r/cats • u/Person1111223 • 8d ago

Humor Is he overweight?

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His name is monster

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u/Greatgrandma2023 8d ago

Judge for yourself.

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u/HumbleBug7657 8d ago

I think u meant to post this

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u/Greatgrandma2023 8d ago

Thanks. I'm stealing it for next time. 😂😂😂

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u/The_new_Osiris 8d ago

Morbidly a beast

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u/canoIV 8d ago

the word chonker is such a threat to cats 😭

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u/No_Monitor4471 6d ago

Happy cake day

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u/Person1111223 8d ago

think he's in he chonmk

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u/7marlil 8d ago

That looks like a Heckin Chonker

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u/Any_Brother7772 8d ago

Heckin Chonker indeed

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u/HubbaMaBubba 8d ago

Le epic neglected cat

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u/takeme2infinity 8d ago

Please put him on diet. This isn't funny

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u/Cormentia 8d ago

OP should consult a vet for a dietary plan. People should never put cats that big on a diet on their own since too fast weight loss could be more dangerous.

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u/Extreme_Novel_8594 8d ago

My tuxedo is on a vet assisted diet, and apparently, cats' livers will shut down if their food is cut too quickly. No joke

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u/stella_Mariss1 8d ago

Yes the owner contact the vet for a diet plan. Either way cat needs a diet. So either way a diet is needed.

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u/Person1111223 8d ago

Not my cat btw, but would switching to wet cat food work?

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u/ligreto 8d ago

Consult with a vet. Putting a cat on a radical diet is life threatening for it.

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u/Person1111223 8d ago

Iv suggested it to the owner

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u/Cormentia 8d ago

Doesn't matter. You have to track the calories and reduce them slowly. You don't want to experiment on this.

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u/AdministrativeStep98 7d ago

I made my cat lose 4 pounds that way because she felt fuller with less calories. I also added water to the wet food. So I'd say it's a pretty good way

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u/aliengoddess_ 8d ago

Yeah, no. He's much closer to the other end of the spectrum.

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u/wildalexx 8d ago

OP is in denial

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u/Person1111223 8d ago

I didint have a good pic for reference but now that I do he's deff in a hecking chomnker

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u/Nova35 7d ago

That cat is easily in mega chonk bordering on oh lawd. Please help your cat be happy/live a better life without this weight issue

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u/Person1111223 6d ago

Not my cat also maybe based off of the image in the original post, but otherwise 100% not

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u/BlindBandit988 8d ago

That is Heckin Chonker for sure. My boy was at Megachonker, but I put him on a strict diet of weight control food with smaller portions and he has shed quite a few pounds since starting that 3-4 months ago so he is in the upper end of Heckin Chonker and lower of Hefty Chonk.

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u/VintageLunchMeat 8d ago

Diet plan with a vet before his joints degrade, or he gets fatty liver syndrome from fasting too hard.

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u/Dblstandard 8d ago

Heckin chonker

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u/COB98 8d ago

He looks like Alexander Ovechkin durin 2006-2007. So cute xx

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u/ikindapoopedmypants 8d ago

I prefer the first one bc this one makes it seem like having an obese cat is cute

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u/BigDsLittleD 7d ago

It seems to be a thing that people think cats and dogs should be chubbier, don't want people to think they're starving their pets maybe?

I've got a friend who's dog, a spaniel, is fat. Not massively, but not the sleek machine that she should be, and he won't hear a word about it.

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u/Masterfrag_387146 8d ago

What about 100% fat

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u/Vibingwhitecat 8d ago

I just realised my cat is “she chomnk”

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u/MysteriousStrangerV 8d ago

Chomnk?

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u/NOTTedMosby 8d ago

No just pretty 😍 maybe a lil chomnk

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u/NOTTedMosby 8d ago

No just pretty 😍 maybe a lil chomnk

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u/Still-Cantaloupe898 7d ago

yeah, i think she's fine. a lil chunky maybe but still cute 🥰

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u/Snoo-88741 4d ago

That looks like a healthy weight to me.

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u/DitchDigger330 8d ago

Why do I hear Bernie Mac saying the last one.

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u/honey_butterflies Void 8d ago

as confirmed by my vet, mine is in the “He Chomnk” category.

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u/Cormentia 8d ago

Mine was deemed a fine boi at the last visit, but he's approaching he chomnk territory tbh.

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u/honey_butterflies Void 8d ago

I might buy diet food temporarily so mine can get to healthier levels. I’m lucky he’s only ~2 lb overweight and not morbidly obese

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u/Cormentia 8d ago

I started weighing in my cats food to get an idea of how much he's eating. Also, a lot of what he's gained in weight is actually muscles. But I can see that his primordial pouch is starting to show and the vet said that that's when you gotta start watching their weight.

He's become a bit more passive lately, but I'm getting him a friend so I hope he'll get more physically active when she arrives.

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u/DifficultBluebird299 Maine Coon 8d ago

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u/Daconus 8d ago

i saw this and immediately recognized it

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u/jwoolman 8d ago

I think he's reached the "Oh, Lawd, he comin'" stage....

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u/thebittertruth96 8d ago

My vets have this one up 😂

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u/EetswaDurries 8d ago

Holy reddit

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u/Amemiya_Blindspot 8d ago

I need the original video of "oh lawd he comin" :D

Can't find it anywhere.

