Heavyweight: Orazi's girth is almost as wide as Laura Santarelli's, his owner
Posted on 04/11/2008 1:20:08 AM PDT by Stoat
He is the cat that got the cream - and the cake and the biscuits too.
Orazi the ginger tom weighs in at a whopping 35.2lb (16kg), the same as a two-year-old child.
At 28lb heavier than the average moggie, he would struggle to get his front paws through a standard cat flap, let alone his broad fluffy rump.
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Heavyweight: Orazi's girth is almost as wide as Laura Santarelli's, his owner
It is not clear whether Orazi has a medical problem, or is being overfed with the wrong sorts of foods.
He is pictured here with with his owner, Laura Santarelli, with whom he lives in Eupilio, Italy.
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Contented cat: Vets aren't sure if Orazi's obesity is caused by overfeeding or a medical condition
Held up in her arms, the green-eyed colossus reaches from her shoulder to her thighs - and his bulging belly dwarfs hers. Despite all this, however, Orazi is not a record breaker.
In 2004, Sam, a British cat, tipped the scales at 36lb (16.3kg). He had been fed crisps, cakes and sweets by his elderly owner, and had no exercise.
Guinness World Records has stopped listing fat pets because of concerns that some owners were force-feeding them.
But the fattest cat on record came from Minnesota in the United States and weighed 41lb (18.5kg) - which makes Orazi look a mere kitten.
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Big boy: He can't even get his head through the cat-flap, let alone the rest of his body
Is 'giant' cat latest victim of obesity epidemic - Telegraph
Is 'giant' cat latest victim of obesity epidemic?By Bonnie Malkin Last Updated: 1:20pm BST 10/04/2008
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stone - definition of stone by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.
8. pl. stone Abbr. st. A unit of weight in Great Britain, 14 pounds (6.4 kilograms).
Non-pedigree Cats
Non-pedigree Cats (Moggies)
What is a "Moggy"? For those of you who are not British a "Moggy" is an informal name for a Cat - "Mog" or "Moggy" is the singular, "Moggies" is the plural.
The definition of a Moggy is a cat or kitten that does not belong to any recognised breed. It is also an informal name in the United Kingdom for a cat whether the cat is a recognised breed or not (kind of confusing isn't it - that's the English Language for you!). Of dialect origin, from what region of Britain this comes from I do not know! The word was originally a pet name for a cow!
The origin of the word moggy is not a corruption of the word 'mongrel', as many believe. It was first recorded in 1911, and was possibly derived from maggie, margie or mog, all short forms of the female name Margaret. It is thought this was first used to describe an ungainly lumbering old cow, and it may even have been a minor rural English name for any cow; since 'moggy' was used in several 1800s English dialects as an 'affectionate name' for a cow. As rural people flocked to the cities during the latter part of the Industrial Revolution, it seems likely that the cow moggy became maggie, applied as a term of abuse for a dishevelled old woman or older prostitute.
The origin is obviously confused, but as the early 20th century streets of London became filled with very many unhealthy looking stray cats, it would have been natural to apply the term moggy to describe these unfortunate creatures.
In parts of Lancashire, England the word 'moggy' means mouse not cat. A cat was known as 'the moggy catcher'. It has been suggested that this could be the etymology of the word moggy meaning 'cat' - over time the catcher part was dropped from 'the moggy catcher' and so moggy now means both 'mouse' and 'cat'.
There are more than 100 million pet cats worldwide. Of these, the vast majority are non-pedigree or crossbred cats; their parentage may be unknown, neither of the parents is a registered pedigree. Up until the late 19th century, people kept cats in order to keep their houses and barns rodent free; looks were not a consideration. However, as every proud owner knows, a healthy, happy Moggy in the prime of its life can be every bit as magnificent in appearance and manner as a pedigree cat.
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That cat just CANNOT feel good at that weight.
He’s not fat, he’s big-boned!
And I would not feel good about cleaning it’s litter box.....
But the cat’s head is proportioned properly to its body (unlike the 33 lb cat in China in the thread linked from a later post to this one, and unlike every obese cat I’ve ever seen in real life). That’s just a *really big* housecat.
She’s gonna kill him feeding him so much. It’s cool to have a huge cat, but she can’t expect him to live long like that
It’s like if Piston ate all your other cats.
From the article:
It is not clear whether Orazi has a medical problem, or is being overfed with the wrong sorts of foods.
That being said, my guess is that this is a matter of another lonely lady conflating overfeeding with love. Everyone is delighted and awestruck by the huge kitty until it dies of renal or cardiac failure secondary to profound, morbid obesity.
Some extremely lonely people fill their homes with 500 cats and are shocked when the neighbors complain and the city comes in and bulldozes the house as a toxic waste hazard. Others overfeed their pets to the point at which it becomes lethal to the animal.
Pets give unconditional love (or at least are perceived as doing so by many) and that's a difficult thing to deal with rationally when you have an owner who is extremely depressed and lonely.
Darn it! I searched five different ways for duplicates before I posted this. :-(
Thank you though for pinging your list anyway.
look at this cat.
Big, fat, purty, bundle o’ lovins!. Lets not mention the deposits in the box!
I would love to cuddle this kitty!
My kind of cat! The kind that’s too fat to get back in the house!
Beautiful cat. My cat is big BUT not that big. lol
LOL! Moggies. I love it.
Sounds like someting out of Harry Potter...
“The Muggles overfed their Moggies”
Many years ago there was an equally huge cat living in a shoe shop in San Francisco. He’d sit in the window and attract customers. No kidding. A majestic animal.
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