http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Topic: WORLD RECORD: The Fattest Cat en Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:47:05 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199452 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:43:44 +0000 Nirmal 199452@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>hahah with 8 scimitars! awwww dont worry im one of those who if the cat runs off, i gently bring them back for more. :) so hed be very happy...awww i would have loved to have been attacked by bob too :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199154 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 09:48:02 +0000 Karenopa 199154@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Wow lisa...I can't wait to see a pic of Socks! That's about as close as you can get to a wild cat and still be domesticated. Although your description of his 'schmitars' is pretty wild!! LOL! He sounds easy to love.. :D </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199122 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:26:54 +0000 lisaeylau 199122@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Socks will stay there as long as you will. Or he wills. If you try to disentangle yourself before he's ready, he wraps your hand/arm/wrist or whatever with 8 scimitars and the discussion is just over. Can you tell I'm wild about him? He's been a great comfort since I lost my boy cat this past April. Bob was the same way, but a mere 15 pounds. And I thought he was huge. Ha! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199077 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:11:03 +0000 Nirmal 199077@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>cool! awwww thats the kind of cat i love best...the attention sponges! our neighbour's cat is choosy...she isn't friendly to some people, but when i come to visit, she LOVES me. im one of those see-grab-spoil types lol </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199075 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:08:43 +0000 lisaeylau 199075@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I know Marilyn has told me before how Persephone got her name, but I can't remember for certain. I think she came with it, though. In fact, I think all three cats were already named when they got them from the rescue organization. Socks is obvious from his feet. But I will ask her again when I see her on Monday. I sometimes go home with Marilyn for post-group debriefing--we both live within a mile of the office--after our Monday night group, and plan to take my camera this week to snap a photo of the famous Socks.</p> <p>When Socks sits on you or next to you and purrs, he likes to grab your hand in both paws and hang onto it. Then he closes his eyes and flexes his paws and these inch-long claws go in-out-in-out-in-out. It has a way of keeping you in place. You only leave at his pleasure, unless you can time an escape in the half-second between purrs and flexes. It's a hoot! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199071 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 22:53:29 +0000 Nirmal 199071@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>awwwww i feel sorry for that cat....i doubt it's healthy, but it IS cute! ok lisa, u GOTTA tell us how persephone got the name! and id love to have socks come and sit on me! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-199036 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:26:39 +0000 lisaeylau 199036@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Marilyn's cat is a beautiful Maine Coon, purebred with papers, although she got him from a Maine Coon rescue. He's a wonderful lover, and has humongous white feet--ergo his name. He has two "sisters", Emily and Persephone. Emily is very ill.</p> <p>I'm telling you--Socks has to be see to be believed. I can hardly pick him up. But it's so much fun to have him come and sit on you!!! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-198906 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:07:56 +0000 Sheba's Mom in Phoenix, AZ 10/8 198906@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>This is not a Maine Coon! They are a naturally large cat, which does not make them fat, just big cats. Poor thing can barely get to it's food bowl! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-198902 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:01:54 +0000 Karenopa 198902@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>OMG!!!!!! That fella makes my Oreo look like a third world refugee!!!!! *make note extra treats for Oreo tonight* </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-198897 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:54:46 +0000 WillowandWindismom 198897@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>GASP - are they absolutely certain that he isn't a bobcat? :-) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-198895 Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:50:03 +0000 lisaeylau 198895@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>My friend Marilyn has a 33 lb Maine Coon male, but he's not fat. He's just that big. I almost fainted the first time I saw him. I promise a photo soon. His name is Socks. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197240 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:52:45 +0000 SoxsMom 197240@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Basil is a bit on the big side. He has a passion for potato chips. We had some in the house for the 4th and the morning of the 5th found him with his rear end sticking our of the bag. I couldn't believe a cat would go after potato chips. He had never done it before--then again they aren't in the house that often either. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197237 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:51:25 +0000 KYKAT 12 23 197237@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I had a 28 pound Maine Coon cat and he was perfectly healthy and not roly poly. He was tall, long and had huuuuuge paws. My vet used to joke I would have to register him with the zoo if he got bigger. My vet at the time was a wildlife specialist and also joked that he treated bobcats that were smaller than my cat. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197227 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:48:20 +0000 Leeny 197227@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>It's so much easier to prevent than to remedy. I doubt if I'll ever get Buttercup down to a normal weight again, and it's because of the excess treats she got years ago. Penny's doing well. I'll never let that happen to one of my cats again. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197200 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:30:41 +0000 miu 197200@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well, Chinese aren't the only ones. Vets complain over half of the pets are over weight - just like their humans. Miska is the only one of my kitties with a weight problem but I know I feed them too much. It's my luck they are smarter than I am. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197185 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:09:32 +0000 Sheba's Mom in Phoenix, AZ 10/8 197185@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Oh, I notice it's in China, country of animal abuse, and letting this cat get so fat is ANIMAL ABUSE! Even though the owner seems to love this cat it is still wrong--this cat will live to half its normal age. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197172 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:33:02 +0000 miu 197172@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>The cat's weight is like human's: it doesn't tell the amount of muscles nor the fat percent. But you can be pretty sure you recognise a fat person/cat from a muscular one. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197160 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:15 +0000 SoxsMom 197160@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Henry was a white cat my grandparents had when I was a teen, and he was 22lbs. He was not fat and roly poly, he was huge! He was the tallest cat I have ever seen and was huge and healthy. He lived to be 20 years old. We always said he was part lion. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197156 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:13:22 +0000 LadyKat of IA 197156@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I saw a cat on Monday at a relative's home that weighed 18.6 lbs. But it wasn't fat, it was big! His legs and paws were very large and he could run and play just like any other cat. His vet thinks it may be a genetic disorder that made him so big in stature, but he's very healthy at age 7 right now. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197120 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:09:04 +0000 2 Popoki 197120@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I'm sorry, but I don't think that's healthy. Imagine the stress on the joints, bones and internal organs. I don't even think it's cute. It looks painful. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197049 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:52:56 +0000 miu 197049@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8On8B1z3U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8On8B1z3U</a></p> <p>"Even 4 out of 5 house pets are obese say vets..."</p> <p>I am afraid there are fatter cats than this one. :( </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197046 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:51:29 +0000 SoxsMom 197046@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>It says he is completely healthy but I don't see how. Seems that he will develop some type of obesity related disease eventually. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197044 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:47:49 +0000 2bpurring 197044@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>poor baby, first I doubt he can be completely healthy at that weight, but I must admit he looks very cute being so rolly polly.. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/7580#post-197040 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:36:30 +0000 miu 197040@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsELzqLtqOs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsELzqLtqOs</a> </p>