37-pound cat finds home with fellow fat cat
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) - A St. Louis-area animal shelter has found a home for a 37-pound cat named Biscuit. It even found him a sympathetic shoulder to meow on.
Operators of the St. Charles County shelter say recent news coverage of the tubby tabby's plight led to more than 100 adoption requests for him.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Biscuit will go to live with Ed and Lisa Pyatt next week. The Eureka couple adopted another fat cat, Max, several years ago, and Ed Pyatt says it'll be good for Max to have a buddy.
Biscuit is roughly three times the weight of a normal adult cat and will have to stay on a strict diet. His previous caretakers had to give him up because they could no longer care for him.
Great job K2!
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@Jack_Bauer Don't you have a movie to make?
Dammit Chloe!!
I've got a cat (my icon picture in fact) that's heading in the jumbo direction. At 9 months old, he is currently 15 lbs and bigger than my 7 year old & 2 year old males. The vet estimates that he could hit 25-30lbs when full grown. The funny part...it's normal for his type. He's part Maine Coon and part Siamese...2 pretty big breeds. Some cats can get to be the size of medium dogs naturally. However, as this cat is stated as a tabby then no, not natural. Ours is not named after a food though. Just a famous whale. Moby. :)
@Kymberlie2873Â Here's my favorite Moby (1:11):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqRxi6G7Dro
Put those cats on a leash and walk them every day.Â
@WendyTeagarden The Cat Whisperer?
@Kushfan I was expecting some "cat walk" references
@WendyTeagarden I certainly didn't want to accuse you of being catty.
"a 37-pound cat named Biscuit."
I think we may have stumbled across the problem.
@Kushfan Is his new pal named "Gravy"?
@WendyTeagarden @Kushfan You stole my thunder....
Biscuit and Gravy together again.
@Kushfan Isn't that a strip bar????? Bill Johnson's is going under. Filed for chapter 11
@WendyTeagarden Behind Bill Johnson's Big Apple?
@Quaoptician My restaurant has the second-best biscuits and gravy in the city of Phoenix.
@Quaoptician Great minds think alike......
 "His previous caretakers had to give him up because they could no longer care for him."
Yeah, they ran out of food.
Boy I'd hate to see how fat the prior owner was......... IMHO, I don't think a person of normal weight would allow their pet to become morbidly obese like that.
@kramr What is the old adage about pets and their owners?