British cats will be so fat in ten years’ time they will not be able to fit through a standard cat flap, according to research out Friday.
Currently one in four of Britain's eight million pet cats is officially overweight, according to the survey by More Than pet insurance - and the number of obese felines is set to rocket to four million by 2020.The research found the average weight of a cat will reach 11lb (5kg) in ten years’ time, a weight that is officially obese, and up from the current average of 8.8lb (4kg).
In response the insurance company has teamed up with UK celebrity vet Joe Inglis to create a cat flap especially for tubby tabbies.
The "Fat Flap" has a conveyor belt to transport overweight cats to its entrance, which is twice the width of traditional cat flaps.
Cat burglars are kept out by electronic sliding doors, which open when activated by a paw-recognition system.
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