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Pawrenting: Why your overweight pet should worry you
According to experts, overweight pets are likely to have a shortened lifespan and suffer many avoidable health issues.
What you need to know:
- Their waistline should also be visible when looking at your pet from above.
- Experts also advise that both cats and dogs should not have a fat layer under their abdomen and the position of a dog’s stomach should be higher than its chest.
- That is a tucked in stomach similar to an hourglass figure.
As we are gaining pandemic weight, research shows that pets too are adding on weight and it should be a cause of concern.
Research shows that even before lockdown, people were overfeeding their cats and dogs. This is mostly seen when people post their rotund puppies and spherical cats on social media which much as they look adorable, pose a danger to the pets.
According to experts, overweight pets are likely to have a shortened lifespan and suffer many avoidable health issues.
Overweight cats and dogs are common because most people do not walk or exercise their dogs for the recommended at least 30 minutes per day and many cat owners do not know what their pet weighs as most don’t take them for check-ups where their weight would be measured. It is also common because there is not as much stigma with animals being overweight as with a human.
