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Duke McAdow - 05 Apr 2006 04:53 GMT
I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
they are about 2-1/2 years old now.

One sister (the more submissive one) observes and mimics older cats in
the household to a remarkable degree (remarkable to me, anyway).  I've
caught her carefully observing the older cat, and within a few weeks,
her meow and her behavior are almost identical to the older cat!

She has been around two adult females at different times in her life,
and I have observed it both times.  I'm not sure how unusual this is.
She also managed to befried both of the adults, usually with playful,
kittenish behavior...one of the adults would even groom her
occasionally in a motherly way!  I can't say the same for her more
assertive sister, though...if her path crossed too closely to one of
the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.
Marina - 05 Apr 2006 14:04 GMT
> I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
> they are about 2-1/2 years old now.
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> the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
> went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.

Welcome to the group! That doesn't sound familiar, but then again,
kittens do learn from their elders, whether they are their parents or
other cats who just happen to share the same home. Cats often groom each
other, but my Frank took it even further; when I brought home little
kitten Nikki, he didn't just groom her, he suckled her.

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Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
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Duke McAdow - 05 Apr 2006 16:57 GMT
Thanks for the welcome. Frank sounds like a character...I took a peek
at a couple of your photo albums and he and Nikki actually look like
they could be father and daughter!
polonca12000 - 06 Apr 2006 21:35 GMT
> I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
> they are about 2-1/2 years old now.
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> the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
> went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.

Welcome to the group! Are there any pics of your kitties that we could see?
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek from Slovenia, Europe
Duke McAdow - 07 Apr 2006 18:21 GMT
Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.  She's the sister of
Dottie the "mimic."  (I named them after Lillian and Dorothy Gish, the
silent film actresses.)  Here's a link to Lily's picture:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/duuq/04_06_06_2151.jpg

I interrupted her while she was playing with a fuzzy black feather boa.
I had purchased it a couple of weeks ago to make some toys for her and
her sister, but the little rascals found it and have been dragging it
around the house and playing with it ever since!  They seem to enjoy it
so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.
Adrian A - 07 Apr 2006 18:23 GMT
> Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the
> internet...I took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.  She's
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> dragging it around the house and playing with it ever since!  They
> seem to enjoy it so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

She looks surprised and very sweet.
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Helen Miles - 07 Apr 2006 18:34 GMT
> Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
> took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.///

That makes 3 or 4 Lily's here now! :o)

There's Irulan's Lily in Maryland USA, my Lily the hellion-hoolikitten
in Cardiff, UK, Pat's Lily (at least I think it's Lily) (where are you
again Pat?) and now yours!

Welcome to the group!

Helen M
Irulan - 07 Apr 2006 18:48 GMT
That makes 3 or 4 Lily's here now! :o)

> There's Irulan's Lily in Maryland USA, my Lily the hellion-hoolikitten
> in Cardiff, UK, Pat's Lily (at least I think it's Lily) (where are you
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>
> Helen M

LILY is a beeeyootiful name! I'm glad my Mama named me Lily. And all the
Lilys in this family are beeyootiful!
My Mama named me Lily from the character on COLD CASE. She is also
beeyootiful!

Lily (Maryland, USA)

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Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time

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>> Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
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>
> Helen M
Monique Y. Mudama - 07 Apr 2006 19:18 GMT
> http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/duuq/04_06_06_2151.jpg
>
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> dragging it around the house and playing with it ever since!  They
> seem to enjoy it so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

Aww.  What a sweet picture.

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Marina - 07 Apr 2006 19:25 GMT
> Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
> took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.  She's the sister of
> Dottie the "mimic."  (I named them after Lillian and Dorothy Gish, the
> silent film actresses.)  Here's a link to Lily's picture:
>
> http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c161/duuq/04_06_06_2151.jpg

Aww, she looks very sweet!

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Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

SuzQ - 08 Apr 2006 17:14 GMT
Welcome Duke, love your cats names is Lilly more dramatic than Dottie?
Dorothy Gish as you proably know was a comedienne. I'm a silent movie
lover.
Suz
Duke McAdow - 11 Apr 2006 17:12 GMT
> is Lilly more dramatic than Dottie?

She is...dramatic in the sense that she does everything BIG.

It seems to me that Lily has to play harder, leap higher, run faster
than every other cat in the house.  She's very "talkative" and
interactive with people...though she is a bit of a "one person" cat.
She's can be very jealous if I interact with any cat other than her or
her sister Dottie...if she sees me pet another cat or smells one on my
hands, she'll look me right in the eye and give me a "you're dead to
me" expression of betrayal, lol!  If she could talk, I swear she'd say,
"I can't believe you! How could you do this to me?"  For at least 15
minutes she will be completely unresponsive, or give me an annoyed
sounding "mmm-grr" if I try to touch her.

Dottie is the opposite...she's a bit of a clown and likes to make
friends with other cats.  (I guess she IS a comedienne!)  She'll roll
around on the floor or toss her kitty toys around to get attention of
cats or people.  She's very gentle and affectionate, even while
playing...I don't think she has ever scratched me, even accidentally.
I've noticed that she seems to gravitate toward human females more than
males...almost to the point of fascination.  Most of my female visitors
will remark on how affectionate and persistent she is with them.  As
she gets older, I wonder if she might be happier as a woman's cat,
rather than a bachelor's.
polonca12000 - 08 Apr 2006 20:31 GMT
> Thanks for asking!  I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
> took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.  She's the sister of
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> around the house and playing with it ever since!  They seem to enjoy it
> so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

What a pretty kitty! Thanks for the pic!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
 
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