Wow, I've seen posts about the here and there. I've got such mixed feelings about it. I mean it's interesting and good to spread awareness. But it feels wrong to make entertainment from sick people.
Obviously his weight was a huge problem and massive threat to his health. But honestly if he had cancer, I don't know that they would have known before it was too late anyway, even if he was of normal size. That's the scary part about cancer. It grows silently until it causes noticeable problems and by then it can be difficult or impossible to treat... especially in animals.
The chonky kitty was existing on a diet of cookies and soup when his pudgy plight was discovered, Newsflash reported.
It’s believed that hospital staff enjoyed feeding him to the point where things went more than a little overboard.
“Kroshik’s story is an extremely rare case when someone loved a cat so much that they fed him to such a state,” a spokesperson for the Matroskin Shelter in Prem explained.
I used to volunteer at a pound and there was one fat orange cat named ruffles. He was not nearly as fat as this guy, just a bit chonky. He was SUPER sweet and one day I came back and he was gone
as in he got adopted, but I didn't get to say goodbye :(
Contrary to what the headline implies, Crumbs didn't die from the weight loss program, rather from tumors which weren't detected in time due to the excess weight. Rest in peace Crumbs! 🐱
Honestly...even without the excess weight, I don't know if the tumors would have been discovered in time. It's not like you regularly give a cat an ultrasound to screen for cancer. Cancer often grows internally undetected until it's too late... especially in animals where they do not display outward symptoms of their disease until advanced stages.
I once rented an apartment that explicitly banned cats over 35lbs. Either the person who wrote it doesn't know how units/cats work or there is a story there that I really want to hear.
When you tell people obvious things, sometimes it comes across as condescending. From the downvotes it's clear I'm not the only person to see it that way
If you have multiple pets that can be harder than it sounds. And if you don't have a ton of money the good solutions (e.g. locked feeders with RFID tags) can be pricy.
It doesn't completely work that way, just like for humans. Sometimes feeding pets less is just subjecting them to pretty severe discomfort and hunger, while their metabolism is deciding that food is scarce so they better hoard every calorie they can spare. I know it's significantly urgent to help them lose weight because of the health impacts, but IDK that it is super simple once you've decided to try to make it happen.
Poor thing
It’s not right to let them get this big, hope he got healthy
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worlds-fattest-cat-died-after-33983068
:(
A normal cat weights around 4kg. Crumbs weighted at most 17kg. That's a little over 4 times the normal weight.
An average weight for an average person is 70kg. 4 times the normal weight for an average human would be 280kg
That's 617lbs for the Americans. And wouldn't you know it, we have a whole show about that. 152 episodes.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_600-lb_Life
Wow, I've seen posts about the here and there. I've got such mixed feelings about it. I mean it's interesting and good to spread awareness. But it feels wrong to make entertainment from sick people.
the sick aren't going to magically get better from not laughing at them
True, but it's kinda sick behavior to laugh at them. Where is your empathy?
buried, where it belongs
It may motivate them and help them with connections to get better. I wish they weren't exploited to do so, but it's not my TV programming.
Poor kitty. :(
Obviously his weight was a huge problem and massive threat to his health. But honestly if he had cancer, I don't know that they would have known before it was too late anyway, even if he was of normal size. That's the scary part about cancer. It grows silently until it causes noticeable problems and by then it can be difficult or impossible to treat... especially in animals.
Aww poor little guy.
Those irresponsible owners. Cats can suffer from cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes too.
https://nypost.com/2024/09/06/lifestyle/russian-rescue-cat-named-crumbs-weighed-38-lbs-was-unable-to-walk/
irresponsible? i can't see how a cat can get that large without being deliberately force fed
One of mine would absolutely get herself to this state if you let her. It would take a couple years
I used to volunteer at a pound and there was one fat orange cat named ruffles. He was not nearly as fat as this guy, just a bit chonky. He was SUPER sweet and one day I came back and he was gone
as in he got adopted, but I didn't get to say goodbye :(
Your two souls are intertwined for eternity now. A goodbye wasn't necessary.
What a beautiful thing to say
😊
I almost didn't because I thought i'd be called a weirdo thank you 🐝
The wholesomeness of this all, with a bee at the end, has put the Adventure Time credits theme in my head, and that makes me happy.
Your post makes me think of a childhood movie song, you and your chonky bud just staring at the moon every night: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5jl8mzCaCr0
Follow up story I found: World's fattest cat dies after going on a harsh diet | Al Bawaba
Contrary to what the headline implies, Crumbs didn't die from the weight loss program, rather from tumors which weren't detected in time due to the excess weight. Rest in peace Crumbs! 🐱
Edit: typo
*lifelong friend dies of medical complications *
News agencies: "<friend> dies after spending a lot of time with <me>"
Honestly...even without the excess weight, I don't know if the tumors would have been discovered in time. It's not like you regularly give a cat an ultrasound to screen for cancer. Cancer often grows internally undetected until it's too late... especially in animals where they do not display outward symptoms of their disease until advanced stages.
Watch this channel then 😊 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2M30ZXeWNo
every day probably thousands of cats (and other animals) are taken in by kind people and given loving lives
Sometimes the world is cruel to shiny things…
I must apologize to my cat for calling her chonkee for years. She is no where close to this Chonkzilla.
I once rented an apartment that explicitly banned cats over 35lbs. Either the person who wrote it doesn't know how units/cats work or there is a story there that I really want to hear.
Maybe it is net cat weight. Cats combined can’t be over 35 pounds.
Obligatory "Oh lawd, he coming"
Garfield?
This is a chungus or a lawd here he comes.
I’m not sure why you’d need a fat camp for a pet. Just feed them slightly less and they lose weight
Some times the owner has mental health issues.
Abusers having psychiatric problems does not absolve them of their abusive behaviour.
...no shit?
There wouldn't be so many deeply unhealthy pets, children and otherwise dependent people in the world, if this was so obvious to everyone.
So you went ahead and assumed you needed to explain that to the person you replied to. K.
I don't understand why you're mad at me for contributing to this discussion with something relevant to this topic.
I didn't assume anything negative about the person I replied to.
You however are clearly assuming negative stuff about me and have gotten upset with me over these assumptions.
(Edited for spelling/grammar as my phone keyboard updated into something stupid recently and adds/miscorrects random letters/words now)
When you tell people obvious things, sometimes it comes across as condescending. From the downvotes it's clear I'm not the only person to see it that way
I agree. stop being a prick, you have no excuse.
A pet doesn’t get fat on its own. It’s about separating the pet from the abusive owner.
If you have multiple pets that can be harder than it sounds. And if you don't have a ton of money the good solutions (e.g. locked feeders with RFID tags) can be pricy.
It doesn't completely work that way, just like for humans. Sometimes feeding pets less is just subjecting them to pretty severe discomfort and hunger, while their metabolism is deciding that food is scarce so they better hoard every calorie they can spare. I know it's significantly urgent to help them lose weight because of the health impacts, but IDK that it is super simple once you've decided to try to make it happen.
Girl with fat hairy pussy 😺
brother wut
It was a subreddit of women with fat cats