(MNN.com) -- Lady Blackthorne was beginning to look spherical. But it took a vet visit for Vryce Hough to take matters into her own hands and help the feline conquer her battle of the bulge. "I didn't really think about it as a problem, but when the vet started talking about the risk of diabetes, I realized we had to do something," Hough says. "Those are really scary words." Changing a cat's diet can be risky, so Hough worked with her vet to gradually reduce Lady Blackthorne's daily kibble intake. Unfortunately, there was another challenge to overcome. In a household with three cats, she wanted a way to feed each without setting up separate feeding areas.Hogue says when the vet talked about the risk of diabetes, she knew something had to be doneSureFlap can be programmed to read a pet's microchip, denying access to unapproved guestsU.S. customers use SureFlap on internal doors, opting to separate cats or limit food access
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