Invasion of the boy cat

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dberry@mitre.org - 10 Apr 2007 23:18 GMT

I have five girl kitties, all between 3 and 8 years old. All but one
a bit on the "fluffy" side.
I foster for our local SPCA and about 2 weeks ago took in a 2-3 year
old fully functional
male cat. In the house full of girls he has caused much interest,
mostly negative.
Everytime I got his scent on me, they hissed AT ME, the one who feeds
them.

Maxie was rescued after living under someone's deck for several
months. The people
owning the deck wanted to keep him, but he picked on their resident
cats. Fortunately
we were able to take him in. Maxie is such a sweet boy. He loves to
crawl in my lap
and purrs up a storm. He loves his wet food, which I'm sure he never
got while living
outside. It is obvious that someone cared for him at one time. He is
so friendly.
He looks to have been in many fights though, with some scars and
ripped up ears.
Who ever cared for him never cared enough to have him neutered
though. So with
that done I'm getting him in good shape to be adopted. I'm one of the
few that
will take in a just neutered adult male cat.....because they are
STINKY for a few
weeks. His pee is still pretty strong, but he is smelling less and
less like a tomcat.

Maxie is getting pretty bored in the foster room and I'm hoping he can
be moved into
a foster home where he can have the run of the house. Either that or
that he
gets adopted soon. He'll go up on the website in another week.

It is really funny to feel the difference between his build and the
girls'.
He was getting fed, so he isn't too skinny.....and every inch of him
is muscle.
No "fluffyness" anywhere. No swaying belly when he runs. Since I
already
have five I can't keep him, but he is going to make someone a
wonderful companion
and I'll miss him.....mostly. He has dug my carpet up in the foster
room so soon
I think I'll just get tile in there. He isn't the first to try that,
but he has definitely
tried the hardest.

That Maxie looks like a fighter, but really is a lover.

Debbie

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Pat - 11 Apr 2007 00:15 GMT

| I have five girl kitties, all between 3 and 8 years old. All but one
| a bit on the "fluffy" side.
| I foster for our local SPCA and about 2 weeks ago took in a 2-3 year
| old fully functional male cat.

| I can't keep him, but he is going to make someone a
| wonderful companion and I'll miss him.....mostly.

| That Maxie looks like a fighter, but really is a lover.

Since you only have girls, maybe you need Max to balance the situation... By
the time he is ready for another home, he could be integrated into yours...
boycats are lovers, every one of them.

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Christina Websell - 16 Apr 2007 02:15 GMT

> | I have five girl kitties, all between 3 and 8 years old. All but one
> | a bit on the "fluffy" side.
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> yours...
> boycats are lovers, every one of them.

I have to agree about boycats - from my very limited experience, you
understand ;-)
Boyfriend is an absolute darling. He is polite, not at all pushy, has no
bad temper under any circumstances whatsover. The only fault he has is a
very minor one. He's a bit greedy and if I take no notice of his pleas for
more food, he will go into the kitchen and exercise his claws on my best rug
for emphasis.
Kitty FC is a completely different kettle of fish. She has only a couple of
nerves and everything gets on them. I've known her for many years and she
has always been the same. I excuse her because of her previous difficult
life. Occasionally she forgets herself though and I am treated to
kitty-purring-up-a-storm-on-my-chest and a good cheek-wiping and head
butting.
She is suffering from a lack of collared doves atm, which I am sure will not
improve her temper at all. Since the geese went to the RB there has been no
wheat out in the orchard to attract them but now I have Francis Drake this
might change.

Tweed

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jofirey - 11 Apr 2007 01:19 GMT

> I have five girl kitties, all between 3 and 8 years old. All but one
> a bit on the "fluffy" side.
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> is muscle.
> No "fluffyness" anywhere. No swaying belly when he runs.

Reminds me of one of those totally cool moments in my life. I was living in
Alaska when my daughter was six months old. I took her home to visit family
and my brother among others met us at the airport. Now he had a little boy
who was about two at the time and they had a second child on the way.
Brother talked all macho and his boy was the greatest and was looking
forward to another etc. When we got off the plane, I handed my daughter to
my brother and he got the oddest look on his face. It had finally dawned on
him that little girls just plain feel different. It was love at first
sight. And a good thing too as his daughter was born a few weeks later.

Even when they are fit and even athletic, girls are just plain softer.

Jo

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Lesley - 15 Apr 2007 15:09 GMT

> <dbe...@mitre.org> wrote in message

> Brother talked all macho and his boy was the greatest and was looking
> forward to another etc.

Reminds me of my brother and my dad one summers day. Basically our
family for some reason is mostly girls and there was some concern the
family name might die out, so when my brother had Ryan, my dad doted
on him. So there we are and Ryan, who was about 2 at the time, is
galloping round the garden, ripping up dad's lovingly tended lawn,
which would have been punishable by slow and painful death if you
weren't the carrier of the family name

"Look at him!" said dad "Just like you were at that age!"

"Oh yeah!" says my brother "He's a real boy! A real son! Isn't he
great?!"

And I distinctly heard my sister in law mutter "It's alright for both
of you, you don't have to put up with him all day"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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Lesley - 15 Apr 2007 19:14 GMT

my brother had Ryan,

OUCH! Apologies to Sheila, my sister in law, she had him after all.

When my great neice was born last year, my niece wanted to call her
Paige and the comment of her partner was "She was in labour for 35
hours, she can call her whatever she wants, she's earned it"

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

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polonca12000 - 14 Apr 2007 21:44 GMT

> I have five girl kitties, all between 3 and 8 years old. All but one
> a bit on the "fluffy" side.
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>
> Debbie

I know you'll miss him, but lots of purrs and best wishes for a
onetruehome for Maxie,
Polonca and Soncek

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