As soon as the future owners saw this huge cat in the shelter, they immediately decided to take him home. And even though he looked like a huge red hippo and weighed more than twice as much as normal pets, the couple didn’t let that stop them.
“After we left the shelter, we couldn’t stop talking about the cat and how great it would be to take him home and help him lose weight. The next day we went back to the shelter and took him home.
The couple was told that the red-haired beauty’s name was Bronson. He is only three years old and weighs fifteen pounds. The cat had an owner, but unfortunately he left this world.
In addition, the shelter staff explained that Bronson has extra big toes on his paws, but this did not embarrass Mike and Megan at all.First of all, with their new pet, the couple went to the vet, who explained that fat cats are not recommended to lose weight very quickly, otherwise the fat from the internal organs will not go away.
At first Bronson lay down almost all the time, so Mike and Megan had to cheat. “We slowly changed his physical activity. At first we just played with him for about 20 minutes every day, and purposely took him to the first floor so he would have to climb the stairs to his favorite crib, the second floor. But then we saw how hard it was for him to climb the stairs ..
So for now we limit ourselves to playing with him and rearranging his food bowl.”
Mike and Megan noted that the cat loses about half a pound every month.