> Hi All:
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> Caro
My calico isn't a biter. My B&W tuxedo is, but not the calico.
Cathy
Xlprg Xlprg - 02 Mar 2005 21:49 GMT
Thanks for the response everyone. Glad to know its not a calico or
female trait.
Since she came to me when she was 6 months old I have to think
that whoever had her played rough. She is getting better and I do love
her anyway.
Caro
...> I will try some of your suggestions but am wondering if this is a
> special problem with calicos. As we know their coloring is some kind of
> a gene misfire, they are nearly always female and I wonder if the gene
> problem applies to the biting too.
> Caro
My childhood cat was a calico, and I climbed trees with her , dressed her in
doll clothes and wheeled her around in a doll buggy, and a lot of other
stuff. She took in all in good humor and never bit or complained. When I
was 14, my parents moved our family from a semi-rural area in Oregon to
Southern California. I had to leave my cat behind because my mother would
only allow outdoors pets, and the cat would be better off in Oregon than in
California. The neighbor who took her told met that that cat was the best
pet they'd have. The neighbor's kids dressed the cat in doll clothes and
did all the same things I'd done when I was younger. The cat never bit any
of them, either.
As an adult, I adopted another calico. She was the sweetest cat you could
imagine. She insisted on sitting on my lap each evening so that I could
groom her. If I forgot or got busy, she'd come and get me. I could clip
her nails, rub her belly, anything. When she developed a liver problem, I
took her to the vet for an ultrasound. She purred when they shaved her
belly, did not complain about the gel, and lay without a struggle the whole
time during the ultrasound. She got lots of compliments from the medical
people.
Annie
Our calico is the meekest, most affectionate, most tender cat ever. Not
at all a biter.
spincycle - 06 Mar 2006 07:27 GMT
My torti calico nibbles on my fingertips and gets 'em all wet and drippy but
she has a ball doing it. When you try to pull your hand away she will gently
hug your wrist with her little claws to let me know she's not done using me
for chew toy. She can be a bit moody sometimes. Not nearly as bad as some I
have seen but nearly as mild tempered as others either. I like her right in
between. My others are complete love hounds. One sits on my head when I sleep,
one sits in my lap, and my calico never wants to be held.
>Our calico is the meekest, most affectionate, most tender cat ever. Not
>at all a biter.