Cats, cats, cats
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RuthND- How funny your comment about the SIL and new baby! People that were not raised with animals do not "get it." They see only the expense, hair, bother and responsibility of pet ownership. They do not see the companionship, love, amusement and bonding between creatures who are "family/ pack members." I remember being fiercly loyal and in love with my little foundling -Higgins. I found this Maine Coon cat kitten, tan colored and white on a walk while in college in (upstate NY). Mother cat had kittens under a porch of a weather beaten miserable house and I don't know who I felt more sorry for, the people who lived there or the cat and kittens under the porch. I brought him home. He was too young to be away from his Mom 6 weeks, flea ridden. I had to comb off the fleas by hand, let him pee and poo in a pie tin with litter, he was so little. He was basically hand fed and carried in my pocket for weeks and weeks. Room mates played cuddled held and loved on him. This turned him into the friendliest people oriented, HUGE 16 pound cat ever. He played fetch like a dog, came when called and gave head butts that were so hard they made your eyes water! When my DH and I were dating Higgy hated him. He was green with envy and would sit across the room eyes black and peeved - get your own girl this one is mine! DH did everything he could to "win" his affection and finally did. One day years later my DH asked if he hadn't won over Higgins would I have gotten rid of him? I stared at him; it took me ages to stutter a reply. "Well luckily no one needed to choose sides you got along! " How politically correct... cause I really really LOVED that cat!
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These are very old pictures so excuse the quality. I looked in my photo album and Higgins as a baby was posted as 4-5 weeks old. Crazy cute. Then 4 years later a picture on our wedding day. He looks fat but wasn't just scrunched up and glare from the shiny finish of the photo. The last picture he was a old man regal and posing - taking up the entire chair. When I took the picture out of the frame there were tuffs of his fur laid out under the picture. My little shrine to him in my life.
Higgins had very long hair on his tail, tuffs of hair sticking out of his toesand ears, and much longer hair on his tummy. He was wonderful. Since we lived alone the 2 of us for quite a while, he was my buddy. Coming home to a warm bundle of love. He would cry at the door of my apartment when he heard my steps up the stairs (4th foor apt no elevator). It was like hearing" Meow Mom is that you??? Mom??" Then I got mauled when I walked in and sat down! It was lovely. Whoever said cats aren't friendly never had one and loved them back.
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What a handsome cat!
Here is one more mean story about my poor SIL (who, except for her dislike of animals, is actually a very nice person). One holiday they were visiting our house and we were all eating dinner in the dining room.....which is pretty small, so after passing the food around I put the platters/bowls etc, back on the kitchen counter. SIL's chair was facing toward the kitchen and we were eating away when she randomly asks, "Do you let your cats jump up on the kitchen counter?" And I said, "Yes, there is really no way to keep them off it." Then she says, "Do you also let them eat out of the serving dishes?" I look in the kitchen and there where the very bad cats up on the counter enjoying the turkey, gravy etc. right from the serving dishes. I guess after my baby comment, she probably expected me to say "Yes"......I don't believe she had seconds that night!
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Rose: how lovely to see a photograph of your feline owner!
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I wasn't sure about putting an old picture like that in here but it shows how long he was. He went from my shoulders to my hips, long and muscular. The vet said he was Maine coon or a mix, large size, tufts of fur inbetween his toes, crazy fluffy tail and long dense under coat of soft fur. I never had any problem getting people to watch him because he was so much fun. Once they realized he played fetch like a dog, came when called, cuddled and plastered himself on anyones lap - everyone offered to kitty sit. My Dad hated cats and loved Mr. Higgins - who loved him too. I will have to post my current furballs. I have 3 - one for each of my kids.
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RoseValley - what a wonderful cat. Beautiful photos.
RuthBru - I can imagine the horror on her face, poor woman, hee hee.
Smaarty sorry for the loss of your "old lady" XXX
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beautiful big kitty! On travel for work all week so not many posts from me til I get home
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Safe travelling Kiwi.
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Sounds like the "nurse kitty tortie", Elmo and "Old Lady" were great cats, loved and mourned. Nice to know I am not the only one so attached.
KCM- KI picture fix will have to wait a week. It sounds like a wonderful group of folks. Safe travels.
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My son in law wants a Maine Coon. He says playfulness is a breed characteristic.
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Maine Coons are wonderful cats---big and bouncy. We had a female when I was growing up and she was not at all affectionate until she was elderly.
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My first cat was a short haired calico. She would play fetch for hours.
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Ok..have internet for a bit! You remember Woody - the kitten on the log who was rescued from the river? Here he is today...
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And you remember the momcat who was buried under the kittens? They're still growing! She looks like she's so over it.
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Wow that momma has her paws full.
Woody is so FLUFFY!
Hopefully there will be a queue forming to offer homes to all these beauties - Mommas included.
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this is Riley. She's doing 3 jobs this morning: lap warmer, iPad holder, and helping me play Words.
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a multifunctional kitty!
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Kiwi, Can that poor Mom cat escape? Those kittens look big enough to feed themselves with cat food. Our Mom cat would just walk off when her big kittens wanted to nurse.
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Riley is beautiful!
Wren, momcat (Evie) can escape. They're being fostered. Their bed is in the crate, but the crate door is left open 99% of the time. I'm not sure if they're confined to a room or free range in the house (can't remember who's fostering them). So, she does get a break. I don't know why she's still nursing them, but the momcat I fostered nursed them until they were beyond weaned and ready to be desexed. In retrospect, I wish I'd kept her another week or so because one of the kittens (that I kept) still tries to suckle and I think she wasn't quite ready to be away from mom. This is Evie's third litter (sad, huh) so I'm guessing she knows what she's doing. But her kittens are huge! Wondering if dad is part Maine Coon or similar.
This isn't a KI photo, but too cute not to share. A rescue kitten after his first solid food. Love the bib.
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Oh that is pictured kitten is ADORABLE - and what a great shot!
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.More KI kitten porn. Three weeks old.
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aaah.
That black kitten looks like she or he's giving a massage to the tabby kitten!
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FF - or being a preacher announcing the tabby is healed.
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Yup, he is definitely laying on paws...(hands)
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Just found this thread. Love the pics of the cats! I'm a total crazy cat lady and here is a pic of my 16.5 year old cat, Pippy Girl Seamour. She's the love of my life and the reason I get up in the morning (because she's on a special diet).
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What great cats!
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She's beautiful!
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Six days old and already knows how to pose. :
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