So your cat's in the papers - is it because of his weight?

[Corygal]

Bloody cheek. This remark was made by the otherwise sane and pleasant boss of the charity I work for.

Mr C made the local rag because he saved 40 people's lives by waking up the humans when the building caught fire.

Not because he is a little rotund. Or is he?

[cozietoesie]

Well to be fair, Corygal, he's definitely full-figured - but then I'm used to Seniorboy who is a thin elegant cat.

What weight is he?

[Fluffycloudland77]

He's just full bodied. What did you say to the boss?.

[Corygal]

Boy, cozie, am I huffy. My little prince so cruelly slandered! Nothing but a helpless scrap of fur, hem.

5.5 kg. But he is a huge cat - over 3ft long inc tail. And has lots of fur.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Fur is very heavy. My mum had a fur .

Weighed a ton.

[Corygal]

Thank you so much Fluffy. You will be thrilled to hear I did not disappoint the ladylike demeanour of us Ladies of the Litter.

I maintained a dignified silence. The room dropped in temperature like a stone, however, and our colleagues, who are all aware of Mr C's heroic nature, just ran.

[Fluffycloudland77]

Silence is much scarier than shouting.

[cozietoesie]

Fur is heavy - as in a coat - mainly because it has skin, interfacing and lining I'm afraid. (Pick up a leather jacket and see.)

[WixingMords]

Well he's certainly not news paper worthy rotund

Looks cute, relaxed and very heroic

[eleventybillion]

Oh no ... not a cat shaming thread

Well done Mr C - what a hero!!

[cozietoesie]

Oh Mr C is a hero all right.

How's his health doing, Corygal ?

[Wolfiefan]

He's gorgeous! In her youth I was told repeatedly that our girl could stand to lose a little.
She lived to be 19! A little padding isn't always a bad thing!!

[RubbishMantra]

He's pleasingly plump Cory. MCat weighs around the same, and he's not a large cat. His fore-arms are like Popeye's though.

And that photo is taken from an angle that accentuates his adorable floofy tummy.

I think you should play Bonnie Tyler's "I Need A Hero", to him, to remind him of his heroism. And dance about like mad things together.

[Butterflywings168]

Awww, he looks fine - and is gorgeous. 5.5kg isn't that much for a large male, my petite madame is almost 4kg.
I'm Holding Out for a Hero

[sashh]

He was in the paper as he is a hero, but also he could be in the paper for 'fluffiest belleh to need tickling'.

[Corygal]

I am soothed - the belly was offered last night. I fell asleep face down in it to the gentle accompaniment of ear-splitting snores.

The Metacam has changed Mr C's life. He is now horribly frisky.

By which I mean horrible - last night he kept waking me up to knead ie scratch me on the shoulder till I woke up, all through the night. It was awful. I groaned and pushed him off, but it's hard to deal with when you are asleep.

My shoulder is raw. I realised when I woke up stinging and sore this am he drew blood 35 times before I stopped counting.

The weals are awful, still swollen and scarlet nearly 24 hours on, and I think the little sod has given me asthma. Is there anything I can do about this? For the first time ever, he's being shut out of the bedroom tonight.

Don't even ask about my forearms - the GP asked if I was self-harming, as did all the family. Not funny really.

[cozietoesie]

The metacam may actually be allowing him to sharpen his claws because it's quite difficult when you have sore bones. Have you seen him scratching at all?

Oh - and will he allow you to nip his sharp claw tips?

[Fluffycloudland77]

I think you need to see a gp, homebargains do cheap tea tree oil. It is brilliant for taking the pain and inflammation out of cat scratches.

Dh has an inhaler now we have the cat.

[Corygal]

Thanks Fluffy, I have an inhaler that I used today. Little bugger is next to me smiling in sleep, fudgy and beyond adorable.

Cozie - he won't even let the vet cut his claws. They are newly minted scalpels. But I am asking them to do it when he is under anaesthetic next week.

In the winter if this happens I wear two jumpers over pajamas. I can't bear booting him out of bed - neither of us will sleep - but I must get time to heal.

[RubbishMantra]

Feeling your pain Cory. I too have been asked about self harming from the GP as he eyed the slashy marks on my arms suspiciously. The only thing that calmed MCat down was getting him a younger brother.

The Metacam could be making him feel a bit high? Hopefully he'll calm down. Or knit him some mittens.

[Corygal]

Thanks Rubbish. It is embarrassing, no? Mr C went pleasingly berserk this morning, yowling and doing wall of death at breakfast - I really think he is much better.

Obviously in the end I could not ban him from the bed. He hopped up and flipped on his back asking for a cuddle so happily. I realised if anyone was going to change their behaviour it would be me. So I wore 3 tee shirts and he snored next to me for 10 hours of cuddlesome bliss.

Mr C is now also in receipt of a fantastic perk from my new work - a box of rare roast beef trimmings, to be delivered weekly. He is having an op on Thursday (fangs) so I am feeding him lots of pure protein for healing.

[Fluffycloudland77]

He'll love the beef. It's like a graze box for cat.

So true about the behaviour, I cant even turf the front garden because the neighbours cat sleeps under the bushes in the summer and I feel guilty about taking his snoozing spot off him.

It's not even my flipping cat.

[RubbishMantra]

They should do Graze for cats! Imagine their little gleeful furry faces when they unwrap the box containing tuna pate, minced baby rabbit with catmint seeded flatbreads!

[Butterflywings168]

Graze for cats
Madame would enjoy Dreamies and Sheba and Purina Gourmet, oh wait, idiot Mum already gives her those!

[Fluffycloudland77]

You'd have to ration it though, I can tell you from personal experience that if you eat a whole graze pack in an hour you feel a bit sick.

[Catsarebetterthanyou]

Mr C is absolutely not fat. He is, as my girl describes herself "Fluffy". (Evidence attached). Mr C is gorgeous BTW.