Sir Elliot Awesome Earhair A cat who lives up to his name

mercurynews ^ | 04/17/2009 | Linda Goldston

[JoeProBono]

Alexandra "Alex" Hall of Los Gatos has one of the most unusually named cats I've come across: Sir Elliot Awesome Earhair. And there's a reason for that. "He's an 18-pound Maine coon with three-inch ear hair and a curly tail," Alex wrote to me.

As you can see in the photo, he does have long ear hair. And the tail is quite exceptional. Alex said Elliot's tail has about two inches of very thick bone and then the vertebrae are curled in a knot. In years past, Elliot doubtless would have ended up in a circus, but Alex and her husband adore him and love having him as part of their blended family of cats. When they married, Alex had Sir Elliot and Chelsea, a longhair white cat who eats Kitty Kaviar right out of the can, and her husband had Pugsley, who claims the head pillow spot, and Macky, a polydactyl with extra toes on each foot.

The East Bay SPCA named the cat, and Elliot had been at the shelter for months when Alex saw him. She was looking for a kitten "but he picked me," she said. "He came over and started nosing me, and as I drove home that day I kept wondering if I'd imagined him because he was so odd. But the next day, I went back and asked if they had a cat with ear hair and they all said, 'Oh, you mean Elliot. So that was that. I've been his mommy ever since."

[LiberConservative]

... as you can see in the photo ...

But no photo. Can't use up bandwidth. Need it for ads.

[To Hell With Poverty]

Alex Hall of....Los Gatos?

[JoeProBono]

[Fawn]

This was my Maine Coon. Nasty guy....hated other cats and I finally was able to pawn him off , find him another home so that my other cats could live. He is definetly an only child cat. Nasty!!

[moonpie57]

There is a pic of the cat here: http://sirelliot.blogspot.com/

[TheOldLady]

"There is no photo. And there never was!"

Ahhh. You must be The One.

As for the pic at the Sir Elliot blogspot, WOW. I thought my Maine Coon had long ear hairs and whiskers, but no!

[Huntress]

Slings, Moonpie found us a picture, should you want to reping the kitty list.

[Slings and Arrows]

Slings, Moonpie found us a picture, should you want to reping the kitty list.

Hokay.

[PERKY2004]

Gracie is one of our fluffiest cats.

[Slings and Arrows]

Fluffitude: U Haz It

[Slings and Arrows]

Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.

[angcat]

Fawn he is beautiful. I love him.

[Fawn]

Thanks Ang....he now lives with my brother and family as an only cat....