[LuthienTinuviel]

All right, we have a thread about doggies. They're cute, all right, but I kinda felt left out... I'm all about CATS!!!

I'm a great lover of cats. My first was named Mimi, or more accurately, she acquired my family. She just sat there under one of my Mother's flowering shrubs and I played with her. We fed her and she kept coming back, so in time she somehow managed to worm herself into our family.

From her litters and the litters of her kittens we had up to 15 cats at a time.

Now, there's only Skippetty left. She's an Asian Ticked Tabby, answers to the name Skippy, responds to certain words in both English and Malay, which includes kitchen, eat, fish, Friskies, bath, and vet. I trained her to sit, jump, and housetrained her to only do her business outside. Thing is, nowadays she just sleeps, and bug me for my affection once in a while.

It drives my Mom crazy when she'd deliberately sleep on her prayer mat or her bed after rolling about in the sand. It's not unusual to hear my Mother reprimending her about 'you should know better' and she'd sneak into my room or behind me knowing that I wouldn't let her come to harm.

Yes, we treat her like another baby in the house. I know people thinks I'm nuts to talk to cats as if I'd talk to another person, but really, my baby understands every single word. And my emotions, somehow.



CATS ROCK!!

[DandieeLyon]

ooh I love kitties too! I have been a cat person my whole life,and that I have a dog now is kinda funny. Currently,we have one cat,a fluffly grey tabby,named Merlin. He's about 2 years old now,and i love him to bits,even though he's not technically my cat. He's our roomies' cat.

My cat,Allister,died last december,after 13 years together. i used to joke that he was the most consistent man in my life. It's been hard without my best friend these last few months,and i am not anywhere near ready to get another (feels like i'd be replacing him) but having the aforementioned Merlin around does help.


Know what i like best about kitties? That super soft bit of fluff that resides behind thier ears. Puuuuurrrrrr.

[SpaceWeavil]

I don't have a cat of my own at present, but I am getting one once I'm more settled in Glasgow. My mum though has two, twins, called Kit and Kat, who are adorable. There was actually a third kitten in the litter but someone else took him and called him Gizmo, but sadly he was run over.

I really miss having a cat in the house

This is Kit;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v412/spaceweavil/kit.jpg

[LuthienTinuviel]

Ooooh... Kit's adorable!!

Skippy's out with her boyfriend now, but I'll snap a pic of her for you later!

Dandiee, I know what you mean about the fur. I like to play with my baby's fur as well, it's lovely to snuggle up to when you're sleeping! Plus, mine smells wonderful (courtesy of being dragged into the bathroom for showers by either me or my Mom). Hehehe...

[mistressofbucklebury]

My little babies Ella and Tucker came into my life about 2 and a half weeks ago and already I wouldn't be without them for the world

[Shanalir]

I don't have any cats right now. At least not in the same state as i am. My baby while we were both grwing up was a black and grey tabby named Robin. He died a few days before Christmas three years ago. I still have two in California, though. Boo, who is around 20 years old, was a stray untill I adopted her (at age four) off the alley behind our house. We put up found cat signs, but no one ever claimed her, so we kept her. Princess is a white cat with a large calico splotch on her back, a small one on her head, and a calico tail. She definitely lives up to her name. no pics unfortunately.

[RobinKa]

Wow, "kitties' thread"

My Flo is 5 years old. She is stubborn little devil, black from ears to tail, and real ruler of our not very big family

Now she's having her well deserved after-breakfast nap

You can see her:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/Robinka/Flo.jpg
she was 3-month-old.

Funny, but what I love the most about Flo is her independence. I always have to take her opinion into account

[LuthienTinuviel]

Hrmm... I forgot to mention Skippy's age. She's should be about 8-10 years old by now. I recalled watching Mimi give birth to her then, and all the fond memories afterwards...

[Scribe]

This is Newt...she's presently two months old.

http://www.optusnet.com.au/~lsutter1/News.jpg

[SilverMoonLady]

Until last month, there were two feline members of the household, Chaplin (black tux, white tummy & paws) and MeowMeow Pussycat (gray tux, white tummy & paws). They are the two most dissimilar cats I've ever seen live together!! She is a spastic high maintenance princess, and he was the most relaxed cat on the planet: you could pick this cat up, turn him upside down and he would just kinda look at you, like nothing was wrong! He was a fabulous kid-cat too; they would tug at his fur and try to pet him, and he would just lay there and let them, simply walking away if they got too rough, as if he knew these were 'kittens' that didn't know any better... Then, last month, he fell asleep and didn't wake up, for no particular reason we could find! He wasn't even that old, though we don't know it for sure, since he was a stray behind hubby's old restaurant, until a very cold November about 4 years back... *sigh*
But we do still have the princess spastastic, and she's even more of a handful now!

[krazykataave]

We had a Siamese that would leap from the floor onto your stomach while you were standing and then you would have to rock him like a baby. It was neat, you just leaned back a little and patted you stomach and up he came.

My husband is trying to get out 13 pound cat to do that now; a 4 pound siamese yes, a 13 pounder i don't think so. Our cat weighs more than the dog.......


Kat

[LuthienTinuviel]

Newt's adorable! I love kittens most of all, despite the fact that they need to be potty trained. The way they view the world with fresh eyes somehow would get to me all the time.

I just took these pictures of Skippy. She's a little frisky and sullen when I use my hands for anything other than scratching that spot she liked behind her neck, and it took some cooing to get her to agree for the pics, but luckily it turned out well!


http://www.geocities.com/_chibimelody_/CIMG0018.JPG

http://www.geocities.com/_chibimelody_/mebabyskippy.JPG

[Vilwarin]

Ai, you lucky ones. I do not have any cats - in fact, no pets at all in the house. My mother does not like cats overly much. But honestly, how can you possibly not adore these animals?
I have a horse though, but sadly I do not see her every day because she lives some miles away.
Vil

[MoonRaven]

Now this is a topic I can really get into!

For all your poor, cat-deprived souls, visit the link below for a kitty-fix:

The House of Many Cats

I won't take up space here by introducing our household, but suffice it to say, I can talk cats with anyone else who is interested...lol.

[Vilwarin]

Wow, these are a LOT of cats *lol*