Page 52 - It GiRL (September 2019)

IG Animals

MY CAT IS ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD
BUT SHE IS FAT! I THINK MY DAD FEEDS
Help! HER TOO MUCH. HOW CAN WE HELP
ALL ABOUT THE... HER LOSE WEIGHT?
E
WEIGHT?
Donkey Fat cats are quite common and the
e
er
most common cause is that we overr
l Donkeys often live for 25 feed them. You need to calculate
years or more. how much your cat eats each day.
Measure out her feed when filling
l They are related to the
horse and zebra family. her bowl and then measure how
much is left. Keep adding this up
l There are about 44 million over a week to calculate her total
donkeys today. China has food intake. If you are feeding her
the most with 11 million. dry food, you could then reduce
l A male donkey is called the food portion to about one sixth
a 'jack' and a female is You could also try replacing her
called a 'jennet' or 'jenny'. food with diet dry food.
l Donkeys are intelligent
!
and can't be forced into MEET MY PET!
doing something they don't
want to do. For example, it
may refuse to walk along Dear It GiRL,
an unsafe path. That's why This is my pet
donkeys have a reputation guinea pig, Piglet.
of being headstrong. I got her for my
9th birthday
and she is the
friendliest pet ever.
I would love it if
you could please
put her photo in
the magazine!
Victoria, 10,
Moorebank, NSW
M M

F
WEIRD, YET TRUE ANIMA FACTS!ACTS!
E,
ANIMAL
EVERY LETTER ON THIS PAGE WINS
E
A PILLOW PETS POPABLE VALUED AT
t Sharks lay the biggest A
$30. SEND US A PHOTO OF YOUR
eggs in the world. $
P
t Even when a snake has PET, ALONG WITH YOUR NAME,
AGE AND ADDRESS TO:
its eyes closed, it can still A
see through its eyelids. i tgirl@nuclear.com.au
o
or you can send it
t Sheep have four t to: It GiRL We
stomachs, each one
Love Animals,
helps digest their food. L
PO Box 230,
P
t Cats use their whiskers A Port Jackson D
Double Bay
to check if a space is too shark egg found in N
NSW 1360
small for them to fit throug . NSW, Australia.
50 F
FACEBOOK.COM/ITGIRLMAG