Zeehag, your Bubby at 16.5 lbs. is a good-sized fella. My Sylvester (guess what he looks like) weighs in at just over 20 lbs, but he is very loving (and a little demanding sometimes). My wife likes him because he has cured my snoring. I used to snore really loud whenever I rolled over onto my back. When Sylvester grew up, if I rolled onto my back, I would wake up with 20 lbs of cat sitting on my chest, wanting to be rubbed. It did not take long for me to develop an aversion to sleeping on my back- so no more snoring. I have COPD and sleep with an oxygen canula. It seems Sylvester like to chew on the plastic oxygen tubing, so I have to replace it fairly often. By the way, don't believe that a cat will always land on its feet. Several years ago I woke up just as Sylvester came walking between me and the side of the bed. Before I realized what was happening, he grabbed my oxygen hose in his teeth and jumped off the bed.
Unfortunately, he did not leave enough slack, and ran out of hose about halfway to the floor. The tubing flipped him upside down- 20 lbs of cat hitting the floor on his back sounds a lot like you dropped a bowling ball. The hose also nearly ripped my ears off, as I keep it wrapped behind my ears to keep it in place. Fortunately for both of us, he has not seen fit to repeat that little stunt. Aren't cats just wonderful? -Paul
