This is a catastrophically obese, hairless cat, probably a Sphynx. How on earth the cat's owner got his/her cat into this state is beyond me. There is a slight possibility that this is a photo-edited image but I don't think that it is. However, it may be fabricated in some other way but it is unclear. I have to believe it is as it is difficult to believe this could be genuine.
It comes from Pinterest and I have no information about it except, perhaps, that the cat might live in Asia because the image appears to have been updated by an Asian woman.
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| Catastrophically obese Sphynx cat. Photo: Pinterest. |
You might have heard of the 'pet obesity epidemic', which describes a very high percentage of domestic cats being obese perhaps something in the order of 33% of all domestic cats and dogs are obese to varying degrees in the US. Obesity brings with it a raft of health problems including, just like people, Type II diabetes aka "sugar diabetes". And sugar diabetes is a very dangerous disease which eventually kills you as it affects the functioning of various organs such as the heart, liver and kidneys.
Associated page: Domestic cats should be able to self-regulate their weight so why do they become obese?
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