u/MoonMacabre

I have a 2026 Civic Hatchback Sport with around 19k miles on it so far. Within the last few weeks my weekly fill up is estimating about 240mpg when it used to be at least 314.

The monitor says im getting anywhere from 16-21mpg this is just horrible. Should I call the dealership and have them look at it? Is there something I can do on my end?

Any advice appreciated!

Edit: just a few weeks ago I was averaging at least 29-35 average mpg I have no idea what’s going on!

My cat is a healthy 6 year old male and I just took him to the vet on July 10th for his annual. For the first time the vet noted “mild tartar, no gingivitis” and now that I’m looking into pet insurance, they note “tartar” as being pre-existing and excluding him from any dental care in the future.

I wanted to go with nationwide for their basic coverage plus their $450 max wellness plan which includes some dental coverage, and it’s the most affordable for me.

They say tartar in the medical records excludes dental coverage, would “mild tartar, no gingivitis” be excluding as well? I asked my vet about a cleaning and she said he doesn’t need one.

If this is excluding are there any insurance options out there that will cover him? I worry about dental issues coming up in the future in his old age

His info:
-Male Feline
-Domestic Medium Hair
-6 years and 3 months old
-Neutered
-17.25lb

I took him to the vet about a week ago and I just started him on a new diet of primarily wet food as the vet suggested and a vet recommended dry food for weight loss.

He used to eat about 354kcal per day including treats which I know now is quite high, I had never even thought of counting his calories before his visit.

His ideal calories for weight loss are 260kcal per day but I obviously don’t want to make such a drastic cut right away.

I was considering tapering his calories by a deficit of 20kcal per week until we reach 260kcal, would this be too fast? His vet recommended that he lose no more than 1/2lb per month to lose weight at a safe rate. She wants him down to 15lb. He is a large cat and has always been so he is bound to be larger than an average cat no matter what. I think long term he would probably be healthier around 13-14lb but that is in the future and not something I am concerned about now (and I will of course consult my vet about this once he has already reached and maintained 15lb)

I was going to start this tomorrow by feeding him a total of 334 kcal. 70kcal in a 3oz can of wet food, 21 kcal in his greenies treats, and 243kcal of dry food.

Then the next week I would cut down to 314kcal he will always be getting 1 3oz can of wet food at 70kcal I will just be sizing down his portion of dry food.

If this is too fast, should I cut by 10kcal per week?

He is going back to the vet on Aug 10th for his booster vaccine, so I will confirm with my vet then as well as any advice I receive here.

Thanks in advance for any help with this!