Lose a Cat?
Posted on 02/25/2011 1:31:11 PM PST by Slings and Arrows
Awwwww..
Great pic!
I'm still waiting.....
Stuffy (Persian/Siamese female) is funny. I think I sort of shock her every time I stroke her fur as she does not like for me to touch her. Husband is big and she runs from him, but not from me. She’s picky and won’t eat a lot of things. Tuna, freshly purchased sliced deli turkey, sometimes fresh chicken breast, baked salmon or fish, dry 9 Lives, a little milk. That’s it; won’t eat beef. She’s aloof; wish she wasn’t, but that’s just her. Husband claims he doesn’t like her, but he spoils her rotten.
I had a domestic long hair that would paw my cheek to awaken me. Very well-mannered he was.
Then what would I call the wife??? ;-))
Gotta BUST this.
I have a MALE Tortoishell cat. One in a million, my vet says. She’s only seen one other in her years of being a vet.
Also, I have three WHITE cats, none of whom are deaf.
So much for the “experts”.
Well, in our house, the cat seeks out my husband much more often because the husband is the one who lavishes more affection on him and allows him to jump onto his lap at any time. I occasionally invite the cat onto my lap, which he enjoys in cold weather.
Out cat is apparently pretty bright. He undestands about 15 words, and he will come and get us when he wants something, e.g., food, to be let onto our screened in porch, or into the sunroom or to be tied up outside.
Lol! You’re bad!
My cat is an incredible mouser even now at the age of 11.
We have five. None but the big ‘ol black tom is a mouser.
Hmmm...my cat is not.
Granted, she isn’t as rare, but our Apple is a female orange tabby (85% of orange tabbies are male). But you seem to be a freak-cat magnet! :)
IIRC, the deafness thing in white cats is usually tied to blue eyes. What color are the eyes of your white kittehs?
LOL
Mine is a little more aggressive.
She was a “street kid” before I rescued her.
She is now the queen of this home, and very fastidious!
>Husband claims he doesn’t like her, but he spoils her rotten<
LOL!
We have a siamese. My hubby pretends he doesn’t like the meezer, calls her stupid and all of it, but he lets her sit on his lap while he’s in the oval office, covers her up when it’s cold and takes pictures of her.
does this explain all the cat farmers out there???
Good advice!
One white cat has a blue eye & a gold eye, not deaf.
One white cat has two blue eyes, not deaf.
The last white cate has two gold eyes, also not deaf.
Yes, I am a magnet.
I believe one of those outside critters put a sign on my house that says “look in the house thru the doors on the deck when the humans are there, look hungry, and they’ll feed you”.
They show up on my deck (we live in the country/rural), and ask for something to eat.
I feed them, and sometimes take them in.
My cat is a black and white DSH and barely qualifies as a female Tuxedo cat.
She’s about 3 years old, and our best guess is that she was abandoned in a foreclosure.
She was hiding in my garage starting June 2010. Started distance talking to her in July 2010. By August 2010 she pretty much stayed in the garden and garage and my wife who dead set against cats took a liking to her and said: “Let’s feed her!”
Well here we are today:
1. She stalks me and know my every move and routine.
2. She knows how to open a door - lever knob - and all by herself. If it weren’t a heavy fire door - she’d be able to push it open.
3. She eats birds, mice, rats, bugs - and as far as my wife is concerned - the bonus is that she eats cockroaches. That sealed the deal with my wife. She has the cockroach phobia.
4. She’s an outstanding communicator in terms of giving hints at what it is she wants.
5. She does have 3 bad habits which we tolerate:
- She ankle swipes when she wants something.
- She anal gland discharges when pet on the rump - and she doesn’t know she is doing it.
- She like all female cats I associate with for some reason think that I will tolerate bitten hands and scratched arms as part of playtime - followed by appreciative licks afterwards.
Somehow, female cats read me 100% right off the back.
Overall, she is turning out to be great cat. The previous owner let go one helluva cat in my honest opinion.
=8-)
“She like all female cats I associate with for some reason think that I will tolerate bitten hands and scratched arms as part of playtime - followed by appreciative licks afterwards.”
Our cat does this too! Although I’ve never gotten the licks after the bites, probably because I usually bop her in the head when she bites me (and for some reason this hasn’t stopped her yet).
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