He's one of our purebred Maine Coons and he's just over 25 pounds. Yeah, he's fat, but he's not THAT fat. He's just bloody HUGE. (We figure his scientific name must be fattus cattus.)
He really needs to lose a little weight, but the problem is, we've got a second Maine Coon, Beauregard, that's a rescue and is ultra-scrawny. He's healthy, he's been checked out as clean, but he's rail-thin and won't eat a lot. So if we put out enough food for Bo, Livingston pigs; and if we cut Livingston's food back, Bo doesn't get enough. And let me tell you, hiding food for the scrawny cat doesn't work. Livingston can be VERY limber and athletic when there's food to be found.
I'd about guarantee Chester's got some Maine Coon Cat, or possibly Norwegian Forest Cat, in his family tree. I've seen pictures of a purebred MCC from a breeder in southern Indiana; the cat, Leo, is orange like Chester, but he's 33 pounds and tall enough to reach around a doorknob when standing on his hind legs. And he's NOT fat.
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