Morbidly obese cat is equivalent to 600 lb. human

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  • jamiesadler
    jamiesadler Posts: 634 Member
    My dog eats her poop sometimes. I'm convinced that it's helped her stay at a healthy weight.

    My dogs eat cat poop. I've never seen a dog that eats its own poop.
    They hit my cats litter box like it's a candy store.

    If they are doing this they are missing something in their diet. You might want to ask your vet.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    My dog eats her poop sometimes. I'm convinced that it's helped her stay at a healthy weight.

    My dogs eat cat poop. I've never seen a dog that eats its own poop.
    They hit my cats litter box like it's a candy store.

    Oh I can just see the next diet craze
  • Beezil
    Beezil Posts: 1,677 Member


    Just something to think about when buying food for your kitties, for those of you who do own cats. The LEAST you can do is buy your cats a brand of food that lists MEAT as the first ingredient, not a grain / vegetable / filler and give them some canned wet food or tuna on a frequent basis.

    Skip the Tuna. The way food is processed for human consumption, what is added in, is horrible for animals. You're better off feeding either organic tuna, or there are brand of pet foods that are 95% meat, and certain "cat" tunas, that skip all the "human" processing.
    Plus, if you have a cat with urinary issues, fish is a BAD idea. long explanation why, just be really careful with Tuna.

    And this story just kills me. I care about my animals overall nutrition as much if not more than my own, I cannot imagine letting any animal get that obese, especially when I control their food! I mean, I'm pretty sure Meow wasn't holding her at gun point demanding another hot dog.

    Even worse, is that Meow is probably all that old lady had left, so even if she loved her kitty, she probably had no one else to help her with him.

    Thank you for the info! I did not realize that. I don't give them tuna very often, thankful for that now. Usually we just buy them the wet canned cat food!
  • angrydolly
    angrydolly Posts: 22
    Unfortunately, if it wasn't for my Princess of a boy cat and his health issues, I'd have never known. He absolutely cannot have fish at all, even in his food, and I feed them 85% meat grain free dry food, and 95% meat wet food, or else its just a bad scene. o.o
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    My dog eats her poop sometimes. I'm convinced that it's helped her stay at a healthy weight.

    My dogs eat cat poop. I've never seen a dog that eats its own poop.
    They hit my cats litter box like it's a candy store.

    My dog used to eat his own poop when we first got him, they learn it off their mothers apparently as the mothers like to keep the area clean when they're young.
    Anyway, we taught him not to do that, as it's quite disgusting.

    We used to have 2 cats as well, and given the chance, he'd eat their poop out the cat litter too! Along with their cat food!!
  • djlindstrom
    djlindstrom Posts: 48
    I feel bad for Meow. I cried when I saw the news that he died. I always feel bad when these pets are fat.

    I've always had cats in my home, all been free fed. The only really big cat I ever had was Buddy, he got to be around 25 pounds, but he was solid, mostly muscle. When he would jump up on me sometime, lol, it would almost knock the wind out of me. His little brother Smokey grew to be almost 20 pounds, and very little fat on that boy too. They were just big boys.

    Now I have one boy, and he's such a thin little man, and very adorable.
  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:

    too soon?
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:
    too soon?
    It's been 2 human days since the cat died. According to a cat years calculator I found, 2 human days (.005 human years) equal 0.1 cat years.That equals out to 36.5 cat days -- over a month for a cat.

    No -- I'm good.
  • MyFeistyEvolution
    MyFeistyEvolution Posts: 1,014 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:
    too soon?
    It's been 2 human days since the cat died. According to a cat years calculator I found, 2 human days (.005 human years) equal 0.1 cat years.That equals out to 36.5 cat days -- over a month for a cat.

    No -- I'm good.

    While I'm angry for this poor cat..and love cats...this made me laugh.
  • Jeff92se
    Jeff92se Posts: 3,369 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:

    too soon?

    Was the cat's name really Kobe?
  • estitom
    estitom Posts: 205 Member
    Aww, poor cat :cry:
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:
    too soon?
    It's been 2 human days since the cat died. According to a cat years calculator I found, 2 human days (.005 human years) equal 0.1 cat years.That equals out to 36.5 cat days -- over a month for a cat.

    No -- I'm good.

    :laugh:
  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
    Imagine the marbling in the meat, though. :love:

    too soon?

    Was the cat's name really Kobe?

    :laugh: Are Kobe cows fattened to that effect?
  • SP2Bfit
    SP2Bfit Posts: 114
    I think one of my cats ate a squirrel's head yesterday...found a decapitated squirrel by my front door...never found the head...is that possible?!?!
  • delilah47
    delilah47 Posts: 1,658
    Yep, saw it on the news. He died. His owner should be shot.

    Isn't the Owner dead already?

    Just a figure of speech. If the owner was alive they should be arrested for animal cruelty.

    And (for the poster who said maybe they didn't know how to take care of the cat)...ignorance is not an excuse. If you are going to have a pet, you need to find out how to take care of it. All of us here know that being fat isn't cute. Neither is a fat pet. Please take care of your furry friends? :smile:
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