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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

 

 

A Mediterranean diet is supposed to keep you slim and healthy.

	Orazi is starting to resemble the original feline food-lover Garfield

But it seems to be having the opposite effect on this Italian ginger tom, which has grown so large it is starting to resemble the original feline food-lover Garfield.

Laura Santarelli's cat Orazi weighs a hefty16kg - 13kg more than the average cat.

The pair live in Eupilio, Italy, where it seems the cat food is not in short supply.

It is not known if Orazi is suffering from obesity, or is simply a very large cat.

However the problem of fat pets is on the rise, going hand in hand, it seems, with the march of human obesity.

Last month it emerged that nearly two million dogs in Britain are overweight.

A report by PDSA, the veterinary charity, found that almost one in three dogs is overweight - nine per cent more than last year.

Many of the animals suffer from heart disease, breathing difficulties, diabetes and arthritis.

The north-west of England was found to have the worst problem, with 31 per cent of dogs classed as overweight. It was followed closely by the Midlands at 29 per cent.

Pet owners can help their cats lose weight by gradually cutting back on the amount of food they get each day until the animal is eating approximately the right caloric requirements for his desired normal weight.

However, it is best to consult a vet before changing your pet's diet.

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Translation assistance:

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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[cowboyway]

That dude redefines the ‘cathead biscuit’.

[trisham]

He’s not fat, he’s big-boned!

[The_Reader_David]

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.

[Slings and Arrows]

Second thread.

[NRA2BFree]

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

[Xenalyte]

It’s like if Piston ate all your other cats.

[Landry Fan]

look at this cat.

[Veto!]

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.

[RichInOC]

I CAN HAS LASAGNA?