00:00This next story, my favorite story of the day,
00:08I feel like you guys will enjoy it as well.
00:10There is a really obese cat.
00:14Oh, yeah?
00:15From Canada that has been ordered to lose weight.
00:20You can't order us to lose weight.
00:22Peaches hits the scales well over 25 pounds.
00:26Oh, man.
00:27And would not do any other exercise.
00:32Of course not.
00:33Owner tried to take it for walks, do lots of things.
00:35It would just lay there like, no.
00:37Oh, man, I like peaches.
00:39Finally, they got it into swimming.
00:42Oh, cool.
00:43It's hard to get a cat to swim.
00:44It is.
00:45This is what they do when they get super fat.
00:48Peaches is not a fan.
00:49Oh, poor peaches.
00:50But is making some progress.
00:52No, no, no.
00:53You'll love peaches.
00:54Because I get upset with overweight pets.
00:56At least she's trying, right?
00:58She herself is a bigger lady.
01:01Sometimes pets love to eat.
01:04Here's the story on peaches from Global News.
01:07Take a listen.
01:07Come on, peaches.
01:12That's better.
01:13What the hell?
01:15Like most cats, peaches doesn't love the water.
01:18But what he does love is the problem.
01:20Peaches loves eating and sitting.
01:23He became overweight, contracted diabetes, and refuses to go for walks.
01:27He's got diabetes.
01:27He's got diabetes like you, Chuck.
01:29You're like our peaches.
01:30Peaches.
01:31We got to get you in the water.
01:32I know how you feel, peaches.
01:34It sucks.
01:36Because he just kind of flopped over and decided it wasn't going to happen.
01:40It's so funny.
01:40He can't even keep his eyes open during the interview.
01:42He's like, no, God, I'm exhausted.
01:44I'm so tired with all this.
01:46Fish, bitch.
01:46In a condo, we didn't make it out of our hallway because he just kind of flopped over
01:52and decided it wasn't going to happen.
01:55He needs to do something.
01:56His vet says he has to lose two kilograms.
01:59The pool was the answer because here, it's hard to be lazy.
02:02He's pretty mellow when he's on his platform in the water.
02:06It's really only when he's being asked to exert himself that he...
02:12Relax.
02:13Relax, bitch.
02:15It's so cute.
02:16He's giving her the evil eye when she's talking about him.
02:21You fed me, you fat bitch.
02:24He says it all with his face and his eyes.
02:28Quit dropping stuff.
02:32He's probably like, why don't you lose weight?
02:34Yeah, exactly.
02:35Hey, you might want to check your blood, chicken bitch.
02:37When are they going to drop her into the pool?
02:39I'm like, God, I'd like to see her try to do this.
02:43She ain't treading no water, I promise you.
02:46I want Peaches rebuttal.
02:51Peaches is staring off how I've recently been staring off into the corner at times.
02:57She's like, well, that's life.
03:00Oh, the good times are gone.
03:03Oh, Peaches.
03:05Oh, Peaches.
03:05That he kind of meows.
03:08As bizarre as it may be for a cat to be put in water, it makes sense for Peaches.
03:13His owner happens to be friends with a pet hydrotherapist.
03:16So they kind of pick him up, take him to one end, and he swims to his platform.
03:20And so they try and do that a couple times without break, like I said, to get his cardio up.
03:25The pool is heated, and it's exercise easy on the joints.
03:29That's why I like a pool.
03:31Peaches wasn't a huge fan of Peaches.
03:32He's like, I hate you.
03:33Shut up.
03:34But has warmed up to it.
03:35Now he doesn't meow as much.
03:38Like, he would protest quite a bit in the early days.
03:41Now, every once in a while, you'll get a big deep meow from him, but not as much.
03:47Peaches is making a splash online as well.
03:49His owner started documenting the cat's weight loss journey on TikTok.
03:52Look at his back.
03:53Pause.
03:53It's so funny.
03:54For a mermaid, the count has 35,000 followers, with several videos garnering millions of views.
03:59People telling him way to go, and they're so proud of him.
04:03I'm doing great.
04:03Someone's commenting today that Peaches doesn't know it, but I would die for him.
04:07The inspiring story of a cat getting healthier one doggy paddle at a time.
04:12Mason DiPatti, Global News.
04:14Don't you just feed him less?
04:15I mean, that's how you get it.
04:17That's all it is.
04:18To lose weight.
