Well we did grow our family by one last week. The new cat arrived, a little stinky from messing up his travel crate, and took to us pretty easily. He needed a wash as soon as he got here and even after that had no real problems with us. It did take him a day or two to get used to being able to go where he wanted to in the house and only last night did he finally not spend all his time in his new basket. Anyway without much further ado let me introduce Archer.
He is a very big cat, weighing in about 22lbs or so. He is also physically large, about as large a Boots but not quite as muscle bound, more fatty. We are trying to get him down to a healthy weight but he does seem keen on eating anything he can get ahold of and is always right there when food is being dished up.
Other than that though he is an incredibly relaxed cat. He really enjoys a good comfortable place to curl up and sleep, being 9 years old I suspect he is used to that life, although he does try to be a little bit active unlike our older boys. He will try and chase a laser pointer but has problems moving quickly due to his weight. I do think he has lost a little since being here since we are not over feeding him as his previous owner apparently did. All the other cats get on with him ok although they were a bit wary and we did get some hissing from Lucy at first. Now though he is just another one of the gang that happens to be new and big. Here's hoping we can give him a happy life here with us so he can live out his older days comfortably.
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