Cats love attention, but a feline at the Richardson Animal Shelter outside of Dallas is positively gobbling it up.
is a five year-old tabby. So far, so normal. But there鈥檚 more to this cat 鈥� a lot more. Skinny weighs in at 41 pounds.
Skinny鈥檚 size attracted the notice of , which reported on the North Texas tabby. And thankfully, now the animal center is deluged with calls from folk looking to care for the cat.
鈥淲e have fielded a lot of calls,鈥� says Dennis Wooten, manager of the Richardson Animal Center. 鈥淭he challenge now is sorting throw all those calls to find out what鈥檚 best for Skinny.鈥�
Skinny鈥檚 weight poses problems that her owners will need to be prepared for 鈥� a special diet, recurring veterinary trips, special conditions for using the litterbox, and more. 鈥淚 guess we're going to have to get a kitty treadmill,鈥� Wooten says.
Her weight is currently such a problem that Wooten says the center 鈥渕is-sexed鈥� Skinny upon her arrival, identifying her as male rather than female.
Until Skinny gets her perfect foster family, she鈥檒l be at the animal shelter 鈥� in her own room, as she鈥檚 too big to fit inside any of the cat cages.
