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41-pound cat named Skinny up for adoption in Texas
siouxcityjournal ^ | September 21, 2012

Posted on 09/23/2012 12:50:55 PM PDT by JoeProBono

Don't be fooled by the name: Skinny the cat is one hefty feline. And all 41 pounds of her needs a home.

A Dallas-area animal shelter has cared for the 5-year-old orange tabby since getting a call about a stray in a yard about a week ago.

Kim Chapin with Richardson Animal Services said Friday that Skinny's "very sweet" _ and the largest cat she's seen in 21 years with the shelter.

Not surprising. U.S. government growth charts show Skinny weighs about as much as the average 4-year-old child.

Chapin says Skinny appears healthy except for being overweight and likely having diabetes. Blood tests have been ordered.

Chapin says somebody apparently had been caring for the cat but officials aren't sure who owned the huge kitty.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; kittyping; texas
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To: Slings and Arrows

Very chubby kitty ping...


41 posted on 09/23/2012 3:43:52 PM PDT by Twotone (Marte Et Clypeo)
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To: JoeProBono

Looks just like my neighbors 2 cats. HUGE things, but very sweet. She limits their food in take, feeds them diet cat food, and it makes not difference, weight wise.


42 posted on 09/23/2012 4:59:03 PM PDT by stansblugrassgrl (PRAISE THE LORD AND PASS THE AMMUNITION!!! YEEEEEHAW!)
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To: JoeProBono

43 posted on 09/23/2012 5:03:01 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: JoeProBono

Turn that thing into bio diesel.


44 posted on 09/23/2012 5:05:03 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
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To: central_va

We picked up a sad chihuahua last year, bit overweight, starved him for months trying to help him lose weight, he kept gaining. He has a host of health problems, including hypothyroidism and environmental allergies. Meds to help with those conditions increase his weight gain. 4 other dogs completely normal. Sometimes it is a health problem.


45 posted on 09/23/2012 5:10:54 PM PDT by ican'tbelieveit (School is prison for children who have commited the crime of being born. (attr: St_Thomas_Aquinas))
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To: ican'tbelieveit

How about some nice fried kitty yum yums?

46 posted on 09/23/2012 5:17:13 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Twotone; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; asgardshill; ...

47 posted on 09/23/2012 7:50:22 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Daffynition; Slings and Arrows

We’ve had more than a few cats over the years, but every last one of them left the peas behind (and licked clean) if there were peas in the cat food.

I love you, Daffy, but the living-mummy cats in saran wrap kind of gave me the creeps. I certainly hope that they were immediately released after the picture was taken. Since it was probably a found picture (?) on the Internet (?) I know it’s not your doing though.


48 posted on 09/23/2012 8:14:15 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Daffynition

good golly daffy, thats the funniest one i’v see in a while
bleh....


49 posted on 09/23/2012 8:15:10 PM PDT by goat granny
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To: JoeProBono
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50 posted on 09/23/2012 8:24:26 PM PDT by Delta 21 (Oh Crap !! Did I say that out loud ??!??)
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To: goat granny

51 posted on 09/23/2012 8:29:17 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: TheOldLady
I found it in one my Fotki cat albums next to the images of *Sooty*...an overweight UK moggie story we had ages ago...she couldn't fit through her pet door. I don't recall where that bizarre image came from....*somewhere* in my travels....guess it upset a few people. Heh.

>>We’ve had more than a few cats over the years, but every last one of them left the peas behind (and licked clean) if there were peas in the cat food.<<

Every Lab we've had can gobble-up a whole bowl of food and if there's *one * pea in the bowl, they eat around it. Very funny stuff.

52 posted on 09/23/2012 8:39:00 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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53 posted on 09/23/2012 9:35:55 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums

54 posted on 09/23/2012 10:13:15 PM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: carriage_hill

“Mega-magnus Feline Ping.”

Or call it the Mega-Maxi-Magna-Munchin’ Moggie ping!


55 posted on 09/23/2012 11:05:07 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

What wise guy named that cat “Skinny”??


56 posted on 09/23/2012 11:06:12 PM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: Daffynition

LOL! I don’t know why they put peas in pet food at all. Nobody likes them, but it is amusing to see those lonely little peas sitting there in a food bowl so clean you could put it back in the cupboard, if it weren’t for the peas.


57 posted on 09/24/2012 4:34:51 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
One of my fave classic LOL cat pix....


58 posted on 09/24/2012 7:14:28 AM PDT by Daffynition (Our forefathers would be shooting by now.)
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To: Daffynition

“It were accident! Nomming too fast!”

LOL! Really, you made me LOL!


59 posted on 09/24/2012 7:58:39 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: JoeProBono

Sounds like Skinny needs the feline version of the Atkins diet...


60 posted on 09/24/2012 11:00:28 PM PDT by pbmaltzman
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