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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2004Update on Obese Cat
Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly obese, 18.5 K. I just read an update that said the cat had lost 14.5 k and was placed with a new owner. Is that possible or a misprint? 14 k since April? That would make the cat weigh only 4.5 K. Can someone tell me how much that is, in pound/ounces? Thanks Sherry here's the story: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1088780580323B232 > Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned > over to animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cat weigh only 4.5 K. Can someone tell me how much that is, in > pound/ounces? 4.5Kg is roughly 9lbs 14OZ (1Kg = 2.2lbs)  SignatureNik Simpson >> Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned >> over to animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >(1Kg = 2.2lbs) That seems like an awful lot of percent body mass to loss that quickly. I take exception to the paragraph ""For some strange reason people love fat cats," Pfister said. "They think it's cute and spoil their cats with the best food they can afford."", though. Overfeeding, or just feeding tuna, is also neglect - though maybe I better not say it too loud since LB is definitely on the "fluffy" side. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >>Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned >>over to animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > 4.5Kg is roughly 9lbs 14OZ Yeah, I like MY weight expressed in kg MUCH better than on my scale, which measures pounds! > (1Kg = 2.2lbs) > Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to > animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly > obese, 18.5 K. I just read an update that said the cat had lost 14.5 k and was > placed with a new owner. > Is that possible or a misprint? 14 k since April? That would make the cat weigh > only 4.5 K. Can someone tell me how much that is, in pound/ounces? Oh yes - remember him well. Thanks for the tip. He now weighs 10 pounds. SignatureThe One-and-only Holy Moses? >Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to >animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly >obese, 18.5 K. I just read an update that said the cat had lost 14.5 k and was >placed with a new owner. >Is that possible or a misprint? 14 k since April? That would make the cat weigh >only 4.5 K. Can someone tell me how much that is, in pound/ounces? 4.5 kg is about 10 lb., which is a reasonable weight for a large house cat. 18.5 kg is 41 lb., which is an awful lot. 31 lb. weight loss in 3 months hardly seems possible. > 31 lb. weight loss in >3 months hardly seems possible. Most people would like to lose 31 lbs in 3 months! Remember when I posted this pic and everyone said it would be dangerous for a cat to lose that much weight that quickly. Well it happened. My cat on the right weighed 11 lbs. http://www.mary.cc/images/dietphoto.jpg > >Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to > >animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > cat. 18.5 kg is 41 lb., which is an awful lot. 31 lb. weight loss in > 3 months hardly seems possible. It took *me* 6 months to lose 35 lbs. I doubt it would be possible for a cat to lose that much in half the time. -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to > animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > here's the story: > http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1088780580323B232 Well, that just plain has to be wrong. No way could it have lost that much unless it had an operation or something. I'd like to see a picture. >> Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to >> animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >Well, that just plain has to be wrong. No way could it have lost that much >unless it had an operation or something. I'd like to see a picture. That's what I thought, Karen. It's either just wrong information or a misprint. It has to be. (Even as much as I had hoped that story would have a happy ending) Remember that picture? I can't imagine that same cat weighing 10 lbs. now. Sherry Well, it could be a combination of not getting fed as much as he was before and depression. Didn't we hear that he was awfully depressed after his original slave was sent to a nursing home? Poor thing, I'm glad he's weighing a lot less now, and is probably much better off healthwise. I'm sure he still misses his daddy, and I hope he found a home with much love for him. Jazz & his mama SignatureIrulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time > > Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to > > animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Sherry > > here's the story: http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=29&art_id=qw1088780580323B232 > Well, that just plain has to be wrong. No way could it have lost that much > unless it had an operation or something. I'd like to see a picture. > Some of you may remember in Berlin back in April a cat was turned over to > animal control after its owner went to a nursing home. The cat was grossly > obese, 18.5 K. I just read an update that said the cat had lost 14.5 k and was > placed with a new owner. > Is that possible or a misprint? 14 k since April? That would make the cat weigh > only 4.5 K. Can someone tell me how much that is, in pound/ounces? It seems to me that it would not be very healthy to lose so much in so short a time. At least it wouldn't be healthy for a human to lose over 75% of their body mass in such a short time. SignatureMarina, missing Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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