Fat Cat

Loved the story about the bath. Reminds me of the Halloween party we had yesterday. Was playing hide and seek with two oldest grandchildren. We didn't realise the 2-year old had joined in till quite a while later. He'd been hiding under a bed waiting for someone to find him for about 15 minutes, poor little mite! Sorry no idea what to do about an obese cat, I'm a dog person.
Can't you take him for a walk?

My son's family has two cats- brother and sister - the male is as obese as any cat I have ever seen and the two of them have to be separated at feeding time as he would undoubtedly steal his sister's food! He is a couch potato cat whereas she is an active outdoors cat.

My friends cat has managed to nearly make his target weight, but it's easier to manage his intake as he's an only cat. When you've got 3 it's nearly impossible!

My neighbour's cat was considered obese, and was told to give him special food as well. He didn't eat it and mewed piteously at her, so she just carried on giving him what he liked. He didn't eat much either, really. He was a fine cat and used to love lying like a drunken old man in the catnip in her garden.

A friend has a cat who was a similar weight, the vet classified him as obese and she now has special food which she has to weigh out each day.

In can't understand why Digby is so big, he hardly bothers with tinned food, just licks the jelly and leaves the rest (I now put very small amounts in each of the 3 bowls as I know the other 2 will finish his as well as their own), he does like his biscuits though.

He goes out, unlike Lily for whom the world is far too big and (in her opinion) is populated by cat murderers. And now that the butterfly season has finished, he's switched to leaf chasing, which keeps him quite busy.

I think you should definitely put him on the weight loss thread!

Marelli , he's tabby and (so far) looks in proportion, if you know what I mean. I wish I was a bit more technically able, I could put some photos up.

If he's black, he'll be like Lucifer in the old Disney Cinderella cartoon!

Sorry, gigling away here at a mental image of me repeatedly lifting Digby above my head in an effort to improve the bingo wings!

Isn't that the point of cats - because they are cosier that way.

I suppose, if you put him on your lap you would save a fortune in heating bills. He'd be good for weight resistance exercises as well.

Perhaps he's just big boned.......

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