Getting cat to lose weight without going vets/Double cat household

Hi

Is Spencer really fat or is he just a big cat? If you feel his ribs he's should be ok!
Only reason I ask is that vets are usually quite quick to say if they think a pet is fat.....and yours didn't.

TBH, I'd be more worried about feeding Izzie so much tuna, it should be just a very occaisional treat as it's not a very balanced diet.....I'm sorry I don't mean to be rude:o I would be inclined to cut out sachets, tuna and chicken and gradually move them both onto a better quality dry food preferably one that helps prevent male cats getting crystals in their bladder which can be a serious problem as it might be that Spencer is gorging on the tasty parts of his diet whether he is hungry or not IYSWIM.

I hope that mkes sense......I had 3hours sleep last night and I'm beginning to flag.....and my spelling has gone to pot:o

I have 2 cats, brother/sister and they're 4.

However while my male cat is bigger than his sister, i don't consider him to be fat at all. He doesn't eat much more than his sister, granted she 9 times out of 10 will walk away from the food before he does and he also eats more scraps from our dinner than she will.

Is your male cat neutered (sp?), don't know if that makes a difference, but mine is. Upon looking at mine some people might think he is fat, but once you pick him up and feel his actual body, to me its normal.

I feed mine on biscuits and morrisions own brand cans of meat with jelly, they both don't like gravy. Plus then bits of meat off our plates after dinner, but not that often.

Thats probably not much help, but gives a diff idea of someone with 2 cats.

p.s my icon is my male cat (Ronnie) looking like a rug

I've got 2 cats as well - boy and girl from the same litter and exact same issue They get dry food twice a day and occasionally they share a satchet of gravy cat food between them Extra treats (rare) include sardines in tomato sauce and cat milk - I don't give them tuna as tune in spring water seems to be super expensive and they shouldn't as far as I am aware have brine or the amount of oil there is in tuna in oil...
The boy cat (Hugin) is nearly twice the size of his sister however he's not actually fat although he does have a tendency to get fat if he's not booted outdoors regularly Exercise is the key I guess
He's just been in at the vets today for a split claw which had to be removed under anastetic and neither the vet nor the nurses said he was fat - they all agreed he was one HUGE cat, but not infact fat... He has a nice waist and you can feel his ribs without pressing. Ofcourse if you ask him then he's being starved
If you're worried then I'd ask the vet to weigh him and assess him but the warning signs are usually pretty easy to spot The quality of food they're on does make a difference too - both my cats and my dog are now on Arden Grange - less carp in it (James wellbeloved or Burns is good too - anything with coloured bits in is a bit like cat junkfood )