This is our other Maine Coon Cat, Beauregard, with his own tribute to the Bush Administration...the Condoleeza Rice Death Stare(tm):
}:-)4
Posted on 07/06/2006 7:20:33 AM PDT by hispanarepublicana
I've got a nice Maine Coon cat and he goes 20 lbs. Skin and bones.
I used to think that was a cat's way of saying, "This food tastes like s**t".
Man! I thought I'd seen some huge pussies......
The photo is nicely done, too. Beautiful use of light and composition.
You can't starve a fat cat....the fat goes in the liver too fast and they can die.
This is our other Maine Coon Cat, Beauregard, with his own tribute to the Bush Administration...the Condoleeza Rice Death Stare(tm):
}:-)4
Thank you!
It's hard to judge from that picture of Chester with the boy, but our Livingston's probably a bit shorter and smaller than Chester (since he's 5-6 pounds lighter). But, he's a longhair, so the fur makes up for it.
I think Chester's the biggest shorthair cat I've ever seen. Not fattest, BIGGEST.
}:-)4
Signed Buddy Cat
I didn't say starve the cat.
I said stop feeding him and make him hunt down his own dinner.
The reason cats (like all animals) get fat in the first place is they're eating more calories than they're burning.
The only way to get thin is to change the imbalance by excercising to burn off the excess calories or to reduce the intake. The best way is to do both.
And, that's exactly what would happen if the cat had to hunt down his own food.
All this discussion of fat kitties reminds me of an ice cream place in the Outer Banks. The "Fat Cat" Ice Cream store. The have bulletin boards in the store with photos of fat cats from all around the country. Some of those photos were pretty amazing.
***That photo was shot with a wide angle lens, which makes things in the distance look smaller and more distant than they really are. ***
Like your right-hand car mirror. (I hate those stupid mirrors)
"the Condoleeza Rice Death Stare(tm)"
Ha, that is awesome. So's the kitty!
LOL! Oh that's funny. Your cat really DOES have the Condi Rice death stare. You ought to put it on the Daily Dose for the people over there to enjoy. Last evening we had a puppy who looked like Orson Wells (honest).
***And, that's exactly what would happen if the cat had to hunt down his own food.***
Until he catches a bird and the bones get stuck in his intestines.
At 12 lbs, it doesn't sound like he is starving.
I wonder if Rat takes any crap off of Chester.
(Figuratively and literally, given Chester's size).
A friend in HS had a 29lb cat. I think the biggest NA "cats" (Colorado mountain lions) are about 160lbs.
I too had a HS friend that had a 24lb cat. Until mine grew up, it was the largest cat I had ever seen.
31 pounds = 2.82 ISO Catrates.
you NEVER let me live that down, will ya
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