From 18 January 2019
One of Britain's fattest cats is looking for a new home - after being returned to an animal shelter for the fourth time.
Flabby feline Mitzi shocked vets when she tipped the scales at 16lbs - almost double her recommended weight.
She was forced onto a strict diet to shed the pounds but despite several attempts at finding her a home, she keeps getting sent back.
The shelter has now issued an appeal for help in finding her 'forever' home but accept her needs are challenging.
Staff at Woodside Animal Welfare Trust said the constant to-ing and fro-ing is having a negative impact on the well-rounded girl.
She was originally taken to Woodside in May 2017 where volunteers at the charity thought she had been fed by students at different addresses.
Her indulgent lifestyle was quickly swapped for a slimming diet, and she managed to find a home pretty quickly.
But the gigantic feline, who is now around eight-years-old, was returned as her new owner struggled to cope.
She then found three other homes but was again unable to settle and kept ending up back at the shelter.
Mitzi is now down to her lowest weight of 12lbs, but Woodside's assistant manager Lisa Darcy said it can be harder for cats to shift weight when they're at the shelter.
She said: 'We're disappointed she hasn't quite managed to find that match yet but she is so well loved by staff here.
'We will continue to stand by her and help with her diet. She is still quite barrel looking but we are half way there [to get to a safe weight].
'She is a bit of a grumpy girl but with her weight loss and through gaining mobility that could change.
'She's getting a bit fed up of it [coming back]. She's like 'great, I'm back here again' and I think it is impacting her mentally as she can't ever feel completely settled here.
'She needs a child free home, and she's not keen on other animals either.
'We're looking for a particular type of home and an owner who can't be fooled by her cuteness or her eyes for Dreamies.
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One of Britain's fattest cats has finally found a permanent home after returning to the same animal shelter four times.
"It's been ever so sad for Mitzi," Woodside Animal Welfare Trust shelter manager Helen Lecointe told BBC News. "There was an owner death, a change of circumstance and one owner became very ill."
Mitzi was permanently adopted this month by a family who has known her for at least a year. Mitzi's new owners are the relatives of one of her previous owners. When that owner died, the family wanted to adopt Mitzi, but couldn't due to their living situation – but now that's changed.
The owners are supposed to move into a new home in April, so until then the non-profit shelter that rescued Mitzi will continue to care for the portly pussycat.
Now 9 years old, the fluffy feline was labeled one of the country's fattest stray cats when the Woodside Animal Welfare Trust found her in May 2017. At the time she weighed 17 lbs – almost twice as much as her recommended weight. But after a hardcore diet, she's now 11 lbs.
Shelter manager Lecointe told the BBC News that they had adoption offers from around the world. The shelter rehoused 908 animals in 2018, including 419 cats. Would-be owners for Mitzi reached out from the United States, Sweden, and locations in the Middle East, but the shelter ultimately placed the chubby cat with the individuals who already knew her and her needs
Caring for Mitzi is no easy task: she has a strict diet, has to be the only cat in the household, and there can't be any young children around. One time, her then-owner became pregnant and Mitzi became aggressive towards her, quite the sourpuss.
Once she is comfortable in a household, however, she has the sweetest "purrsonality."
"She will show affection on her own terms and it will take a while for her to settle down," Natalie Larratt, niece of the previous owner who died, commented on a Facebook post by the shelter in 2018. "She did end up being a lap cat for my Aunt and Mitzi stayed by her side until the end."
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One of Britain's fattest cats is looking for a new home - after being returned to an animal shelter for the fourth time.
Flabby feline Mitzi shocked vets when she tipped the scales at 16lbs - almost double her recommended weight.
She was forced onto a strict diet to shed the pounds but despite several attempts at finding her a home, she keeps getting sent back.
The shelter has now issued an appeal for help in finding her 'forever' home but accept her needs are challenging.
Staff at Woodside Animal Welfare Trust said the constant to-ing and fro-ing is having a negative impact on the well-rounded girl.
She was originally taken to Woodside in May 2017 where volunteers at the charity thought she had been fed by students at different addresses.
Her indulgent lifestyle was quickly swapped for a slimming diet, and she managed to find a home pretty quickly.
But the gigantic feline, who is now around eight-years-old, was returned as her new owner struggled to cope.
She then found three other homes but was again unable to settle and kept ending up back at the shelter.
Mitzi is now down to her lowest weight of 12lbs, but Woodside's assistant manager Lisa Darcy said it can be harder for cats to shift weight when they're at the shelter.
She said: 'We're disappointed she hasn't quite managed to find that match yet but she is so well loved by staff here.
'We will continue to stand by her and help with her diet. She is still quite barrel looking but we are half way there [to get to a safe weight].
'She is a bit of a grumpy girl but with her weight loss and through gaining mobility that could change.
'She's getting a bit fed up of it [coming back]. She's like 'great, I'm back here again' and I think it is impacting her mentally as she can't ever feel completely settled here.
'She needs a child free home, and she's not keen on other animals either.
'We're looking for a particular type of home and an owner who can't be fooled by her cuteness or her eyes for Dreamies.
One of Britain’s fattest cats is looking for a new home
One of Britain's fattest cats is looking for a new home - after being returned to an animal shelter for the fourth time. Staff at Woodside Animal Welfare Trust in Plymouth want to find her a new home.
One of Britain's fattest cats has finally found a permanent home after returning to the same animal shelter four times.
"It's been ever so sad for Mitzi," Woodside Animal Welfare Trust shelter manager Helen Lecointe told BBC News. "There was an owner death, a change of circumstance and one owner became very ill."
Mitzi was permanently adopted this month by a family who has known her for at least a year. Mitzi's new owners are the relatives of one of her previous owners. When that owner died, the family wanted to adopt Mitzi, but couldn't due to their living situation – but now that's changed.
The owners are supposed to move into a new home in April, so until then the non-profit shelter that rescued Mitzi will continue to care for the portly pussycat.
Now 9 years old, the fluffy feline was labeled one of the country's fattest stray cats when the Woodside Animal Welfare Trust found her in May 2017. At the time she weighed 17 lbs – almost twice as much as her recommended weight. But after a hardcore diet, she's now 11 lbs.
Shelter manager Lecointe told the BBC News that they had adoption offers from around the world. The shelter rehoused 908 animals in 2018, including 419 cats. Would-be owners for Mitzi reached out from the United States, Sweden, and locations in the Middle East, but the shelter ultimately placed the chubby cat with the individuals who already knew her and her needs
Caring for Mitzi is no easy task: she has a strict diet, has to be the only cat in the household, and there can't be any young children around. One time, her then-owner became pregnant and Mitzi became aggressive towards her, quite the sourpuss.
Once she is comfortable in a household, however, she has the sweetest "purrsonality."
"She will show affection on her own terms and it will take a while for her to settle down," Natalie Larratt, niece of the previous owner who died, commented on a Facebook post by the shelter in 2018. "She did end up being a lap cat for my Aunt and Mitzi stayed by her side until the end."
One of Britain’s fattest cats is looking for a new home
One of Britain's fattest cats is looking for a new home - after being returned to an animal shelter for the fourth time. Staff at Woodside Animal Welfare Trust in Plymouth want to find her a new home.
