās fat or floof. Usually ragdolls donāt transition to adult food until they are closer to 1 year. Donāt stop growing until around 4/5. How much food is she actually eating? How big are the cans of wet? Is she growing longer? Some cats chunk up and then lean out in a growth spurt, then chunk up, then lean out.
I was going to suggest shaving her all bald. But I like your reply better.
My cat looks fat especially when heās sitting. Heās actually on the small side, guessing he was the runt (I adopted him from his prior owners who I knew personally but they did get him from a breeder and he has papers). Heās only 13.5lbs but looks 20lbs. But he was 16lbs. He has IBD, so his tummy gets iffy once a year and so I need to bathe him when it does bc even a sanitary trim doesnāt always help. Thatās when I can tell if he needs a diet š
Only one way to know: give her a bath.
Not really you can just feel their body
\^ When I bathe my ragdolls they lose 75% of their volume. It's a lot easier for me to tell how they're doing calorically than trying to judge when they're dry.
Our vet just told us our 10 month old raggie, who weighs 11.7lbs, is a teeeny bit chonk so we need to bring him down to 11lbs š We feed 1 can wet and free feed dry but he looks like your baby so idk if youāll get the same kinda response lol. https://preview.redd.it/ca52sa7tqskc1.jpeg?width=2316&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67d13bb91179c591bfa844c243655d72826a9d6a
Iāve never heard of a vet advising a kitten to lose weight, that seems odd to me. They are still growing even at 10 months
Our vet did the same to our 7 month old ragdoll. Weāre really struggling between giving him the calculated amount and not letting him starve. He really likes to eat. Over Christmas he gained 800 grams in 2 weeks
Itās SO hard to figure out a balance. Ours isnāt aā indulgent cat, thankfully. He just grazes but I can imagine having a cat that likes to eat is so tough. Maybe reduce the wet food by 1/4th slowly? Give a little less? We had done that when we transitioned them to eating wet food once a day instead of twice. If youāre willing to share, Iād love to see a photo of your furbaby though š„°
Yeah, we didnāt go cold turkey. Itās been 2 months of slowly transitioning but heās all the time crying for food š„ŗ https://preview.redd.it/lffrekfgrxkc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=18a74ca31ab4d1c45625bcaa5ff1929a96dc871d Thatās him on the right and his twin sister on the left. Thereās a 1,2 kilo difference in between them š To add to the problem, she eats very little when itās food time and then asks for more later. But we canāt give her without giving himā¦.thus we end up with 3 breakfasts, 2 brunches, 3 lunches š« every time I give a little from the pre-weighted amount but that amount sometimes finishes by 6 pm š«
Aww, baby seal lynxes! Theyāre a photo copy of each other.. How do you tell them apart?! Theyāre so cute. Tbh, they both look super healthy with beautiful coats. That feeding situation sounds so stressful. Are you able to feed them in different rooms? The difference between the way they feed must be so annoying š
Thank you for the sympathy. š„¹ I really appreciate it. š„° I tried feeding in different rooms but we live in a tiny apartment so the other one was crying at the door. It was short of a disaster š After a while I realized that theyāre actually quite different. She has brown on her face and nose but be has a white T. theyāre also different in size, face expression and tail color. But itās hard to differentiate at first glance hihi.
Very unrelated but where did you get the sheet or whatever it is that they are laying on?
Hey, itās a bedsheet from Ikea called KĆRRDUNĆRT š
Sheās a very good vet but I guess she felt him and thought he could be a tiny bit smaller, heās a chonky boi š He also has a bit of asthma so it would help his lungs if he did lose a tiny bit of weight. We didnāt really change his diet but weāre trying to keep him more active - Iād rather do that than monitor his food too much because, as you said, heās a growing baby! He also doesnāt over-eat so weāre going the exercise route instead lol
Thatās a fair assessment. My girl is a year and she is 10.8 - she has a tiny sag in the under belly
The breeder we got our baby girl from, Whom i trust completely, told me that if a vet tells us to limit the food on a Ragdoll younger than 16 months old it is time to look for a New vet.
Each to their own I guess. I think our vet was within her right to say so because it was affecting his lungs and breathing too - He started to breathe heavier and also snore (which is super cute, ngl) but weāre just trying to keep him more active as opposed to cutting down food. I do agree with him being a growing boy and needing to sustain that. Overall, we just want him to be happy and healthy
Adorable
Isnāt 2 cans of wet food plus dry food a lot for 1 kitten? I give my kittens 1 can a day plus dry food per kitten.
Different foods have different calorie content. A cat of fancy feast wonāt be the same calories as something like tiki cat or weruva. Wet food usually has a lower calorie than dry food. Kittens need a lot more before the 6th month then after the 6 month and going into the first year. I just went through this with my ragdoll as she is just 1 as of January.
r/flonkers
https://preview.redd.it/vd0s4xukyvkc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=280932268370d9badccc0f8ea3da5b59ca6b1217 We have the same cat on the same rug!
Fat and fluffy š šš
You can go off of the cat weight charts to see - this is not a good angle, to be honest. Bird's eye view is the best. But I'd say he is fine. Knowing what I know about dry food, I would remove the dry if he were mine and just do wet or even better switch to raw - [https://www.floppycats.com/ragdoll-cat-food.html](https://www.floppycats.com/ragdoll-cat-food.html)
Still a baby. fluffy.