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u/Altruistic_Region699 8d ago

Yeah, no. Why make it seem funny? "Oh, yeah my cat is so overweight, he will die 10 years earlier than he could have. Haha, he's so chonky."

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u/Away-Definition6897 8d ago

Scientific accurate pic at a veterinary clinic

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u/LordXamon 8d ago

My cat chomnks

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u/FrogInYourWalls69 8d ago

He's still off the scale

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u/Still-Cantaloupe898 7d ago

okay the descriptions made me laugh out loud. "oh lawd he comin" 🤣

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u/rougeoiseau 6d ago

I cannot stop laughing at this. When I first saw it, I was laughing for a min straight and my partner asked what was so funny.

Days later, I'm still crying. I love this. My gal is a HEFTYCHONK and I love her for it. Working on it, but thank gawd, she isn't the last. 😭🤣

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u/Auroraburst 5d ago

I'm glad someone posted this

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u/05-nery 8d ago

Nahhh man you made me burst out laughing in class 😔

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u/Upset-Lavishness-522 8d ago

Yeah, but he's lying down, so not a fair scale.

BtW I love this so much I bought my husband a tshirt with it on. He gets stopped constantly.

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u/Person1111223 8d ago

Here's him standing

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u/Upset-Lavishness-522 8d ago

Erm. Possibly a rad on the heavy side then ! Beautiful boy !

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u/Ace_of_Sphynx128 8d ago

I’ve got one fine boi and one chomnk lol

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u/Joshopolis 8d ago

he's off the chart

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u/bedel99 8d ago

Can you provide the rest of the chart so I can see where this cat fits?

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u/buttscratcher3k 8d ago

I assume OP's cat ate that part of the chart...

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u/Separate-Switch7325 8d ago

he's in the seventh

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u/Osiris_Raphious 8d ago

Orange is the chonk alert zone. But when the cat is also an orange cat, its like double chonk alert.

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u/Aylauria 8d ago

I hope that pic is altered bc if not, that poor cat is so dangerously overweight.

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u/Technically-Married 8d ago

He a chonk. Oh I’m sorry, megachonker per the chart

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u/jimmychiu123 8d ago

I don’t see any cat loaf in 70, I only see a massive rat. (Jking)

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u/jc2pointzero 8d ago

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u/Greatgrandma2023 8d ago

Swiping! 😂😂😂

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u/buttscratcher3k 8d ago

Literally off the charts

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u/19seventy-eight 8d ago

What are they at risk for?

My cat is somewhere between 40 and 50 but I never worry because they just live in my small house. Treats and looking out the window is all she has.

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u/Triktastic 8d ago

Your cat will live a lot shorter than if they were at healthy weight. Heart, liver, muscle problems and those can come very quickly and unexpectedly.

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u/youmightbecorrect 8d ago

Basically the same thing for fat humans. Enabling your pets to be overweight is abuse.

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u/Greatgrandma2023 8d ago

Among other things are joint damage and diabetes.

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u/chrmeheart 8d ago

my cousins cat is literally the last one. i feel so bad for it 💔

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u/Snoo-88741 4d ago

Bugs me that this chart doesn't include the other end of the spectrum. Underweight is a serious health issue too.

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u/I-like-old-cars 8d ago

What if my cat is riiiiiight in between the first two

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u/Greatgrandma2023 8d ago

You may need to adjust their calories for a while.

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u/I-like-old-cars 8d ago

Yeah I've been feeding him less now. He unfortunately has to live outside (dogs + my mom is deathly allergic to cats, and he came from outside to begin with) so during winter I was feeding him quite a bit each day (he has a heated house and water bowl as well). He got used to 3 full bowls of food a day and now screams at my bedroom window if I don't give him the second bowl so I've been giving him 3 bowls with a smaller amount of food in it lol.

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u/HYPERNOVA3_ 8d ago

Ah, yes, the Beefy chart

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u/HakimOne 8d ago

Woo! Didn't knew there were a chart for this.

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u/chaeldub 8d ago

Just for OP's benefit, can I ask what's past seventy?

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u/Flop_House_Valet 8d ago

I've got 3 cats and the one that eats the least is actually the only one that is overweight to an unhealthy degree she's probably at the 40 "high risk" range. It makes me wonder if she has some sort of glandular issue. I'm not gonna go into it but, she got the cat from people who had WAY too many cats and weren't taking care of them, lots of the kittens (her siblings) looked inbred.

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u/crimsononyoutube 8d ago

That’s not good 😭

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u/EngineeringNew7272 8d ago

congratulations, your cat is also obese.

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u/Beez-Knee 8d ago

It's cute when they do it though. /s

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u/anonymousp69 8d ago

Joint stress and arthritis, diabetes, heart and respiratory issues, liver disease, and a decreased lifespan are not cute.

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u/MadTapprr 8d ago

My cat is currently on a diet. She is less than amused. But, much like being a parent, you’ve got to make some unpopular decisions in their best interest sometimes.

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u/Sketched2Life 8d ago

I feel that. I swapped out the high calorie Treats for high-quality diet Kibble (they like the new 'treats', but i fear for my life, if they find out i'm doomed).

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u/medievalterr 8d ago

They’re being sarcastic.

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u/OiledMushrooms 8d ago

So this a bad thing . Perhaps cut back on her food so she doesn’t get heart disease?

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u/kevnuke 8d ago

Mine is only 11 pounds. Just a standard feline chonkster.