Obviously his weight was a huge problem and massive threat to his health. But honestly if he had cancer, I don't know that they would have known before it was too late anyway, even if he was of normal size. That's the scary part about cancer. It grows silently until it causes noticeable problems and by then it can be difficult or impossible to treat... especially in animals.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 44 points 1 week ago

[–] CoffeeTails@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A normal cat weights around 4kg. Crumbs weighted at most 17kg. That's a little over 4 times the normal weight.

An average weight for an average person is 70kg. 4 times the normal weight for an average human would be 280kg

[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's 617lbs for the Americans. And wouldn't you know it, we have a whole show about that. 152 episodes.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_600-lb_Life

[–] CoffeeTails@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Wow, I've seen posts about the here and there. I've got such mixed feelings about it. I mean it's interesting and good to spread awareness. But it feels wrong to make entertainment from sick people.

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the sick aren't going to magically get better from not laughing at them

[–] CoffeeTails@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True, but it's kinda sick behavior to laugh at them. Where is your empathy?

[–] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

buried, where it belongs

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

It may motivate them and help them with connections to get better. I wish they weren't exploited to do so, but it's not my TV programming.

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago

Aww poor little guy.

[–] CatDogL0ver@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Those irresponsible owners. Cats can suffer from cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure and diabetes too.

[–] nocturne@piefed.social 21 points 1 week ago

The chonky kitty was existing on a diet of cookies and soup when his pudgy plight was discovered, Newsflash reported.

It’s believed that hospital staff enjoyed feeding him to the point where things went more than a little overboard.

“Kroshik’s story is an extremely rare case when someone loved a cat so much that they fed him to such a state,” a spokesperson for the Matroskin Shelter in Prem explained.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/06/lifestyle/russian-rescue-cat-named-crumbs-weighed-38-lbs-was-unable-to-walk/