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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2007What size are your cats?
I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't seem alarmed when they had their annual checkups (though as usual he commented on how incredibly muscular and strong Scouty is!) But from a few other posts it seems that Tessie is 'average' and Scouty and Silver are feline Godzillas! Tessie - 27 inches long nose to tailtip (her tail is ten inches long by itself) and 8 pounds at her last vet check. Still small and light enough to scoop up with one hand and carry around under your arm. Can reach amazing heights with her leaps. Silver - 30 inches long nose to tailtip, and 14.8 pounds at last vet check. Has a tummy pouch, but no problems jumping for the feather toy and doing 180 degree turns in mid-leap (she's remarkably lithe when she wants to be!) Scouty - not sure how long she is (it would traumatise her too much to try and measure her!) but she's a little shorter and stockier than Silver, weighing in at 16 pounds last vet check. Too heavy to jump much. Rears up on her hind legs instead, and has trouble jumping higher than a chair. But incredibly strong and muscular. It takes three strong men to hold her if she doesn't want to be held! How about your cats? no measurements but: Tiger 15.5 pounds TV 17.9 pounds OEJ 12 8 Trudi 8 pounds Chester 11.9 pounds Stormmee 6.5 pounds. everyone is about the right weight except TV who is just plain fat and that is that. All can run/jump and play normally even TV if the mood strikes, that mood strikes about once a year or so. Lee > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Winnie ways almost five pounds, Maggie May a little over four and Sunrise a little under. Missy weighed just under four pounds on her last long vet visit. As it is worth ones life to handle her, she does not get weighed frequently. They are all Himalayans. WooToo, who is not a Himalayan, weighs twelve pounds and is scared of the little cats. Will in New Haven -- "Pot-Limit has more thinking involved; young people can't think" Norm Chad > How about your cats? Smudge weighs about 8 lbs and Roxy's 11 lbs. They appear to be about the same size, but Smudge is all fluff, no substance. :) Roxy's a bit chubby, but nobody's expressed any concern about her weight. She's very active, gets the zoomies at least once a day, plays with Licky, jumps up high, etc. As for Licky, I have no idea what he weighs. I have not yet had to bring him to a vet. He's heavier than Roxy though, and all-in-all is just a larger cat with a bigger frame. He seems like an average-sized male to me. Joyce Emily, fairly average size, not so long because she has a short tail, I'd guess about 8lbs wieght. Muddy, largish tom cat about 15-16lbs in his prime, more like 13lb now. I'd guess around 28-30" nose to tail. Mojo, part panther, usually tips the scales at about 20-21 lbs, probably 36+ nose to tail, but partly because he has a long and expressive tail.  SignatureNik Simpson >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Cats are so good at stretching and compacting themselves, I've never tried to measure them. Lindy weighs about 6 1/2 pounds, and Nanki-Poo about 9 1/2. Joy >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a >bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >How about your cats? All 8 of our cats are friggin' bohemuths. I'm a little embarrased to give their weights. They're all very happy and healthy though, so I'm not too disturbed. -bonbon >>I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a >>bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > -bonbon I'm afraid 'behemoth' doesn't fit into my spreadsheet :P (since somebody quoted an average weight I'm trying to find out whether it's right...) >my spreadsheet :P (since >somebody quoted an average weight I'm trying to find out whether it's >right...) Well, if you need more data: Heidi -- 13 lbs. Will -- 11 lbs. SignatureWayne M. > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't > seem alarmed when they had their annual checkups (though as usual he > commented on how incredibly muscular and strong Scouty is!) But from a > few other posts it seems that Tessie is 'average' and Scouty and > Silver are feline Godzillas! Millie is about seven pounds after scarfing down a big meal. Tigger is pushing 20 pounds - he has to squeeze himself through the cat flaps. Fleagor hangs over both ends of a three-foot shelf and can easily scratch my stomach at a height of 44 inches off the floor. The other twelve are more normal: mostly 8-11 pounds. The females range from just under seven to about eleven pounds and the males mostly around eight to eleven. