I frequently tell mine that he's my favorite. Also, thanks for showing me this feature in the forum posts!
I named my guy Mazda because he showed up in the engine compartment of my car one day. When we got him out, he was scrawny with his ribs showing and dirty. (It’s possible he caught a ride there from another town earlier that day.) When we began cleaning him up, we discovered that he had fleas, because they were migrating to his head, the only dry part of his body. After a couple of rounds of baths and picking those off, he seemed much more content. Since he showed up in my car, I felt like he was my responsibility (or maybe he chose me for some reason), so I ended up keeping him instead of trying to re-home him.
I never planned to be a cat person, because I’ve always been allergic, and the first several months with this guy were pretty miserable for me physically, but over time my immune system acclimated, and now I can be around other cats without significant problems, so he’s actually been really good for me in a few ways. He’s still timid around strangers, but he seems to think that I’m his human, and he’s grown from a scrawny 8-week-old foundling into a 9-year-old monster who likes to give hugs.
Wanting to be a responsible cat owner (even though he’s an indoor cat), I had him neutered, and I recall reading that the hormonal changes this causes can have a significant impact on male cats’ metabolism, so it’s important to watch for weight gain. His veterinarian has said that he’s not overweight, but she’d like to see him weigh a little less at his size, and the Pet Mode was one of the features that drew me specifically to Wyze’s scale models.
Yeah, and I’m glad there are people a lot smarter than I am who are able to figure out stuff like that.