Chester Cheetah adopted me in 1993 while I was in the Navy. He was a small orange tabby that had a really long tail and grew into it. No other name seemed to fit him. Nicknames did follow, such as, Cheetah Pita, Fat Boy, BigPig, Boodah, Cheetah Le Meow, etc. He passed away in 2004 and I was completely grief striken.