Kitty and Dog Thread, Show Me What You Got, other critters welcome too

[Melodychick]

Everybody has such beautiful kitties! Of course are there any other kind?! I have 10. Here are a few

 

[N F C]

I adopted my ruddy Abyssinian when she was 5. She had to have a kitten removed from her birth canal as she couldn't pass it naturally. The kitten was dead and deformed so the cattery owner had the queen spayed. That is how I ended up adopting her. I paid the cost of the spay and she was mine.
That was 11.5 years ago. Yes, she is now 16.5 years old, has survived breast cancer that she had three years ago and still tears around the house like a kitten.
She is the ruler of all. She has ruled a total of 5 Dobermans and the current boy is no exception to her rule.
She has been caught on more than one occasion holding with her claws the face of one of the dogs who would dare disturb her slumber. A rather tense moment for me to say the least! She is a whopping 6.5 pounds.
Most of the pictures I will attach show the house under construction. It still is! She isn't bothered by the power tools in the least. She once walked up onto my arms while I was using a reciprocating saw to cut out an old cast iron hub! She wanted to eat and I couldn't hear her meows because of the saw. She is a pistol.
Her name was Lilo when I adopted her. She has huge ears and eyes and a little pissy face and she reminded me of the main gremlin character in The Gremlins so I changed her name to Mogwai.
Here she is.
Can anyone guess her favorite thing? It is a repeating theme in the pictures!
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And her coup de gras moment of "what were you thinking". She has her head in a meat grinder! I just finished grinding a pork butt and along she comes to do early pre-clean work for me.View attachment 1592181

Wow, she's gorgeous! Almost looks like a little wild cat. Beautiful!

 

[Amer]

Lots of cats here... Mostly strays or kittens that were dumped here.
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These guys were a litter of kittens that some guy had dropped off here along with a couple of other strays that was living in his garage.. All were re-homed to good homes, Kept the calico though, She's now the cat in the very first pic.
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Those are the most gorgeous cats I've ever seen!

Based on my experience with cats over the years, I'd have to say I prefer males. The ones I've had have been more affectionate.

Of course, when you get 2 boys together, be prepared for them to act just like brothers (human brothers)...
It all starts out as nice quiet fun:
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Then the wrestling starts
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What? We're not doing anything:
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And so it goes, every day...
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And Opie always wins and Bam goes off in a pout. Kids!

Reminds me of Shiloh randomly attacking the girls and getting in a play fight. Apparently he needs a brother. He's twice the size of Tiger, lol.

Last winter he was really fluffy.

Shiloh in September.

30 percent of the photos I take of him seem to include a glowing aura...

Outside, glowing again

attacking glow cat, he likes tarps

longhaired white cat Snowbelle, mother. She seems to have oriental ancestry by her slim body shape. Still stumped at how a snowshoe pattern came up.

Little sister. The rest of the cats in their litters were white. So 25 percent of the kits Snowbelle gives birth to are his coloring.

Favorite sleeping position

Fashionable boi

 

[N F C]

Good looking long haired kittys @AMERAUCANAS4REAL

 

[DobieLover]

Wow, she's gorgeous! Almost looks like a little wild cat. Beautiful!

She IS a little wild cat!! Just ask the dogs!
The Aby is the only breed to have "ticked" fur. The outer coat hair shafts are light at the base with 4 or 5 bands of alternating dark/light color that get darker as you go up the shaft. It's pretty cool.

 

[N F C]

She IS a little wild cat!! Just ask the dogs!
The Aby is the only breed to have "ticked" fur. The outer coat hair shafts are light at the base with 4 or 5 bands of alternating dark/light color that get darker as you go up the shaft. It's pretty cool.

That is cool! I've never heard that term before.

My oldest son had a Persian for years and that cat's color was a "shaded silver"...kind of the opposite of yours. His cat's fur was dark at the base and got progressively lighter as it went to the tip.

 

[DobieLover]

That is cool! I've never heard that term before.

My oldest son had a Persian for years and that cat's color was a "shaded silver"...kind of the opposite of yours. His cat's fur was dark at the base and got progressively lighter as it went to the tip.

Sounds beautiful!
It's the alternating bands of color that give the Aby the "wild cat" look. She looks like a mini mountain lion. They are very sleek and muscular.
I describe her personality as that of a dog trapped in a cat's body. She fears no one and nothing. All strangers are greeted like a dog would. She's very social.
However, she hates, and I mean HATES cats. On sight. They all must die.

 

[coach723]

This is such a fun and happy thread to read!!

 

[N F C]

This is such a fun and happy thread to read!!

It certainly is! Thanks @oldhenlikesdogs great idea

 

[Bunnylady]

I just saw a mug that said "one cat short of crazy" . . . I don't know how many that would be, but I think I'm over the limit there.

We have . . . several. Some were dubbed "barnacles" because if you stop moving, they settle on you. Usually, it's on your lap, but with Rumble, any horizontal (or nearly horizontal) body part will do:

Tiger, being Tiger:

The tuxedo in those pics is Oreo. She's the matriarch, and the law-giver. The black cat is Tiger's brother Squeaky. Squeaky (aka "Toothless") has an ongoing problem with two of the barnacles (Jumpy and Frisky). Whenever there are sounds of cat conflict, Oreo comes running into the room and breaks up the fight. Nobody argues with the Scimitars of Death!

Chubs is our "snoopervisor."

Whatever you are doing, he's always there to lend a paw

This was taken after Florence. The roof over this porch was destroyed, there is water well up into the back yard and debris everywhere, you can see the improvised clothesline that I put up because we had no power - Chubs looks like, "Geez! I take my eyes off you guys for a few minutes and this happens!"