04:19It's like my kids.
04:21My kids don't realize if you turn your back from six pieces of pizza.
04:28Yeah, but he's not.
04:30I know, but I think she's definitely feeding him.
04:33Yeah, she's just overheating him.
04:34She's throwing stuff down.
04:35She loves the cat.
04:36She loves food, too.
04:38And you know he probably doesn't take no for an answer when it comes to food.
04:43No, he probably hounds her like mouths constantly.
04:46Oh, man.
04:48He loves food, and he loves to sleep.
04:51Do you see him barely be able to get up on that platelet?
04:54Oh, yeah.
04:55You should see me get out of the pool.
04:59I'm not using that ladder.
05:00I can promise you that.
05:02Boy, oh, boy, is that embarrassing.
05:05You just have to pull yourself up.
05:07Oh, no.
05:10Oh, Peaches.
05:11That's no good.
05:12I just noticed there's another one, two patches.
05:14From Peaches to Patches, Patches is a 40-pound cat.
05:17Well, I think I remember Patches.
05:19I've seen that one.
05:20Yeah, because Patches is a monster.
05:23One of them, they put a little life jacket on it, and it just floats so fast.
05:30Patches is huge.
05:31That one is way worse.
05:33Yeah.
05:34Oh, absolutely.
05:35I'm trying to leave.
05:36Check out Patches and his owner, who says she's joining him on his weight loss journey.
05:41That's right.
05:42Join me.
05:42I was watching a favorite TV show, Critical Moment, and I get this text, and all it says
05:50is, this is your moment.
05:51A moment Kay Ford will never forget.
05:54Patches is huge.
05:56By now, many of you know who this guy is.
05:57Patches is double peaches.
05:59Looked at it.
06:00There was clearly a picture that was attached to it, and I opened it up, and there he was
06:03on the now infamous, famous post, and-
06:07Yeah, so we heard about the story at the beginning, right?
06:10Yeah.
06:10When someone adopted him, but we didn't really follow his life law.
06:13His story.
06:14His weight loss plan.
06:15I just went, I gotta have Patches.
06:17Patches, the 40-pound cat, has become quite the superstar.
06:21I love Patches.
06:21I love Patches.
06:22After Richmond Animal Care and Control posted about his-
06:25He'll move one paw a little bit.
06:27That's all you'll get out of him.
06:28Before home, I just wanted to help Patches.
06:32Weighing 42 pounds when he came in, that didn't stop Patches' determination to get moving
06:37in his new home.
06:39I can do this.
06:41I'll let you know that this is what we're doing.
06:45The journey just getting started, and he won't be alone.
06:48Patches' healthier lifestyle is inspiring people across the world to join him, including
06:54his new mom.
06:55Am I on the scale?
06:57It's going to be inspirational for me to do it with him.
07:01She says they're both doing it by walking a little bit more each day, with Patches continuing
07:06his special diet and exercise plan.
07:09He won't even move.
07:10He won't even move for-
07:12When that thing moves right in front of my pie, it's dead.
07:15And adding a little focused play so he can get healthy and continue to make those cheering
07:21him on proud.
07:22Kay admits all of the attention can be a bit daunting, but there's an upside.
07:28I never realized that I was going to be accountable to tens of thousands of people.
07:34But I think if, hey, if that's one way to do it, that's one way to do it.
07:38And darn it, I'm going to do it.
07:39If he can do it, I can do it.
07:42Why do I love a big, giant, fat cat so much?
07:45They're hilarious.
07:46They're like, I'd sneeze the whole time, but fat cat rescue would be one of the best
07:52things ever.
07:54I love that they have weight loss journeys.
07:56Yeah.
07:57I do too.
07:58Yeah.
07:59I don't know how these do it.
07:59This one doesn't seem to be moving as much as Peaches.
08:03Oh my God.
08:04Peaches is like, they're putting him in the pool.
08:06You're going to kill me.
08:08Yeah.
08:08You're going to kill me.
08:09Is that what you want?
08:11Is that what you freaking want?
08:12Yeah.
08:12I'm a cat.
08:14Whereas Patches is like, yeah.
08:16Yeah, Patches.
08:17I just moved that paw a little bit.
08:20A little simple cardio.
08:22You can do it at home too.
08:23Whew.
08:23Damn.
08:25Swamp.
08:26Patches has more to lose.
08:27A lot more.
08:28Oh, yeah.
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