Overweight Shelter Cat Weighs Almost 40 Pounds

I was so sad to hear about this cat's death. My heart goes out to his foster parents. It's always a sad thing when an animal dies. But at least he was well loved, both in his early life, as well as in his later life.

Granted, this is an extreme case. However, I think many people have a vague definition about "fat" cat. I didn't realize that my 5-year old tabby is overweight until one friend showed me a cool measurement chart. http://www.foundanimals.org/pet-care/ask-experts/is-my-cat-overweight
Then I decided to have a diet plan for it, for its health and long-living, you can find some tips here too http://www.foundanimals.org/pet-care/ask-experts/diet-feeding-your-feline

he is adorable, but like most humans, shall we say chubby.

He's a beautiful fellow, but losing some weight will make him more comfortable and avoid an early demise due to diabetes or other weight related illnesses. If I could, I'd take him in a second!

who the hell decides that he must "lose ten pounds" before being adopted..what a crock.

Poor kitty is right. My girlfriend and I have a 2 yr old Norwegian Forest Cat, and he only weighs 12 lbs, which is normal for a cat his age. This poor kitty is 3 times that weight. It will suffer from things like diabetes, hip displacements, arthritis, and eventually heart attack. That's no way for such a young cat to live it's life. Granted we don't feed our cat any table scraps, but do give him tuna from time to time and lots of love, and play with him to keep his exercise up, but still, no excuse for a cat to weigh this much.

I understand how an elderly lady could love an animal and care for it, but one other fact that perhaps this story hasn't put out there may have been, was she in turn cared for by a live in nurse or hospice facility, because she alone could not care for herself. This is usually the case when such animals are found. I only hope that the family that is currently taking care of him now adopts him, as it will be tough to let him go once they have gotten him back in shape. You tend to grow attached to them, like they are members of your family. Good luck Meow....we're all pulling for ya! :)

I agree, Meow needs to lose weight bigtime. We have (My girlfriend and I) a 2 yr old Norwegian Forest Cat who weighs 12 lbs, and that is the normal weight for a male his age. This poor kitty weighs too much, will be on the risk of having diabetes, and isn't living a good life like it should. Sure it meows, but it's probably saying it needs help. No need to see the animal develop painfully throughout it's life and end up with things like diabetes, or hip displacements. Perhaps the kind family who is watching him, would be so kind to adopt him and keep him on the strict diet and give him the exercise he needs, because in the end, it will be his heart that will give out... poor thing...

ONE BIG CAT

alavol ----- Are you kidding? "Feed him all he wants and let him die happy." ? That's ridiculous !!! This poor kitty isn't having a good life. He's only two years old and wouldn't get much older if left like this. He basically still a kid and needs to be able to run and play. Yeah, he's going to die , but not happy and much too soon. You would call it love to let a cat eat itself to death?

Holy smokes man, dem sum big cats.

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