Good grief

I do realize that some cats are just piggish eaters. I've had some.
Each of them was an ex-stray. I think they practiced "opportunistic
eating"....kind of like, "I better wolf all this down right now,
because I don't know when the next meal's coming."
Cherokee would have eaten himself to death if we'd let him.

Sherry

That's Marble to a tee. He's a hog. I put it down to his feral birth. It's
as if he's never entirely sure when he's going to get the next meal from, so
he'd better make the most of whatever is about. He will literally bully
Francis and Waffles out of the way, but generally Francis can hold his own -
but I do have to feed Waffles in a different room. Marble seems to vaccuum
up his own food in about ten seconds and then he will make a beeline for
where another cat is eating & barge in. As I say, Francis can pretty much
hold his own against the hog-one, but Waffles is tiny compared to Marble, so
I have to make sure she gets enough. In the meantime, it's a constant battle
with Marble to stop him becoming a fatboy as opposed to merely sturdy..

"wafflycat" wrote in message
...
No, cat owner, it's not funny or clever that you've done this to your
cat...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...es.animaltales


That's one fat cat. Two and a half stones is 35lbs for those who don't do
English measures And to think I was worried that Boyfie was getting a bit
fluffy at round about 8-lbs.

I'd be ashamed if I let my cat get like that - unless there is a medical
problem going on there, of course. Even so, I would have got it sorted
before my cat got so huge. Cats do vary in size, I know, but the average
weight of a moggie i.e. a cross bred domestic shorthair with unknown
parentage (like my two) I would say is less than 10 lbs here in the UK
unless they are very sedentary (sp)
Kitty FC has always weighed around 4lbs. She is a very tiny cat, hardly
bigger than a 4 month old kitten all her life. She had a bad start and a
bad life until I got her. She makes up for her small size by being feisty.
Boyfriend was lucky that KFC allowed him in her garden (she was out and
about then) she never let *any cat* in her garden before.
I think he might have died if she hadn't. He was a lost kitten, maybe 8
months old. He had no idea where he came from or where he was going and no
clue how to hunt to save himself. So then she let him come into the house.
She even encouraged him when he was too afraid to make that step into the
house "look at me eating my food in here"
I think she liked him ;-)
Smooth move on her part. He now hunts for her.
Although - he caught a young collared dove and ate it himself last week as
KFC was upstairs, snoozing on the bed when he rushed it to her. g

Tweed

On Apr 15, 6:37 am, Sherry wrote:
On Apr 15, 8:03 am, "wafflycat"
wrote:

No, cat owner, it's not funny or clever that you've done this to your cat...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...=news.quirkies.....

Stupid, stupid woman!

Oh, that poor thing. That poor, handicapped cat. IMO that's a case of
animal neglect. Or abuse, whichever one fits; she should be ashamed to
let him
get into that condition.

Sherry

Ugh, that poor cat. It's no kindness to overfeed an animal that way. I
feel so sorry for him!

Melissa

"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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"wafflycat" wrote in message
...
No, cat owner, it's not funny or clever that you've done this to your
cat...

http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm...es.animaltales


That's one fat cat. Two and a half stones is 35lbs for those who don't do
English measures And to think I was worried that Boyfie was getting a bit
fluffy at round about 8-lbs.

I'd be ashamed if I let my cat get like that - unless there is a medical
problem going on there, of course. Even so, I would have got it sorted
before my cat got so huge. Cats do vary in size, I know, but the average
weight of a moggie i.e. a cross bred domestic shorthair with unknown
parentage (like my two) I would say is less than 10 lbs here in the UK
unless they are very sedentary (sp)
Kitty FC has always weighed around 4lbs. She is a very tiny cat, hardly
bigger than a 4 month old kitten all her life. She had a bad start and a
bad life until I got her. She makes up for her small size by being feisty.
Boyfriend was lucky that KFC allowed him in her garden (she was out and
about then) she never let *any cat* in her garden before.
I think he might have died if she hadn't. He was a lost kitten, maybe 8
months old. He had no idea where he came from or where he was going and no
clue how to hunt to save himself. So then she let him come into the
house. She even encouraged him when he was too afraid to make that step
into the house "look at me eating my food in here"
I think she liked him ;-)
Smooth move on her part. He now hunts for her.
Although - he caught a young collared dove and ate it himself last week as
KFC was upstairs, snoozing on the bed when he rushed it to her. g

Tweed

I LURVE reading about Boyfie, he's such a little gentleman cat - a true
knight errant!

Hugs,

CatNipped

"CatNipped" wrote in message
...
"Christina Websell" wrote
...

I LURVE reading about Boyfie, he's such a little gentleman cat - a true
knight errant!


He's looking around the house for KFC atm. He doesn't know she's now in
hospital fighting for her life.
She was always his inspiration. Like a sort of momma cat she guided him
towards this house and she never did this before. She would never allow
anycat here, she must have known I would love him.

Tweed

Christina Websell wrote:
He's looking around the house for KFC atm. He doesn't know she's now in
hospital fighting for her life.
She was always his inspiration. Like a sort of momma cat she guided him
towards this house and she never did this before. She would never allow
anycat here, she must have known I would love him.

Tweed


We are sending lots and lots of purrs,
POlonca and Soncek