¿CUÁNTO DEBERÍA PESAR TU GATO? 🐈 🏋️| Distintos pesos por edades y razas de gatos

Foreign Hi, I'm Carlos and I'm a veterinarian. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Your feline companion's weight is one of the things that worries us the most as veterinarians. And if you human families aren't too concerned about it, it's because you think that a chubby kitty is a happy kitty. But let me tell you, that's not the case. Cats tend to be overweight. In fact, up to 40% of cats that go to the vet's office have a few extra pounds. The problem is that these extra pounds negatively affect their quality of life and predispose them to certain diseases, such as urinary problems, diabetes, skin problems, respiratory problems, or mobility problems such as osteoarthritis. In addition, most humans don't realize that they are the cause of their feline companions overweight because they don't do things properly around the house. Cats tend to gain weight if they are anxious about food, but we give them more food if they do not play much, which also depends on us. But there are other factors that are very, very varied, such as the kittens being from small litters, the the mother being overweight. Neutered male cats also tend to gain weight, or even the breed of the cat also influences body weight. There are breeds that are more prone to gaining weight, such as Persian cats and Burmese cats. But do not think that your cat being very thin is a sign of good health. Most of the time, cats that are very underweight are hiding some illness from us. Well, they are showing it to us, but we still do not know how to see it at home. Illnesses of all kinds, for example, hormonal cats that have diabetes that started out very, very fat normally start to lose weight very quickly. There are other problems, such as infectious diseases, leukemia and immunodeficiency that can also cause our cat to be excessively thin. That's why our feline companion has to be at their ideal weight, no more and no less. But then what is the ideal weight that your cat should have? In the video, I'm going to tell you the approximate ideal weights that cats should have when they are small kittens, when they are puppies, and also the average weights of adult cats of most breeds or the most common ones. Because it's obvious to everyone that there are breeds that are giant, like the Maine Kung, and breeds that are smaller, like the European shorthair cat, the common one. Let's go. And please, I want to make it clear that the weights that I'm going to give you throughout the video are approximate weights and that in adult cats, they are average weights, weights that cats usually have on a regular basis. Obviously, there are cats that aren't fat and weigh a little more and cats that aren't too thin and weigh a little less. The same thing happens with us humans. We're not all the same. We don't all weigh the same. It's exactly the same with your cat. The intention of this video is for you to have a more or less general and approximate knowledge of how much your cat should weigh and when. You should at least start to hey, maybe he's a little overweight. Hey, maybe he's a little thin. But this is a video about curiosities. If you have any questions, what you have to do is go to the vet and ask them. They'll be able to tell you if your cat is fat or thin or at their proper weight. So what should your cat weigh at different stages of its life? A newborn kitten, I don't care what breed it is, will generally weigh around 100 grams. As you can see, that's practically nothing. A handful of almonds. Let's go. In their first week, when they are still very attached to their mother, they will gain around 50 to 75 grams. Therefore, at the end of this growth phase, they will be between 150 and 175 grams. In the second and third week of age, they will be more or less between 175 and 225 grams. You can see that they are gaining weight little by little. Although they have not yet produced a huge explosion, they are going very slowly. Little by little, the kitten will grow and will be more independent. They will play a little with their litter mates and will be one month old. How much should they weigh at this special time? From 250 to 500 grams. That is 11 kilo. As you can see, as the kitten grows, it will gain weight much more quickly. In a week, it will have practically doubled the weight it had before. At two months, the kittens will weigh between 680 grams and 900 grams. This will depend a lot on the breed or whether they are male or female, because male cats tend to weigh a little more than their female counterparts. At three months, your cat's weight will be around 1.5 kilogram. At four months, they will weigh around 2 kilograms, more or less, 1800 if they are female and approximately 2 kilograms or 2.5 kilograms if they are male. And then we reach five months of age. Here, the weights of male cats and female cats begin to diverge. More and more. At this age, a male cat will weigh almost 3 kg and female cats in the wild will be around 2.5 kg. From here, the cat will gain weight until reaching its adult weight at around a year and a half or two years. The weight of the adult cat will depend on the breed, because there are breeds that are very, very small, very light breeds and breeds that giant. Obviously