Ang and I are married, so we have the same cat Lucius. Of our three dogs and two cats, Lucius is the only obese animal. He's 12 pounds, and has probably a 20% larger body frame than our 6 pound cat (who is pretty lean). It's obvious that he's a bit chunky, but nothing remotely like the cat pictured above. It's easy to police our dog's food intake, because they eat what they're given immediately, and I can stand over them to make sure that Maggie doesn't bully Russia out of her meal. We control their individual needs pretty effectively. It's harder with cats, who seem to snack throughout the day. We have two cats and we have to make sure that enough food is available for both animals -- even when one is being more aggressive and has a bigger appetite.
It is a loving pet owners responsibilty to care for their pets health. Gorging you pet is abuse. Ignoring the slow fattening of the animal is neglect. The results are the same. I did adopt a 30 lb cat many years ago. Each and every one of the 6 cats that this woman was giving away (she had to move) was morbidly obese. The animal did lose near half of that weight with toys, a laser pointer and quality light pet food. Unfortunately he did eventually die of an obesity relate illness due to the previous years of neglectful care. I was glad to provide him with a loving home and at least he didn't have to struggle to get up on the couch. Sorry. If my kid was obese I wouldn't give him a ding dong just because he begged for it. Pet's, like people can be conditioned to live without extras. Our national obsession with food is disturbing. Americans are eating because they are unhappy and then are unhappy because they are fat. Increasingly, this is being passed on to our pets.
If I let Lucius eat as much as he wanted to, he would be that fat. Some animals are prone to overeating just like humans. When Lu doesn't get how much he wants, he'll whine and whine sometimes and I have caved in. I'm not ignorant to the fact that some people don't watch their animal's weight, but it's not always intentional. Also, trying to get a cat to lose weight is like pulling teeth. They aren't exactly active and they can gain weight pretty rapidly. Anyway, I would have no problem adopting this cat. She would have to cut back on the scraps though.
Gorging a pet is animal abuse. I know someone that thinks it's cute that their pet is morbidly obese and boderline diabetic. Poor things fur is all rubbed off on it's belly from it dragging over the floor. Loving your pet to death with treats isn't really love. It's killing them. Same thing if you are doing it to your kid. I hope some nice person adopts that cat and puts it on a treadmill instead of letting it develop organ failure by keeping it fat for some ridiculous record.
In a heartbeat! I hope I don't come off the wrong way by saying this (I would never intentionally fatten a pet!) but I've got much love for obese cats - they're just so cute.
no but not cause shes fat...i think its cute that shes fat i just dont like cats and am highly allergic to them.
I HATE CATS!!!!!
Ang and I are married, so we have the same cat Lucius. Of our three dogs and two cats, Lucius is the only obese animal. He's 12 pounds, and has probably a 20% larger body frame than our 6 pound cat (who is pretty lean). It's obvious that he's a bit chunky, but nothing remotely like the cat pictured above. It's easy to police our dog's food intake, because they eat what they're given immediately, and I can stand over them to make sure that Maggie doesn't bully Russia out of her meal. We control their individual needs pretty effectively. It's harder with cats, who seem to snack throughout the day. We have two cats and we have to make sure that enough food is available for both animals -- even when one is being more aggressive and has a bigger appetite.
It is a loving pet owners responsibilty to care for their pets health. Gorging you pet is abuse. Ignoring the slow fattening of the animal is neglect. The results are the same. I did adopt a 30 lb cat many years ago. Each and every one of the 6 cats that this woman was giving away (she had to move) was morbidly obese. The animal did lose near half of that weight with toys, a laser pointer and quality light pet food. Unfortunately he did eventually die of an obesity relate illness due to the previous years of neglectful care. I was glad to provide him with a loving home and at least he didn't have to struggle to get up on the couch. Sorry. If my kid was obese I wouldn't give him a ding dong just because he begged for it. Pet's, like people can be conditioned to live without extras. Our national obsession with food is disturbing. Americans are eating because they are unhappy and then are unhappy because they are fat. Increasingly, this is being passed on to our pets.
If I let Lucius eat as much as he wanted to, he would be that fat. Some animals are prone to overeating just like humans. When Lu doesn't get how much he wants, he'll whine and whine sometimes and I have caved in. I'm not ignorant to the fact that some people don't watch their animal's weight, but it's not always intentional. Also, trying to get a cat to lose weight is like pulling teeth. They aren't exactly active and they can gain weight pretty rapidly. Anyway, I would have no problem adopting this cat. She would have to cut back on the scraps though.
Gorging a pet is animal abuse. I know someone that thinks it's cute that their pet is morbidly obese and boderline diabetic. Poor things fur is all rubbed off on it's belly from it dragging over the floor. Loving your pet to death with treats isn't really love. It's killing them. Same thing if you are doing it to your kid. I hope some nice person adopts that cat and puts it on a treadmill instead of letting it develop organ failure by keeping it fat for some ridiculous record.
In a heartbeat! I hope I don't come off the wrong way by saying this (I would never intentionally fatten a pet!) but I've got much love for obese cats - they're just so cute.