Conference misery::feline_v1

    Schnapps is 11 pounds...trying to have her cut back, but never seems
    to work.  Tequila is 9 pounds...a little devil and very active.
    
    I always wondered...Why do you spell Cinamon with one N and not
    two?...I always wondered because I was guilty of mispelling Tequila's
    name when I first got her.
    
    

    Historically, in our family...
    
    Cricket and Topper went about 8-10#
    Peaches and Pansy went about 16-18#
    Ditto went about 6#
    Pumpkin (whose weight I misquoted elsewhere) went 26#!!!
    Talk about Moose masquerading as cats. 
    These were all adults over 10 years, except for ditto, who was 2.
    
    The current kittens, about four months old, are 2� and 4#.

    Gary

    
    
    Tasha Marie is just a little thing.  I'll bet she does not
    weigh more than 5 pounds.  I could be wrong, I'll weigh
    her tonight.
    
                                         Donna
    

    They probably put the "pet weight limit" at 8 to keep the type of
    pets down to birds, fish, guinea pigs, hamsters...In other words,
    something that usually stays in a CAGE so as not to damage their
    precious property.   Argh.......

    Punjab 2 1/2 years => 12 lbs.
    Bennington 11 mons. => 9 lbs.
    
    
    With regard to fleas in the south:
    
    As one who grew up in south Georgia (You know! Borders Florida?!!
    Yea, that's the one!) it is possible to have cats in/out and keep
    you, the cat and the house free of fleas.  Takes extra work but
    we all know they are worth it.
    
    Nelson (Punjab and Bennington)
    who_used_to_live_in_Savannah_and_now_lives_in_Hotlanta (Atlanta)

    At last weigh-in, Trouble  at almost 7 years weighed 9 1/2 lbs.  Since 
    I changed her food type, I think she may have lost a little bit.  

    Bernice
    Mother_of_Trouble

         You're not the only one.  Fluffy weighs in at around 8-9 pounds,
    but Bigfoot is a solid 14 (large-boned cat, no fat on him (really!))
    and Loki is a more solid 15 (large-boned too, but unfortunately
    he's got a bit of fat).  Fluffy is 5, Loki is 6 and Bigfoot is probably
    10-12.
    
                                         - Andrea
    

    
    RE: .3
    Yup, Tasha weighs 5 pounds exactly.
    

    My sister has a cat that weighs 25 pounds.  Yup, no kidding.  I
    personally weighed him.  He is one BIIIIIIG fluff ball.  When he
    stretches out in the sun in the bedroom, he looks like a harp seal.
    
    Marion

    Tabbatha at 7 mo. weighs about 8 lb.  Silver at 8 mo weighs about
    6 1/2 lb.  About average for most kittens.
    
    I did have one cat (Buttons) who weighed in ab 18 lb.  One BIG cat.
    
    Holly
    

    On the vet's (metric) scale last month.....
    
    	Ben		10.6 lbs   }
    	Gonezo		18.6 lbs   } all 6 years old
    	Barney		19.6 lbs   }
    	
        Sam (mom's cat)	12.0 lbs   } 16 years old 
    
    Gonezo has always been the big one up until this last year when
    they were getting C/D most of the time.  They're now on R/D and
    hopefully next year Barney and Gonezo will be down to 15lbs and
    Ben will get back to his normal 10lbs.  I don't think I've ever
    known a cat that weighed 8lbs. 
    
    Friends of ours daughter (3 years old) looks at Gonezo, knowing
    he's a kitty, points at him and calls him "Moose."  
    
    Mary
    

    Dazdee weighed in at about 18 lbs  (he's two and a very LARGE cat
    - not fat)
    
    Little Whicket is only 5 1/2 lbs.  (she's one and just a little
    thing - but she still can beat up on Dazdee when she wants hehe
    
    
    Katie
    

    
    
     Princess is a very active 2 year old, she weighed in at about 8lbs in
    the winter, but now with the arrivel of spring her hunting is in full
    gear she's starting to drop some weight. my neighbors cat weighs in at
    18 lbs. he looks like a walking furball barrel with legs.
        
   kittys are different from each other in so many ways, I guess thats 
   why we love em so much.
    
              Karan "my cat has me wrapped around her paw" Neal
                                                               
    
    
    

    The lovely Pip         4.5 lbs (mostly fur)
    Eirene		   7
    Panther		   8
    Alexandra		  11
    Nikolas		  14
    Argus J Pussycat,Esq  22

    For what it is worth, Argus and Pip are blood relatives. Argus's
    mother and Pip were litttermates. Argus's mother was both Pip's
    size. 

