Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: Sam (Fussy_Furball) on February 06, 2007, 18:12:04 PM
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It’s more fat than cat:
When Jamie Oliver tried to put the nation's schoolchildren on a diet, he met some pretty tough resistance. But that is nothing compared with what Xu Jirong goes through when he tries to improve his cat's eating habits. The 17kg (2.6st) moggy becomes aggressive, starts scratching visitors and even starts relieving itself all over the house in protest.
Unless the ten-year-old gets its daily feast of half-a-bowl of chicken hearts, with a side order of pork and a steamed roll, it throws a tantrum. But all that food has to go somewhere and, in the case of Super Fat Cat, it seems to have gone to its middle. At 88.7cm the cat's waist is larger than most women's – and many men's.
It also insists on sleeping on its back – like a human – with its own blanket and pillow, and has to eat out of a raised bowl because it can't lower its head. Super Fat Cat has become a star around the world since it first appeared on the Internet site YouTube.
However, not everyone approves. Mr Xu, from the Chinese city of Qingdao, has received letters from around the world urging him to limit its daily diet. He said: 'I received a protest letter from a person in Florida, last year. The person urged me to help the cat lose weight and not to spoil it any more.'
Video: http://www.metro.co.uk/yourmetro/article.html?in_article_id=35483&in_page_id=6
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My God, that cant be good for the cat. I hope there not fattening it up to eat it, as we all know they eat cats over there, yuck.
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It's shocking and sad .... poor cat cant' be happy ... how does it clean itself??
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That is just wrong...she looks extremely uncomfortable and that belly looks as though its about to pop. How cruel to let her keep feeding like that.
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Well I have to admit that this cannot be healthy but this puss looks a serious piece of work! Not only demanding as most cats (justifiably) are but I wouldn't like to cross this cat at all; in a straight scrap puss would win hands down! I won't be visiting China anytime soon!
Bob
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Poor Tubby tat !
Surely you would think that there would be something they could do ..having to help it up to the bed :(
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Oooh no! Thats just wrong! I mean I'm all in for an extra bit of meat here and there, but that is a bit excessive.
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And I thought my kylie was a lardbucket and she weighs less than 1/2 of (don't know chinese cat's name!) at 7.05kg - and I m still working on her weight - It is difficult when they miow and look at you with big sorrowful eyes (crafty kitties!) :catluv:
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Poor cat - and it doesn't sound a particularly balanced diet either.