Meet Romeo
Cat Distribution System Survivor • Aggressively Friendly• Blanket Violator
Romeo arrived courtesy of the Cat Distribution System.
One day, while walking outside to get something from the van, there was a tiny reddish-brown kitten sitting underneath the car. He was painfully skinny, had a badly infected eye, and looked only a few weeks old.
He was not.
After spending the night isolated in the garage, Romeo went to the vet the next morning, where we learned this horrifying little skeleton creature was actually around nine months old and only weighed about two and a half pounds. The vet warned me not to get too attached because he was in rough shape.
Naturally, I became attached immediately.
Despite being half-starved and sick, Romeo was unbelievably affectionate. He climbed all over people, smashed his forehead into us constantly, rubbed against everything, and demanded love with the confidence of a cat who had already decided he lived here.
That is how he earned the name Romeo.
By the time the rest of the family returned from a trip a few days later, Romeo was a fixture in the house that could not be removed.
We simply informed everyone:
“This is Romeo’s home now.”
Because that is how the Cat Distribution System works.
These days Romeo is fat, healthy, and very obviously black-and-white instead of reddish-brown. As it turns out, the rust coloring was caused by malnutrition.
Romeo will paw at your arm, headbutt you repeatedly, and stare directly into your soul if he believes you have stopped petting him too soon. He is pushy in the way only an extremely affectionate cat can be.
He has no boundaries. He does not care if he knows you. You exist. And therefore, you will love him.
Adopted: June 2019
Special Skills:
- Aggressive paperweight
- Strategic deployment of murder mittens
- Friendly to a fault