Invite to Cat People!

[SeaBreeze]

Thank you, Debby for the invite...and here is a photo of our Puss-Cat with his dear friend, Gracie...our English bull terrier:



And, here is one of Puss alone:

Puss looks like a little sweetie, and I love the photo of with Gracie! :love_heart:

 

[SeaBreeze]

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.

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.

Not a devil cat at all, a little angel! The red-eye camera thing happens to all of us.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Here's my two snuggling on a camping trip.

 

[NancyNGA]

SeaBreeze, your Loki reminds me so much of the neighbor's outdoor cat out at the farm.
He was always down at the barn. They had a lot of dogs and I think he preferred
the goats.

I love solid gray cats. They are so beautiful.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I love that color too, had a long hair that color when I was younger.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I do not have a picture of my cat, but she looks like this one..she is a 'Ragdoll' breed and her name is Sam, she is about 18 years old.

Ragdolls are beautiful, give Sam a big hug for me! I've only seen them at cat shows. I hear they have flaccid musculature, is that true? Can you feel a difference when you pick Sam up than you would another cat?

 

[Jackie22]

Ragdolls are beautiful, give Sam a big hug for me! I've only seen them at cat shows. I hear they have flaccid musculature, is that true? Can you feel a difference when you pick Sam up than you would another cat?

Yes, somewhat, SeaBreeze, one thing about her, she is very reclusive and shy.....runs and hides when anyone comes in the house and stays hid until they leave. She is beginning to have age problems and I dread what I'm going to have to do with her.

I've really enjoyed this thread, so many beautiful cats.

 

[NancyNGA]

.... one thing about her, she is very reclusive and shy.....runs and hides when anyone comes in the house and stays hid until they leave. ....

Jackie, my cat is also super reclusive. If anyone even drives in the driveway she hides.
I was hoping she would finally grow out of it, but I think she won't now.

Where did you get your cat?

Mine was living in a hollow log on the back side of my neighbor's (vacant) rental property.
She was about 9 weeks old according to the vet. I read somewhere that by that age their personality is pretty much set.

 

[QuickSilver]

My cats hide when the Grandkids come over.. I don't see them again until the kids are long gone..lol!!

My first cat was Jack. We took him in at 5 months old. His mom was our neighbor's barn cat.. Jack was her only kitten. She was shot in the head by another neighbor with a BB gun. I brought Jack back to Chicago with us.

Then.. we were in Clinton Iowa.. and stopped in at their shelter. I was really looking for a dog, but I saw the most beautiful Calico cat I had ever seen.. That's how Belle came to be with us.

Mitzi was next. There was a knock at the door and a neighbor girl was there crying and holding the tiniest kitty I had ever seen. She said she found her and her Grandma wouldn't let her keep it.. Would I PLEASE take her? So I did.

Finally, a year later, I was outside with the dog and heard crying.. A very young cat came around the corner of the house.. I called "Here KEY KEY KEY!! And he ran in the front door. No tags or collar.. and all the cats in that area are barn cats.. and breed indescriminantly.. He was starving and wolfed down a whole can of food. SO ... CARL came to be with us to make a total of 4.. kitties.

 

[Jackie22]

Morning Nancy, We bought her when she was just a kitten at First Monday ( a huge flea market near where I live).
She was super cute as a kitten and would fetch a ball of paper, but grew out of that.

Yes, I agree about the personality.

 

[Jackie22]

My cats hide when the Grandkids come over.. I don't see them again until the kids are long gone..lol!!

My first cat was Jack. We took him in at 5 months old. His mom was our neighbor's barn cat.. Jack was her only kitten. She was shot in the head by another neighbor with a BB gun. I brought Jack back to Chicago with us.

Then.. we were in Clinton Iowa.. and stopped in at their shelter. I was really looking for a dog, but I saw the most beautiful Calico cat I had ever seen.. That's how Belle came to be with us.

Mitzi was next. There was a knock at the door and a neighbor girl was there crying and holding the tiniest kitty I had ever seen. She said she found her and her Grandma wouldn't let her keep it.. Would I PLEASE take her? So I did.

Finally, a year later, I was outside with the dog and heard crying.. A very young cat came around the corner of the house.. I called "Here KEY KEY KEY!! And he ran in the front door. No tags or collar.. and all the cats in that area are barn cats.. and breed indescriminantly.. He was starving and wolfed down a whole can of food. SO ... CARL came to be with us to make a total of 4.. kitties.

Nice stories, QS, I understand about the grandkids, when mine come over Bella will jump in my lap and look up at me as if..."Help me, help me."

 

[Debby]

Thank you, Debby for the invite...and here is a photo of our Puss-Cat with his dear friend, Gracie...our English bull terrier:



And, here is one of Puss alone:

Best friends are they Carolyn? Must be entertaining sometimes watching them together. My two dogs are still appalled that we took Ziggy in. Maybe the fact that he's three times the size they are has something to do with it.

 

[jujube]

Dog haiku:

The cat is not so bad.
She leaves Tootsie Rolls
for me in the litter box.

