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Crumbs causes a ruckus (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I wonder if they shaved him before or during the shoe rack, and is he eating out of a crock? This seems like a Southpark episode for some reason. Next they're going to say he snuck an amusement park in...

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I looked up the full article about his case and they wrote that the shaving happened because he has to walk on a treadmill to help him loose weight. They submerged that treadmill under some water to help ease stress on the poor cat's joints. They also take him getting stuck as a good sign because he used to be so fat he wasn't able to move at all and his attempt at escape is proof that he's becoming more energetic.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Forced to run on a wet treadmill, no wonder poor baby tried to run haha! I can't wait to see his progress

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Crumbs does not enjoy treadmill time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Hahahawhawwwww i feel so bad for him lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Staffers had reportedly fed the portly pet a diet of cookies and soup, which caused him to balloon up to a scale-shattering 37.47 pounds — so heavy he couldn’t even walk.

Wow, that’s awful to read

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

My guess is that he was very badly matted, so they shaved him at the beginning of "fat camp"

Really obese cats can't groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats (especially long-haired cats)

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Even more likely since it seems like he was a stray. Seems to me, like he cried at everyone around about how hungry he is and found more than one bleeding heart.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Really obese cats can’t groom themselves well enough, so they get really bad fur mats

Our households cat is a healthy weight yet he still gets severe matting. He has to be shaved every couple years otherwise the matts will hurt him. Brushing doesn't seem to help. He has a weird, almost silky feeling fur.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I get that feeling, I have a long-haired orange cat and we constantly have to cut mats out of his armpits XD