Welcome! Loved hearing about Mutt. (But I'm sorry it's still hard for
you.) How about your other cats?

I'm owned by 3:

 Smudge - female, 11 years old, grey and white longhair, loud,
    demanding, very loyal and a bit dog-like. Loves to go outdoors.
    We often take walks together around the neighborhood. (No leash!
    She just trots behind me.)

 Roxy - female, 10 y/o, brown stripey with white underneath, very
    cute and pretty, Zen personality, hardly ever gets ruffled,
    affectionate, still very playful, useless as a hunter. Has
    feline herpes, so indoor-only.

 Licorice (Licky) - male, 5 y/o, mostly black with white underneath,
    very sleek, elegant and handsome, also a scaredy-cat, dives under
    the bed when someone comes over, but LOVES to be petted and has
    a very loud purr.

Joyce

Hello and welcome.  Purrrrrz for your friend that went to the bridge, do you
know about the Rainbow Bridge?  Prayers for your family.

Kyla =^..^= wrote:

Welcome to the group, Kyla. I know your pain. I lost my beloved Frank
(aged 18) on 8 Dec 2005. I'd lost my other elderly cat, Nikki, in May
the same year. I still miss them so much, but my two young cats, Miranda
(a 3-year-old Russian Blue) and Caliban (brown tabby who will be 3 in
April) were a huge help in dealing with the losses. We live in Helsinki,
Finland.

Welcome Kyla

I am Matthew I am proudly owned by a six pack  which one the youngest is a
prodactyl.  I love near Orlando Florida

I am sorry for your loss  Little over 2 years ago a Himalayan named precious
joined the others at the rainbow bridge

Welcome coming from the Touchstone clowder here in Oklahoma. I'm
Steve, 53 retired Army sergeant and local crazy cat dude who feeds all
the neighborhood cats. My crew are all inside only girl kitties and a
couple cockatiels. Around 8 years ago I let a little pregnant cat
inside to warm up during a ice storm. That cat became Little Bit, and
I kept one of her kittens, Sammy.

My next cat was the top tom cat in the little colony that used to be
in the neighborhood. I fed him for several years, and eventually he
decided to retire and become mine. He had several names over the
years, from "the mostly white tom cat" to "whitey" and once he adopted
me he became Rocky. Before I moved here a couple different old timers
in the neighborhood has an informal TNR program going on, and there
were only about 5 ferals left. Rocky was the only unneutered tom
because he was very VERY trap wise. Sadly, Rocky died way too soon
after he became my cat.

Last year Spotty arrived on my patio one day just before a
thunderstorm. She was emaciated, ears full of mites, and had four
kittens who were pretty much weaned. Found homes for the little ones,
but by the time Spotty was back in good health she was one of the
family.

Last two are rescues from this year. Just before the weather turned
cold a stray had a litter on the roof where I work. Nobody ever saw
more than one kitten, and now momma is Princess and the kitten is
Furby. Furby is the only one who has yet to be spayed, but that will
change once she's a little older.

you can check out pix at
http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee126/steve_touchstone/

and there's a few videos at http://www.youtube.com/SteveTouchstone

<snip>

Sorry to hear about your loss. Someone else already mentioned the
Rainbow Bridge. I had never heard the poem before I joined this group.
Here's a couple links http://www.homeranimals.com/rainbow.htm or
http://www.indigo.org/rainbowbridge_ver2.html for an animated version
is always brings a tear to my eyes.

Kyla =^..^= wrote:

Hi Kyla, welcome to the group.

Welcome to another crazy ol cat lady- we're all crazy ol' cat ladies in here
even the men!

I'm Lesley from London, UK and owner by two black sisters aged 4- they'll be
5 in April- if they don't get lynched first!

Well the cat most likely to get lynched is Sarrasine AKA Sarsi AKA "Get off
that now you little.....(insert various rude words in here)". A punk rock
loving kitten with a serious attitude problem and plans for World domination

Her sister, Redunzel AKA Dunzi is just a laid back hippy who loves DaNip and
her hobbies include meditation, contemplation of the infinite and attacking
the greeblings that live in the TP

Both will kill for ham!