pure breeds are generally studied. But cats that have the same ancestor, a grandparent, a father or a mother of a specific breed, will normally resemble that type of breed more, and their weight will also reflect it. So I'm going to tell you more or less the weights that adult cats, both males and females of the most common breeds should have. And I'm going to tell you in no particular order, just the one that I feel like, honestly, and this, as I always say, I didn't make it up. I've taken all this data from scientific studies because scientists are very clever and study everything and they've taken the trouble to classify breeds according to their weight. I'll leave all the scientific studies I've based this on in the description box, so you can go and take a look. But let's start with the queen breed. In terms of weight, the Muncat, which is a giant breed cat. According to studies, the adult male main cat will weigh approximately six kilograms, although some can be around five and a half, and others can weigh almost seven. However, in the case of females, they will be a little smaller and will weigh around 4.8kg, although some will reach approximately 3 and 5 and others can even reach almost 6. And now let's move on to Persian cats, which we often think are a little fatter because they have a lot of hair. But in reality it's not the hair that weighs, but the meat. Male cats will weigh approximately 4 kg between 3 and 5 and 4 and 5, and females 1 kilo less from 2 and 5 to 3 and 5. And what about Siamese cats? If you've ever lived with one, you'll see that they're quite thin and quite small. Well, that's reflected in their weight. A male cat should ideally weigh between 3 and 4 kilogram. This is a normal weight. In the case of females, it should be around 2 grams, although some can weigh up to 3 and 5 kilograms. A male Norwegian forest cat, which is also a fairly large breed, will weigh around 5 kg, although some can weigh almost 6 kg. In the case of females, they will weigh 1 kg less, between 4 and 4.5 kg. Look at the difference there is. And what about Russian blue cats? Although you might think that the Russian blue cat is big because it has that fluffy fur, the truth is that they are small breeds. Females will weigh between 2.5 and 3.5 kg, and males between 3.5 and 4 and 5 kg. The British Shorthair cat breed will also have these differences between male and female cats. A male British shorthair cat will be quite large, weighing around 5kg, although as I always say, there may be around half a kilo more or less, and the cat will have an ideal weight. In the case of female cats, the normal weight is around 3,800, although some may reach 4 and 5 and others stay closer to 3. However, there are breeds in which these differences are much less noticeable, and one of them is the European shorthair, the common cat that usually lives with us. A male European shorthair, as I always say, will weigh around 4kg, although there are cats that are smaller, such as Snowy, who is approximately 3 and 5 kg and is fine in the case of females, Instead of the 4 kg of the male, they will weigh around 3803.5. It is normal for a female to weigh less than 3kg if she is very small, but this kitten will also have a completely normal weight. Keep in mind that common cats tend to have quite a mix of breeds, and depending on whether there is one that predominates over the rest, the cat may be a little bigger or a little smaller. All of these are approximate weights and exotic shorthaired cats also have this difference between males and females. Males will weigh more or less 4kg, although as I always say, half a kilo more or half a kilo less is fine. However, females will weigh more or less 3kg, so almost none will reach that weight of 4kg. The normal thing is for them to be between 2 and 5 and 3 and 5. And if I told you before that Persian cats can often be deceiving with their hair, the same thing happens to Burmese cats. A normal male Burmese cat will weigh around 4.3kg, although some can weigh almost 5. And in the case of females we will have weights of three and a half, although there are female cats that are a little more similar to males and weigh almost four. And these are more or less the breeds for which there is more reliable data in the study I mentioned earlier. In any case, if I have not mentioned the breed of your feline companion, but you know that it resembles one of the ones I have mentioned, you can already get an idea of the approximate weight your Cat should have. In any case, I want to insist that you do not take this as mathematics. These are average data. This is a video to entertain you and to give you a little orientation. As you have seen that the weights of cats vary so much, it is more important for veterinarians to know the body condition of your cat. That is, how much fat it has, how much meat it has. That's why there's a classification that, regardless of the breed and whether it's male or female, helps us know if our cat is excessively thin, chubby, or at its normal weight. That's the flame classification, and based on it, I'm going to tell you how you can tell if your cat is at its ideal weight. You've heard me talk about this classification before, even if I've never told you its name. It consists of looking at and touching your