Genetic Link

A vet once told Lucy she was a little too roly poly. I believe the words "pear shaped" were also used. I took a little offense, for Lucy's sake, as no woman ever wants to hear negative comments about her weight. Truth be told, Lucy is not a very motivated exerciser. Also, it should come as no surprise that sleeping twenty hours a day is not good for weight loss. Regardless, she is still pretty cute.

Latino doesn't mince words when it comes to Lucy's weight. "Lucy, you're chubby!" As mentioned in a previous post, he had a plan to feed her excessively so she would have a heart attack. Latino's latest theory is that Lucy is going to get diabetes. After declaring that he became suddenly unsure, and he asked if cats can in fact develop the disease. I agreed that it is possible: my brother's cat is diabetic. He paused before responding, "Wait, your brother who is diabetic has a diabetic cat?" I confirmed that was the case. "Is it genetic?" he inquired.

I think this makes it clear that Latino thinks cats are true members of the family.