Princess Chunky 44-pound lost kitty

[Blue Diadem]

http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/20080729_Here_kitty__kitty__S_J__officials_seek_owner_of_44-pound_cat.html

That's a big cat! :wow:

[zanne]

1. She shouldn't be hard to spot! Poor kitty. nt

[Blue Diadem]

3. Oh, the cat was taken in by a shelter and the woman in the pic is fostering her.

I think they said the owner has until Sat. to claim her or she'll be put up for adoption.

[zanne]

16. I'd adopt her in a second.

I can relate.

[Greyskye]

2. Oops

I knew there wasn't a speed bump in that neighborhood! :blush:

[Blue Diadem]

6. .

bad Greyskye

:spank:

You would probably have dents in your car if you hit her.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. She doesn't look like 44lbs to me, but then I'm not real good with guessing weight.

[Blue Diadem]

5. Here's another picture of her with another cat close by

It's hard to say from photos. I know they said she couldn't be weighed on their regular cat scale.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. My brother has a kitteh that is in the high 20s and is about the size of that one. However she is

a longish-hair so she takes up as much visual space as the kitteh above. I think that is what is messing with my perception. I am used to a lighter cat that is just as "large".

[Blue Diadem]

15. Long fur can make them look bigger than they are.

Our Sir Thomas was a bigger boy too and had very long hair. Giving him a bath gave us a better idea of his true size, got us scratched up too. :)

It looks like Princess Chunky's belly must be about 10" across.

[LynneSin]

7. It looks like Princess Chunky will get adopted if owners don't come forward

I'd almost see if I could put 2-3 more pounds on her just to get the world record and then princess chunky goes on a diet.

[Blue Diadem]

8. It would be tempting. I see they're going to test her

to see if she has any medical issues causing it.

[marzipanni]

9. I Can Has Cheezburger?

No, you can has Prescription diet r/d. Poor Kitty.

[LynneSin]

10. Princess Chunky wants THIS Chzburger - all 10lbs of it

[marzipanni]

11. Only if it's made of dolphin safe cow!

[KamaAina]

13. Apparently Guinness dropped the "fat cat" record

for precisely that reason: to keep someone from trying to fatten up kitty.

[KamaAina]

14. Alas, dear Winston, you have been dethroned

a friend back in Conn. had a great big tabby who weighed in at the vet's at 32 lbs.

Thing is, he was at the vet's because a bout of diarrhea that had gone on a couple of days. So we were thinking more like 35 lbs.

Winnie's favorite foods? Turkey -- and broccoli. :eyes:

Darndest thing, a cat that big had this piping, plaintive little meow...

[Blue Diadem]

19. Turkey and broccoli?

I fear what grand kitty would do to me if I offered him broccoli. :scared: Although he does like the top leafy part of celery. He acts like it's catnip.

[applegrove]

17. Chunky would be a big cat even if she weren't fat. She's really long.

[Blue Diadem]

20. Yes she is. I was looking at the size of her hind paw

Granted it's spread out a little bit in the picture, but it's just huge.

[Sanity Claws]

18. She's going to appear on television tomorrow morning in NY

The NY Daily News wrote about her. The comments are priceless. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/07/29/2008-07-29_king_kong_of_cats_needs_a_home-2.html

[Blue Diadem]

21. OMG that's funny.

Killed his humans and ate them. :rofl:

She seems to be quite popular now, being shown around the country. Our local news did a spot on her last night. It won't be long and she'll have a home. I do wonder though what happened to her owner.

[pstokely]

22. Is that cat a GOP donor?

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