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  • missouricatlady
    missouricatlady Member Posts: 894
    edited December 2019

    let us know, hray - sending prayers and positive vibes and hope your kitty gives you snuggles, they know when you need them. Hugs xx

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,294
    edited December 2019

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  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,294
    edited December 2019

    The calico is Miss Felix and the black one is Midnight Louie. Miss Felix is 21 and Louie will be 4 in March

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  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited December 2019

    Louie's perch is crazy!!

    I need to hide this image from my kitty who climbs up the stiles of my windows, so she does not get any door-scaling ideas....

  • missouricatlady
    missouricatlady Member Posts: 894
    edited December 2019

    What a beautiful and lovely Miss Felix and Midnight Louie, such agility! Lovely kitties! 21 years old, oh my goodness!

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,294
    edited December 2019

    Louie likes to show off. He scares me with his antics.

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited December 2019

    Aw your calico has such soft looking fur! And aren't the black kitties just outrageous? Every black cat I've ever had has been insane about climbing and exploring and generally being outgoing and fearless.

  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,932
    edited December 2019

    I love the calicos with different colors on each side of the face. We had one in our neighborhood that was so different you would think it was another cat if seen from the opposite side. My crazy climber was a calico. Climbed the Christmas tree which was in a very sturdy base, so didn't go over. Our current black cat has arthritis, so doesn't climb at all.

  • spookiesmom
    spookiesmom Member Posts: 8,178
    edited December 2019

    imagelooks similar to my grandca

  • Momchichi
    Momchichi Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2019

    Love the calicos!

  • petite1
    petite1 Member Posts: 2,294
    edited December 2019

    Looks very similar. She would help me sew, make beds and read the newspaper. Now, not so much. She has to be lifted to get on the bed. She is diabetic, has hyperthyroidism, and arthritis, Poor baby. Louie had a Siamese father and mother was black with a white spot under her chin. He had a brother that was all black, 2 that were black & white and 1 that took after daddy. He is a sweetheart and 99% of the time a good cat. I love my babies. They were so funny after my surgery. I think they thought I had been to the vet and felt sorry for me. LOL

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited December 2019

    Oh my gosh what sweet calicos! My mother always had a calico. Petite1 love the pic of your Louie what a character

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited December 2019

    HeartHeartHeart

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited December 2019

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    Speaking of strange perches, spot the cat. (Elliott)



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  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited December 2019

    Elliott's like "What? This is a purrfectly good spot for me."

  • kathindc
    kathindc Member Posts: 1,667
    edited December 2019

    🙀😹😹😹 How did he get up there!

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,764
    edited December 2019

    Did my Christmas shopping for the girls today. Got them some kitty treats and new collars for Christmas for their stockings and a bottle of catnip mist spray for their joint gift. I spray the catnip mist on their cat tree and they go bonkers!

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited December 2019

    Oh my goodness, I never thought of catnip spray.

    I fly home tonight, been in Las Vegas for work since Tuesday--husband says the kitties really miss me (I am their favorite human). So I'm prepared to have kitty Velcro all night tonight.

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited December 2019

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    Simone (aka Simonetta the Metta Petta, with the white) shows her love face to face. She likes me to get down on the floor with her and then she circles around me rubbing on my face with her face as she walks by. Or firmly head-butting me with her forehead. All while purring very loudly. This is her love language which she wants to do at least once a day. The rest of the time she is on window patrol, making sure nobody breaches the perimeter and clicking weirdly at any blue jays or crows who challenge her.

    Nadia (aka Nacita) shows her love with dawn visits to wher my head peeking out from the covers. She scratches the covers a few times to request entry. Then she wants to snuggle into me and be petted with 2 hands. Alternatively she drops to the floor and shows me her belly and wants to be rubbed. A favorite spot for this is inside my bathtub where she can brace. She can make a large amount of drama out of a stuffed mouse.

    Both love napping under my knees/ under the covers if I am reading in bed. Both love to chase their treats, thrown across my wood floors, pouncing and skidding. Both love to greet me at the front door. Simone is the alpha so she greets first.

    Both were the babies of a feral mom who was a very good mother, all rescued, much like the kitties Missouri rescued. They are still a bit feral in behavior (they sniff everything thoroughly and they startle a bit easily) but are both very loving and cozy too.

    They came to me a year ago Black Friday at the animal shelter, bonded pair of sisters. Lucky to have them!

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited December 2019

    Edj3 hope you got your velcro on sounds like a great homecoming

    Santa - Heart

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,764
    edited December 2019

    My girls were like Velcro all weekend. They missed me being gone Friday to the funeral for my Grampa

  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited December 2019

    They just know.

  • Momchichi
    Momchichi Member Posts: 98
    edited December 2019

    the cat took over my daughter’s build-a-bear box -

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  • QT314
    QT314 Member Posts: 18
    edited December 2019

    Classic cat behaviour! Love the sneaky paw.

  • QT314
    QT314 Member Posts: 18
    edited December 2019

    On the subject of cat behaviour this is Salamini (she looked like a little salami when a kitten) with her “now why on earth would you think I attacked the Siamese?” expression.

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  • santabarbarian
    santabarbarian Member Posts: 2,311
    edited December 2019

    fantastic!

  • edj3
    edj3 Member Posts: 1,579
    edited December 2019

    BUSTED!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited December 2019

    What a shot QT314 - one in a million!

    Momchichi - love it!

    Santbarbarian so enjoyed your descriptive writing, could just see those head butts and loved "She can make a large amount of drama out of a stuffed mouse" Smile

    We has a bit of drama the other day when Elliott appeared with a real mouse, caught indoors. Poor creature must have been attracted in by the central heating. Managed to get Elliott to drop it, none the worse for being carried around by a growling cat, but pretty traumatised. Ideal candidate for the mouse relocation programme. We have a large field behind our garden and it was released there, safe enough from our cats at least, as not letting Elliott out since his illness, he is still all shaved etc, and Alannah has been an indoor cat since early days as she liked it that way. That's why we know the mouse was caught indoors. (Boy did (s)he pick the wrong house... )


    M0mmy sincere condolences on the loss of your Grampa.

  • rah2464
    rah2464 Member Posts: 1,192
    edited December 2019

    MomChiChi that is too funny love the snaking paw searching for trouble

    QT lol!!

    Love the pics and stories ladies, makes my day. Mommy sorry to hear about your Grandfather passing. Blessings to you and your family during this time.

    I was able to get within five feet of my little black barn cat. He (boy I hope otherwise kittens could be around) was waiting for me promptly at 4 pm to be fed. Gave me a silent meow then jumped up onto the trailer where I have been placing food. I put food out then just quietly edged closer and spoke to him while he ate. He is solid black with a white star at his throat. I don't think he is completely feral, rather someone's drop off who has been living wild for a while. It is supposed to get really cold here soon so I am building him an insulated place to sleep although I think he has burrowed into the hay bales so he may actually be warmer that way.

  • m0mmyof3
    m0mmyof3 Member Posts: 9,764
    edited December 2019

    Mine like boxes, bags or wherever they can hide and ambush each other.