I'm glad that all in all his vet exam went well. Hopefully his blood work will all come back within the normal range too. None of my cats except for Starr were overweight before I started feeding them a high protein diet and now they've all lost some weight so I'm sure that even Paddy will be able to lose weight on this kind of a diet.

I saw a show on Animal Planet last night which I've seen before. It was about overweight pets. One was an extemely obese male Tuxie and he weighed a little over 23lbs even though his owners said that they didn't feed him very much food. I really think that they were overfeeding him a bit.

They then put him on a strict diet and had to measure out his food. They also had to try to increase his excercise and they played with him before his meals. They tried to make him work for his food. In 8 weeks time he lost about 1 1/2 lbs which the vet said is a lot for a small animal like a cat. He was even starting to get a waistline.

I look forward to hearing about and seeing Paddy's weight loss progress. I know he can do it because he has two very dedicated owners and a very loving and caring home. Good luck.