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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Tue Aug 16, 2016, 05:21 PM Aug 2016

'Holy Sh*t, Is That A Cat?' Man Claims to Own New York's Largest Pet Feline, Weighing 28 Pounds

https://www.yahoo.com/news/holy-sh-t-cat-man-201600150.html

Meet Samson, the 28-pound kitty whose owner claims is New York's biggest pet cat.

The purebred Maine Coon that reached Instagram fame under the pseudonym Catstradamus, weighs 28 pounds and measures approximately 42 inches long.

While the 4-year-old kitty weighs so much bypassers can often be heard yelling, "Holy sh*t, is that a cat?" his owner, Jonathan "Splurt" Zurbel, 42, insists Samson reached his gargantuan size naturally....

He estimates that because Samson is about three times the size of an average cat, he eats about three times the amount of food, and uses three times the amount of kitty litter in the litter box.

Oh, puh-leeze! I was once friends with a kitteh in nearby Fairfield, Conn. who weighed 32 lbs. after he'd been to the vet with diarrhea!

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'Holy Sh*t, Is That A Cat?' Man Claims to Own New York's Largest Pet Feline, Weighing 28 Pounds (Original Post) KamaAina Aug 2016 OP

my namesake Skittles was 25 pounds Skittles Aug 2016 #1

We always knew you rolled with the fat cats pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #2

I WILL KICK TAUNTING PINBOY3NINER ASS Skittles Aug 2016 #3

I saw that coming before you did pinboy3niner Aug 2016 #4

I.............I.................. Skittles Aug 2016 #5

NOT a fat cat -- he's 42" long ! eppur_se_muova Aug 2016 #6

My friend in Wallingford has a cat named Chester... krispos42 Aug 2016 #7

Our Mouse and Simba were both 22 lbs each mnhtnbb Aug 2016 #8

Hmmm. Our Mainecoon, Hellaflump, was about 27lbs. That was when madinmaryland Aug 2016 #9

Yep, that's about average for a Mainecoon. I've seen larger Exilednight Aug 2016 #10

Great pics on his Instagram account: tblue37 Aug 2016 #11

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

1. my namesake Skittles was 25 pounds

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 01:34 AM

Aug 2016

yes indeed

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

2. We always knew you rolled with the fat cats

Reply to Skittles (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 02:27 AM

Aug 2016

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

3. I WILL KICK TAUNTING PINBOY3NINER ASS

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #2)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 03:00 AM

Aug 2016

YES INDEED

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

4. I saw that coming before you did

Reply to Skittles (Reply #3)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 03:11 AM

Aug 2016

Skittles

(153,169 posts)

5. I.............I..................

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 03:15 AM

Aug 2016

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

eppur_se_muova

(36,269 posts)

6. NOT a fat cat -- he's 42" long !

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Wed Aug 17, 2016, 08:32 PM

Aug 2016

There are heavier cats out there -- this guy is not obese, he's big-boned, and how !

krispos42

(49,445 posts)

7. My friend in Wallingford has a cat named Chester...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 09:59 AM

Aug 2016

...which, judging by the grunt I let out when he jumps into my lap, is bigger than 28 pounds.

And yes, it's a high-pitched grunt...

mnhtnbb

(31,392 posts)

8. Our Mouse and Simba were both 22 lbs each

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Thu Aug 18, 2016, 06:16 PM

Aug 2016

and regular size litter boxes weren't big enough. I finally found something that was supposed to be
for small dogs trained to use it in the house and I still had to have a second litter box out for the two of them.

Mouse's father--I presume because Mouse looked just like him--was the biggest cat I'd ever seen. When I went to this little
old cat lady's house to get "free kittens" Mouse's father was asleep on a chair and he covered the entire seat of the chair and was
still hanging over it a bit. I figured he had to be at least 25 lbs.