Just for the hell of it cuz it is so cute

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Kitty Kake

[jillan]

1. Ohh - that is sooo cute!

Is that your kitty?

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2. I have a "colony" of stray cats in my yard

There were three kittens and we found homes for two of them. This is the third one. We had the three females (Grandma, Mom, and "cat in the cake pan") all fixed a few weeks ago. They are the sweetest cats.

I'll have to add pic's of the others to my Flicker page so I can post some of them.

[gateley]

3. Awwww, I am just STUPID when it comes to cats! This is too cute! nt

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4. One of the Kittens was SO CUTE

that he found a home in San Diego. Someone fell in love with his photo. I'll post some more pic's when I put them on Flicker.

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5. Okay, here's the guy who move to San Diego

He's really feisty.

[gateley]

6. Oh No! I can see how they fell in love with the pic! I fell in love with him, too! nt

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7. He's a real character

and a real ham for the camera.

Here are the three kittens with Grandma who was a surrogate mother after she lost her litter. As you can see that little guy stands out. (Looks just like the father who is still in my yard)

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8. And here he is with Mom

She was a teenage mother. Wasn't even full grown yet.

[gateley]

10. Mom is striking. I'm surprised Jr isn't smiling for the camera. nt

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12. Mom is really pretty and kind of shy

Grandma is a matriarch and runs the show. She is both protector and nurturer. Plus Grandma is extremely people-friendly. She escorts me to the mailbox every day talking the entire time.



Mom when she was a kitten.

[gateley]

15. Mom is DRAMATIC looking in that pic! nt

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18. She apparently was an only child

When she came to my yard with Mom and another cat who ended up fathering the last litter, she was the only one. There could have been others that didn't make it or were adopted by someone else.

[gateley]

27. Ha! She looks like she's relaxing in the hot tub! nt

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26. And here is Dad

I just uploaded this one. He is beautiful and really BIG, but he behaves like a kitten.

[gateley]

28. I've fallen in love with every one of them. nt

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32. I've tried to resist them

but they ganged up on me. There was another litter of two last year (Grandma Callico) and we found a home for them. My backyard has been very lively for a couple of years.

[Eurobabe]

53. KITTEHS!!!!

:loveya: :loveya:

[gateley]

9. Ha! Oh - there's a camera! What an angel! I just wanna hug them ALL. nt

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11. Good to know I'm not the only sucker!!!!

They are all very sweet and affectionate. I glad they have a safe haven in my yard and now the gals can't get pregnant anymore.

Okay, one more. Once I get started I can't stop!

[gateley]

13. You have no idea.

I would bet money I am the BIGGEST cat sucker. If you knew how Nero runs my life... :eyes:

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14. I'm allergic

A few years ago a young cat adopted me and she had kittens. Eventually I took them in the house and we kept one of the kittens. After a couple years I had to give them up and they went to live with my son. He was very attached already, so it worked out okay. It was hard to get used to the silence though. Now I have a colony in my yard, so I guess I'm a magnet!

Do you have a pic of Nero?

[gateley]

19. Most of my pics of Nero were on my Powerbook, which was stolen.

But I do happen to have one handy, although you can't grasp him in his entirety. This is a good example of how I live for him: For Christmas, I asked for this "Christmas Bowl" for Nero. (He also has one for Halloween, the 4th of July, Summer (in the swimming pool) and others. I, on the other hand, eat off the same dishes 365 days a year. :)

EDIT: The white fuzzy thing is one of his 'prey'. I'll hear him howling, then beating up one of these (some have bells) and he'll carry them and put them in his dish, or bring them to me as a present. HOW CUTE IS THAT!!!

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23. That's an incredible picture!

That sucks about losing the photos. My photos are about the only thing I really treasure. Fortunately, most of them have been digitized so I have a backup now and my kids have disks of many of them.

A while back I scanned about 1000 slides onto the computer. Talk about a job. I thought I'd never get done, but now there are numerous copies out there, so I don't have to worry about them being lost or damaged.

Love those eyes!

