More than half of US cats and dogs are overweight. Here is an “infographic” (poster) from Petsafe on this important subject.
PoC search result for the word “obese”. The link shows a list of articles related to cat obesity.
18 thoughts on “Is Your Pet Overweight?”
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That made me laugh. he is a real character and big cat. Boss cat. Some cats do overeat and it probably stems from struggling to find food at sometime in their lives. A lot of cats visit more places than we think. Some cats who visit us may be visiting several other places. We don’t know.
I know what I want to do– rub that ample belly until his purr rumbles like he has a V-8 engine in his chest. It won’t help him lose weight, but it would be fun.
That is right Ruth! A far as he is concerned, he is pleasantly plump. But of course it is my duty to worry about his health, so there you have it. Not that I can intervene. I think you read my post about the vet visit. Yikes!
Maybe he is a community cat, after all. The only place I can think of that he is mooching food is from the colony at the school where he grew up. I just never see him wondering that far, and I doubt there is any food left over night. He refuses still, to sleep in the house. His meow is so loud it causes all the lights in the neighborhood to go on! Just kidding, but seriously. I’ll catch him at his loudest on video sometime. It might just blow your mind! I know he is a good hunter. I see the entrails often. I just don’t know what else to think. Yellow, who is from the same family I’m sure, keeps her girlish figure. Bigfoot is too skinny and he lives a life of luxury. Shadow, who is the shared cat, could stand to miss a meal too, but never at my house apparently. He eats here every day. I don’t mind because it keeps Yellow happy. If Shadow comes over, she will sit and stare at me through the kitchen window until I feed her boyfriend. I kid you not. She learned that it works, and now it is routine. What to do about my fat boy.
Marvin seems to be saying, “Just who are you calling fat?”
He may be overweight, but he’s also just a big cat and probably quite muscular too. He is less round than Pastor’s cat Jonah, who is barrel shaped, even though their weights are similar.
Are you saying he visits other places and gets fed in them all or gets wherever he asks in these other places?
He is a bit tubby. It always surprises me that cats like Marvin like to eat until fat. You would have thought he would stop.
I think it is a symptom of domestication. You never see true feral cats looking fat. He is a community cat.