Body Mass Challenged

Had to take George to the vets for his annual round of vaccinations, won’t say he likes the vets but he does ‘tolerate’ it, so wasn’t expecting any problems.

The vet must love George, he hasn’t so much as hissed at him once. He’s been stuck full of injections, thermometers up the bum, mawled and massaged and generally abused, but seems to take it all in his stride.

Anyway the vet has a huge pair of walk on scales for the weighing of pets, and small children, so thought I’d better get him weighed, what with the amount of extra ‘food’ he supplements his diet with. The couple infront of me were quiet shocked to see their cat weigh in at 4.5 kilos (4.5 kilos – pah!). So with a wry smile put George on the scales who came in nearly 2 kilos heavier at just under 6.5 kilos (now that’s a cat). Needless to say the other couple were less worried about their little tom.

The vet reckons a good weight for a cat is around 5 kilograms, so strict rationing from now on, although the cold weather should help cut down on the cull.