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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004visiting my family - and their cats
I've just spent a week in hot, humid Florida, visiting my family, who all live in this area. This consists of mom and dad (divorced 30 years, but friendly, and now living in roughly the same area) and two sisters. And their 10 cats, all combined. One sister has 4, the other has 3, mom has two and dad has one. The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ red tabby mix (he has tabby stripes where the "points" would be, and blue eyes), a gorgeous fluffy black cat with tufted ears, and a little black shorthair. All have sweet dispositions, enjoy people, and love being petted. The little black shorthair has slept with me most nights, and every time I said his name, he'd start purring. The part siamese loves to be brushed, and I think I can safely say I've made a friend for life. I didn't get to meet my other sister's 3 cats, but I did meet her two very friendly, cute dogs, a jack russell and a golden/pit bull mix. My mother has two black-and-white tuxedo cats. One is 4 years old and isn't very friendly. He'd let me pet him, then suddenly open his mouth and hiss loudly at me. Whoops, better leave that one alone! The other is a total sweetheart. He's 17 years old and a little creaky, but has beautiful eyes and will gaze at you adoringly until you come to pet him, which he loves. This is my father's first cat, not counting the ones we had growing up, which he didn't much care for. I didn't realize he could like cats at all. But now he's got a great kitty, a sleek brown tabby who he considers his best buddy. This cat takes long walks with my father. He calls the cat "a dog in a cat suit". I always find it sweet when a professed non- cat-person suddenly becomes very enamored of one. It's been a great visit, human- and feline-wise alike. And now I'm headed home to see my own 3 furballs! Joyce Good to hear your FL adventures, Joyce.....I've been doing the commuting thing since end of March, as I said.....and many miles from where you visited, but I have family near Oakland and some day hope to meet you. Safe journey home to your fuzzbutt dictators. : I've just spent a week in hot, humid Florida, visiting my family, who : all live in this area. This consists of mom and dad (divorced 30 years, [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] : : Joyce >I've just spent a week in hot, humid Florida, visiting my family, who >all live in this area. This consists of mom and dad (divorced 30 years, [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > >Joyce It sounds like a great visit. Happy Easter. > chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ > red tabby mix (he has tabby stripes where the "points" would be, and > blue eyes), a gorgeous fluffy black cat with tufted ears, and a little Awww.... that sounds like our beloved Quetzie (RB)... > It's been a great visit, human- and feline-wise alike. And now I'm > headed home to see my own 3 furballs! Glad to hear you had a good time! And that you had your cat-fix. :)  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ >> red tabby mix (he has tabby stripes where the "points" would be, and >> blue eyes), a gorgeous fluffy black cat with tufted ears, and a little > Awww.... that sounds like our beloved Quetzie (RB)... You mean the siamese/red tabby, right? I've seen Quetzie's picture, and I'm sure you don't mean the fluffy black cat! :) > Glad to hear you had a good time! And that you had your cat-fix. :) It helps with the cat-withdrawal symptoms to visit people who have more cats than you do. :) Joyce > You mean the siamese/red tabby, right? I've seen Quetzie's picture, and > I'm sure you don't mean the fluffy black cat! :) Yes, that was our good boy. > It helps with the cat-withdrawal symptoms to visit people who have > more cats than you do. :) That's what Susan said... :) SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com > The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, > chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ > red tabby mix (he has tabby stripes where the "points" would be, and > blue eyes), You just described a "flame point" Siamese! (I think.) I had one like that, too, and he looked just like the picture of the flame point Siamese in one of my cat books. He was mixed blood, too - I know because I saw the rest of his litter - but totally Siamese in behaviour. (I've often felt sympathy for the unwitting folk who adopted his brothers and sisters - at least Miu LOOKED like a Siamese, so it wasn't a total shock when the behavioural characteristics showed up, too.) >> The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, >> chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >wasn't a total shock when the behavioural characteristics showed up, >too.) Is that what "flame point" means? I can picture that - a cat looking like a car with a fiery paint job. :) I'm curious - how do Siamese cats shock people with their behavior? I don't think I've met one yet. Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) was my dearly beloved flamepoint Colorpoint Shorthair (version of Siamese mixed breeding). He was different from any other cat I've ever been a slave to! Big mouth (very loud demanding voice), more destructive than his companion cats to household items, stole jewelry and shiny items around the house and hid them in his secret "stash" under the kingsized bed, loved being held by his fave hoomin under the shower water (!) while hoomin was bathing. We lived in a cat-nutty apt. complex then and there were zero d-pets to chase, but he sure chased the complex bully, a huge Himmy named Quadhafi (yes, his first name was Moamar) all over the grounds. : >> The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, : >> chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] : I'm curious - how do Siamese cats shock people with their behavior? I : don't think I've met one yet. >Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) was my dearly beloved flamepoint >Colorpoint Shorthair (version of Siamese mixed breeding). He was different [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >complex bully, a huge Himmy named Quadhafi (yes, his first name was Moamar) >all over the grounds. What an unusual cat! I thought meezers were just louder than average. Well....I can't speak about *all* meezers, natch....but DurDur was not only "louder than usual" but shared an obnoxious trait w/d-pets: feeling sorry for himself to be left "alone" (he was never alone) w/hoomins out working, he would go at the l.r. furniture w/destruction in his fuzzy mind (sofa cushions, etc.). But they *also* have uber-purrsonality! Of all my cats over the years, Hopitus1 and DurDur were my alltime faves. Hopitus was a Manx. : >Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) was my dearly beloved flamepoint : >Colorpoint Shorthair (version of Siamese mixed breeding). He was different [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] : : What an unusual cat! I thought meezers were just louder than average. >Well....I can't speak about *all* meezers, natch....but DurDur was not only >"louder than usual" but shared an obnoxious trait w/d-pets: feeling sorry >for himself to be left "alone" (he was never alone) w/hoomins out working, >he would go at the l.r. furniture w/destruction in his fuzzy mind (sofa >cushions, etc.). But they *also* have uber-purrsonality! Of all my cats over >the years, Hopitus1 and DurDur were my alltime faves. Hopitus was a Manx. I can't speak for all meezers, either, but they are almost like a whole 'nuther kind of cat. They're different. Frank is very un-meezer in a lot of ways, but he's still different. He's *got* to be noticed when I'm home. You have to drop everything and kiss him on the top of the head when he demands it or he just makes a total pest out of himself. The other cats don't much like him. I think he gets on their nerves. He's a frantic butt-sniffer, too and you can tell that just irks them. Sherry > The other cats don't much like him. I would like him. He's beeeooootiful. :) I think > he gets on their nerves. He's a frantic butt-sniffer, too and you can > tell that just irks them. LOL Shadow is a butt-sniffer too. Poor Shamrock; he's one of those cats who walks around with tail held high all the time. That cold nose must give him a start a lot. SignatureCheryl > >Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) was my dearly beloved flamepoint > >Colorpoint Shorthair (version of Siamese mixed breeding). He was different [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > What an unusual cat! I thought meezers were just louder than average. That's only the beginning! > Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) I *love* that name - both the full name and the abbreviation. > was my dearly beloved flamepoint > Colorpoint Shorthair (version of Siamese mixed breeding). So he had orange tabby stripes on his forehead, too? > stole jewelry and shiny items around the house and hid them in his > secret "stash" under the kingsized bed I think that behavior is really adorable, even though it must also be incredibly annoying! I'm glad Licorice only steals unimportant things like vegetable peelings from the kitchen sink. The idea of a cat having a stash really amuses me. I guess if you know where it is, you can always go look there if your one of your favorite earrings is missing. :) > loved being held by his fave hoomin under the> shower water (!) > while hoomin was bathing. OK, that's downright weird for a cat. What a riot! > We lived in a cat-nutty apt. complex then and there were zero d-pets > to chase Was this in Sunnyvale? When I lived in Sunnyvale, I also lived in a cat-nutty complex - even the complex manager had a couple (one was a stray she took in). Do you remember the name of the place you lived? I lived in the Balboa, on Bernardo Ave. > but he sure chased the complex bully, a huge Himmy named Quadhafi > (yes, his first name was Moamar) all over the grounds. Hmm - was the cat living up to his name, or did they just name him appropriately? Glad DurDur was around to put the bully in his place! Joyce How kind of you, Joyce, to say so. DurDur (pronounced rhyming w/"purrpurr") did have faint orange tabby stripes on his forehead, as well as orange "points" like a meezer. I did indeed check his stash when something came up missing in jewelry, pens, etc. also many shiny candy-wrappers! Not only did he love the shower, but would put his little arms up around my neck while the water rained down on us. Have never had such a cat as him w/water; Hopitus