Sep 28, 2009

Fat Camp for Pets

Meet the weight-challenged finalists in Pet Fit Club, the PDSA animal charity’s annual diet competition.  The chubster in the picture, Socrates, weighs in at a whopping 22 pounds — or, um, just two more pounds than OUR chubster, Matty:

Matty’s just “big boned!”  I swear!  (Also, there is no WAY Socrates is only 22 lbs.  They must be using the same sizing system that says Sherri Shepherd is a size 6.)

*AHEM*  Anyway…

Well, okay, at least we know our cat is a monster.  Socrates’ owner, Bill Duncan, had taken him to the vet because he was “worried by his lack of get-up-and-go.”   Hmmm… whatever could be the reason?  The verdict, not surprisingly, was that he was simply too fat to move, likely because of his affinity for cheese and onion crisps.

I hear that, Socrates!

So Socrates, along with eight other weight-challenged pets, entered the Pet Fit Club competition.  With just 100 days to reach his target weight of 9.9lb, he gets two 50g helpings of prescription diet food a day — about half of what he used to eat.

His owner says:

‘When I feed him now, he scoffs it down and looks at me as if to say, ‘Where’s the rest of it?’”

Awwww.  Woe is Socrates.  But, as you can see, the results are striking:

It’s only a matter of time until Socrates dons a pair of Speedos on the cover of Us Weekly:  “SOCRATES REVEALS HIS WEIGHT LOSS SECRET!” followed by appearances in tabloid stories decrying how “Scary skinny Socrates” has become “wafer thin.”

Lindsay is going to be sooooo jealous.

5 Responses to “Fat Camp for Pets”

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1. Whitney says:

   Aww, Matty’s not fat, he just has a ton of hair!

   September 28th, 2009 at 3:11 pm - Reply

2. Trish says:

   Wow! I had no idea there was such a thing for pets! If Mylo ever stops doing his sprints, I will have to keep it in mind!

   September 28th, 2009 at 10:45 pm - Reply

3. Eize says:

   in total poundage, how much of matty is really fur?

   September 29th, 2009 at 9:01 pm - Reply

4. Candy says:

   I don’t know about poundage, but he does have a tremendous amount of fur. AND huge paws. He’s just a big, fluffy boy (with a bit of chunk).

   September 29th, 2009 at 9:18 pm - Reply

5. Eize says:

   from the picture, he can barely see over his own fluff!

   October 1st, 2009 at 8:47 pm - Reply