Anyone here got a cat like this
 

This is what I call a real moggy. LINK :D

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Just imagine the amount of crap that monstrosity will deposit in innocent neighbours' gardens...

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Somehow i dont think he will be able to get over the fence into another garden :D

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If he did, I think he'd struggle to get away from my super soaker :sniper: :ninja: :D

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Now that's one heck of a pussy!!

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erm, okay :erm:

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garfields offspring

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ha! my question is how can anyone let it get to that point where the cat can cause a earthquake by landing?

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It's very big. the owner probably needs to go on a diet. as it's probably the very reason why their pussy is so big.

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:D:tu::tu:

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For any pet to reach such a size is not inevitable; owners can encourage them to take the proper amount of exercise. This is abuse and neglect, pure and simple. The owner should be prosecuted, and the cat should be legally seized and given a good home.

After lots of exercise, a healthy diet and hydrotherapy, that is, the poor thing.

Looking after a cat properly is not difficult. Mine, for instance, was encouraged from kittenhood to take exercise (she was brought up originally as an indoor cat, so this was important) by the simple expedient of placing kitty treats in places where she'd have to climb or jump to get at them. This also has the added benefit of allowing the cat to exercise her natural instincts and behaviour, resulting in a more relaxed and well-behaved moggy. It worked perfectly; she is now 12 (every time I think that, I think, "No, she can't be! 12?! Really?!" - it hasn't seemed like 12 years) and showing few signs of aging or slowing down - she can still leap from my bedroom windowsill onto my wardrobe with utter grace and no effort at all.

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Whilst I agree with everything you say regarding abuse of pets, I am puzzled by your reference to hydrotherapy. I thought cats weren't keen on getting wet :)

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Cats are good swimmers, they just don't like to that often.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exciFebpKI

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That needs to have a catstric bypuss.

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Well, no, they're not...with the possible exception of mine, who's been known to go out in all weathers. I've never known a cat like her. She once played with a snowball, in the snow. :p:

Anyway. Hydrotherapy can be and has been very successful in the treatment of feline obesity; I remember an article in Your Cat magazine. Once they get used to it, they don't seem to mind. Cats will accept almost anything if it's done with kindness; mine hates going to the vet, but I always follow up her annual visit with treats as soon as we get home - she's been taught to associate something nasty, e.g. vet visit, medicine etc., with something nice. It helps.

There's at least one breed - the Bengal - which loves water, bred as it was from the Asian Leopard Cat, which likes fishing for its dinner; if you have a Bengal, a water feature somewhere in your house or garden is a must - otherwise she'll be sharing your bath with you or playing with the kitchen taps. :p:

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I don't understand how people can let their pets get like this. OK, a dog needs you to walk it (although, with a good diet, smaller breeds can stay fit with little or no exercise), but a cat just needs to be let out. They will often naturally hunt for small animals, or "play" with other cats. Both of which will keep them fit.

I'll admit, with my own cat, that play often turned into real fights, but he was a male, and even though we actually fed him a lot, he was active enough that he was never fat.

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I think one of the problems is that more people are keeping their cats as house cats due to a fear that something will happen to them if they are allowed to venture outside.

I belong to a Cat Forum, I know, I know ...mad cat woman strikes again :D, and a lot of members virtually foam at the mouth if they hear that you don't believe in keeping a cat confined indoors and just will not accept that their little darlings need far more exercise than just having a climbing frame and a laser pen toy. I suspect that is what has happened to this poor mog. An owner restricting the cats natural form of exercise for fear of loosing him out in the big bad world and overcompensating by 'treating' her 'big boy' to too many treats. Potentially killing with kindness.

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You're right, Joglynne - a cat that's kept indoors never knows what it's missing, so it isn't concerned, provided the environment is kept varied and the cat has opportunities to exercise its natural behaviour. By far the best course of action is to ensure the cat has some safe, high perch to climb; they like that, so they can look down and survey their domain. :p:

When a cat's sitting on a windowsill looking outside, it isn't thinking 'oh, I wish they'd let me out' - it's just taking an interest and watching the world go by. They do that. If you live in an area that's dangerous for cats, e.g. on a main road, then by all means keep 'em in. They don't mind. It isn't cruel. My Tigger was originally an indoor cat, owing to my awkward shift times...then she managed to escape a couple of times, she discovered birds, and that was pretty much that. :p:

Since my last move, she's discovered mice, too, and delights in bringing them home...I wish she wouldn't, mice are cute. :( A couple of times I managed to pull a fast one on her; I waited till she lost interest in the mouse and decided to go out, then I captured it and put it out!

Advisory for owners of cats who like to hunt, though: if the cat's drawn blood on whatever it's caught, you may as well leave the cat to it, as the poor thing's surely doomed; a cat's bite can be very toxic owing to bacteria. Otherwise, if you really can't stand it, distract the cat somehow and rescue the hapless prey, as I did.

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I remember clearing up some of the mice that our cat used to bring in. I think the best way to describe what remained is to paraphrase Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

"What we got back didn't live long, fortunately."

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Well, it's died.

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I have two male cats and they do not get let out unless its in the garden with me for a while. However they are not unfit or over weight as their diet is good and also they can be fussy wee things. They constantly 'play' with each other although it can turn into a real fight pretty quickly.

I think in this case it may have in part been the fact that the owner(s) were 87 and not very mobile themselves.

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Don't buy any meat pies for a while. :erm:

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I hope that you don't feel that I was criticising an owner such as yourself Stephen. You are aware of your cats needs. The people that wind me up tend to have a lone cat that they leave on it's own whilst they work. A cat without stimulus will sleep for most of the time and it sounds like your two have a great life with a slave........ errrr I mean owner who cares for their well being. :D

[rant}As for the owner of this poor cat, being 87 doesn't provide an excuse to overfeed it so badly, if the owner was mobile enough to feed the cat then they were mobile enough to play with it in some way. If the owner was relying on someone else to buy food and care for them then that person should have done something to help the poor cat before it got to the stage it did. [/rant]