Maine Coon cats can get pretty big, but it’s not often they’re mistaken for a bobcat or a lynx. At least not in Maine.

Over in San Jose, California, it’s another story, as Colleen Pizarev told SFGate.com how her neighbors keep knocking on her door, thinking the 27-pound, 46-inch Maine Coon cat in her window is an illegal wild animal she’s keeping.

“I’m always like, ‘No! Look, he has a tail,'” Pizarev told the Gate. “In most cases, I’ve been able to diffuse it.”

Pizarev said she got the cat, Spock, about four years ago from a breeder as a show cat but that one of his eyes turned a color that made him unsuitable for competitions. The pampered feline gets about a pound of fresh meat per day, according to the article, and the Pizarev has to put away the table lamps so the furry behemoth* doesn’t knock them over.

If the neighbors need any more evidence Spock isn’t a wild animal, he’s very affectionate, Pizarev told the SFGate. “He’s a lap cat and likes to sit on laps.”

*27 lbs. is certainly above average, but there are bigger Maine Coons out there.