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It was obvious to me the cat was much loved and spoilt and adored, it is a shame that they let it become so overweight, hopefully they will put him on a diet, i am sure they did not do it on purpose,but perhaps they need some education on the care of cats regarding its feeding, some people just have no idea really, hopefully all the media attention will help them to make a decision to help the cat loose weight.
Oh my,what a very sad thing :(, poor kitty, wont have a long life at all. I know that my puss cat Squeak is a wee bit on the heavy side but she is positively skinny compared to this puss cat! :eek:
i saw the cat on TV too, and I found it very upsetting to see an animal so grossly overfed :(
My Chow Chow kitty got up to 18 lbs in his prime, but he was a very big cat. -certainly never looked like that poor kitty!
After reading that the cat likes to eat 6 pounds of fish, you wonder WHO is in charge at the house! We ALL love our cats, but they do not get away with stuuf like that!!! Our vet would totally freak out if one of our cats was that heavy. In his prime, sweet Ashley, was 15 lbs(and he was a BIG cat). He was put on a diet and got down to 11-12 lbs. He looked much better. The Chinese cat weighs as much as 3-4 of our 8 cats!!!!
I saw that story on Inside Edition early in the week, and it made me mad. I can't believe anyone would let their cat get that fat and not do anything to help! It's not something to be celebrated. I imagine that the cat is pretty content, since she has a home and all, but I think she'd be happier if she lost a few pounds and could be more active.
I have two 8-lb girl cats and one 17-lb boy cat and one 18-lb boy cat. My cats ALL get low-calorie food and they get plenty of exercise and visit the vet each year. Some cats, like our boys, tend to be heavier. Bailey was a very sick 1.5-lb kitten when we took him in as a stray, and he has since grown into a very long, lean, muscular 3-year-old cat. He doesn't appear to have any excess weight - he's just a bigger structured cat. Leo is the heaviest (and also taller than Bailey by a couple centimeters when they stand up or stretch all the way out), with extra weight in his belly, probably from when he was surviving out on his own before he was rescued by the no-kill group and adopted by us. Sometimes I think Leo has a few issues because of his extra belly weight, so I can only imagine what a 33-lb cat must go through every day. It certainly couldn't clean itself, without flexibility. I hope cat and dog owners worldwide take notice of this story and figure out that it's a good thing to make sure your animals are healthy.