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Tyneside fat cat comes second in diet contest

A fat cat from North Shields has scooped second place in a national pet slimming competition.

Five-year-old Socrates (Socs), was chosen by vet charity PDSA to take on a 100-day diet and fitness programme.

At the start of the PDSA’s Pet Fit Club Socs weighed 10.1kg - making him more than double his ideal body weight. He lost a total of 1.5kg.

Socs’s owner, Bill Duncan, is still hoping his cat will reach his ideal weight of 4.5kg in the next 18 months.

PDSA senior veterinary surgeon Elaine Pendlebury said: “It is much harder for cats to lose weight than dogs. To lose 14% of his bodyweight is an outstanding achievement.”

Mr Duncan said: “Before Pet Fit Club, Socs struggled just to groom himself properly, he had no interest in his toys or exercising and spent most of his time cat-napping. Now, he’s like a different cat. He can groom himself and reach places he couldn’t before.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .