Posted on 04/17/2016 1:00:21 PM PDT by EinNYC
A street kitty—my favorite kind!
Looks like Zizu has the makings of a great cat, so happy for you both!
Zizu is beautiful! I’m glad you’ve found a new sweet baby to love. We now have six kitties - more than we’d planned, but life is like that. We love them all.
Awwww, she’s such a cutie!
How did Steve Zissou get Bernie Sanders in his sub? Look left.
LOL...
It’s a sub full of Hollywood commies...they didn’t even notice he was there. :)
Hug your sweet Zizu for me, K?
The gray one looks just like my beloved cat Louie who I lost a few years ago. Russian Blue?
What a Cutie. Is she Registering Independent or Republican?
First congratulations! Second, thank you for giving this beautiful and sweet kitty a loving home. My rescue kitty, after a year and 1/2 with me, has never learned to play with toys (3 years on the street and 4 in the center)except a cloth string that I snake on the floor for her. Her only toy! I keep buying them for her but all she wants is her mother pulling the string...I am happy your kitty is filling the emptiness in your heart.
Zizu's markings are one of the most dramatic examples of "genetic diversity" I've seen in a long while! Quite pleasingly striking...
And, I do hope she learns to enjoy toys. Our two "rescues" certainly have -- we find them strewn all over the house in the mornings -- after returning them to their storage bin before bedtime...
Congrats on your new companion!
Cat needs you.
I hope you get a kitten.
This is wonderful news. I wish you and Zizu a long and happy time together.
Awww, sweet, good for you! She is both distinctive and lovey-eyed. :) <3
I think I told you NOT to try to get a kitty just like the one you lost. If I did, I am glad you did not take my advice. Two big winners here! Cats are great! (Except for Max of Windridge Court, but that’s another story)
That’s a very lucky kitty to have you for her Mom! I think Kefira would be proud to have you give a home and wonderful life to another. I know firsthand they heal our hearts.
She obviously had not been exposed to toys before. I just brought in Bijou’s old trackball toy, that blue one with the fabric mouse on a stem above it. I sprayed it with catnip extract and Zizu was playing with it a little. I think she will catch on to what toys are about. Right now, she is newly ensconced in the kitchen instead of the bathroom. It’s much roomier and better ventilated. I spent all day making the kitten gate to close off the kitchen. She is crying because she sees me at the computer and wants me to come into the kitchen and pet her. She has to learn that she will be played with when I come into the kitchen and that crying will not gain my attention. Thank goodness I put that trackball toy in there to distract her. She is crying nonstop because she wants me to come in there. It is very hard, but I can’t let her think that I will come running into the kitchen when she cries. She will get plenty of attention, all the more after quarantine is over April 28.
Congrats on your new little love! Thank you for posting her picture.
Now I’m intrigued by the PVC gate & wish to see that as well. I need to construct 3 cheap gates to keep my elderly dog from messing in the living room. Right now the room doors & one baby gate suffice, but I’d really like to keep doors open & air circulating.
YAY!!! Wecome Zizu! I think the black and white parts will be the sweet kitty personality traits... WATCH out for the orange parts! :) The fact that she is responding to you petting her means she was probably a throw away vs a feral. THAT is a good thing. It took us a good three weeks to be able to even touch SK. Good luck on the introduction! It will probably go a lot smoother than you think. Hugs and congratulations!! Mom
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