M𝚊n𝚢 Mis𝚞n𝚍𝚎𝚛st𝚊n𝚍 Ch𝚘nk𝚢 C𝚊t’s St𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚘𝚛nn𝚎ss 𝚏𝚘𝚛 P𝚛𝚎𝚐n𝚊nc𝚢

This is Fat Fred — an exceptionally portly cat who spends his days lounging at the Furry Friends Animal Hospital in Louisiana.

  But Fred’s presence there has led to some confusion.

Fred, who at the time weighed a staggering 29 pounds, was adopted by veterinarian Marcia Riedel from a nearby animal shelter. Riedel quickly realized, though, that the cat’s personality is even larger than his girth.

The Dodo quoted Riedel as saying, “I found that he likes to travel around the clinic as the official greeter, rather than living at my house with its lack of frequent exposure to fans. “Fat Fred thinks that people are always supposed to be serving him food.”

The cat’s greatest scam may have been getting others to believe that he is feeding more than just himself.

Fat Fred likes to let it all hang out in the clinic’s front window, attracting the attention of passersby. He’s amassed quite a fan base, in fact, but his flabby frame often gives people the wrong impression.

“90 percent of the folks seeing him believe he is pregnant,” Riedel said.

Nope. It’s just fat.

In order to clear things up about Fat Fred, Riedel decided to post a sign on the window where he usually lazes:

The secret’s out — and the chonky cat has no idea.

“If Fat Fred could read the sign, he would likely rewrite it to say he is ‘NOT on a diet,’” Riedel said.

Fortunately, thanks to the help of his owner, Fred has begun to slim down. At his last weigh-in, he’d dropped to 25 pounds. That’s still quite hefty, but Fred’s otherwise healthy.

Especially his hearing.

He can literally hear a morsel drop from one end of the clinic and come running with extraordinary speed, according to Riedel.

Fred is not, however, expecting a child.

And now everybody is aware of it.