Coochie Coo was our baby. He would wake us up to feed him by knocking things off my night table (books, glasses, etc.), scratch the wall behind the table, make noise by the garbarge bag. He loved food! At one point he was over 20 lbs. But due to his thyroid he dropped weight. And due to his thryoid, it seems some mass grew on his liver. I will forever love my baby. There will be no other Coochie again. It's too soon to get another kitten in our lives, but I miss the activity in the house. He was our 16 year old kitten forever.