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@umr.edu) > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? I overestimated my cats in terms of weight before their last vet visits. I don't remember the exact numbers, but both of them were in the vicinity of eight pounds in weight. Nina has shortish legs, and great big paws, and physically she rather resembles a furry meatloaf and is developing a bit of a tummy pouch. Pick her up and she feels very solid. I thought she'd weigh at least nine or ten pounds, so I was quite surprised. I frequently wonder what her daddy looked like, as Francesca is more lithe and elegant in appearance and build. Neither of my girls is very tall in the shoulder, and they both have long tails. Nina's tail tends to curl up over her back. The vet didn't appear concerned about either cat's weight, which is fine with me. Melissa Mistletoe is 13.5 (OW! OK 13 pounds). Vet says she's fine but she shouldn't get any heavier. (No, that doesn't mean you get any less food!) Sam, cowering from a miffed Missy Jake is healthy at just under 10 pounds. Molly varies between 7 1/2 pounds in summer and 8 1/2 in the winter. Jo >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? > Scouty - not sure how long she is (it would traumatise her too much to > try and measure her!) but she's a little shorter and stockier than [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How about your cats? Cleo is my biggest at 5.5kg (12lb). She's a big cat anyway, but is effectively clinically obese and needs to be on a diet. HRFL Tiger is absolutely spot on at 4.4kg (9.6lb) and Lily is on the *chunkier* side at 5.2kg (11.5lb) and needs to lose a bit of weight - although according to TED she's a hyperactive young cat who is very muscular rather than fat.....but we still can't feel her ribs unless we really want to, and she does eat too much. ;) Robbie the Ginger Ninja is (3.75kg) 8.5lb which for him is a bit tubby. He has a tummy, LOL! And Pandora - well, if I could catch her, I would weigh her, but all I can tell is that she has lost weight because she is eating less and exercising more and now has a waistline! Cara, is on a diet. She needs to lose 1.5kg to get to her idea collie weight. Helen M > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... I'm not sure how long Persia is although when she does a full stretch she seems terribly long! But, make no bones about it, she's not fluffy, she's fat. And she doesn't get more than 1/2 cup of food a day! I feel like I'm starving her and she's still a big fat cat. But adorably pretty ;) >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Archer is 23 inches nose to tail tip and is 4.0 pounds at 3 months. Ozzy is 24 inches nose to tail tip and is 4.25 pounds at 3 months. Jessie is 26 inches nose to tail tip and is 7.75 pounds at 8 years old. Demi is 29 inches nose to tail tip and is 7.75 pounds at 9 years old. Sammy is... wait for it... 36 inches from nose to tail tip and is 18.5 pounds at 3 years old!!! Hugs, CatNipped >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Stinky is almost seventeen, and he is now just ten pounds, a couple of pounds less than when he was in his prime. Dante looks small, but he is a very solid twelve pounds. He feels like a lump of lead when I pick him up. Theresa >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Stinky in his prime was almost thirteen pounds. Now at sixteen, he hovers around ten. Dante looks small, but he's a solid twelve. He's very compact, and feels like a lump of lead when I pick him up. I don't have my scale at home right now, my BF borrowed it coz he's visiting his home country and wanted to check how much he can carry along luggagewise... But so far Laku and Nico have been around 6-7 kg (abt 13-15,5 lbs), haven't weighed them for a while tho... If this thread is still alive when I get the scale back and if they weigh a great deal more than that, I'll post a correction. Measuring them isn't really an option, they won't stay still for so long... Not that they'd fight me, but they'd turn around, trying to get at the measuring tape, looking at it, tasting it, wondering what I'm up to... :) SignatureChristine in Laitila, Finland christal63 (at) gmail (dot) com photos: http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb108/christal63/ photos: http://community.webshots.com/user/chkr63 >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Boyfriend weighed around 7-8 lbs when I weighed him last