Uuh yeah, when people put a cat somewhere with no way to escape, then it will probably be in that basement…
If people were feeding it, then it probably wasnt “accidentally” kept there.
I don’t really understand how cats even can get this large. I’ve kept a number of cats and always just fed them dry food in big bowls or auto-feed dispensers where they could eat as much as they wanted whenever they wanted it, and they always stayed a normal weight.
I’ve had two kitties that got one or two pounds overweight and both were long-hairs. I always figured that cats that are built for colder weather have an instinct to eat and bulk up in case of food scarcity. My short-hair kitty has stayed slender which, to me, seems to back that up. But I don’t know anything scientific or medical, it’s just an observation.
I’m sorry, but letting your cat get this large is neglect or abuse or both.
Says he’s a rescue. I’m assuming the person who sent him to fat camp isn’t the person who let him become obese.
Right, it would be the place he was rescued from (if a previous owner) that abused or neglected him.
Aha, thanks for pointing that out!
He was abandoned in the basement of a hospital living on cookies and soup.
https://nypost.com/2024/09/06/lifestyle/russian-rescue-cat-named-crumbs-weighed-38-lbs-was-unable-to-walk/
He was not abandoned, he was overfed by humans. Says so right in the article.
Because cats just normally turn up in hospital basements…
Uuh yeah, when people put a cat somewhere with no way to escape, then it will probably be in that basement… If people were feeding it, then it probably wasnt “accidentally” kept there.
I don’t really understand how cats even can get this large. I’ve kept a number of cats and always just fed them dry food in big bowls or auto-feed dispensers where they could eat as much as they wanted whenever they wanted it, and they always stayed a normal weight.
I’ve had two kitties that got one or two pounds overweight and both were long-hairs. I always figured that cats that are built for colder weather have an instinct to eat and bulk up in case of food scarcity. My short-hair kitty has stayed slender which, to me, seems to back that up. But I don’t know anything scientific or medical, it’s just an observation.
Why did you think that the tweet called him a “rescue cat?” They sure didn’t save him from a tree.
Don’t be sorry, it’s true.