Roger is our cat. He wears a tuxedo. He loves Churu’s and playing with fan toy. He talks a lot and once jumped on top of our tallest bookshelf.

We’ve had Roger for 11 years. He just showed up at our house one day and never left. Actually my husband brought him inside after a few weeks of hanging out by our door (he was feeding him). Roger wasn’t exactly a kitten but he was very young, probably only about 6 months old. It started snowing and we couldn’t find him outside so my husband wandered around the neighborhood, meowing loudly, until he found him and brought him in. He was then put in laundry room prison because he wasn’t yet neutered. He’s since been neutered and grown from scrawny street cat into fat housecat and finally down to vet-approved-sized king of the apartment.

What’s a fan toy, you might ask? We found this cat name Billi on Youtube who speaks using speech buttons. She’s pretty cool, Roger also likes watching her videos. Anyways, Billi refers to her toy on a string as “fan toy”. Her owners sometimes tie the toy to the fan and it goes around and Billi gets a kick out of it. We don’t tie Roger’s fan toy to the fan, it’s just a stick with a wire and a mouse at the end, but oh man does he love chasing it. He goes pretty wild for it. For about 2 minutes, then his energy is spent and he plops on the floor for a while. Roger recognizes a few words, like fan toy, just like Billi. It’s pretty cool.

I think Roger would like a kitten of his own someday. He has tried many times to befriend our little brown dog but Thor does not want anything to do with him. It’s kind of sad. We’d get another cat but we’re currently on a 2 pet only lease. The husband has already dictated that we shall always have a cat, and it shall always be a tuxedo cat, and it’s name shall always be Roger (or different variations). As long as we don’t have 10 tuxedo cats named Roger, I think it’ll be okay.

Roger’s favorite things to do around the house are typical cat things. He enjoys being on the desk while you’re working or gaming. He likes cleaning himself in various spots around the house. He likes eating the dog’s food. He particularly enjoys asking for more food, then clawing something when he doesn’t get what he wants. If he sneakily hides in our room at bedtime, he enjoys waking me up by sitting on my chest in the middle of the night and kneading with full claws while he purrs happily. He’s a real hoot.

I don’t know if we’ll ever have a cat as chill as Roger as been, so we’ll cherish the rest of the time we have to spend with him. He’s spoiled and well loved.

What pets do you have? Tell me about them!


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