For countless cat owners, the most satisfying thing is to raise their kittens to become more and more plump and beautiful. Everyone likes to rub their cat's belly, but one day they suddenly find that their cat has a small belly. In fact, this is not simply because of obesity, but because of other reasons.

If a cat has a small belly, does it mean that the cat is too fat and needs to lose weight?

Actually no, thinking that a cat has a small belly is a sign of being fat. This is just a wrong thinking when we look at cats from a human perspective. If you look at a cat’s belly from the cat’s perspective, you will find that they are a life-saving weapon for the cat and a sign that the owner is raising the cat well.

Storing fat

The cat’s belly is called the “primitive bag” in feline zoology, and any cat has a primitive bag. It’s just an obvious or not obvious problem. The primitive bag has three major functions for cats.

The first function is to store fat. You may not know that the ancestors of cats are desert animals living in desert areas. This is why cats do not like to drink water, because desert animals generally have a weak sense of "thirst".

Of course, the desert is also very barren, and it is impossible to have three meals a day. Sometimes after one meal, the next meal will take several days. For this reason, the ancestors of cats evolved primitive bags. When cats catch prey, they eat it whole.

Part of the prey eaten into the stomach is used for the cat’s daily activities. The excess food will be converted into fat by the cat and stored in the original bag. Therefore, the original bag is equal to the cat’s second stomach and is also the second stomach of the cat. It can prevent cats from starving to death on days when they can't find food.

Protect the abdomen

The second function of the original bag is to protect the important organs of the cat. Here I would like to ask you, have you ever had the experience of being held by a cat in your arms and then kicked by the cat with its feet? I believe all poop scoopers have. Yes!

This is because cats regard their owner’s arms as “imaginary enemies”, so hugging the enemy and kicking them is the most effective and commonly used move for cats in fighting.

However, there are too many important organs in the cat’s abdomen. Once it is hugged and kicked by the enemy, and the cat’s sharp nails are very likely to be directly injured, cats are both hunters and prey in the biological chain. Once injured seriously, Survival rates will plummet.

At this time, the original bag comes in handy. The full original bag can protect the important organs of the cat's abdomen very well when the cat is fighting. Even if it is kicked by the enemy, at most, only the original bag will be injured, and it will still be a skin injury. , it’s not harmful at all.

Buffering, stretching

In addition to storing fat and protecting important abdominal organs, the original bag can also effectively help cats cushion and stretch.

You can try to stroke the cat’s original bag with your hands. You will find that the cat’s original bag is the softest and best-feeling part of the cat’s body. If you try to pull the cat’s original bag with your hands, you will find that it is particularly sensitive. Elasticity.

And the cat’s original bag is connected to the cat’s abdomen and hind legs. When the cat is running at high speed, the original bag will turn into a membrane, allowing the cat’s hind legs to swing more widely and retract the hind legs. Save time and effort.

Therefore, if a cat has a small belly, it is not because we think the cat is too fat. On the contrary, the small belly is a life-saving tool for cats. If your cat has a small belly, it also means that you have raised the cat well. There is no shortage of meals, sufficient food, and the cat still has excess fat storage.