Extra Skin On Cats Belly. It is an excess layer of skin and fat that is in front of your cat's hind legs. A hanging belly on your cat can be one of these things makes you wonder if your cat is healthy, but there is not reason for you to be alarmed about a cat that has a stomach that hangs.

The belly of an obese cat comes from the top of the underside and continues all the way down, but primordial pouches start farther down and are skewed toward the back legs. That loose flap of skin and fat on his belly is called the primordial pouch and it actually serves important functions. It looks and feels like excess skin, giving the impression that a cat is carrying excess weight.