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'Monster' Cat In China Weighs 33 Pounds (OF COURSE there are pictures :-) )
Local 6 (Florida) ^
| February 20, 2006
Posted on 02/20/2006 7:19:41 PM PST by Stoat
'Monster' Cat In China Weighs 33 Pounds
POSTED: 6:16 pm EST February 20, 2006
UPDATED: 6:32 pm EST February 20, 2006
A 33-pound cat in Qingdao, China, is being described as a "feline monster" because of its 31-inch waist and large size, according to a report. The 9-year-old cat from the Shandong Province is so heavy it needs the help of its owner to get onto a bed. However, the cat is in surprisingly good health despite its weight, Local 6 News reported. The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers to eat six pounds of chicken and pork each day. This fat cat is not alone in his weight problem, according to the report. Obesity has become a serious problem for the modern cat, primarily due to a lack of exercise and a richer diet. Cats are susceptible to a range of illnesses including kidney trouble and diabetes, if they are allowed to remain overweight.
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A 33-pound cat in Qingdao, China is being described as a "feline monster" because of its 31-inch waist and large size, according to a report.
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The 9-year-old cat from the Shandong Province is so heavy it needs the help of its owner to get onto a bed. However, the cat is surprisingly in good health despite its weight, Local 6 News reported.
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The cat's owner said it has no interest in eating fish but prefers to eat six pounds of chicken and pork each day.
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This fat cat is not alone in his weight problem, according to the report. Obesity has become a serious problem for the modern cat, primarily due to a lack of exercise and a richer diet.
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Cats are susceptible to a range of illnesses including kidney trouble and diabetes, if they are allowed to remain overweight.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: animals; bigcat; cat; china; commiecat; commiekitty; fatcat; monstercat; pets; pussygalore; vikingkitties
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To: Misterioso
newbie dumb ass, as a matter of fact. More like DU attempt at humor.
101
posted on
02/20/2006 9:47:56 PM PST
by
SlowBoat407
(The best stuff happens just before the thread snaps.)
To: Delta 21
Democrats -- a 40 year war on poverty and still no exit strategyGREAT tagline!
102
posted on
02/20/2006 9:48:54 PM PST
by
nutmeg
(NEVER trust democRATs with our national security)
To: Serb5150
The grey cat is just beautiful.
That's the psychotic one. The fat one's too lazy to go nuts and romp all over the house chasing invisible flies at 4AM.
103
posted on
02/20/2006 9:49:48 PM PST
by
RandallFlagg
(Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
To: Stoat; Foxfire4
We have two Maine Coon cats, and the bigger of the two is about 25 pounds. He's a little chunky but not *that* fat. He's big enough that when he sits on his haunches and stretches (which he likes to do) he can hook his claws on my belt, and I'm 5'11". He's just plain BIG.
Male Maine Coons can easily break 20 pounds, and the breeder we got him from in Georgia has a couple others of around the same size. He's not bright (OK, he's dumb as a post) but he's our lovable lunkhead.
}:-)4
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:49:53 PM PST
by
Moose4
("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
To: THX 1138
Makes Ted Kennedy look downright svelte... No. No it doesn't. Blue whales don't make Ted Kennedy look svelte.
To: Stoat
A good friend of mine was Bob Martwick, owner and trainer of the famous feline, Morris the Cat.
Bob owned a kennel in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. I used to pop into Bob's office every now and then. Usually snoozing on his desk was Morris. Took up half the desk. Morris was one big, lethargic cat, although nothing like the Chinese tabby in this article.
Bob liked to have an adult beverage or two at the bar of a local eatery. He'd put Morris on the bar stool next to him and Flaherty, the bartender, would fetch a little bowl of cooked chicken livers from the kitchen.
Morris would put his paws up on the bar and start eating the meat, in his trademark finicky way, of course.
I always loved to see the old neighborhood drunks who would walk behind the row of bar stools, see the cat slurping something, walk on......and then in the classic double-take maneuver, stop cold, take another look and then resumine walking on, shaking their heads and virtually pinching themselves.
Sometimes Bob would leave Morris sleeping (as he usually was) in the restaurant's dark parking lot in the back of his station wagon till closing time. I asked him if he wasn't afraid someone would steal his meal ticket. He shook his head and said no, there's no amount of insurance he could afford that could ever be enough to replace Morris.
I have a nice photo of myself cradling Morris, a task in itself as he weighed a ton. However, he was half asleep (as he usually was) and offered absolutely no psychodynamic resistance when I picked him up, LOL.
Morris was known in the trade as the "Clark Gable of Cats". Believe me, there was no resemblance at all. Oliver Hardy, maybe, but not Clark Gable.
Morris might have been fat, but he had a deadpan face that was all enchanting....when he was awake, that is (which he usually wasn't).
Leni
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posted on
02/20/2006 9:52:43 PM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Sail the Bounding Main to the Balmy, Palmy Caribbean on FReeps Ahoy 4. Register Now!)
To: stanz
107
posted on
02/20/2006 9:55:01 PM PST
by
nutmeg
(NEVER trust democRATs with our national security)
To: wolficatZ
Hi All-
I wouldn't trust a 30+ pound cat roaming around my home. They're completely unpredictable and want to do things on their terms as it is. Domesticated cats are still a bit too predatory for me to be comfortable with one this large running around the home.
My reliable dog wouldn't turn on me in a million years, but I can't say the same for my flaky cat.
~ Blue Jays ~
108
posted on
02/20/2006 9:55:33 PM PST
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: Lauretij2
Its interesting how few Farkisms make it over here..
To: fortunecookie
thats no joke.. my wife used to have a cat that was only a little bigger than average.. and it could lay down a pile bigger than most people at times.
To: potlatch
To: dangus
112
posted on
02/20/2006 10:08:58 PM PST
by
Nexus6
To: Stoat; PetroniDE
113
posted on
02/20/2006 10:10:16 PM PST
by
wolficatZ
(You might think you're funny...but you're not...)
To: Stoat
114
posted on
02/20/2006 10:14:49 PM PST
by
AndrewC
To: wolficatZ
115
posted on
02/20/2006 10:14:50 PM PST
by
wolficatZ
(You might think you're funny...but you're not...)
To: Stoat; tomkow6; LUV W; All
He Tomkow does your cat look like????
116
posted on
02/20/2006 10:18:23 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
(I'd rather hunt with Dick Cheney than ride with Ted Kennedy)
To: Stoat
The Michael Moore of the feline world. What the owner is doing is animal cruelty.
117
posted on
02/20/2006 10:20:30 PM PST
by
doug from upland
(A dead body means one more chance for Democrats to have another funeral-op)
To: Lauren BaRecall
118
posted on
02/20/2006 10:27:01 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("I'd rather hunt with Cheney than drive with Kennedy." --fanfan)
To: okie01
Obesity has become a serious problem for the modern cat, primarily due to a lack of exercise and a richer diet. Lack of exercise? A cat???
I guess kitty's been spending too much time on the X-box.
119
posted on
02/20/2006 10:33:54 PM PST
by
JRios1968
(A DUmmie troll's motto: "Non cogito, ergo zot")
To: Casloy
You know, about two years ago I got a fortune cookie that said "Always follow the dictates of the collective." I'm still baffled. I'm surprised there was no follow-up fortune that said you were going to be assimilated! ;-)
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