    Sasha      9 yrs.   - 7.5 lbs      The kids are listed in order
    KoKo       7 yrs.   - 9.5 lbs      of arrival not age!
    Nikolas    5 yrs.    -  9  lbs
    Alexander  3.5 yrs.  - 10  lbs
    Timothy    26 months - 14  lbs
    Yurii      22 months - 13  lbs
    Ivan       14 months - 12  lbs
    Lara       15 months -  8  lbs
    Mr.Miyagi  13 months -  8.5 lbs
    Katenka    10 months -  6   lbs
    SilVee     13 months -  8   lbs
    Pashenka    8 months -  7   lbs  HAPPY 8-MONTH BIRTHDAY TODAY PASHA!!
    Misha       9 months -  8.5 lbs  Portland will be Pasha's first adult
                                     cat show!!
    
    Hmm, looks like we have a fatty with 13 lbs - yup, Yurii could stand
    to dump 2 or 3 lbs.  I'll have to tell the babies to chase him a
    little more!!
    
    E.T.

    Just had my four weighed in last night:
    
         Kiwi          3 years         10 lbs
         Weazy         2 years         14 lbs
         Tigger        14 months        9 lbs
         Hitla         14 months       10 lbs
    
    My vet said that 14 lbs for Weazy (neutered male) wasn't too bad,
    as long as I don't let him get any heavier.  He seems to me to be
    mostly muscle and large frame.  He must be eating more dry at night
    because he's not usually a glutten at regular feeding times.
    
    Pam

    re.  -1
    
    I try to give my cats unique names that no other cat would
    have, but I see that there is another KIWI in the world!
    
    Well, I'm sure no one else shares my other two cats names:
    Matzah Balls, and Crybaby.
    
    Kiwi    =  12 lbs
    Matzah  =  10 lbs
    Crybaby =   8 lbs
    
    

YEESH!!!  I thought Samson was big at 13 pounds....Hannah stays a trim
9.5 pounds by harrassing everyone else to play chase and tag...
Tabby has lost .5 pound since we got Hannah (the vet approves) and is
now a "not-as-trim-as-she-should-be" 12 pounds.  Nicholas is my little
gray puma, long and lean at 10 pounds.

I cannot imagine a 20 pound cat...

				D

    
    
    re: .11 
    
    Tasha Marie is about 5 years old.  She eats plenty, she
    is just a small kitty.  I have seen her heavier (she doesn't
    get out much in the winter and tends to put on a little weight)
    and she looks terrible.  Her face gets puffy and she looks
    uncomfortable.  She is enjoying the spring weather and caught
    her first mouse of the season(yuck!).
    
    
                                                        Donna
    

    Re .20,
    
    As an aside, what did inspire those of you with Kiwis to give your
    cats this wonderful name? I ask because I am a New Zealander (in
    New Zealand, even!), and our name for ourselves (i.e. New Zealanders)
    is Kiwi. For those who don't know, the Kiwi is the national symbol
    of New Zealand. It is a flightless, nocturnal bird.
    
    On the main subject, Kimi is about 4.5 kg, and Sura about 4 kg (we
    are metric in this part of the world). For those of you still living
    with Imperial measurements, thats about 10 lbs and 9 lbs respectively.
    They seem to be smaller than a lot of other cats around, though
    I have been told that Kimi is large for an Abyssinian, and he has
    been taken for a stud at cat show (they are both neuters, both aged
    4 years; Sura is a Burmese). Neither of them carry any fat.
    
    SLP

    Over here, a kiwi is a type of fruit, brown and somewhat rotund.....
    

  
    Re .24,
    
    
    And where do you think the fruit got its name from??
    
    Kiwifruit (we call them kiwifruit as opposed to just kiwi, to avoid
    confusion with the bird and the people) COME from New Zealand, or
    at least the best ones do! Other countries (USA included) now grow
    some of their own, but the best, largest, nicest etc are exported
    from NEw Zealand, the home of all types of kiwi.
    
    SLP

    Re .24, brown and slightly rotund...sounds like a cat I know...
    
    Anyhow, Honey The Himmy has weighed exactly 11 pounds for the 
    past 4 years (on the vet's scale).  Chauncey The Himmy weighs anywhere
    from 6.5 to 7 pounds, and I think it's all fur and bones (oh, and
    .0000002 pounds of brain).
    
    And Honey loves kiwifruit...
    
    Mary

     This is such a great note - I am having fun reading it - everyones 
    cats' names and how big - or small - they are.
          
