Today, Luke drew my attention to some very disturbing internet artefacts.

First there was the Japanese cat breastfeeding video. The combination of the actual act with the giddy and frantic presentation style left me more than a little nauseous.

Then there were the hugely fat felines.

And here comes the shame. I share a given name with the World's Biggest Fatty of a Cat.

Choice observations such as "Katy's only interest is food" and " Food consumption: 1.3 frankfurters per minute" left me feeling more than a little self-conscious.

But I just can't laugh at these hugely fat cats. It's all just too sad. I just imagine them lolloping between their bed, food and litter tray, barely able to lift one enormous leg after the other let alone able to breathe through all the lardiness.

The owners of these fat cats claim that the weight problem is not due to overeating, but I can't get the idea out of my head that there are pet owners out there keen to get their cats into the Guiness World Records, and resorting to the same behaviour as Feeders.