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It sounds like the problem is probably the kitten food. When our two recent adopted babies were on kitten food, our two older cats refused to eat their food and would sneak the kitten food. This caused several problems, including weight gain for the older cats. We expressed our concern to the vet of how we were going to keep our older cats out of the younger cats kitten food for six more months when they would reach a year old. The vet said, no problem, they can eat adult food at six months. This seemed to help. We have also used the Science Diet light with some success. Our two youngest are now almost two, and one of them weighs twice as much as the other one. They get the same everything, but one of them likes to eat more. Red says he'll outgrow it. I'm not sure about that. If you have just one cat, you can succeed with limiting food intake. Put food down twice a day, and pick it up with the cat is done. Don't feed again until the evening, so the cat doesn't get to snack. That's my "from experience" suggestion. Good luck. When you say "huge", how much are you talking about? Our cats range from 5 to 13 pounds. To weigh your cat, weigh yourself first then step on the scales with the cat. And again, good luck.
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