WOT: Cats Options

[dgw]

cats are independent and don't take crap from nobody. my kind of pet.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/aktion035.gif) Andy

Yup!

...and my less popular opinion, show me a person who doesn't like cats, I'll show you a person that doesn't like women. Similar creatures in many ways.

[Katmanken]

Scott,

Good luck with a big notso domestic cat. One of my highschool friends had an ocelot. It was about 40 lbs. I will never forget the day when we went over to his house after school and we walked in on the cat eating and dismembering the La-z-boy. Had that sucker over on it's back, the guts were everywhere and he just kept savaging the prey. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr...........

On the other hand, my wifey had a very large boned 30 lb maine coon cat and he was the most friendly and affectionate cat. He would climb onto my lap and his front and rear legs would hang over about 6 inches on each side.

[72914S]

Our 8 year old handicaped"Squirt".She was a wild kitten that found her way into our yard;I tried for days to catch her.She is paralized from the middle back down,has been since we found her in the dogs kennel.She was so small the dog must have thought she was a field rat. Don`t feel bad for her she is not in any pain and totally spoiled.She loves her go-cart that I designed,it has model airplane wheels and rear steering.

[PatW]

Say hello to my little friend

[PatW]

Here is my little buddy. He showed up on my doorstep one day and never left. Catches mice, rats, birds, etc. He likes talking walks with a harness on too. Knocks when he wants in or out. Known to have at least three homes when I lived in San Jose.

He must have some Maine Coon in him because he finally starting to fill out at 15 pounds.

[Midtowner]

Our 8 year old handicaped"Squirt".She was a wild kitten that found her way into our yard;I tried for days to catch her.She is paralized from the middle back down,has been since we found her in the dogs kennel.She was so small the dog must have thought she was a field rat. Don`t feel bad for her she is not in any pain and totally spoiled.She loves her go-cart that I designed,it has model airplane wheels and rear steering.

Funny, Squirt is my cat's name too! She just turned 18 earlier this month. I've had her since she was two weeks old.

[PinetreePorsche]

I breed a litter of Golden Retrievers every year, usually in the spring, so I don't have to clean up the kitchen floor at 2:30 AM every night for about 6 weeks, as I do if it's a winter litter. Amber was due Thursday. But last Monday night, after I went to bed at 11:15, she came in to get me at 2; I thought she needed a bathroom break because of that great sack of puppies hanging there. But when I got down to the kitchen I heard the mewing (yeah, like a kitten for a few weeks), and went to look at her bed-pad. Four pups were already out. Apparently she wanted company/help--I had always been there for all the pups in previous years, and thought I would get the usual signs in the 24 hours before they were coming. But she had gotten the jump on me. An hour later #5 came, followed by the 6th in ten minutes. We had had her x-rayed, so knew that was all (we do that for safety sake, so that one that has died won't get left in there and create infection.) By morning she was acting almost as if nothing had happened--except for staying constantly by them to nurse. They're putting on weight fast, and will be those fluff-balls you see in advertisements in about 3 weeks. And, as contrasted with my two teenagers, these will be through school and out on their own in 2 1/2 weeks. And I get $500 each time one graduates to its new home. The year I bought my very clean 914 for $4100 she had 9 pups-- I told my friends that my dog bought me a nice Porsche. But the best of all is the weeks when they are fuzzy and affectionate (again, better than my teens) and full of fun. And yes, after the second litter, we kept one as a companion for Mom-dog-- they always like to have another to romp and wrestle with. We have a yearly "family" reunion (just last week this time), usually with over a dozen of her grown pups, and it's a hoot. Cats are OK, but I have a fierce allergy to them, so I get my best company from dogs of all ages.

[1970 Neun vierzehn]

I'll see your cat, and raise you one......

[Mountain914]

In memory of my recently departed little buddy, Ra. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ( I thought about naming him Buck when I got him, he was named Rambo at the pound (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) )
Anyway, had him for 1 and 1/2 years, estimated 2 years old when I got him. Came home, and he had passed during the day - no sickness or anything. *sob*. Oh well, I'm glad to have known him !!

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[1970 Neun vierzehn]

Lee,
Having "lost" three feline animal companions ('96, '98, '05), I know the feeling of loss you've experienced (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

Paul

[Mid_Engine_914]

This is Violet. She found us last Spring and she’s very strange. Her fur is also incredibly soft.


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[bd1308]

is that cat siamese? Theyre fur is very soft indeed.

[Mid_Engine_914]

Yes, she's a Siamese cat with blue eyes and a loud voice and she pretty much runs the place now. But she's sweet and I've grown to love her.

[ws91420]

Our new cat hasn't gotten the concept of let the alarm go off first then wake us.

[elmonte]

This guy will sit for hours at a gopher hole. They must be some tasty critters