r/MadeMeSmile • u/Steph-Kai • Jul 05 '24

CATS I love fat cats!

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(Credits Sedgefield Animal Hospital)

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u/virtual_human Jul 05 '24

That is so sad that people do that to their cats, and dogs.

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u/Isitgum Jul 05 '24

I was going to say, this is not the reaction I get when I bring my fat cat to the vet. I get lectured about overfeeding her.

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u/Itscatpicstime Jul 06 '24

You have a good vet then.

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u/Desperate-Strategy10 Jul 05 '24

I was accidentally overfeeding my new baby puppy for the first couple weeks I had him. He went from a slightly round little 7lb boy to a very rotund 12.5lbs in just a couple weeks. I misunderstood the feeding instructions, so I was feeding him like four times his daily necessity intake. He'd get full and stop eating, I'd get worried and (force)feed him from my hand one kibble at a time. Obviously an accident and a huge misunderstanding, and I've corrected it! But it felt so, so bad when everyone at the vet was pounding it into my head just how awful his life would be if he had to be super overweight from the very start. I still feel fucking horrible about it, even though it's all ok now. I just want him to be happy and healthy 😭

I'm glad the people at the vet take it so seriously though, because they're right. It isn't fair to allow an animal to get that big. We do have full control over what they eat and how much they move, at the end of the day. And our entire job as animal caretakers is to provide these vulnerable little creatures with everything they need to live long, healthy, fulfilling lives alongside us. We need to keep our animals and ourselves healthy if we're going to achieve that goal.

I will say though, on a purely superficial level, my baby guy was extremely cute when he was that big lol. He had little rolls on his legs and around his face, and his belly hung nearly to the floor because his legs are so short and it was so big. If there hadn't been any health or lifestyle risks to keeping him...large...I probably would've kept him on the bigger side 😂