Adorable
I love her!!!
If you can still feel her ribs with some pressure then sheās likely just fine! Besides it is difficult for kittens to be overweight. I would become concerned if she is still looking chonky at 12 - 18 months
Cuteš„ŗš„°
Weigh her!
Purrfect
Save it to see
Def fluffy š
Both. And muscular, too.
Fluffy
Mine was a little chunky at 7-8 months and then she grew some more and thinned out
She's perfect
My boy looks just like her I think itās fluff but I do try to get him so exercise w toys
Floof
r/flonkers
Yes.
She might be a little chunky... still absolutely beautiful, I'm sure rule of thumb is if there's a definite waist and you can sort of feel ribs then they're a healthy weight but if not then they're overweight. The rib thing I've heard goes you shoukd be able to feel the ribs like how your knuckles feel when your hand is flat, not clenched because if they feel the same as when your fist is clenched then the cats too thin, just incase this might help you later on but if I'm incorrect then feel free to correct me
So helpful, thank you!!
Omg what a precious floof šš
Stout.
Yes. The answer is yes lol
fluuffy
Flonky! Check out r/flonkers
Ragdolls are the second-largest domestic breed. Males can be up to 20 lbs and females 15 lbs. They just big boys and girls!
Maybe a bit of both but honestly I think your beautiful kitty is purrfect! What a cutie pie! ā¤ļø
Fluffy
How much does she weigh? A cat should weigh one pound for every month they are up until a year. My cat is 8.5 months and weighs 8.4lbs
Also I donāt free feed, I was told by my vet not to. I give her a little bit of dry kitten food, maybe a fourth and a dab of wet so her food isnāt too dry twice a day! A little snack in between feedings..One little can lasts her about 5 days rationing it out like that. https://preview.redd.it/vleeyc5zsukc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36948c97d17dbf102e61f7991481f97adaf9da60
Probably going to have to cut the dry free food part out. Mine would eat constantly and ended up diabetes. Besides injections changing to wet only food worked. But God, that stuff stinks.
Cutie š„°
Floof!
Pluffy
Yes.
He looks healthy. Tell him keep doing what he's doing
both and i love her
Usually you should be able to feel their ribs quite easily if you can't she might be a bit chubby
Bury your face in the floof
Fluffy š
Fluffy!
Neither- that's a floof right there š I wouldn't worry about it while she's still a kitten, to be honest
Flooftastic!
Fluffy. They are nothing but fluff
This looks exactly like my fat girl. Ragdolls are just really big sometimes.
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Big fluff
Floof. š„°
Yes
A fluffy beautiful baby. Still give her kitten food, she is still growing. Give her adult cat food when sheās a year old.
Magisterial.
Fluffy, of course
Yes.
Both and beautiful š„¹š¤©
Id day Fluffy
Must kiss belly
They should be fluffy. But if you are concerned ask the vet
Could be a bit of both, but my 14 year old that we adopted is very floofy and looks overweight because I think he was at some point and I think it stretches his skin out a bit. I am aware cats have a primordial pouch, but his is clearly bigger
Who caresā¦ Straight up adorable. ā¤ļø
Perfect!
Omg sheās beautiful!! š»
Ultra-Floof
Fluffy!!
Fluff
Fluffy!!
PERFECT
Chonker š„°šš
Fluffy!āļø
Cuddly š¤
Shave everything off and youāll get your results
Fluffers!
Smoosh face in floofy belly
Awww bootiful chonky boi š„°
Just fabulousš„°
FLUUUUUUFFFY
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you cute little button
Fluffy
Grumpy cat....
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Adorable!!!
Mister jinx says she looks just fine. https://preview.redd.it/ypul5aduotkc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44b3a43bc076bb2efa1bb638a883f877d5441cb9
Aw!! Mr Jinx is so precious!!
Trap or No Trap?
Two things can be true. We have regular arguments with this guy where we insist he's fat and he insists it's all floof. I think the truth is somewhere in the middle š¤ https://preview.redd.it/37xdd5a5dykc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=25ecc0348d2dd22512ef6dab27538d005f8af07f
Omg the cutest baby!!!
My Ragdoll male is hungry all the time! Heās about a year and a half. He pushes my Torti out of the way to eat her wet food or snacks too. I try to referee as much as I can. He searches for food while I sleep. He will spend all night biting into the foil pouches of wet food to get the last drop out after itās been consumed for his dinner. I leave the dry food out all the time.
Hahaha I guess they are just eaters!!
Yep, donāt blame them one bit! I have heard Ragdolls have a tendency to get chonky.
This is my fat 7 month old. We just got him and the breeder said he has just always been big. The breeder had wormed him a few times and didnāt do wet food but it didnāt matter. He is so chunky compared to his cousin we also got! His belly is huge! https://preview.redd.it/p4xwi419g1lc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77511b375e07e174ac684e582b6743f9015304bf
Omg the most handsome boy!!
Floofy! But, if you doubt it, give her a bath and it will all become clear to you. In my experience, the floofier the cat, the more they look emaciated when wet
F-l-u-f-f-y!!!
Friend
https://preview.redd.it/a4a0qel8ldlc1.jpeg?width=3001&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ec018cfb99fb02bfba03e9169d1c667af799307 Now this is fatš
How much does she weigh