28-Lb. Cat Named 'One Frosty Too Many' Wants to Slim Down and Find a Family for the New Year

Mar. 15, 2025

Frosty the 28-lb. cat who is available for adoption at Virginia’s Richmond Animal Care and Control.Photo:RACC

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For 2024, a Virginia shelter cat hopes to get healthy and find love.

Richmond Animal Care and Control(RACC) shared on social media that one of its cats, who has an occasionally icy demeanor and large body — which have earned him the name “One Frosty Too Many” — is looking for his forever home in 2024.

“As long as you let him do what he wants, when he wants, everything is fine; still, we recommend you proceed with caution,” RACC said, adding, “Let’s find him a home.”

The organization also noted that it may take some time for Frosty to grow out of his “cranky” habits, which they think will happen once he slims down “slowly and properly.” The shelter hopes he will become “happier” once he does so.

Ina follow-up Facebook postabout Frosty shared on Wednesday, the shelter remarked that the cat had made great strides in socialization since arriving at RACC.

“He can still get up and move quite easily, so his weight loss journey should be no hard feat. Frosty doesn’t like the shelter though, so we turned one of our cat rooms into a Frosty Exclusive room!” the shelter added.

According to RACC, Frosty is still available for adoption, and the shelter is currently taking email inquiries to set “an adoption appointment” to meet the cat,

This isn’t the first timeRichmond Animal Care and Controlhas reached out to the public for help finding a home for a feline looking to lose weight. In April, the organization announced that a 40-lb. cat namedPatches found his forever homeless than a day after the organization shared a Facebook post calling out the pet’s best qualities.

The Facebook post read: “Meet Patches; all 40.3 POUNDS of him! He’s been regulated to a very special diet, is on an exercise plan, and is very sweet.”

After Patches was adopted, RACC posted a Facebook video of his new owner,Kay Ford, carrying him out of the facility in a large cage.

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Fordshared an updatea few weeks later saying that Patches had adjusted well to his new abode, which he shares with her other pets: a friendly cat named Wellesley and a 13-year-old Yorkie named Bella.

He is also enjoying his new diet and activity plan, which includes consistent food portions and increased play time to help him gradually lose weight. Ford noted that Patches has been doing “great,” adding, “He’s wonderful.”

source: people.com