[header] How to assess your cat's weight [title] Feel for your cat's ribs. [step] Have your cat in a standing position and kneel behind it. Place your thumbs on its backbone and spread your hands down over its ribcage.
[header] How to assess your cat's weight [title] Feel for your cat's ribs. [step] Have your cat in a standing position and kneel behind it. Place your thumbs on its backbone and spread your hands down over its ribcage.
Then feel for your cat's ribs. [substeps] You should be able to feel your cats ribs, but they should not be visible with your naked eye. You should feel the ribs and the bones there. Feeling for joints and ribs will give you a better idea of the distance between these organs. Hold a pinecone exam by gripping the weight of the pinecone in your hand and sliding it up and down until you feel your cat's ribs. [substeps] You may get an accurate reading of your cat's current weight but there are a number of factors that affect your results. You should also feel for the bony protrusions along its ribs. [substeps] Rib sizes vary significantly so feeling for the fuller variety can help determine how much your cat has overall weight.