'Monster' Cat In China Weighs 33 Pounds

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By the way the cat "looks" I don't mean
the asthetic beauty, I mean that fat cats "look" miserable and unable
to be active. Cherokee didn't look that way. At 25 lbs, he was big, he
was overweight, but not to the extent I would have considered him
morbidly obese. He died at 17 and was still as active as any cat I've
had.

Ah... thank you for clarifying.

Come to think of it, there are *people* who are overweight, and then
there's people who likewise look miserable and unable to be active.
But if someone told me I needed to lose weight for my health, I'm
afraid I'd be pretty annoyed and suggest they MYOB.

Yeah, altogether too many people seem to feel entitled to weigh in, excuse
the pun, with their unwanted opinion!

Joyce

On 2006-02-21, penned:

It makes me suspicious whenever someone tells me, "I'm just
concerned for your *health*", when they suggest I lose some weight -
when I know that what they really mean is that they don't like my
looks. I am pretty healthy, after all. (And I'm not young.)

Ah, yes, my mom's favorite tactic.

She's been good lately, though. Obviously making an effort to bite
her tongue, but I really do appreciate it.

It's really frustrating because while, yes, she wears a smaller size
than I do, she is also extremely inflexible, prone to falls, and
generally out of shape -- and she smokes. I'm much more worried about
her health than about mine.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 01:50:27 GMT, "NMR"
wrote:

http://www.local6.com/news/7267453/d...202202006&ts=H

http://tinyurl.com/mql5m

The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers to eat
six pounds of chicken and pork each day.

Gee I wonder why he is a fat cat

Perhaps it is being fattened for market.

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wrote:

By the way the cat "looks" I don't mean
the asthetic beauty, I mean that fat cats "look" miserable and unable
to be active. Cherokee didn't look that way. At 25 lbs, he was big, he
was overweight, but not to the extent I would have considered him
morbidly obese. He died at 17 and was still as active as any cat I've
had.

Ah... thank you for clarifying.

Come to think of it, there are *people* who are overweight, and then
there's people who likewise look miserable and unable to be active.
But if someone told me I needed to lose weight for my health, I'm
afraid I'd be pretty annoyed and suggest they MYOB.

Yeah, altogether too many people seem to feel entitled to weigh in, excuse
the pun, with their unwanted opinion!

Joyce

That goes both ways, too. People think it is perfectly acceptable (and
even complimentary) to say things like "If you don't gain weight you
are going to blow away" et. etc. After I had surgery I lost a lot of
weight. I got sick of the comments like that. You would *never* say
something like that to someone who needed to *lose* weight, but somehow
they thought criticism of the opposite was okay to say to someone.

Sherry

wrote:

That goes both ways, too. People think it is perfectly acceptable (and
even complimentary) to say things like "If you don't gain weight you
are going to blow away" et. etc.

Well, I think that's pretty rude! I guess really thinness-obsessed
people would consider it a compliment, which is a sad comment on them,
isn't it?

Or how about this one: after someone's been sick, saying to them, "Hey,
you look great, have you lost weight?" Yeah, sure, it's called the
Chemotherapy Diet. Duh!

You would *never* say
something like that to someone who needed to *lose* weight

You'd be surprised how many people do indeed say that! You might never
say it, and I commend you for that, but there are a lot of clods in the
world. As you have unfortunately experienced!

Joyce

Helen Miles wrote:
"NMR" wrote in message
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The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers
to eat six pounds of chicken and pork each day./////

Good grief! Mine are lucky if they eat 250g of food a day!! I feel
sorry for the poor cat. (

Helen M

Undoubtedly the cat doesn't know any better. Poor thing! Here I thought
Persia was wickedly fat at 16 lbs.!

Jill

Wow. I saw this kitty's pic yesterday for the first time. That owner needs
to consult a vet to help him safely bring that cat to a more appropriate
size and weight.

I realize I'm the one who started the "LOL! My cat-in-law is on
fatfelines.com" thread a few days ago, but if Saturn looked like THIS
kitty, I wouldn't be laughing. Saturn's got some extra girth, but that's
combined with being a physically large cat in all other dimensions, as
well: nose-to-tail, shoulder-to-paws, etc. He's got the biggest head and
paws I've ever seen on a cat, and they're proportionately sized to the
rest of his frame.

This poor kitty looks like he's got a decent-sized frame, too (judging
from the apparent length of his frame from his head down to his haunches,
looking at the picture). But his frame's nowhere near big enough to carry
33 lbs worth of weight, and the fact that he needs help getting up on the
bed is a major red flag that something's amiss. I realize that at 9 years
old, the kitty is starting to get on in years, but he should still be able
to manage going from floor to bed at this stage of his life.

He's such a pretty cat. What a lovely face! I hope his owner gets some
help managing the cat's weight and overall health, so he'll have nine good
long lives to look forward to.

Donna

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That goes both ways, too. People think it is perfectly acceptable (and
even complimentary) to say things like "If you don't gain weight you
are going to blow away" et. etc.
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yes I had to put up with this one, and many 'anorexia related' puns as a
teenager, even though I ate like a horse (which of course made everyone at
school whisper that I was bulimic) Fortunately 2 kids and 10 years have
restored me to social acceptable-ness!! (???) pity our society is still so
superficial....or that a small percentage seems to think they have the right
to set a 'standard' for 'normality'

"meee" wrote in message
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That goes both ways, too. People think it is perfectly acceptable (and
even complimentary) to say things like "If you don't gain weight you
are going to blow away" et. etc.
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yes I had to put up with this one, and many 'anorexia related' puns as a
teenager, even though I ate like a horse (which of course made everyone at
school whisper that I was bulimic) Fortunately 2 kids and 10 years have
restored me to social acceptable-ness!! (???) pity our society is still so
superficial....or that a small percentage seems to think they have the
right to set a 'standard' for 'normality'


I love a woman with a little meat on the bones :-D
Got to have the handles No I won't finish that sentence in fear of not
waking up

"NMR" wrote in message
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"meee" wrote in message
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wrote:

That goes both ways, too. People think it is perfectly acceptable (and
even complimentary) to say things like "If you don't gain weight you
are going to blow away" et. etc.
snip

yes I had to put up with this one, and many 'anorexia related' puns as a
teenager, even though I ate like a horse (which of course made everyone
at school whisper that I was bulimic) Fortunately 2 kids and 10 years
have restored me to social acceptable-ness!! (???) pity our society is
still so superficial....or that a small percentage seems to think they
have the right to set a 'standard' for 'normality'


I love a woman with a little meat on the bones :-D
Got to have the handles No I won't finish that sentence in fear of not
waking up

That's what my dh says! So I make sure I eat plenty of chocolate to keep
him happy....