7.30.2008

Princess Chunk 44 Pound Cat found wandering the streets!


It's now a Not-so-wee Wednesday!

Princess Chunk 44 Pound Cat found wandering the street
A huge, white cat was found waddling in Voorhees, New Jersey, last Saturday and was turned over to the shelter whose volunteers nicknamed her Princess Chunk. She had to be weighted on the canine scales because the cat scales did not go that high. Princess Chunk is a whopping 44 pounds making her one of the largest felines in the United States easily. Princess Chunk was only two pounds shy of a world record for being the largest feline.

She is now in a foster home, because the shelter did not have any cage that was big enough for this mammoth cat. The real question is how she sneaked out of her home and into the street in the first place. Most people would certainly miss at cat this enormous and her owners have a week to claim her or she can be adopted.


Another question this story brings to mind is how in the world this cat could get so huge in the first place. When a cat is fixed, they will gain some weight, but usually not this much. It is unclear if this cat if fixed or not, as the shelter did not release that information.

Cats also get overweight when they are allowed to eat too much food. Many people who have cats in households with no children tend to spoil the cats with toys, food, and extra helpings of love. What Princess Chunk needs is exercise and a good diet to lose some weight, which will help her, become healthier.

Here are some things you can do to guard against having your own fat cat like Princess Chunk. Milk is a food, not a drink it adds calories so if you must use milk do it rarely. Most people assume you must have a saucer of milk for a cat, but that is not true. Cats need water just as much as we humans do. Milk does affect cats as it does people who are lactose intolerant. Milk contains lactose, which will cause diarrhea in cats and should not be used on a regular basis according to Purina's web site about feeding cats.


Read her story here Videos on Princess Chunk here and here


Maybe she can get a job being the real life model for Arlene the plush cat Real Estate Staging Agent! ;)

thanks Rick!


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