When Kristine met this fat cat, he was so big that he was named Biggie. Biggie weighed 43 pounds! For reference, the last time I took a cat to the vet, he weighed eight pounds, and I thought he was overweight. Biggie is a heckin' chonker, as they say. Kristine took him in and put him on a diet. Big orange cats are known to be very food-motivated, so Biggie was not happy with the amount of food. But he lost weight over time, and went from barely being able to move to playing with toys and walking all over the house. There was a period when he could walk downstairs, but not upstairs, which meant Kristine had to haul his behemoth butt back up. The family's success with Biggie led them to found The Big House Sanctuary and Rehab to help overweight cats get healthy. They've published an online guide called A Quick Guide to Dechonking. This video has a 30-second sponsor message at :30.
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I had a 30 pound Maine Coon cat. He was a big love bug. He started to gain weight after he was neutered. Before that he always went outside to fight and flirt with the other cats during the night. I didn't think cats could sulk and hold grudges but after his surgery he definitely was angry at us for a whole year. He was a biggie, too but if I was going to adopt this big boy I'd change his name to Chunker. Just seems more personal than Biggie.
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"What To Do With a 43-pound Cat" ? love it and hug it and call it [checks notes] Biggie..More seriously though, the accepted weight range of a cat depends on breed and frame size. The best way is said to be to determine how much fat there is by feeling along their ribs. If you can feel the ribs and it feels similar to the back of your own hand.. they're fine. Bonier then underweight, meatier or cannot feel ribs then might be overweight, ask vet
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