Lesley

Slave of the Fabulous Furballs

Since you missed this the first time, I'm reposting it...

Welcome! Loved hearing about Mutt. (But I'm sorry it's still hard for
you.) How about your other cats?

I'm owned by 3:

 Smudge - female, 11 years old, grey and white longhair, loud,
    demanding, very loyal and a bit dog-like. Loves to go outdoors.
    We often take walks together around the neighborhood. (No leash!
    She just trots behind me.)

 Roxy - female, 10 y/o, brown stripey with white underneath, very
    cute and pretty, Zen personality, hardly ever gets ruffled,
    affectionate, still very playful, useless as a hunter. Has
    feline herpes, so indoor-only.

 Licorice (Licky) - male, 5 y/o, mostly black with white underneath,
    very sleek, elegant and handsome, also a scaredy-cat, dives under
    the bed when someone comes over, but LOVES to be petted and has
    a very loud purr.

Joyce

Kyla =^..^= wrote:

Howdy, neighbor, and welcome to RPCA.  I'm Sam in Kent, WA with my dear
wife (DW) of 38 years, one feline (Mistletoe - 9YO DSH dilute tortie),
and one canine (Rex - ?YO nearly full blooded Pomeranian).

I think you'll find this a great bunch of folks and cats.

Sam, supervised by Mistletoe

Hi, Kyla. Sorry I didn't see this until now.

My wife and I are owned by six fuzzy masters. They are primarily indoor
cats, but they also get to spend time in our fenced back yard when the
weather allows. We used to live in southern California, so they spent a
lot of time outside. We're now in central Iowa, so not so much :)

Cleo is somewhere between 13 and 17 years old (the vet isn't sure, and the
shelter I adopted her from 8 or so years ago wasn't either), and is a
silver long hair. She is firmly convinced that she is Empress of All She
Surveys. In fact, on rec.pets.cats.community she signs as Her Royal
Highness Cleopatra Silvercat. She's very small and dainty under all that
long fur. She has decided that my Nancy is her human, and they share a
pillow most nights.

Amelia is a 7 year old tortie, and is rather plump. She's quite the
snuggler, and is one of the 4 that compete for time riding on my shoulder
after I shower.

Tabitha is a 5 year old black longhair. She's very shy and doesn't snuggle
under any circumstances. She loves her Amelia sisfur and grooms
her/wrestles with her often. She is shoulder-rider number two.

Sammy is a 5 year old orange tabby that was abandoned next to the parking
lot of a grocery warehouse where I used to work. His most important job is
being my official bedtime smurgle-cat. He is always the first kitty to
greet me and come for pets when I go to bed.

Harri Roadcat is a 3 year old orange tabby girl who was initially adopted
by some loving cat-folks in central Illinois, but they had to rehome her
when some of their existing cats didn't take at all well to Harri's
presence. I was driving a semi at the time, so after a great of hassle
from my my dispatcher and great patience from Harri's original adopters I
was finally able to get a load near Harri's home. Harri came to ride with
me in the semi, and we've been best buddies since. We had some wonderful
adventures, riding across the country and going for leash and harness
walks at rest areas and truck stops. I posted many of our adventures on
the Internet. Harri is my 3rd shoulder-rider.

And Ranger is a 3 year old grey shorthair boy. He looks like a Russian
Blue except for the white patch on his chest. He's a great snuggler, has
recently become my 4th shoulder rider, and if we don't keep a close on him
tends to climb our wooden privacy fence to visit with the neighbors. We
added kitty-proofing to the top of our wooden fence, but it wasn't that
effective and didn't stand up to our Midwest snow storms. Once we get a
couple consecutive days of above-freezing weather we're going to just
raise the top of the fence 2-3 more feet with plastic netting to hopefully
keep the little stinker in our yard.

Dan

Kyla =^..^= wrote:

Hello and welcome, Kyla and your kitties. I'm so sorry to hear about Mutt.
Lots of purrs,
POlonca and Soncek from Slovenia, Europe