Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Obesity
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Anatomy
- Ribs cannot be felt through
layers of fat; this could put
pressure on the lungs and cause
the animal to stuggle to breath
- cardiac problems
due to fat cells
collecting around
organs
- skin problems;
unable to groom
- reproductive
problems due to
fat around organs
- teeth problems due to
unbalanced diet i.e lack of
calcium, eating sugary treats
- increased risk of fatty
liver disease and
diabeties melitus
- Physiology
- breathless after
minimus exercise
- lethargy
- causes:
- over feeding
- neutered
- lack of exercise
- hypothyroidism
- sore joints
- lameness
- Nutrition
- gradually change the
diet and add more fibre
- do not offer treats
or snacks
- a health balanced diet must be
continuted after weight loss
- for small furries change to extruded feed. this
means they cant selectivley feed and the pellets
are balanced and have less sugar
- Animal Welfare
- prognisis is good if
weight is lost
- being fat could cause the
animal to be depressed
- inability to walk
- inability to groom itself
- the animals
life span is
decreased
- can be painful for the animal
which could make an other
wise nice animal aggressive