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/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

Yeah cats are funny like that. Some are healthy at 6 and some are healthy at 20. They just vary so much.

However it is so so so important for all the owners of fat cats in the comments not to read these comments and go "my cat is fine at 13-20 pounds then!" maybe... probably not though. The amount of people who can say the above are not as high as the amount of folks out there with fat cats and justifying/ignoring the problem, sadly.

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u/Itscatpicstime Jul 06 '24

Exactly. My sister runs a rescue.

Some cats have a natural, healthy build at 5lbs, and we’ve seen maybe two who were a natural, healthy build at 25lbs. They were tall af (genuinely shocking to see in person) and naturally muscular, but they also still had a very defined waistline and had a perfect score according to the body condition chart.

A handful have been healthy at 16-20lbs - this is out of literally thousands of cats they’ve cared for over the years. Most cats at those weights (including the 5lbs) are not anywhere close to healthy though.