Fat Cat on Hunger Strike After Owner Goes Away

Tears filled my eyes for that poor bewildered German cat, in his mind he's
lost everything.
Purrs that someone's love and care will coax him back to mental and physical
health to live a long cat-life. Only good thing about all this is that his
notariety may insure his quickly obtaining a good forever home, if his
health holds up.



"Christine Burel" wrote in message
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: Purrs for this poor baby to recover!
: Christine
: "Duke of URL" wrote in message
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: Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight
has
: gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
: owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
: Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
: overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
: exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing
home.
: Shelter officials said 6-yo Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself
and
: suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his owner and
: stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose
: weight.
: A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get
: his
: appetite back, shelter head Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her
: flat
: on the first night and that's giving us hope his condition will
improve."
: Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than
: about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say.
: --
: The One-and-only Holy Moses
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Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't
know how to make the link smaller

Duke of URL wrote:
Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has
gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home.
Shelter officials said 6-yo Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself and
suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his owner and
stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose
weight.
A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get his
appetite back, shelter head Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her flat
on the first night and that's giving us hope his condition will improve."
Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than
about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...2175698876.jpg

Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't
know how to make the link smaller

Duke of URL wrote:
Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has
gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home.
Shelter officials said 6-yo Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself and
suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his owner and
stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose
weight.
A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get his
appetite back, shelter head Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her flat
on the first night and that's giving us hope his condition will improve."
Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than
about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say.

Poor Mikesch! I do hope he starts eating and regains his health,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Duke of URL" wrote in message
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Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has
gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home.
snip

Poor Mikesch! I do hope he starts eating and regains his health,
--
Polonca & Soncek

"Duke of URL" wrote in message
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Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has
gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home.
snip

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 11 Apr 2004:

Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our
collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't
want to be negative, but I sure don't feel good about his chances to
regain his health and lose all that weight. He's grieving for his
owner and old home on top of his health problems.

Sherry


Purrs for the big guy. If he's going to make it he's going to need some
seriously dedicated slaves and lots of purrs.

--
Cheryl

itty (Sherry ) dumped this in
on 11 Apr 2004:

Thanks for posting that update. I think we all ought to all target our
collective purr power for this poor kitty. It's just so sad. I don't
want to be negative, but I sure don't feel good about his chances to
regain his health and lose all that weight. He's grieving for his
owner and old home on top of his health problems.

Sherry


Purrs for the big guy. If he's going to make it he's going to need some
seriously dedicated slaves and lots of purrs.

--
Cheryl

"RoseTower" wrote in message
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...2175698876.jpg

Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't
know how to make the link smaller


Thanks. I should've put that in originally, but didn't think of it in time.
He appears happy enough in the photo, not in pain or anything. I expect,
since he's only 6, he'll bounce right back as the excess poundage is shed.
Given that Bild has a *huge* distribution over there, I suspect the shelter
already has a list of people offering him a home.

I showed Killer the picture and told him that if he doesn't do more sit-ups
he's going to look like that. I received one of *those looks*...
--
The One-and-only Holy Moses

"RoseTower" wrote in message
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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...2175698876.jpg

Here's a link to a picture of the poor, sad baby. Sorry, 36+I don't
know how to make the link smaller


Thanks. I should've put that in originally, but didn't think of it in time.
He appears happy enough in the photo, not in pain or anything. I expect,
since he's only 6, he'll bounce right back as the excess poundage is shed.
Given that Bild has a *huge* distribution over there, I suspect the shelter
already has a list of people offering him a home.

I showed Killer the picture and told him that if he doesn't do more sit-ups
he's going to look like that. I received one of *those looks*...
--
The One-and-only Holy Moses

oh no
Poor cat. I wish his human had relatives who could have kept Miskesch. We
will purr and pray that he loses weight but regains his good life. Poor
baby.
Jazz & his mama

--

Irulan
from the stars we came, to the stars we return
from now until the end of time


"Duke of URL" wrote in message
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Berlin, Fourth Reich (Bild) - An obese cat six times the normal weight has
gone on a hunger strike at an animal shelter after being taken from his
owner who fed him four lbs of minced meat daily.
Mikesch, weighing nearly 41 lbs, was brought to the shelter April 1 so
overweight he could not take more than four steps without becoming
exhausted. His elderly owner was at the same time taken to a nursing home.
Shelter officials said 6-yo Mikesch is so fat he cannot clean himself and
suffers from heart trouble. They said he felt lost without his owner and
stopped eating altogether when he was put on a diet to gradually lose
weight.
A shelter worker will take Mikesch home with her for 10 days to help get
his
appetite back, shelter head Ruff said. "The cat had a good night in her
flat
on the first night and that's giving us hope his condition will improve."
Ordinary cats usually weigh between six and 12 lbs and eat no more than
about 10 ounces of food each day, vets say.
--
The One-and-only Holy Moses