Tubby tabby finds new home

A St Louis-area animal shelter has found a home for a 16.7kg cat named Biscuit.

It even found him a sympathetic shoulder to meow on.

Operators of the St Charles County shelter in the United States say recent news coverage of the tubby tabby's plight led to more than 100 adoption requests for him.

The St Louis Post-Dispatch reports Biscuit will live with Ed and Lisa Pyatt next week.

The Eureka couple adopted another fat cat, Max, several years ago, and Ed Pyatt says it'll be good for Max to have a buddy.

Biscuit is roughly three times the weight of a normal adult cat and will have to stay on a strict diet.