A very cuddly 35-pound orange tabby cat named Bazooka has found a new family after commencing his weight loss journey at an animal rescue center this week.

The extremely chonky fellow arrived at the shelter Tuesday, according to a post from the SPCA of Wake County, North Carolina. The groups communications director, Darci VanderSlik, told The News & Observer that, sadly, Bazookas former owner suffered from dementia and had likely overfed the cat by constantly refilling his dish after hed already been fed. Bazooka was taken in by the SPCA after his owner died.

He thought he was doing the best thing for his cat by feeding him, VanderSlik said. We need to look on this with a compassionate view. He was loved.

Bazooka has won hearts and headlines in just the early days of his weight loss journey. In the SPCAs first post about him, they said the big boy would undergo some much needed medical care, hashtagging bodypawsitive and dechonking.