year. He doesn't really like to be picked up so I won't do it again unless it's essential. He is more or less the average size for a British DSH that is allowed outside. KFC weighed 4lbs last time. She is very tiny in build though. It's considered sufficiently unusual for an ordinary British moggie to get to 14lbs that it was on the TV news just a few days ago when one did! ISTR that the headline was "Cat weighs ONE STONE!" A stone is 14lb in our imperial measures. Most of us Brits born before the mid 70's cling to imperial measures. No way will I ever measure anything in centimetres mostly because I can't visualise how big it is an hour after I've measured it. I know exactly how high a 6 foot fence is, I can visualise what anything looks like in length from 1/4 inch to a foot up to whatever in feet and I still weigh out my cooking ingredients in pounds and ounces. I don't do kilos either. I refuse to do metric. I am British and we have a perfectly understandable method of weights and measures that we have used since I dunno when. I like to go into a butcher's shop and say "I would like a pound of mince." and get a pound, which suits all the recipe books I have. Tweed >Boyfriend weighed around 7-8 lbs When I saw this post, I was suddenly flooded with memories of a sweet little all black short hair that we called Girlfriend. I sure miss her. -bonbon > when I weighed him last year. He doesn't >really like to be picked up so I won't do it again unless it's essential. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > >Tweed Last weekend we took our Brandy for her checkup. I could hear the beginnings of "Holy sh--" from our vet: Brandy, known as the Itty Bitty Kitty Committee, has grown into a little moose. She's a whisker shy of 16 pounds! And Stosh is well over that; he's a huge, muscular hunk of cat. The Ladies have in common a physical daintiness; but Roxie, though only six pounds, is pure muscle covered in fur and has been known to beat the snot out of me when corralling her to do her teeth, or get her into the carrier to go to the vet. Sabrina and the Odessa-doll are little too; Odessa especially has delicate, doll-like features and tiny paws. Brandy has become the living embodiment of a story familiar to anyone who has ever read Beverly Cleary: she's become a Q. From the back, she looks like a capital Q, round with a tail curling out. (In _Ramona the Pest_, when Ramona began kindergarten she was taught to make a Q with that tail "just like a little cat." The imaginative child embellished it further by adding a pair of ears and whiskers poking off the sides of the round Kitty-Q.) Blessed be, Baha >I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a >bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't >seem alarmed when they had their annual checkups (though as usual he >commented on how incredibly muscular and strong Scouty is!) But from a >few other posts it seems that Tessie is 'average' and Scouty and >Silver are feline Godzillas! >How about your cats? Spotsie is 32 inches long from nose to tip of tail (she didn't really want to stretch out to be measured) and 9.5 lb as of her last vet visit. I once had a cat that could on stand his hind feet and peek over the edge of the kitchen table to see whether there were any goodies up there. He was a 13 pounder as well as I can remember. Here is a web page about a 48 inch long house cat: http://www.verismocat.com/htmscripts/leo-guinness.htm The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or eight pounds (male). Bud SignatureThe night is just the shadow of the Earth. > The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or > eight pounds (male). I find that hard to believe, I've known a number of male cats who were much bigger than 8lbs, and very very few (if any any) male cats who were smaller. I'd have guessed at an average around 10-11lbs at least. SignatureNik Simpson >> The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or >> eight pounds (male). > > I find that hard to believe, I've known a number of male cats who were > much bigger than 8lbs, and very very few (if any any) male cats who were > smaller. I'd have guessed at an average around 10-11lbs at least. Yes, that seems awfully small to me. Lindy, at 6 1/2 lbs., is the smallest female cat I've ever had, and she has lost weight due to a thyroid problem. I'd think eight pounds was average for a female, and eight to ten for a male, based on my experience. Joy >>> The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or >>> eight pounds (male). [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I'd