This is Charlie. And he is every bit as big as he looks. Although he doesn't look very big in this picture. But I can promise you that he weighs more than my chocolate lab, and his belly actually sways from side to side when he walks.
A few things about Charlie:
Charlie is - ahem- hefty.
Charlie loves my baby. Loves him. He will wait for my baby to lie down, and will then lie down right beside him. He will follow him around the house and rub around his legs. This becomes problematic at times, as Charlie and my baby are approximately the same weight and my baby's legs just aren't quite long enough to step around the cat. You can guess the outcome.
Charlie belonged to someone else long before us. They left, left him behind, then tried to come back six months later and claim him. I told them not on my life. You abandon your animal, I adopt it, it's mine. Get lost, neglectful losers.
Charlie also developed a habit of sleeping on our bed while Soldier Boy was deployed for 13 months. This was not a problem at the time, but Soldier Boy, despite being a cat person, does not like them on his bed. So when he came home, Charlie took note and stayed off. (The other two cats didn't get the memo and have to be disgracefully escorted out every night.) However, Charlie is quite astute; when Soldier Boy left yesterday, he again took note. And this morning I woke up to a very large orange cat nestled up beside my feet.
He's quite charming, that Charlie. Even if he does weigh 5,682 pounds. And snores.
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