An overweight cat has left the internet in stitches for trying to muscle in on her skinnier sibling’s meal.
Kalie Chu (@angel.cakes702), 30, a stay-at-home mom from Las Vegas, Nevada, shared footage of her bigger cat, Sasha, disrupting Sage, a “skinny” cat’s mealtime, in a video which garnered over 830,900 likes and 18.7 million views.
“I feed my cats Sasha and Sage every morning, Sasha is on a weight loss journey ever since I adopted her a year ago. She still somewhat waddles when she walks which I find adorable. So I thought it would be funny to film her coming into my kitchen for breakfast and you can see the love she has for food in her eyes,” Chu told Newsweek.
In her old home, Sasha was abused and could not walk or clean herself properly. So far, the cat has lost 14lbs and has no major health issues.
“When you try to feed the skinny one without the fat one hearing,” Chu wrote as the text overlay.
In the video, Chu lays out food for Sage, but Sasha quickly hears the sound of the food and waddles into the kitchen.
“Sasha actually doesn’t steal food from Sage, I have even tested it and she is always willing to share. If I only put one bowl of food out Sasha doesn’t mind sharing with Sage.
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“Sasha knows what time is meal time and always has an ear out for her food, so it’s impossible to sneak any treats to Sage,” Chu added.
Sage is a British shorthair cat and has been part of the family for five months.
“Sasha and Sage have a very funny relationship, like sisters who tease each other but love each other at the end of the day,” Chu said.
Helping a cat lose weight requires a gradual approach to avoid health complications. The website Cats Protection recommends strategies such as controlled portion sizes, feeding scheduled meals rather than free feeding, and incorporating regular playtime to encourage activity.
Internet users were obsessed with the cat’s food fixation, but others, unaware of her weight-loss journey, shared their concerns.
“Oh my god, that makes me sad,” said one user.
“FYI YALL this cat was HUGE when she took her. She desperately needed a good home! And she’s lost so much weight already!,” said another user, jumping to the defense of Sasha’s weight loss journey.
“That waddle! She’s like ‘I heard you thinking about putting food down,'” said another cat lover.
“This is like our cat, got him from a rescue at 14.9 kg [nearly 33 pounds] and now he’s 9 kg. It’s taken 4 years to lose the weight slowly and safely,” said another user.
Chu shared her gratitude for the positive social media reaction.
She said: “It’s really sweet how everyone is so supportive of Sasha. I love all the encouragement and how people have messaged me about their own cats’ weight issues or how they relate to Sasha or had a cat that reminded them of Sasha. I’m so happy my cats were able to make a positive impact on so many people.”
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