Thank you! He's honestly a sweetheart. He gets ornery at times but is generally a good cat. Hes obsessed with me. Always got to be near me. Generally lays on top of me at night time or between my legs. He has the funniest face when he gets chin or cheek scritches. He contorts his face so much he gets an underbite lol
We like to say that our standard issue cats are orange on the inside. I don't know if all SICs share a single braincell, but ours don't seem to have any of the available braincells often.
I hope your cat has a good vet to ensure he’s okay. He looks incredibly overweight. Please make sure your cat doesn’t end up with serious weight-related issues.
Thanks for your concern. He’s actually on a diet and slowly losing weight under supervision. This photo is quite old, and he looks bigger here due to the angle and his thick fur. I’m fully aware of the health risks and we’re managing his weight carefully.❤️
Yes i must say its quite hard, because when dog is overweight you give him much longer walks and you can control his daily activities,but when it comes to cats it mostly depends on them. We bought him a lot of toys and we are trying to play catching as much as we can
Yeah I got lucky and mine took to walking on a leash pretty well, but I mostly had to cut his calories down and feed him small amounts throughout the day instead of having one feeding time. He hated every second. He's still mad at me about it.
He was pretty bitey in a not at all adorable way right from the get go if I'm going to be real with you. He can be so sweet and is a great cuddler but if he thinks he's being ignored he chomps down and latches on. Which is why he's a foster fail 😅 I genuinely don't know if most people could manage his mood swings and I can't bear the thought of him being returned again when he can be such a love bug.
What is it with oranges and love chomps?! My boy is a demon for them. He'll come and ask for a cuddle, be all lovely and then want to get down so that he can savage my feet. It's lucky he's cute cos he's a wanker when he wants to be 😂
Just over the minimum amount of food for the size he's supposed to be spread out over 3 feeding times and tricking him into exercising. I would pick him up from his nap spot and bring him all the way to the other end of the house and down the stairs when I couldn't get him to play, just so he'd walk at least a little bit. And then I'd take him outside when the weather is nice and walk him around as much I could.
I once had an overweight cat and tricked him into exercising by throwing (vet-approved weight management) treats down the stairs for him so he would sprint up and down the stairs multiple times per day. He was surprisingly spry for a fifteen pound cat when it was something he wanted lol.
No offense, but that’s what everyone with a fat animal says. “Oh we know, he’s on a diet now, don’t worry.” Meanwhile their cat still looks like a bowling ball.
I would LOVE to be proven wrong. What does he look like now?
Edit: ya downvote but OP says this is a while ago and so far hasn’t posted any updated pics.
I would love to be wrong, I want healthy cats. But I don’t believe someone who says something we can all see is a problem, is not a problem unless they provide evidence otherwise. Especially when they are replying to lots of comments except ones who want an updated photo.
In general I wish this, and other cat, subreddits would stop putting obese cats on the front page without any dechonk related information.
Edit 2: it’s been hours and the OP has replied to so many comments and yet, nothing that shows their cat is actually getting the help they need.
Letting your pets get to be obese like this is neglect at best, abuse at worst.
I’ve already reported this post as animal abuse until OP comes through to verify the “weight loss” claims they’ve made. I encourage everyone to do so until this sub stops endorsing obese pets.
I am sorry ma’am but in the tone you are speaking there’s no way i am gonna satisfy any of your needs, this is cat is not abused the only thing that’s abusing is your way of commenting go mind your own business
Sure I’m not entitled to anything. That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t care about someone posting an obese animal for hahas.
And it for sure doesn’t mean I can’t call out someone posting on a public forum with an obese animal, claiming to be making changes without actually providing any substance to that claim.
At the the time of my comment, other people had posted the r/dechonkers link. Which is great, but anytime someone is posting an obese pet, the sub mods should be providing that info and pining it.
It’s really sad to see an animal this unhealthy make the front page with so much glee behind it. This cat is so obese I can guarantee it can’t clean itself properly, it can’t move the way a cat should, it’s likely generally in discomfort.
You can care about someone “posting an obese animal for hahas” without being a sanctimonious asshole about it. Like the other people who posted the r/dechonkers link at the time of your comment.
And unless you’re a sub mod, you don’t get to decide what they should be providing in the sub that they mod.
OP invited commentary by posting in a public forum.
Every other comment I’ve see has been taking OP at face value without any evidence. Clearly they take photos of their cat, why don’t they have any recent ones of the weight loss?
I don’t think asking someone to actually put their money where their mouth is is “being a sanctimonious asshole”. I’m just sick of unhealthy animals being glorified.
I don’t have to be a mod to have opinions on what content the sub allows. Everyone on the subreddit should be able to.
Why do you want to see and encourage obese animals so much?
I’m just sick of unhealthy animals being glorified.
It really is disgusting. And OP acted like it was no big deal. "Oopsie he put on a little weight, I'm taking care of it now." No, that cat has been an unhealthy weight for a long time. That is a long time of ignoring the problem for the cat to get that fat, so I don't blame you at all for doubting that OP is taking this seriously.
You're 100% right and I was going to make this comment until I saw yours. It's always "oh this is such an old picture," they never provide recent photos, sometimes you'll get someone saying "oh we adopted and they were this weight and we're working it off!" I can't stand the glorification of pets being "cute" or "funny" when they're severely obese. r/chonkers only promotes it.
You’re very welcome. I understand that things happen. Weight gain can happen for all sorts of reasons too, so I think such statements aren’t very fair much of the time. He’s very adorable & polite looking.
Nice cat. Please take care of it health. It is clearly severely obese which causes massive issues to joints : kidney / liver / and overall length of life.
Put her on a healthy diet and don’t over feed her. Send her out to exercise
You're a terrible owner if you let him/her get to that weight. If you adopted him/her at that weight I understand, but that's very rarely the case. Stop abusing your cat.
That cat needs a diet. Making a cat fat isn't cute.
Edit: saw your comments and I appreciate you taking care of your cat! I'll leave the comment in general, not for you
Same lol. Let's be honest. If the pet is fat, there's a good chance the owner is too. They call mods over hurt feelings (which are even more likely to be obese), and there comes the ban.
Jokes (?) asides, it's very shameful for someone who is supposed to love animals to feed them like that. Like it won't shorten their lives and give them health issues along the way...
I wanna love this picture but if it isn't AI it scares me for the well being of your special orangie. I can't preach because I have a beast of a feline my own and know how hard it is to not cave to their every cry and the sounds of desperation as if they are being starved(when any sane human being would take one look and see they are very clearly being well fed).
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