hated being wet. Small world, Joyce, we lived @ 1267 Ayala Drive, walking distance from where you lived; we just lived in that block different time frames. Like his hoomin namesake, Quadhafi the Himmy was a terrorist.....so mean (he beat up cats whose slaves let them out on the cat-friendly apt. grounds & gardens) residents would shove him into complex pool when he'd lounge beside it. I started calling him Quadhafi....his slave, a cute little brunette named Terri, refused to believe how mean he was. But he didn't have a name (!). She started calling him Quadhafi then when she called him to eat his dinner at dusk, and it just stuck, quite appropo for him. : > Tak, my DurDur (Duran Duran: RB 12/97) : [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] : : Joyce > >> The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, > >> chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I'm curious - how do Siamese cats shock people with their behavior? I > don't think I've met one yet. You think "ordinary" cats are self-centered and demanding, curious and hyperactive? A Siamese is all that in spades!!! >> I'm curious - how do Siamese cats shock people with their behavior? I >> don't think I've met one yet. > >You think "ordinary" cats are self-centered and demanding, curious and >hyperactive? A Siamese is all that in spades!!! I think that an ordinary cat would be two or three of those four characteristics. :) I usually think of a cat as a quiet, sedate creature. > > The 4-cat household belonging to one sister includes a beautiful, > > chubby striped boy with a black beauty mark on his nose, a siamese/ [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > wasn't a total shock when the behavioural characteristics showed up, > too.) It always interesting when someone ends up with a mostly Siamese in an innocent looking cat. A friend of ours had a skinny blue eyed white cat with big grey tipped ears. And couldn't understand why it didn't act like a normal cat. (bossy, loud, tendency to chase dogs, etc) Jo >It always interesting when someone ends up with a mostly Siamese in an >innocent looking cat. A friend of ours had a skinny blue eyed white cat >with big grey tipped ears. And couldn't understand why it didn't act like a >normal cat. (bossy, loud, tendency to chase dogs, etc) I started to answer Tak's question about Siamese behaivor, but decided not to since I've only know one. But that's pretty much the way he acted, bossy, very loudly vocal - talked all the time, don't know about the chasing dogs, but he was pretty agression about getting what he wanted when he wanted it. That said, he was a loving cat, always headbutting and looking for scritches. SignatureSteve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky stouchst@JUNKsirinet.net [remove Junk for email] Home Page: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html Cat Pix: http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/animals.html >My mother has two black-and-white tuxedo cats. One is 4 years old and >isn't very friendly. He'd let me pet him, then suddenly open his mouth [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >It's been a great visit, human- and feline-wise alike. And now I'm >headed home to see my own 3 furballs! That does sound like a great trip! I thought at first that you said that the 17 year old tuxedo lived with your mom, but took walks with your dad. :) > I thought at first that you said that the 17 year old tuxedo > lived with your mom, but took walks with your dad. :) I can see why - I didn't word that well. I should have started the paragraph with "My dad's cat is his first..." That would be one strong cat, to take long walks at 17 years of age! Joyce <snip furry family members> > This is my father's first cat, not counting the ones we had growing up, > which he didn't much care for. I didn't realize he could like cats at > all. But now he's got a great kitty, a sleek brown tabby who he considers > his best buddy. This cat takes long walks with my father. He calls the > cat "a dog in a cat suit". I always find it sweet when a professed non- > cat-person suddenly becomes very enamored of one. Welcome home, Joyce! It's always nice to hear of a supposedly non-cat person bonding with a feline friend. All your family's cats sound wonderful. Glad you could get your 'fix', even when away from your own clowder. ;o) SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki > I've just spent a week in hot, humid Florida, visiting my family, who > all live in this area. This consists of mom and dad (divorced 30 years, [quoted text clipped - 33 lines] > > Joyce I'm glad you had a good time, and got to visit with so many kitties! I hope your 3 aren't too mad at you for leaving. :-) ------ Krista > I'm glad you had a good time, and got to visit with so many kitties! > I hope your 3 aren't too mad at you for leaving. :-) Nope, I got a warm, welcome-home reception when I got back (yesterday). That's expected from Roxy and Smudge - they're always happy to see me when I've been away. But I wasn't sure what Licorice would do, since this was my first trip away since I adopted him. But he's been a sweetie, too. All 3 slept with me last night! That's not a first, but it is somewhat unusual. Joyce, glad to be home |
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