Cat people!

[mina.magpie]

So, all you lovers of feline grace and style, share your cat pictures, stories, clips, anecdotes, quotes and wisdom here!

Mina.

[mina.magpie]

Dogs have masters. Cats have staff.

Mina.

[je]

Oh, a cat thread!!! I will contribute a oldish picture of our cat.

[lizbeth]

YAY! It's CATURDAY!!!!

[TamTam]

Caaaaats!

So my mom's grandma had a neighbor who had a siamese-persian cat named Pickles.  Pickles was a stupid cat. One day Pickle's owner was going on vacation, so Pickles went to stay at my mom's grandma's house while my mom was there.  Pickles loved my mom and followed her everywhere.  Everywhere.  My mom got very annoyed and kept trying to push Pickles away, but Pickles stayed.  Finally, my mom picked up Pickles and tossed her away, and Pickles hit the opposite wall.  Bounced off the wall.  Landed on the ground.  Walked right back to my mom.

That said, I love cats. I might name my cat Pickles in memorial. 

[mina.magpie]

Pickles was a stupid cat.

Pickles wasn't stupid, 'cause cats can't be stupid. Pickles just wanted you all to THINK she was stupid, 'cause she knew stupid people get away with more.







Sinfest, Tatsuya Ishida

Mina.

[Reese]

I am a sucker for cats.

FQ! Cutest cat in the world; menace at night.

[TamTam]

When I was a kid, we had 7 cats.  I only remember 5 of them, though.  They all had names of Egyptian gods and goddesses, except for one- Set.  When I was little, I decided I didn't like Set's name, and I liked Thomas instead.  So he was renamed Thomas.   The other cats I remember are Hathor, Osiris, Isis, and Thoth, in the order in which they died. They were all already almost ten when I was born.  The oldest, Isis, lived to be 19 or almost 20, I forget which.  I could tell so many stories about them, they each had very distinct and obvious personalities.

[Reese]

Set is an Egyptian god. Set, Seth, so on. He was the god of storms and chaos, evil and the desert, etc. He fought with pretty much every other Egyptian god. But but SEVEN CATS? I have a hard enough time taking care of my two!

I've always wondered if one has to be brought up with cats to like them.

[Janet_Girl]

I am not sure if it qualifies me or not.

But this is Harley Davidson.




And this is Mikey.



And gee I have only been their Mom for 8 years now. Do I qualify?

Janet

[tinkerbell]

Awwww..what a wonderful thread!  Thanks so much for starting it.   Okay, some of you already know them, but here they are again!

This is Angel.




This is Bebe. 




This is Daisy.





And this is Munchkin!

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Incidentally, Daisy, Angel and Munchkin are not related despite the similar markings.

tink

[TamTam]

Set is an Egyptian god. Set, Seth, so on.

Yeah , I meant that his later name, Thomas, wasn't an Egyptian god name.  So he wound up being the odd one out.

It actually had turned into a nice routine, at least by the time we only had five.  We had two litter boxes, changed twice a week.  I would help my dad change the litter, at that time I could barely move the bag of fresh litter enough to drag it out of the closet. That's how much we used.  Our dining room table legs got scratched up but strangely enough, they left the upholstered furniture alone.  And I got very good at figuring out exactly when one of them was about to have a hairball, and having a paper towel ready.

Tink, is Munchkin a kitten? They're all adorable!  It's interesting that most of the cats posted in this thread have been black and white.  Our cats were mostly a plain grey-brown stripy color, but Thoth and Isis were black.  Thoth did have a tiny white patch on his chest, though.

[Jeatyn]

my cat simba does the best poses

[tinkerbell]

Tink, is Munchkin a kitten? They're all adorable!

Thank you .  No, he is not a kitten.  He is five years old, but he has been with me since he was only a couple of weeks old.  He is very shy, but I'm glad I was able to take that picture.  He is unique and a survivor like his mommy  !  This is his story if you are interested in reading it:

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,30105.0.html


tink

[Windrider]

Aww, so many pretty kitties! This is Bailey. She pretty much owns us



She's laying on my chaps in this picture. She loves leather. We have another shot of her laying on the seat of my bike (which is also leather.)



Dani calls Bailey her "assistant". The cat *loves* to have her picture taken.

[Osiris]

I think we all feel like this sometimes-


This cat also happens to look almost exactly like a cat I grew up with.

[TamTam]

That's a beautiful story, Tink. I always knew that when I got kittens of my own, I'd adopt them from a shelter.. and my 'baby,' Thoth, was originally a runt and picked on by all the other cats, even when he was an adult.. it was so great to see him blossom and grow in confidence as I paid more attention to him, in one week he went from wary and scared to falling asleep in my lap.  I miss him.

Oooh, a calico!  I think calico cats are so pretty.

[Sophie90]

I really want a cat now.

[Buffy]

Well these are mine;

Aragorn (Aaron as he is more commonly know - rescued from a dumpster)



Willow (Rescued when her Mother was run over)



And of course, Buffy the Mouse Slayer (Buffy for short), who has followed me all over the world and shared every minute of my transition,.

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Rebecca

[Vexing]