Would you look at this God damned, lazy assed, sprawled out, frikkin huge

[WilliamPitt]

cat of mine.



What a buffalo.

I wish there was something in the picture to provide scale. He's taking up more than half the couch there. Two and a half feet long from nose to tail, maybe 20 pounds. Not fat. Just muscle.

[LynneSin]

1. Abbott is built the same exact way

He's HUGH!!!1111!!!!!

But the Vet says Abbott is healthy as can be and it's all muscle (although how it's muscle is beyond me - the damn cat sleeps all day & night).

Abbott is a whopping 16lbs!

[Maddy McCall]

2. Shit! Your cat gives Skittles' cat a serious run for the DU Fat Cat title

Indeed, I think yours might be even fatter than Skittles' cat.

He's cute. Is he a Maine Coon or just a really fat cat?

[WilliamPitt]

3. He is neither Maine Coon nor fat

Seriously (seriesly?). Not fat. Just big. All muscle. I had another male cat like this. Nothing special about the breed. He's just a goddam wall.

[Maddy McCall]

8. Well he is HUGE.

Skittles' cat, though, is fat.

[WilliamPitt]

9. Oh, definitely

He's a lotta cat.

The fact that he is strong, along with being big, makes him a formidable roommate at times. He has actually knocked me on my ass with flying leg-tackles on several occasions.

[Maddy McCall]

10. Does he let you handle him or does he prefer to be left alone?

I would not pet a cat that big unless I had his permission. He's got a huge head...with lots of teeth, I suspect. :scared:

Is he possessive of you, when other people are around?

Woe be unto any woman or house burglar who gets in his way. :D

[WilliamPitt]

13. He's funny

If I crawl into bed, he dives in and snuggles and purrs like crazy. On a cold night, having that much cat is great. But ten minutes later he gets up, wanders off...and then starts attacking my feet.

Yes, he has a huge head. It's actually kind of appalling. I will post a pic of his head below this post.

He will be petted when he wants petting. He will thump into my lap like a bag of doorknobs when he wants affection. And then he will, in all likelihood, try to murder me.

He's like a for-real predator. It keeps me on my toes.

[Maddy McCall]

17. Sounds kinda like my weimaraner puppy.

She's not the kind of dog that begs for affection. She dispenses it when she feels like it, and not before. Her disposition is more cat than dog.

I've been sleeping on my big sectional couch the past couple of nights, She sleeps on the corner of the couch, up above my head, and she attacks my ponytail in the middle of the night. I wake up to her trying to remove the ponytail holder with her teeth and claws, furiously shaking and clawing my head. She is usually successful at her endeavor. :)

She's probably at 30lbs now, and she's only ten weeks old. She's gonna be a big 'un.

[WilliamPitt]

21. Hokay. Couple more for perspective here.

Here is Boomer when compared to a human leg:



Here is Boomer when compared to my computer:



Yeah, I know, the cobwebs. Shut up.

[Maddy McCall]

24. I can't say anything about your cobwebs. I have about ten...

dead lovebugs on top of my AC. You do know what a love bug is, right? They swarm in Mississippi in late August through early October and spoil many a car's paintjob. So called, because when you see them, they are usually joined in conjugal bliss, end to end.

Lovebugs:



But, did I say JESUS that is a huge cat. Does he always lay around or do you have any images of him on his feet? :D

[WilliamPitt]

25. Here you go

Would you mess with that?

I try not to.

Damn, those are some crazy bugs.

[Maddy McCall]

26. No, I would not.

He looks like he's licking his paws after finishing off your calf. :D

[WilliamPitt]

28. Note the demolished 9 Lives can in the background

And yeah, he's about to snack on my leg.

[DS1]

38. Yay! Bruce Lee is back on Planet Earth, and his strength and fluidity

of water fighting style is back with him!

You are like a Karim Abdul-Jabbar in 'Game of Death' to him, he's living his own movie!

[Patiod]

92. Pictures?

They are beautiful dogs, and dear little puppies.

[ThingsGottaChange]

4. Quite the handsome boy, I must say! nt

[jus_the_facts]

5. hehehe....

.....looks comfy! :loveya:

Here's my boy loungin' in the window... :hi:


...my other babies and me here...
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4275362&mesg_id=4275362

[Mizmoon]

6. He needs to be smushed

and I'm just the smusher to do it!

[WilliamPitt]

7. You first

I hope you don't mind a little radical eye-surgery, post-smush.

Boomer does not like to be woken up, and NOBODY touches the belly.

Trust me. I have the scars to prove it.

[sinkingfeeling]

11. He's really beautiful! I'm not a 'cat person', but started feeding a

starving feral guy that showed up the end of July. He's a tom and has filled out well. I can touch his nose and the top of his head, but he still won't let me actually pet him. I've got to 'trap' him and get him neutered and a rabies shot. Any suggestions?

[WilliamPitt]

14. Can of tuna in the back of the cat carrier

Works like a voodoo charm.

