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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / February 2008Introducing my new furry friends...
Every time I walk down the street I stop and say hello to the family of beautiful outdoor cats who live down by the post-office. (yes, they live at a house, they're not feral/stray... they have covered over catcarriers on the front porch to sleep in and they're not afraid of people at all.) There are about six of them, but they're not all friendly... the first one to come out and meet me was Russet. S/he isn't at all afraid of people - quite the opposite. The first time I walked by and stopped to say hello (I always greet the cats I see on my walks,, even though most of them totally ignore me), s/he came bounding up to me and circled my legs! And she only got friendlier from there. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2190515690015899315elJsta?vhost=home-a nd-garden http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2974941540015899315GISRtw?vhost=home-a nd-garden Russet must have told her siblings about the friendly stranger, because a few visits later, her littermate Peaches came out to say hi. Peaches loves to be petted, and he/s (since his coat is a diluted ginger I'm assuming he's male!) http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2811952810015899315cZKFuA?vhost=home-a nd-garden http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2654798000015899315LSvsGG?vhost=home-a nd-garden And a few visits after THAT, Mama-san came out to inspect me and to see if I was a suitable person to consort with her offspring! She's a BIG cat with very ragged ears that have obviously seen more than a few tussles... she looks like a ruffian, and she's a bit wary, so she perches up on top of the fence instead of rolling around on the ground like the others... but she purrs her head off when I scritch those ragged ears! http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2553876380015899315YGslYZ?vhost=home-a nd-garden http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2908971530015899315GsVqeE?vhost=home-a nd-garden Sometimes I have all three of them up on the fence in a row, and they obviously wish I had three hands because they ALL want to be petted and scritched at the same time... and last time I was there, I saw ALL the kitties in the family at once. There were two pretty torty/white/tabby kitties meatloafing in the sun, and a much larger, very ragged-eared tabby/white cat lying around with them. I talked to them gently and tried to persuade them to say hi, but they didn't want to. They didn't run away though, so that's progress! And Mama-san came down off the wall and walked over to me to sniff my fingers - then she went back up to her perch... I'll see if I can get a shot of them all some time when the weather's nice and they're sunning themselves. :) > Every time I walk down the street I stop and say hello to the family > of beautiful outdoor cats who live down by the post-office. (yes, they [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > went back up to her perch... I'll see if I can get a shot of them all > some time when the weather's nice and they're sunning themselves. :) They're all sweet looking cats.  SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> Every time I walk down the street I stop and say hello to the family >> of beautiful outdoor cats who live down by the post-office. (yes, they [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > >They're all sweet looking cats. They're all GORGEOUS! Well, except for Mama-san but that's just because she's had a rough life... Russet is such a cutie-pie I wish I could steal her away home with me! But regular petting sessions will have to do. :) > Sometimes I have all three of them up on the fence in a row, and they > obviously wish I had three hands because they ALL want to be petted > and scritched at the same time... they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' mother. SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. >> Sometimes I have all three of them up on the fence in a row, and they >> obviously wish I had three hands because they ALL want to be petted >> and scritched at the same time... > >they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call >mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' mother. No clue... I wouldn't know how to tell a boycat from a girlcat to save my life, and there are two equally beatup adult cats living there. It's just that the other one (a tabby and white) isn't interested in coming over to see me and the grey is. I thought tomcats were more standoffish than queens, and they didn't like having their kittens around once they grew up? This cat doesn't mind having the others near it... when I go over to pet it on the fence, Russet and Peaches jump up too and they're all right up against each other without so much as a 'mind your manners' swat. I'm quite open to the idea that that's Papa-san instead. :) >>> Sometimes I have all three of them up on the fence in a row, and they >>> obviously wish I had three hands because they ALL want to be petted [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > a 'mind your manners' swat. I'm quite open to the idea that that's > Papa-san instead. :) He/she sure has a tom cat face. Jo > they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call > mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' mother. > > -- > Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. Mama-San looks very much like a Boy-cat to me too. Helen M >> they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call >> mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' mother. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Mama-San looks very much like a Boy-cat to me too. Fine, so he's Papa-san then. Never having knowingly known a tomcat in my life, I'll take your word for it. Is that why the back of his head is very lumpy-bumpy? >>> they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call >>> mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > my life, I'll take your word for it. Is that why the back of his head > is very lumpy-bumpy? Its the cheeks, or jowls. Though of course we might easily be wrong. Jo >>>> they're all pretty, and they sound very sweet. but the one you call >>>> mama-san looks like a tom to me. are you sure that's the other cats' [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Though of course we might easily be wrong. yes we might. and i would like to meet him-her, lumps, bumps and all. *smile* SignatureMarina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki. > Every time I walk down the street I stop and say hello to the family > of beautiful outdoor cats who live down by the post-office. (yes, they > live at a house, they're not feral/stray... they have covered over > catcarriers on the front porch to sleep in and they're not afraid of > people at all.) There are about six of them, but they're not all > friendly... the first one to come out and meet me was Russet. <snip> Nice pics! Best wishes, Polonca and Soncek |
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