40-pound cat, Patches, adopted at Richmond, Virginia, animal shelter
A Virginia cat that weighs a whopping 40 kilos discovered his furever house this week.
Richmond Animal Care and Management posted concerning the grey and white kitty Wednesday in an try to coax cat lovers to think about making him theirs.
“Did you get up at present and say, ‘let’s undertake the most important cat anybody has ever seen?'” the shelter wrote in a Fb put up. “In that case, we’ve got the cat for you.”
Patches the cat weighs 40.3 kilos and is on a “very particular” weight loss plan and train plan, the shelter wrote.
He is additionally a fairly candy kitty, the shelter mentioned.
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The shelter requested events to ship them an e-mail with their house info and decide to serving to Patches “get to a protected and (wholesome) weight.”
“Till then, we are going to marvel at his gloriously gluttonous physique,” the shelter mentioned.
Simply earlier than 4 p.m. Wednesday, the shelter posted a video saying the cat had been adopted and was “leaving the constructing.”
The video exhibits two employees carrying him out in a kennel.
“40 lbs of LOVE proper there,” the shelter wrote.
Christie Chipps Peters, director of Richmond Animal Care & Management, instructed USA TODAY Thursday morning that Patches is doing effectively in his new house.
“We’re so blissful to have discovered him a dedicated companion who will assist him get to a wholesome weight,” Peters wrote in an e-mail.
Social media customers wished him effectively within the feedback. Some even requested about his well being.
“Inform me he can get out and in of the litter field with out getting caught,” wrote one Facebook user.
The shelter mentioned the kitty has “good” bloodwork.
Saleen Martin is a reporter on USA TODAY’s NOW crew. She is from Norfolk, Virginia – the 757 – and loves all issues horror, witches, Christmas, and meals. Comply with her on Twitter at @Saleen_Martin or e-mail her at sdmartin@usatoday.com.