Tiny the Cat's Amazing Weight Loss

Photo by: Fredericton SPCA / Facebook

A fat cat looks cuddly and hilarious -- but unfortunately, these stories often end sadly, with morbidly obese cats developing untreatable complications thanks to their high weights (like orange tabby Meow, who passed away earlier this year). Were FSPCAers concerned that Tiny would meet the same fate?

Not really. "The condition of his coat wasn't great," Haggerty notes, because he was just too large to bathe ... more 

Photo by: Fredericton SPCA / Facebook

A fat cat looks cuddly and hilarious -- but unfortunately, these stories often end sadly, with morbidly obese cats developing untreatable complications thanks to their high weights (like orange tabby Meow, who passed away earlier this year). Were FSPCAers concerned that Tiny would meet the same fate?

Not really. "The condition of his coat wasn't great," Haggerty notes, because he was just too large to bathe himself properly, "and he did seem depressed and lacking energy." (We would be too if we'd been rehomed in a wine box.) But a trip to a veterinarian and some tests ruled out both underlying conditions causing the weight gain and underlying conditions caused by it. "He seemed other than the weight to be quite healthy," Haggerty says, "which we were really happy about."
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