[Shine]

12. Just more of him to love!

:)

[DS1]

15. I left this thread open on my Boss' laptop, he walked in and said

and I quote "What the hell is that thing? It looks like a sea monster!"

Which, on an lcd display, it sorta does :D

[Maddy McCall]

18. LOL.

[WilliamPitt]

19. Awesome

:)

[Blue Diadem]

16. Awwwwww

What a cutie! I'm bettin' he's just laying there tempting you to touch his belly!

He reminds me of my dearly departed Sir Thomas C. Cat, all muscle and ruler of the house.

Beautiful handsome boy you have there.

[underpants]

20. It doesn't drool on the couch does it?

Man I hate when things do that or why I hear about that happening.

[WilliamPitt]

22. Stinky cat drool

on your couch.

[MooPie]

23. Dayum!!!!!!

I am impressed by the poundage of that boy. No nonsense kitty there. My cat is fat, and that is that. But she's old (17) so she's entitled.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

27. What a terrific looking cat, my dear Will!

He sounds like he brings a lot of fun and love to your life....plus scars, and like that!

A good cat like Boomer is worth his weight in gold........

I know you cherish him.....as he does you!


:loveya: :hug:

[WilliamPitt]

29. Thank you, darlin'

:)

[redqueen]

30. Too cute!

I love big giant cats. My snowball is pretty big, but not that big (yet).

[Deep13]

31. that is hilarious

per cat: "meow, meow, piss off, buster"

[MN ChimpH8R]

32. That is one big cat

but some good friends of mine have a Maine Coon that weighs in at 24 pounds. When that cat sits around the house, he sits around the house. My cat is about 14 lbs - he's a mellow boy though.

[Trigger Hippie]

33. Oooohhh,

I wanna cuddle it. :loveya:

[Tracer]

34. Will, your cat ain't got nothin' on mine >>>>

(I hope this works, never tried it before.)

[WilliamPitt]

35. That's not a cat

That's a feather pillow with claws.

Damn.

[Rosie1223]

36. How can a cat lay like that and

not want his belly rubbed? You must not be doing it right.

:-)

Rosie

[WilliamPitt]

37. You'd think that were true

But he's kinda like a feline version of the Venus Fly Trap.

C'mon. Rub the belly. Nice, soft belly.

Rip, tear, shred, destroy.

[Shakespeare]

39. I have the liberal version of your cat.

Another 20-pounds-of-muscle behemoth. Solid black (even his GUMS are black). Long hair. Named Brutus, for the badass he appears to be.

He is, however, a complete pacifist. That's a nice way of saying he's afraid of the entire world, even though he's big enough to kick anything's ass. And he is dumb. Not just dumb by cat standards, but oh-my-god-how-has-this-creature-survived dumb. He gets "lost" when his humans move out of eye-line, and wails piteously, in a Charleton Heston "I am the Omega kitty" kind of way.

Benefits of having him around are legion, however. He eats spiders (bugs are the one thing he doesn't fear), loves tummy rubs, and is on standby for copious petting at any and every moment of the day.

He's like your cat's idiot cousin, like Stimpy to Ren.

[WilliamPitt]

40. He whizzed on the electric fence, eh?

:)

[Shakespeare]

53. Indeed.

God, I miss that cartoon.

[CottonBear]

41. I LOVE your cat! WOW! He's a cat giant!

:wow: My cats only take up one sofa cushion each.

He is the same color of my Smokey cat and really big like Smokey's sister Cinder, a 17 pound grey tabby.

[RushIsRot]

42. Looks delicious!

Need any recipes?

[ThatsMyBarack]

43. What about my Goldmine?

Sorry about the scary eyes.

[WilliamPitt]

44. They look to be about the same size

Cute!

[graywarrior]

45. Mine is trying to kill me...with dander

I'm living on nasal spray, allergy pills and hall's menthol drops.

[WilliamPitt]

49. Quick tip

Don't put the cat up to your face like that.

Claritin works great.

:)

[graywarrior]

66. I'm using the homeopathic remedy. Snort the cat.

[Heidi]

46. I wonder if he asks the same thing about you? (nt)

[graywarrior]

48. Normally, I try strangling him while he's on his back

[Heidi]

50. .

:rofl: That was a question for smarty-pants Will Pitt specifically. :rofl:

I know for a fact I'd only try that with The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger _once_, and then I'd wake up dead the next morning.

Here's The King himself, enjoying the new red leather chair that I bought myself after a really good exhibit. I've not yet had the chance to sit in this chair even _once_. :cry:

[WilliamPitt]

51. Nah

I never spend as much time as he does with my paws in the air.

Lazy bastid.

[Heidi]

55. Will, Will, Will . . .

"My paws in the air" is a metaphor, from a cat's perspective. Or so I'm told by The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger. :shrug:

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

47. yeah, I'm "all muscle," too.

