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Tiddles, also known as the Paddington Station cat, (1970–1983) was a
tabby A tabby is any domestic cat (''Felis catus'') with a distinctive 'M'-shaped marking on its forehead; stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, along its back, and around its legs and tail; and (differing by tabby type), characteristic striped, ...
-and-white
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who spent most of his life in the ladies' room at
Paddington Station Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a Central London railway terminus and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area. The site has been the London terminus of services provided by the Great ...
, in
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. Constantly fed choice meats, including titbits from his admirers, he became famously fat. On a cold morning in 1970, Tiddles was adopted as a six-week-old stray kitten by June Watson, an attendant in the ladies' room at Paddington Station.Sam Stall, ''100 Cats who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines'', Philadelphia: Quirk, 2007, , pp. 136–37, p. 136.Anthony Lambert, ''Lambert's Railway Miscellany'', London: Ebert, 2010,
p. 13
Gerald L. Wood, ''Guinness Book of Pet Records'', Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives, 1984 /Sterling, 1985,
pp. 75–76
Michael Zullo, ''Cat Astrology: The Complete Guide to Feline Horoscopes'', rev. ed. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel, 2001,
p. 22
Joan Palmer, ''All About Cats'', London: Ward Lock, 1986,
pp. 23–24
Women began to come to visit him there. In addition to fan letters, Christmas presents and a Christmas tree, Tiddles received food from many of his admirers, which was stored in his personal refrigerator; some posted food to him."Fat Animals"
''The Week'', 8 September 2010 (with picture).
As a result of his high-fat, high-calorie diet of delicacies such as chicken livers, kidneys, rabbit, and steak, the frequent titbits from admirers, and lack of exercise, Tiddles became very fat.Sarah Hartwell

MessyBeast.com cat resource archive, updated 2011, retrieved 24 September 2012 (with picture).
By 1982, he weighed and won the title of 'London Fat Cat Champion'.Stall
p. 137
He was one of the most famous fat cats (making his name ironic, as he was "anything but 'tiddly'"). He was filmed by a Canadian camera crew, featured in foreign magazines, and in 1993, painted by Frances Broomfield. Attempts to reduce his weight did not work because his fans continued to overfeed him. He eventually weighed "Rising concern over feline obesity", ''Cat Watch'', 1 January 2006
Online at Highbeam
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and "resemble a beach ball with fur." Tiddles was
euthanised Animal euthanasia ( euthanasia from el, εὐθανασία; "good death") is the act of killing an animal or allowing it to die by withholding extreme medical measures. Reasons for euthanasia include incurable (and especially painful) conditi ...
in 1983 after
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s found fluid around his lungs.


See also

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List of individual cats This is a list of famous cats which achieved some degree of popularity either in their own right or by association with someone famous. Before the modern era * Nedjem or Nojem ( Egyptian: ''nḏm'' "Sweet One" or "Sweetie"), 15th century BC. The ...


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Martyn Lewis Sir Martyn John Dudley Lewis (born 7 April 1945) is a Welsh television news presenter and journalist. He was a presenter for BBC News television programmes between 1986 and 1999 and was known for his involvement in the coverage of the death o ...
, ''Cats in the News'', Macdonald, 1991,


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