    My  cat family consists of:
    
           Francis     17 lbs    @ 5 years
           Houdini     15 lbs    @ 3 years
           Daisy       10 lbs    @ 7 years
           PC          10 lbs    @ 4 years
           Jennifer     9 lbs    @ 2 years
           Murphy       8 lbs    @ 3 years
           Dory         8 lbs    @ 1 year (but is still growing)                                      
    
    My biggest cat, Francis, was 7 lbs last year (January '87) when
    I found him. He gained 10 this past year and is maintaining at
    a little over 17 pounds.  He's not fat though.
    Pat                                    
    
    
                                 
    
             

               Bailey      11 lbs    2 years old
               Amelia      11 lbs    2 years old
    
    They've been on Hills R/D for less than a week and they've already
    showed a loss.  By my non-scientific method of weighing myself on
    the bathroom scale, then picking up the cat and weighing us both
    it seems as if they've lost a pound.  Since my electronic scale
    only weighs even pounds and no ounces its hard to say how much has
    actually been lost.  I have to admit though, since the R/D came
    into their lives they actually look slimmer.  Amelia doesn't really
    look pregnant any more.  Of course, the drawback to this is that
    I'm cleaning out the litter box much more often.
    
    Jan
               

    Snuggles is 16 months and weighs in at 9lbs.  A couple of people
    have said he looks skinny.  This is because he keeps in shape by
    playing chase with Mommy and having his own private races through
    the house.   (I wish playing chase with him made me skinny.  No
    luck yet.)
    
    Kathy

    W.W. is approximately 3 years old and weighs in at a healthy 12
    lbs, and actually looks skinny.  He's very lean and VERY long.
    
    The new kitten (as yet unnamed) is about 6 weeks old and < 2 lbs.
    
    Joy

    Maggie at 13 yrs ==> 6.2 lbs
    
    Milo at 7 mos ==> 7.4 lbs
    
    Maggie is the larger cat at this point even with the lesser weight.
    She is both taller and longer, but she is very fine-boned. While
    her glorious long fluffy fur makes her appear more plump than she
    is, she doesn't look at all chubby.
    
    Milo is long and lean and densely packed. His neck is beginning
    to compare with what one would expect of a middle-linebacker for
    the Vikings. That is, however, the only large part of this cat.
    
      Annie

    
    Tucker is five and a half years old and 11lbs (he looks bigger since
    he's a persian with hair about 5 inches long.
    
    Sadie is almost 9 months old and about 7 lbs.  I'm so happy to see
    her healthy since she weighed less than one pound when we rescued
    her and was actually only about 4 weeks old.  
    
    By the way, they share a nickname of PITA (Pain In The A..) when
    they decide to "spaz" out from one end of the house to the other
    and up the walls!!   Excuse the near profanity, but boy does it
    fit them sometimes!!
    
    Sue, Tuc-Tuc and Sabo
    

    I thought Alexander The Great (aka Alex) was a big cat at 14 lbs.
    Not an ounce of fat on him, just a BIG cat.  We guess his age to
    be approx. 14 yrs but have no way of knowing as he was dropped off
    in the woods.  We think he was about 4 when he wandered in.  Anyway,
    he is a big ball of fur who thinks my only purpose in life is to
    feed him and pet him (not necessarily in that order).  What a love
    he is.  Although he is getting up in years, he still looks and behaves
    like a kitten.
    

    Tristan (5 years, neutered male) weighs 10 pounds and looks terrific.
    Tenzing (5 years, spayed female) weighs 14 pounds and is quite the
    butterball.
    
    We have friends who have two elderly Siamese (not sure of their
    ages) who weigh 6 pounds (female) and 12 pounds (male).  The female
    is not really too skinny, she's just a very small-boned kitty.
    
    Karen.

    Buffy (neutered male "Morris type") 10 yrs. weighs 16 lbs.
    Holly (spayed female brown/white long haired part Maine Coon Cat)
    		3 yrs. weighs 10 lbs.
    D.P. Gremlin (neutered male white, 4 dbl paws) 1 yr. weighs 12 1/2
    		lbs.
    
    D.P. is solid bone (most weight is in his feet :-) )
    Buffy is like a baby seal and just as hard to hang onto when it's
    time to groom him.
    Holly is like a feather; her weight must be her beautiful soft "bunny"
    fur, and the "feather-like" hair both on her feet and coming from inside
    her ears.
    
    Pat
    

    Oh no!  Not another Holly.  (Just kidding,  Glad to have you with
    us)
    
    Holly_the_person
    
    

    Holly_the_cat in California is a feather, too.
    

    Josh and Becky just weighed in this weekend - 
	Josh = 13.2 pounds (up from 11.75 last year)
	Becky = 10 pounds (up from 9.5 last year)

	They're both 4 years old.    

    I got a mailing from the folks at Fresh Felines, and they stated
    that the heaviest recorded (March, 1986) domestic cat is "Himmy"
    who tipped the scales at 46 pounds, 15-1/4 ounces (21.32 kilos or
    3.3 stone).  Gad.....I'm glad I don't have to sift his litter!
    
    Mary

    
    I thinks that someone very succesfully managed to disguise their
    dog as a cat for that record!!