She is not even two years old yet!
Although CATS is still substantially in debt to our vet, we are going to take Cagney in this afternoon and have a full work-up done on her. I did weigh her yesterday and at a year and a half old she weighs 18 pounds which is a lot of weight for a kitten. They aren’t considered a cat until they are 4 years old.
I am working with a commercial photographer on an idea for a calendar for next year to raise monies for CATS. She has volunteered her time and effort to photograph all the 2016 cats- once when they arrive and again when they are healthy and ready for adoption. We are still working out the details on that. But regardless, I believe based on the aggression that Cagney is showing us that she is in pain. I hope I am wrong and instead she has been eating human food all her life. She is a bit picky about her food so I have to wonder. But I just can’t sit back and accept her size as “normal” nor can I when the 30 days are up and she is officially mind, in good faith find her a new home where she can be cared for correctly for the rest of her life IF she is indeed sick.
This morning was the first time she has been friendly with me and she sat on my lap and almost crushed my chest- but she did accept my pets and strokes. It will cost us a few hundred dollars to do the lab work (If our vet agrees) So I will let you know the results in the end.
Cagney obviously knows her true friends. I wonder what happened at her less-than-permanent ‘home’.
I suspect as does the vet that they were feeding her people food. My vet put her through her paces and even kept her overnight but sees nothing more than just a fat, spoiled kitty. She won’t be this obese for long and I am praying the people don’t contact me within 30 days so she can legally belong to us and we can get her back into shape before finding her a good home. At least her aggression is lessening towards me. She was sitting on my lap this morning and all of a sudden swung around and swatted the hell out of my chin! Can you say OUCH!