Treating your obese pet
Posted Mar 5, 2010 By EMC News
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Tweet ThisEMC Lifestyle (MS) Most people know that obesity is a problem for the human race, but what about our pets?
The fact is recent research indicates at least 40% of the American pet population is overweight. Dogs and cats could be following the poor exercise and eating habits of their owners.
Obesity is just as much a problem for pets as it is for people, only it can be harder to detect in animals. Extra pounds strain organs and put pressure on joints and ligaments. Discomfort could cause a pet to become even more inactive simply perpetuating the problem and perhaps causing more weight to pile on.
Oftentimes people treat their pets as members of the family, and push poor habits on to the animals. A dog or a cat in the wild would know to eat when hungry. However, in the climate-controlled world of the home, they can quickly become accustomed to feeding on demand, especially if their diet is supplemented with a lot of treats.
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