A cat owner thought her feline had gotten extremely fat overnight, until she took a closer look at him, and discovered the hilarious truth behind his unusual appearance.
In a viral TikTok clip shared in November, under the username @kerrilonglive, the tuxedo cat can be seen lying on top of his dad, as the poster films him, looking like he's got a massive body attached to a regular-size head.
The poster can't understand why her cat has suddenly become this fat, so she takes a closer look at him, only to find out that it's actually both of her cats lying together, but the second feline has blended in so well he just looks like an extension of his kitten.
"Thought my cat looked awfully tubby until I looked closer," reads the layover text in the clip. A caption says: "They became an optical illusion."
Thankfully, the cats in the clip are definitely not overweight, however VCA Animal Hospitals says that almost 60 percent of pet cats in the United States are.
Overweight or obese cats are more exposed to the risk of diseases like cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart disease, hypertension, osteoarthritis and faster degeneration of affected joints, and urinary bladder stones, as well as anesthetic complications.
So if you love your cat, the best thing you can do for them is keep them in shape, or help them lose weight if they are chubby.
The average weight of a healthy cat is usually around 10-12 pounds, but because all cats are different, that is not always the case. Some felines are genetically smaller or bigger than others, and this affects their ideal weight.
A Singapura, considered the smallest domestic cat breed in the world, should weight around 4-8 lbs, while Maine Coons, the largest breed in the world, can reach about 25 lbs.
A cat is considered overweight when they are around 10 percent above their ideal weight, and obese when they are 20 percent above it.
If your cat is visibly chunky, you should ask your veterinarian for help putting them on a diet, according to a Catster article by Dr. Joanna Woodnutt. With a healthy diet, cats can lose 0.5 percent to 1 percent of their body weight per week.
The video quickly went viral on social media and it has so far received over 368,400 views and 52,000 likes on the platform.
One user, S. K. Miller, commented: "Looks like the black cat was there first and the other cat wanted to join so he squeezed in. The black cat just accepted it."
Kai.180223 said: "I have 2 calicos and they do this all the time and I can never tell if it's 1 cat or 2."
Ryan_the_witch wrote: "The cat trap x2."
Nicci added: "Cuddle puddle!"
Newsweek reached out to @kerrilonglive for comment via TikTok comments. We could not verify the details of the case.
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