Invite to Cat People!

Debby

Debby

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East coast of Canada
For something a little lighter (than my last thread!), I just have to share with other 'cat people', that I just love my cat! He is so cool and so fine! He's laying on my lap with his paw on the top of my hand and helping me type this right now.

We never planned on getting a cat, already had two dogs, but summer of 2013 somebody must have dumped him out in the country and by Christmas he was so starved and developing an illness that we were finally aware that he was living under our ground level wooden deck. I guess it was the only shelter he could find from the snowdrifts everywhere.

Although he'd eluded any efforts to connect through the summer and fall, I was finally able to reach into the hole where he'd taken shelter and drag him out. Instead of tearing my hand to pieces (who needs gloves to grab strange cats right?)he started purring like he'd been waiting for this moment. He was literally skin and bones, weighing in at 5.5 lbs.

Starting out in our garage (my husband said emphatically and repeatedly, "He's an outdoor cat! Not coming in the house") he's now our house/barn cat which means he spends the day in the house with us and in the evening I take him out to the barn for his last feed) He's weighs about 12 pounds now and is beautiful and so gentle and his greatest joy in life is any kind of lovin' from us! Ziggy is named after another cat we had who was pure white and had one blue eye and one golden eye and we named him after David Bowies 'alter ego' Ziggy Stardust.

So folks, cat people, if you have a photo of your special friend, share it, because I'd love to see who shares your house!

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Thanks for sharing that nice story about Ziggy, Debby! :D It's wonderful that you helped him and gave him a loving home...and it's an extra plus when they're purrers. My cat is somewhere between ten and thirteen pounds, his weight seems to vary. He looks fat when he's sitting, which he does all the time, but his fur is super thick.

We got our cat as a kitten a couple of years ago. It was a decade since we had a cat in the house, but my husband saw a Manx ad in the paper in Wyoming, and before we knew it I was out shopping for scratching post, litter box, carrier and all the other goodies to welcome our new family member, and were taking a looong drive to get him. Our 10 yr. old dog Hans was never around cats, so we didn't know what to expect.

Loki is a purr machine, started the day I brought him home and settled him in the bathroom for security. Now, he purrs me to sleep each night, and often turns it into a trill if I start petting him. He often puts him 'arm' around my neck at night. If I just look at him, talk to him or pick him up, the motor starts.

He's not a lap cat, but he's very dog-like, and follows me from room to room, and rests somewhere nearby. The picture is him on the love seat we have, he's watching me on the computer. He's good buddies with the dog, they travel together with us when camping, hang out and explore together, and sometimes sleep together.



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Debby said:
Starting out in our garage (my husband said emphatically and repeatedly, "He's an outdoor cat! Not coming in the house") he's now our house/barn cat which means he spends the day in the house with us and in the evening I take him out to the barn for his last feed)
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Your hubby must know the stray cat rules:



Strict, Unbending Rules for Dealing with Stray Cats


1. Stray cats will not be fed.

2. Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food.

3. Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food moistened with
a little milk.

4. Stray cats will not be fed anything, except dry cat food moistened with
warm milk, yummy treats and leftover fish scraps.

5. Stray cats will not be encouraged to make this house their permanent
residence.

6. Stray cats will not be petted, played with, picked up and cuddled
unnecessarily.

7. Stray cats that are petted, played with, picked up and cuddled will
absolutely not be given a name.

8. Stray cats with or without a name, will not be allowed inside the house
at any time.

9. Stray cats will not be allowed inside the house, except at certain
times.

10. Stray cats will not be allowed inside the house, except on days ending
in “y”.

11. Stray cats allowed inside, will not be permitted to jump up on or
sharpen their claws on the furniture.

12. Stray cats will not be permitted to, jump up on or sharpen claws on the
really good furniture.

13. Stray cats will be permitted on all furniture, but must sharpen claws
on new .99 sisal-rope cat-scratching post with three perches.

14. Stray cats will answer the call of nature outdoors in the sand.

15. Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the three-piece,
high-impact plastic tray filled with Fresh’n'Sweet kitty litter.

16. Stray cats will answer the call of nature in the hooded litter pan,
with a three-panel privacy screen and plenty of head room.

17. Stray cats will sleep outside.

18. Stray cats will sleep in the garage.

19. Stray cats will sleep in the house.

20. Stray cats will sleep in a cardboard box lined with an old blanket.

21. Stray cats will sleep in the special Kitty-Komfort-Bed with
non-allergenic lambs wool pillow.

22. Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed.

23. Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed, except at the foot.

24. Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed under the covers.

25. Stray cats will not be allowed to sleep in our bed under the covers,
except at the foot.

26. Stray cats will not play on the desk.

27. Stray cats will not play on the desk, near the computer.

28. Stray cats are forbidden to walk on the computer keyboard on the desk,
when the human is asdfjjhhkl;ljfd.;oier’puyykmm4hb USING IT.
 

I love my kitty, too, and couldn't do without him! Debby, your story is so sweet. And SeaBreeze, Wyoming? A long-distance cat? Or do/did you live nearby? Tucker, my tuxedo cat (he always wears his best bib and tucker), was a shelter cat. We went there in search of a perfectly good cat and found one! My only requirement was that the perfectly good cat had to be one that "draped" well...like the cat in the Snoopy cartoon. Tucker drapes well. He also purrs well, and he sits by my side with his "arm" on my stomach. He's also good at helping me on the keyboard...

SB, those are great, hard and fast rules for strays, be they dogs or cats. LOL
 
We drove from Colorado in winter, so it was longer than I cared for...but well worth it in the end Georgia.
 
Speaking of cats and computers.... My daughter has four Siamese, two of which do.not.approve of anything being on a shelf, table, mantle, etc. They'll just casually stroll by and knock it off. So, in the middle of the night a couple of years ago, they awoke to a crash from the office. On going into the office, they saw a computer monitor and keyboard lying on the floor, with two cats sitting calmly on the desk washing themselves. Who us? Push the monitor off the table? Wasn't us....must have been an earthquake or something.... Little s**ts...
 
Oh my goodness, such a lovely bunch of kitties so far. And Seabreeze, your Loki sounds just like my Zig in a couple ways. I always have to watch where I step when I come out of the bathroom (because Ziggy is there right where cats 'belong', underfoot) because he follows me around too and the 'arms' around the neck, well that just melts me.

Tucker must be such a good assistant when you are doing research on your computer Georgia. Or maybe he just likes your 'mouse':rolleyes:

Oldman, is your cat's name Chelsea? She's a beautiful cat! Is she very friendly or is there a reason why you referred to her as 'your master'?

I've always loved the oriental cat with their long, chiselled heads and Siamese are so cool. Jujube are your daughter's cats as vocal as the Siamese that I've heard in the past? If so, four of them must be quite something to listen to.
 
I dont care that much for dog but if some of my friends own one I play and have fun with them.
Ive always been a cat person simply because of their cleaness.
Right now I have 3 indoor and 1 outdoor cats.
Fleas have hardly ever been a problem with me,the pill I shove down their throats every 6 months has work wonders.
 
Davey Jones said:
I dont care that much for dog but if some of my friends own one I play and have fun with them.
Ive always been a cat person simply because of their cleaness.
Right now I have 3 indoor and 1 outdoor cats.
Fleas have hardly ever been a problem with me,the pill I shove down their throats every 6 months has work wonders.
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Cleaness - you are right on that Davey. I have two little dogs that don't go out running in the mud and three days after a bath, you can smell dogginess starting. But my cat never smells!
 
"My daughter has four Siamese,"

Four? My God! We only had two, a brother and sister, and our lives were pretty full!

One Sunday my wife saw Am Bis, the boy, with a large brown something on the lawn.

On investigation it proved to be a large fully cooked, piping hot, sirloin of beef! Somebody was missing a Sunday Roast.

She took it indoors, cut it in half and shared it between the two of them.

We then drew the curtains and sat all afternoon dreading a ring at the front door!

We never even heard any sort of whisper from the neighbours about the loss of a Sunday dinner.
 
My children call me the wicked witch of the west....maybe that is why I have two cats.
i don't feed them tins...if I knock on the back door they can hear me from miles away and come in for food!
 
They are also quite stupid, so they catch very very few birds....only two this year I think....they have to work together and share the brain cell...watching them miss is very funny!
 
This is the only decent photo I have of my cat (the calico, with my mom's barn cat).
She was only about 9 months old at the time.

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Every other picture I've ever tried to take of her comes out like the one below (taken today). The devil cat! :eewwk:
She will be 7 this May. Sweetest cat I've ever had.

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