Meals have become negotiations
Your cat appears to be moments from starvation despite having eaten since the last commercial break.
Pflugerville, Texas · Residential & outpatient care
When the bowl has become bigger than both of you.
Compassionate, structured care for cats navigating overeating, food fixation, low mobility, and the family systems that quietly keep a second dinner alive.
Why families call
The weight is rarely just the weight.
By the time a family contacts us, mealtimes may already feel like negotiations. Our work begins by separating appetite from ritual, distress from performance, and hunger from the sound of a cheese wrapper opening three rooms away.
The kitchen is under surveillance
Countertops, grocery bags, and one particular cabinet are monitored as if they contain state secrets.
The household has lost track
Multiple adults have been independently persuaded that nobody else fed the cat.
A cat can be deeply loved and extremely committed to finding a third dinner.
That is not a moral failure. It is a care-plan problem.An integrated continuum of care
Built for the whole cat.
And the whole household.
Each plan combines medical coordination, movement, behavioral support, nutrition, and family systems work at a pace the cat can tolerate without filing a grievance.
Signature protocol · 01
Supervised Mosey™
Our low-velocity gait and confidence protocol begins at the speed of the cat’s truth. Sessions emphasize joint-safe movement, tolerable effort, and a dignified relationship with forward progress.
- Individual treadmill acclimation
- Gait, stamina, and protest monitoring
- Treat-neutral positive reinforcement
02
Buoyant Bodywork
Warm-water movement reduces joint load while helping cats rediscover that their legs are a team, not four independent contractors.
03
Mobility & Balance Lab
Low platforms, soft surfaces, and carefully negotiated turns restore confidence without asking anyone to leap onto a refrigerator.
04
Bowl Relationship Therapy
Measured nutrition, environmental redesign, and honest conversation about portions—held without blame, panic, or free-feeding.
The care pathway
Small steps. Clear boundaries. No crash diets.
We do not punish appetite or chase an arbitrary silhouette. We build routines a cat can live with and a family can maintain after the welcome-home tuna has been put away.
- 01
Quiet arrival
Private check-in, sensory decompression, baseline movement, and a nonjudgmental account of the treat situation.
- 02
Metabolic stabilization
Coordinated feeding rhythm, overnight monitoring, and careful separation of hunger signals from hallway theater.
- 03
Behavior & movement
Supervised Mosey™, hydrotherapy, enrichment, communication work, and cabinet-boundary rehearsal.
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Family reintegration
A practical home plan, shared feeding ledger, relapse rehearsal, and a unified answer to “but nobody fed me.”
Direct communication. No baby voice.The Cat Language Difference
Someone here finally speaks fluent Cat.
Celia Morrison, MS, CCLS, leads our Feline Communication & Family Systems service. She is fluent in standard domestic Cat, conversational kitten, under-couch register, and high-arousal pre-breakfast yowl.
“If a cat says the portion is emotionally insufficient, we do not argue. We listen, clarify, and hold the boundary.”
Celia Morrison, MS, CCLSDirector of Feline Communication
14 yearscross-species clinical practice
A day at Big Fat Cats
Structure, rest, and one formally scheduled complaint window.
Our daily rhythm protects sleep, digestion, movement, and emotional processing. Schedules remain flexible where clinically appropriate and completely inflexible around unauthorized deli meat.
Private wake-upWeather assessment and first hallway survey
Measured breakfastFollowed by a seven-minute complaint window
Movement blockSupervised Mosey™ or buoyant bodywork
Communication roundsFeelings about breakfast are documented, not acted upon
Mobility & enrichmentBalance, scent work, and low-stakes cardboard
Evening integrationFamily practice, quiet grooming, pantry perimeter check
Progress families can feel
Life gets larger as the cat gets… more reasonably proportioned.
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“Stanley still attends every meal, but he no longer reports us to the hallway between them.”
Stanley’s family · Round RockM
“We thought she was big-boned. The bones were not the issue. The family plan changed everything.”
Mabel’s family · GeorgetownG
“Gus completed twelve minutes of Supervised Mosey™ and only looked back at us twice.”
Gus’s family · North AustinThe Pflugerville campus
Close to home.
Far from the automatic feeder.
Our private Central Texas campus was designed around feline scale and family discretion, with warm-water rehabilitation, quiet suites, screened sunrooms, low-impact movement studios, and a teaching kitchen with reinforced cabinet protocols.
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Pflugerville, TexasApproximately 20 minutes north of central Austin. Exact directions are shared after referral review to protect resident privacy and keep food-delivery drivers beyond the perimeter.
Private suitesTemperature-controlled, dog-free, and thoughtfully without mini-fridges.
Warm-water labLow-impact movement in a calm, carefully supervised setting.
Round-the-clock careOvernight observation by people who know the difference between hunger and a monologue.
Family training kitchenA controlled place to rehearse portions, boundaries, and the opening of cheese.
Questions, answered plainly
For families who have already tried “just feed less.”
Every admission begins with context. No two cats arrive by the same route, though several have arrived by rolling directly into a carrier.
Will you call my cat fat?
We use direct, clinically useful language without ridicule. “Big Fat Cats” is our name; it is not how we address residents. Each cat is addressed by their chosen name, known alias, or legally recognized kitchen nickname.
What if my cat refuses the treadmill?
Refusal is information. Supervised Mosey™ begins with observation, consent cues, stationary familiarization, and a pace that respects the cat’s current relationship with forward motion.
Do you really speak Cat?
Yes. Our communication director is fluent in standard domestic Cat and several situational dialects, including carrier objection, closed-door inquiry, and the short declarative sound used when a portion is unacceptable.
How long is a typical stay?
Care ranges from a 14-day stabilization to a 28-day residential program, followed by structured home integration. Length depends on mobility, medical coordination, food-seeking patterns, and household treat fragmentation.
Can families visit?
Yes. Visits are clinically timed. Early surprise visits—especially by the family member most likely to carry deli turkey—can complicate the establishment of a shared plan.
A calmer next chapter
Your cat is not a problem to solve.
They are a family member who may need a smaller bowl, a larger care plan, and a neutral third party who can finally understand what they have been yelling about.
Private · Takes about two minutes · No records transmitted