cat. I know this isn't a cat, but it'll help. According to the flame classification, in a cat that's at its ideal weight, we'll be able to feel its bones more or less easily, even if they're not very sharp. What's more, if we touch the ribs, we'll notice a little bit of fat on top. Also, if we look at our feline companion from above, we'll be able to clearly identify the hip line. And if we look at it from the side, we'll be able to see that the abdomen is a little tucked up. Your cat's ribs may be visible even if they are of normal weight, although in most cats we cannot see them because they are covered by hair. Cats with an ideal weight in the flame classification are given a score of 5, and cats that are chubby will have a higher score, up to nine, which is the maximum. In these cats, we will not see the hip line. We will see that their belly is much more saggy. And if we touch their body, we will be able to clearly identify the fat. However, in cats that are very thin or excessively thin, the opposite will occur. Their hips will be very, very visible from above. If we touch them, we will find very, very pointed bones, and the ribs will be visible in any situation, because even though the hair is on top of as they do not have any fat, it will form the shape of the ribs, and so they will be visible to the naked eye. These very thin cats will receive a score of 1, 2 or 3. As you can see, this system can be extrapolated to all cats. It doesn't matter what breed they are or whether they are male or female. We should always Aim for our cat to be at that score of 5, which is the ideal score. If we look at our cat and feel it and see that it doesn't meet the conditions of that score of five, or well, between four and six, we should take it to the vet because something is wrong. It is either gaining a lot of weight or losing weight for some reason. I'll leave this classification and this table in the box so that you can also look at it at your own leisure at home. And with this, the weight is not really that important, because as you can see, what interests us is the body condition. But if you want to know how to weigh your feline companion with a bathroom scale, that's fine. What you have to do is weigh yourself first and then weigh yourself with your cat in your arms. Subtract your weight from this and you will know how much your cat weighs. On the other hand, if you want to do it another way, you can also weigh your feline companion's carrier first and write it down. Then put your cat in the carrier and weigh everything together. If you do the subtraction, you'll get your cat's weight. And if you've managed to get your cat to get on the scale and weigh itself, please tell me, because I need to know that information and have an interview with your cat. I want to get to know it. And with all this that I've just told you, now it's your turn to leave me a comment. Tell me how much your feline companion weighs and if you've noticed that they're a little thin or a little overweight, or if you, on the contrary, they're at their ideal weight. Also, if you like the video, give it a like and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already hit the bell. So that YouTube will notify you when we have a new video, which by the way is every Wednesday at 6pm Spanish peninsular time. And we also have a secondary channel here on YouTube called Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian. Check it out, you'll probably have plenty of entertainment. And before we leave, we meet Nobu the cow cat and Loki the black cat, his human companion, Maria. Camilla tells us that Nobu thinks he's Loki's mom. You see what happens. Greetings to everyone. And we're off to Buenos Aires. 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Oh, if he doesn't, he's going to record it now. Yes. Oh, well. Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis. And all of this is based on scientific articles. Of course I'm telling you. I mean, it's not like I'm making this up. And here we're already including the goo.

Okay, and now what is the weight of an expense? I'm going to tell you right now. But first let me tell you that in the video I'm going to tell you about the mother being overweight. What else? Or even those cats. Or even cats like Persians, for example. So if I'm going on about your feline companion's weight, if you have any questions, go to the vet's office so they can do a weight study, weigh them and tell you, hey, do you have any. But it's the same. If you have questions, go to the vet. This is no substitute for the vet. It's the same.

Well, then they'll scold you a lot. If they scold me, then let whoever is scolding me not watch the video. The weights, adult cats. What do you want me to say? Like giving examples of breeds? Let me explain. There's a study that classified the weights of cats into very light, light, medium and large. Right? By breed.

They're going to be approximately. Okay, also, there's a way. Okay, also, as you've seen, cats, okay, if you subtract your weight from the weight of. Ok, if you subtract your weight from this last weight. If you subtract your weight from this last weight, subtract your weight from this last weight. Right? Okay. Your weight is going to weigh like a medium weight. And that's it. No, the video is over.