[catnipman]

Pickles is also overweight: he needs to be put on a “catkins”diet. He’d very quickly lose all of that weight if the carbs were cut out. Cats are obligate carnivores and are not designed to eat grain or any carbs at all for that matter.

Whole ground chicken thighs, along with a few chicken livers, chicken hearts, a few supplements, fish oil, and psyllium husk powder provide nearly a perfect cat diet.

[Texan5]

“a few chicken livers, chicken hearts”

There is a good reason my 3 are indoor cats-they would decide to go after the whole chicken, and the people next door have little bantam chickens...

[RJS1950]

He’s overall the size of our Maine Coon and at 22 lb is only 1 lb more than our cat. Our cat is definitely not fat and neither is he. He looks pretty lean for his size.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Pickles is also overweight: he needs to be put on a “catkins”diet. He’d very quickly lose all of that weight if the carbs were cut out. Cats are obligate carnivores and are not designed to eat grain or any carbs at all for that matter."

Exactly right. The catkins diet also takes care of the hairball issue and feline tooth decay. I personally believe it's the answer to feline diabetes, which is on the rise.