 

[QuickSilver]

Dog haiku:

The cat is not so bad.
She leaves Tootsie Rolls
for me in the litter box.

Seems like all dogs love the ambrosia in the cat box.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Here's my kiddo peeking out of the food cabinet in the camper.

 

[Debby]

Lovely soft grey fur that your kitty has Seabreeze. And isn't it funny how cats like to get into tight spaces?

 

[LarryG]

Hi All. I'm brand new to this board, and am happy to make my very first post be that of my furry child, Fraidy.

Fraidy (who is now 4 years old) is so named because he grew up feral in our neighborhood and would not let anyone touch him until I finally got him to let me pet him after many weeks of trying. After much effort at domestication, he is now about 50/50% indoor/outdoor, as we have a cat flap that allows him to go in our out at his leisure. The only downside to that is that he loves to bring in "presents" for us, which usually is a dead bird or a dead rodent.

But the real fun begins when he brings in a live chipmunk and lets it go in the house. This happens about once a month. I think he is trying to teach daddy (me) to hunt. That's why the couch is overturned in the picture - I was trying to catch the chipmunk, which is not at all easy. Fraidy finds this all hugely amusing

 

[Ina]

:welcome: LarryG, I do believe he is laughing at you, or is he giving you instructions? You've made a great introduction. We will gladly accept you into our discusstions, and you'll soon find out that we have no problems commenting on your posts. :wave:

 

[SeaBreeze]

Welcome Larry, love your Fraidy cat, unusual markings, looks like a nice boy! A chipmunk in my house would cause a bit of commotion for sure!

 

[oakapple]

Message to Quicksilver; glad that the thing wasn't a scorpion after all!
Such lovely pics of all your cats everyone, I have enjoyed seeing them. The chipmunks remind me of the Mickey Mouse cartoon[when they get into the Christmas tree.] A lot of the cats in the US seem to be indoor cats only, is this really the case?Here, they seem to come and go as they please, but apart from cars, are pretty safe from predators. There is always the odd dog that will go for them and maybe the odd fox as well, but that's about it. No coyotes here.

 

[Jackie22]

Hi All. I'm brand new to this board, and am happy to make my very first post be that of my furry child, Fraidy.

Fraidy (who is now 4 years old) is so named because he grew up feral in our neighborhood and would not let anyone touch him until I finally got him to let me pet him after many weeks or trying. After much effort at domestication, he is now about 50/50% indoor/outdoor, as we have a cat flap that allows him to go in our out at his leisure. The only downside to that is that he loves to bring in "presents" for us, which usually is a dead bird or a dead rodent.

But the real fun begins when he brings in a live chipmunk and lets it go in the house. This happens about once a month. I think he is trying to teach daddy (me) to hunt. That's why the couch is overturned in the picture - I was trying to catch the chipmunk, which is not at all easy. Fraidy finds this all hugely amusing

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Fraidy is a handsome dude, Larry, welcome to the forum.

 

[QuickSilver]

Larry... what a lovely and unusual cat Fraidy is!!! He appears to be a Calico.. but Calico's are usually female.. however, he is Ginger.. and most Gingers are male.. I think you have a very rare kitty indeed.. LOVE his expression and markings!!

 

[NancyNGA]

QS, I think the key to being a rare male calico is having 3 colors. So if he had also black mixed in, he would be rare (and possibly sterile isn't it? ) .


I have a question for all the multiple cat owners: How do you feed them and make sure some don't get too fat?

Do you feed them in separate locations?

When I had two cats, I either had to put them in separate rooms, or sit between them and referee.
Then again, one of those two cats lived to eat. She was a bit odd all around, though.

 

[QuickSilver]

QS, I think the key to being a rare male calico is having 3 colors. So if he had also black mixed in, he would be rare (and possibly sterile isn't it? ) .


I have a question for all the multiple cat owners: How do you feed them and make sure some don't get too fat?

Do you feed them in separate locations?

When I had two cats, I either had to put them in separate rooms, or sit between them and referee.
Then again, one of those two cats lived to eat. She was a bit odd all around, though.

Ah... ok... so he is a ginger bi-color.. not Calico..

As for the feeding.. I put out 1 can of wet food each morning. My four share that.. they are very good about everyone getting some... and most days there is food left over to be thrown out. Their dry food is in one big bowl and all four eat from that... and they free feed all day. Three of my cats are normal weight.. my Toms are pretty lean. Mitzi.. my one girl is normal weight.. not lean not fat. However Belle has gotten a little porky over the years.. But I think that is because she is an 9 year old spayed female.. not because she eats too much.

 

[LarryG]

Larry... what a lovely and unusual cat Fraidy is!!! He appears to be a Calico.. but Calico's are usually female.. however, he is Ginger.. and most Gingers are male.. I think you have a very rare kitty indeed.. LOVE his expression and markings!!

Yes Fraidy is a Ginger, and of course a male. Here is a picture of him as a scrawny kitten with his mother (who eventually disappeared) when we started feeding them on our deck. Mom is solid color so his kitty Daddy must have been a pure orange ginger!