The country's heaviest cat died this weekend.

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http://shine.yahoo.com/pets/meow--count ... -dies.html

Some people might think it's cute for their pets to be overweight, but it's not.

I saw that. He was only like 2 years old or something like that.

That is sad

Poor cat how can anyone let their cat get so big.

Never saw that coming! (sarcasm)

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Obviously, the healthier food killed it.

R.I.P. heavy cat..

I think his owner fed him nothing but hot dogs.

It's devastating that pillowy Meow died. I wonder if taking the cat all around the country to appear on various talk shows caused so much stress for the animal, that, and the obesity is what led to heart failure? Would Meow still be alive today if the Humane Society would have just left him in NM and allowed him to slim down before taking him around the country? Cats do not travel well. Poor Meow.

It's very sad. I don't know why people allow their pets to be overweight when it's so damaging to their health. I myself couldn't care any less about my weight, but I'm very careful that my pets be as healthy as they can, and make sure they eat healthy and get the exercise they need.

I have one cat the vet warned me not to feed too much. He is one of those cats identified at risk for becoming obese. I feed him 1/3 a cup dry Purina One divided into two feedings a day and he still maintains his weight @ 15 pounds. Some cats are genetically predisposed to weight gain. My other cat eats the same amount and he is a perfect weight for his size.

Some pets are more prone to becoming obese than others. My cat is a small cat(she's only about 8 lbs), and she eats A LOT, but she never gains an ounce. She's not even very active, except for a couple of times a day that she walks around the house. Most of the time she's asleep.

On the other hand, my brother's dog, he does have a tendency to gain weight. I'm trying to help him lose it(I don't want him setting a bad example for my new puppy!), which isn't easy. My puppy eats a lot, of course, but he's still a puppy, and is very active(he wears me out when we play). My brother's not exactly the most responsible pet owner. He loves his dog, but he's not exactly his priority. For me, my pets are almost like my own children. I buy them the very best I can, and make sure that they're up to date on their vaccines and everything.

its probably the stress that killed the cat you can drastically change a diet so fast you need to gradually decrease the amount of food if the cats owner was feeding her tons of food and then the vets started giving a small amount to loose weight that will be very stressful on a cat. then you add tghe stress of being in a new environment away from its owner plus being brought on tv shows all over thats probably why the cat died poor kitty rip meow

My mother's cat is really fat. Not that fat, but pretty fat. She feeds it constantly. Canned food three times a day and she keeps a small pet dish full of dry food plus she feeds it those cat snacks all the time. The vet told her to put it on a diet but she won't. She is on a fixed income and spends more on that cats food than she does her own, which means we end up having to feed her most of the month! Plus, she only buys the most expensive cat food she can for it. It's like in her mind, the'more she loves her cat the more she will spend on it. Plus, she never changes the litter and she buys the most expensive litter too, which doesn't do anything about the smell, so it's horrible over there.

She will also ignore her own health but spend so much money on vet bills that it's not funny. That vet takes advantage of her so much. Loving and taking care of your pet is good, but going so far overboard to the point of doing without yourself is entirely wrong in my opinion. By doing without yourself, I mean buying cases of pet food and then not having any food for yourself for over half the month. Some people, like my mother, just can't see where the line is and they constantly cross it. She also can't have any knicknacks or anything sitting around in her house because the cat knocks them off and she won't pop it on the nose or spray it with water or anything to teach it not to do those things.

She's a horrible pet owner.

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