think eight pounds was average for a female, and eight to ten for a >male, based on my experience. Judging by people's responses, the average weight of an adult cat is about 9 pounds, with not many over 10... I'm still amazed that Tessie isn't 'small' at all - she still seems tiny to us compared to our other two monsters! (I haven't ever had cats before to compare them to...) >> The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or >> eight pounds (male). > >I find that hard to believe, I've known a number of male cats who were >much bigger than 8lbs, and very very few (if any any) male cats who were >smaller. I'd have guessed at an average around 10-11lbs at least. I just put all the cat weights into a spreadsheet and averaged them... it says the overall average weight of the 50 cats listed so far (I'm afraid I couldn't count 'small' or 'large') is 10.45 pounds. >>> The average house cat is supposed to weigh six pounds (female) or eight >>> pounds (male). [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > says the overall average weight of the 50 cats listed so far (I'm afraid I > couldn't count 'small' or 'large') is 10.45 pounds. ======== The last time TuTu was weighed, she was 16 pounds. I am sure she has added at least a ton. She is a BIG kitty. > How about your cats? The kittens at 5 1/2 weeks: Ollie: 1lb 9oz (pale ginger male) Courtney: 1lb 7oz (sorta-tortie female) Pip: 1lb 6oz (tuxedo male) Polly: 1lb 5oz (Kliban-striped female) ..for the few milliseconds they were still enough in the pan of the kitchen scales for me to guess a reading... ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 <http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/> for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 > Ollie: 1lb 9oz (pale ginger male) > Courtney: 1lb 7oz (sorta-tortie female) > Pip: 1lb 6oz (tuxedo male) > Polly: 1lb 5oz (Kliban-striped female) > ..for the few milliseconds they were still enough in the > pan of the kitchen scales for me to guess a reading... Aww... BITTIES!!!! :) Joyce > How about your cats? I don't know what Caliban weighs now, but when the vet weighed him in April, he was around 6.2 kilos (13.66 lbs). He's been on a strict diet since then, though, on the doctor's orders. I hope he's lost weight. Last time Miranda was weighed at the vet's, she weighed 3.4 kilos (7.5 lbs). She may have gained some more muscle during the summer. I haven't even tried to measure them - they would only wonder why meowmie is trying to pin tape on them, and then they would play with the measuring tape. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Dot's a medium sized, but chubby female weighing 13 lbs. I call her my "belly cat", because she loves to have her ample, but solid tummy rubbed. Buster's a small adolescent male, weighing 9 lbs. I call him a "furry snake" because of his patterning and skinny frame. > Dot's a medium sized, but chubby female weighing 13 lbs. I call her > my "belly cat", because she loves to have her ample, but solid tummy > rubbed. > > Buster's a small adolescent male, weighing 9 lbs. I call him a "furry > snake" because of his patterning and skinny frame. Eeek, so cute, even to read about! T. Tigger is 13.1 lbs and Tank is 12.5. Tigger looks a little plump to me but the vet says she is very muscular. Tank must be very long because he still looks skinny to me. He's a furry snake like Buster. > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > How about your cats? Tanada weighs 9 lbs Sonya weighs 11 lbs Qui Gun Kit weighs 13 lbs Pine Cone weighs 16 lbs Huey weighs 17 lbs QC weighs 17 lbs Merlin weighs 18 lbs Huey and Merlin are the only chub-, sorry fluffy, owners of the lot. We just have big cats. BTW I am not getting out the tape measure. Amanda has offered to weigh the d-thing as well as having weighed the owners for me. Oops, she just weighed him. He weighs 46 lbs. Pam S. >> I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a >> bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Pam S. Personally, the thought of all of you with your tape measures out trying to get a nose to tail number on your masters has kept me amused for the last two days. Jo > I thought Silver and Scouty were fairly average-sized felines, okay a > bit on the chubby side, but nothing extraordinary... The vet didn't [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > > How about your cats? Soncek weighs 4.2 kilograms and he is very strong. He is too squirmy for me to measure him. Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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