pangur-and-grim:

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knightic:

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ladugard:

nnnnnhhh fat cats aren’t cute, cats’ bodies aren’t designed to handle excess fat, it’s nothing at all like an overweight human. obesity in cats can cause things like feline arthritis and fatty liver disease and the former can be really difficult to discover because cats will hide any sign of pain or discomfort so even if a fat cat seems fine, it might actually be in pain from just moving

if you like looking at cats that appear to have a round shape then consider long hair or semi-long hair cat breeds which are basically 90% fur with a healthy cat underneath

please be kind to our feline friends and don’t let them get fat

AND DIABETES. diabetes is HUGELY common in obese cats.

thank you so much for this post. I am of the opinion that every cat is cute and important, but we cannot encourage obesity in cats. it’s so, so unhealthy.

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Primordial pouches (when some cats have saggy looking bellies) are fine though! The pouches are just naturally loose skin and only make cats appear fatter without actually being an indicator of obesity. (image source) (how to determine if your cat is obese)

All hail the pouch

POUCH!!
yea as funny as the bode meme is it does make me cringe :(((

disagree with OP’s first line there: fat cats ARE cute. they are one of the few animals that retains most of its cuteness factor while larding out.


fat cants arent healthy. fat cats shouldn’t be allowed to get to that state. fat cats should be played with more and fed a more healthy diet by their owners…


But fat cats are CUTE AS FUCK.

Just like fat people can be cute without tacitly condoning their potentially(! this is not a given!) poor health choices, I can support a fat cat’s cuteness with a silly meme.

#OBESITY IS BAD #BEING OBESE DOES NOT PREVENT A CAT OR A HUMAN FROM BEING ADORABLE #ENJOYING THE CUTENESS OF AN OBESE THING DOES NOT MEAN GIVING A THUMBS UP TO HEAKTH ISSUES CAUSED BY THEIR WEIGHT #BODY POSITIVITY FOR FELINES! TELLING A FAT CAT THEY ARE CUTE IS NOT EXACTLY GOING TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO STAY FAT #THEY ARE CATS

…..my guy, cats can’t read. tumblr body positivity is not gonna make em blush at the computer screen.

cat owners CAN read. tumblr praising obesity in cats makes owners less likely to improve the diet of their animals. that’s normalization of poor animal husbandry, a clear cause-effect relationship.