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  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited April 2016

    smaarty, gotta get a nanny cam in there. Could be hilarious !!!!!

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

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  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    Ooppps...I was trying to add some text but couldn't figure out how to do that while posting a photo. Anyway, this is Lorenzo. He was a barn cat until he became injured (either fell off of a rafter, fell from a tree or attacked by a coyote). His pelvis and leg were broken. This was in January. I brought him to the vet and he said that Lorenzo had to be kept in a crate indoors for eight weeks to allow scar tissue to form. We did that (it seemed like forever) and we are all so pleased and heartened that he is up and about after such a long time in a crate. He is now an indoor cat and is safe and sound and babied. Our other indoor cats (eight, yes, I know...I know...excessive) all love him. I was expecting WW3, but he's so sweet and playful that (shockingl), they've all taken to him.

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    imageLorenzo


  • wren44
    wren44 Member Posts: 7,949
    edited April 2016

    Love the story! Our foster cat has recovered from 2 broken legs and we had another earlier with a broken pelvis. Amazing how much better they recover than we do.

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited April 2016

    Lorenzo - beautiful cat, beautiful pictures, wonderful owner.

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    thank you!!

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited April 2016

    Is Lorenzo a polydactyl cat or has he just got fabulous huge paws?


    Love the Feline Hall of Fame.

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    Hi, Feelingfeline!! Yes, Lorenzo is polydactyl. We have his sister from a previous litter, Shirley, who is also polydactyl, however, while she's loving and part of our big feline family, she's pretty feral sometimes and when anyone attempts to pet her she stands up on her hind feet like a grizzly bear and starts swinging like a seasoned boxer.

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    Shirleyimage

  • susan3
    susan3 Member Posts: 2,631
    edited April 2016

    how beautiful. All the cats :)

  • feelingfeline
    feelingfeline Member Posts: 5,145
    edited April 2016

    Shirley and Lorenzo are fabulous Heart

  • shepkitty
    shepkitty Member Posts: 878
    edited April 2016

    JuniperCat ~ How could your other kitties resist that sweet face? I'm sure he had them at "Meow" ......All cats should have such lovely mittens :)

  • shepkitty
    shepkitty Member Posts: 878
    edited April 2016

    Saw this and and had to share:

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  • leftduetostupidmods
    leftduetostupidmods Member Posts: 346
    edited April 2016

    I thought you'd enjoy this.

    Nailed it.

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  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    lol!! I love it! we certainly are crazy cat ladies!

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    shepkitty, they are so territorial and finicky and stuck in their ways that introducing a new cat had me nervous....they took to Lorenzo because he isn't an alpha and they sensed he wasn't a threat. I have one very difficult cat, Ricky, who is impossible: he is a super Alpha. He's physically tiny but boy oh boy is he a bully. He's diabolically smart and highly territorial (he owns the kitchen).

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    Ricky ... the bad boy of the kitchen ... little bully

  • leftduetostupidmods
    leftduetostupidmods Member Posts: 346
    edited April 2016

    Oh! Another Toothless! <3

  • lessharp
    lessharp Member Posts: 51
    edited April 2016

    Well, I'll jump in here with a cute memory:

    Sadly, this boy went missing a few years back....but he sure loved beer! LOL.

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  • CJSharma
    CJSharma Member Posts: 305
    edited April 2016

    I'm loving all of the photos of the kitties!!!

    This is Gus. He and his brother Django (who is living with a lovely couple in Santa Cruz) came into the San Jose Animal Care Center at the age of approximately 4 weeks. I help run the Save A Kitten San Jose Facebook page. I lobbied for a foster. Found one. They were delivered, but the foster freaked out because they were covered in fleas so she dropped them off at my house. I picked up Gus and he hissed at me. All .7 pounds of him. :p He had to be bathed, and sprayed with flea spray and he was so miserable he wouldn't eat, so I had to force feed him with a syringe. On the 4th day he started eating on his own and then I picked him up and he purred. That was it. He has owned me ever since.

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    And as a kitten. He still sleeps with me every night and loves to sit in my lap. He's my heart cat.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,801
    edited April 2016

    What a sweetheart!

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    He's gorgeous

  • GG27
    GG27 Member Posts: 1,308
    edited April 2016

    Love them all, but I'm pretty sure that Gus stole my heart.....

  • JuniperCat
    JuniperCat Member Posts: 392
    edited April 2016

    He has such soulful eyes

  • CJSharma
    CJSharma Member Posts: 305
    edited April 2016

    Thanks everyone!! As I said - he's my heart cat. He's also a bit of a pervert - he's between the screen and the window in the photo - he does this all the time when I'm sitting at the table. Cracks me up. I call him creeper Gus. The "ear furnishings" are not as dramatic any longer, but he does still have them.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 47,801
    edited April 2016

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    The boys feeling cozy on a rainy Saturday morning.

  • CJSharma
    CJSharma Member Posts: 305
    edited April 2016

    Heart Such cute snuggle buddies!!

  • shepkitty
    shepkitty Member Posts: 878
    edited April 2016

    Such pretty kitties.....although Seachain's scares me!

    Ohhh Gus, those tufty ears and giant paws ❤

  • shepkitty
    shepkitty Member Posts: 878
    edited April 2016

    JuniperCat ~ Tell Ricky if he doesn't play nice the other kitties might gang up and end his kitchen "reign"!

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