This 40-Pound Cat Needed a New Home — And the Internet Fell in Love
A cat weighing in at 40.3 pounds has been adopted, the Richmond Animal Care and Control shelter in Virginia shared toThe white cat with gray spots and a gray tail named Patches had been homeless and was looking for an owner to help regulate his"gloriously gluttonous body," as the shelter's original post described him.
When the massive feline arrived at the animal shelter, he was about 42 pounds, but has already managed to drop some weight on a special diet and exercise plan. “He should be around 15-20 pounds max, and even that is a big cat,” RACC Outreach Coordinator Robin Young said. When the shelter posted about Patches on Facebook, he instantly garnered much attention. And within just a few hours, he found a new forever home.The shelter said despite his size, the cat surprisingly has no thyroid issues, diabetes, or other illnesses associated with being overweight.According to the Guinness World Record, Patches isn't the fattest cat of all time.
from Australia, took that prize and he was so big that he needed to be moved around in a wheelbarrow.
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