HANOVER COUNTY, Va. — Patches, the once 42-pound cat Kay Ford adopted from Richmond Animal Care and Control nearly three years ago, is closing in on his next weight loss goal after losing nearly 24 pounds.
The white and gray Domestic Shorthair weighed in at 18.48 pounds on Wednesday morning, Ford wrote on Facebook. He is now about 2.5 pounds away from his goal of 16 pounds.
Ford noted that Patches, who reached his first weight-loss goal of 20 pounds in late July, has become more and more mobile — and obsessed — since slimming down…