[Craig3410]

52. One of my cats weighs at least 20 lbs.

He's Maine Coon; surprisingly, he runs quite fast for a 20 lb. cat when I put the food out. :)

[Craig3410]

54. Here's a pic:

The Maine Coon's Tommy, and another one of my cats is also gaining a bit of weight. (Sorry for the crappy pic; I'm at school, and this is the only one on the 'net that I could find)

[SOteric]

56. My StirFry was weighed at the vets last month at 18 pounds.

And measured as 28 1/2 inches long. He's pretty solidly built. I sometimes wonder if he's half cougar.

[El Fuego]

57. Aw, I want to rub his belly

Though I understand it is highly dangerous! I have a girl tuxedo kitty, and she loves to have her belly rubbed.

[SoCalDem]

58. Is this the little half-frozen kitten you found?

He thawed out well :)

[WilliamPitt]

60. Alas, no

You speak of Ronin, whom I rescued and nursed back to health - huge, scary, massive, puma-like health - before he saw an open door and took to the wilderness again.

:(

[WilliamPitt]

59. Now THIS is funny

I just took that.

[Craig3410]

61. He's pissed you're calling him fat.

:)

[Craig3410]

62. Although, sitting like that, he doesn't look TOO fat;

my cat, OTOH, no matter how he sits, looks huge.

[WilliamPitt]

63. Note how his bulk completely obscures the keyboard

[Rosie1223]

64. Dude, he knows you're talking about him

I'd sleep with 1 eye open tonight if I were you.

[VelmaD]

91. That is how my cat is gonna look come next Monday...

when I get home from my little mini-vacation. I was scared before I even left the house.

BTW, your cat...is adorable.

[WilliamPitt]

65. I'm kickin' my cat

[Hand]

67. Check this out...

Ferdinand the French Lop bunny. That's a normal size doorway...

[wildhorses]

68. he is absolutely gorgeous

kudos and snaps to you for letting him own you

[Dave Reynolds]

69. I think he is related to my cat,

This is a cat bed that could hold 2 cats.

[TheMightyFavog]

70. Now imagine....

Owning a housecat the size of an adult black lab....

[samplegirl]

73. your cat needs a new craftmatic adjustable

cat bed.

[samplegirl]

71. i've got one of lazy ones too

[Mutley]

72. I have someone here who would like to play with your cat.

Far too much feline in this thread, anyway. :D

[samplegirl]

74. my cat would crawl up

my leg like a pole dancer. Hes scared to death of
dogs..........all it took was a pitt-bull one time.

[Mutley]

75. My dog likes to chase small furry animals...

including smaller dogs, cats, and rodents. She's never caught one so I don't know what she'd do if she did.

[driver8]

82. Great photo! Great looking dog!

He looks like quite a character.

[Mutley]

89. Thanks.

:hi:

She (don't worry, everyone thinks she is a he) is very much a character. Odd dog, indeed. :D

[donheld]

76. Looks like a freeper cat - everything is either black or white

:hide::evilgrin:

[yellowdogintexas]

77. OK, I have the Cat Who Dwarfed the Ruler...

Lewis, with a ruler for scale



a more formal pose


Like Boomer, he spends a lot of time with his feet in the air.

His brother CatZilla is also known as the Belly Ho because he LOVES having his belly rubbed. Lewis just likes to be petted; twenty four/seven if you can manage it.

[_testify_]

78. My cat's named Boomer too!

And he's a moose too!

[DemoTex]

79. That cat could whip Nick-Nick's scrawney ass! Pussy-whipped, again!

He already got his gray hairs from his panther encounter two years ago this week. That was a 100-pound black cat. His current state-of-mind is extreme pussy-whipped! He has been there, and done that.

[driver8]

83. I absolutely love the name "Nick-Nick." It cracks me up everytime

I see it.

Nick-Nick is a good looking boy.

[DemoTex]

88. Nick-Nick is 100% Dr. DemoTex

His real name is Canicula de Bastille (the Latin deminutive for Sirius, the Greek for the dog star, and the fact I adopted him on 7/14/2003 .. Bastille Day). Thus "Nick." Dr. D.took it a step further, with Nick-Nick! I love it now, as does Nick, the Trick (who is quick .. and slick).

[WilliamPitt]

90. My mom owns the same kind of dog

but cream-colored:



This is just after jumping into the lake.

[AbbeyRhode]

80. Really

Really cute cat!!! I love cats -big or small I love them all! My cats a fatso too! =)

[driver8]

81. That is hilarious! He is a very handsome cat!

[TheGunslinger]

84. That feline is HUGH!!!11!!11! I'm SERIES!!!11!11!!!111

[NMMNG]

85. What an absolute doll!

Give him a hug for me, please. :hug:

[Allenberg]

86. My cat Mario is going to be a fat one

Here's him at about 18 months.

[Gregorian]

87. It's a well known fact that DUer's can't say no.

To cat love!

Here's more evidence. 22 pounds of it.