[gateley]

25. Here's another picture of that beautiful face (a bit fuzzy) and

one where you can see his kinky tail. It was like that when I got him at 8 weeks. I tell him "Nero, you have a VERY special tail!" (so he doesn't get a complex.)

I was robbed of everything - including all the photos of my family, my mom's and grandmother's jewels -- everything. I don't even have a photo of my parents anymore.

Anyway, here's Nero again:

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30. Oh that is awful

Some things truly are irreplaceable.

You are so sensitive not letting him feel inferior because of his tail. The little calico (teenage mom) has a kink in her tail too.

Nero is so perfect looking, almost like a statue.

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33. When I brought him to the vet the first time, I said "this must have happened

during birth" (because that's what I'd always heard), but the vet said they were starting to believe that it was a genetic thing, or something.

It doesn't seem to bother him at all, he lets me pet it, and the thumps it just fine when he's focused on something, or mad at me :).

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35. I thought the Calico

might have caught it in something outside as I don't remember it when she was little. It isn't as obvious as Nero's though.

[gateley]

37. Nero's is almost like a corkscrew. Hard to describe or photography accurately --

it's "very special" :)

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38. He is unique

I hope the other cats don't make fun of him.

[gateley]

40. They wouldn't dare. And if they did, he'd know they were just jealous. nt

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46. Reminds me of Joe

and his "nuts 'n bolts" cufflinks. "Don't you have one of these?" as he sashays his tail around.

[Eurobabe]

70. Oh he's cute gateley, very intense

How old is he?

Here's a cute photo of the Demon getting his hairs all over my husband's clothes. LOL. :rofl:

[gateley]

72. No outfit is complete without cat fur.

I read that somewhere.

Nero's about 12. I honestly can't remember what year I got him, nor the time of year.

[CrispyQ]

73. Oh! I have a soft spot for orange tabbies!

What a handsome Demon! And a matching orange collar. Love him!!

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77. Oh my!

What a look! I can see who rules the roost at your house. Love the orange collar.

[CrispyQ]

75. He's gorgeous!

What a beautiful coat!

How funny! Our cats also have a collection of 'mice' that they bring out to us while making noise! The oldest & favorites is a small grey mouse who used to have two pink felt eyes, then one eye, & now zero eyes. ;) We call him Legendary Grey cuz he was lost for several months & then he turned up again. He is very worn. In the interim, I bought another mouse, Miss Mouse, & she is stuffed with catnip & has become a fave, also. Then there is Plaid Mouse, who I got a long time ago, but he is too fat for them to carry easily in their mouths, so he doesn't get to go on adventures like the other two.

My one cat is Siamese looking & scurries around like a rat. She is also rotten, so her nickname is Rotten Rat. Rotten Rat is in charge of Mouse Cell.

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78. Isn't he beautiful?

Cortana (now living with my son) always loved her little mice and would purposely shove them under furniture and then try to get them back. She was self-entertaining. She would take her bumpy ball upstairs and drop it down the stairs so she could chase it. Then she'd go back upstairs and do it again. It was adorable.

[Muttocracy]

45. too cute! nt

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47. OMG a lot of people are still awake!!!

Kitty pictures tend to liven the party.

[Eurobabe]

16. AWWWWW, I just love marmelade kitties

in fact I love all kitties. Don't they just rule?? I find my ginger cat in the funniest places, yesterday he was in my armoire laying in the bottom bin on my clean sheets. :eyes:

That's okay, I love him to pieces anyhow :loveya: :loveya:

Here is the Demon, transfixed by something outside:

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17. Gorgeous photo!

He is beautiful.

[Eurobabe]

20. thanks, yeah he's one in a million with

purrsonality to match. I am tempted to clone him. Seriously. I don't know how I will ever live with out him. (Oh noes!! He just puke on a pile of magazines :eyes: sensitive stomach boy :cry: )

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24. Cortana, my former cat

who now lives with my son, has a very sensitive stomach too. She was a stray when we found her, so I'd have thought she would have had a stronger digestive system.

[Eurobabe]

29. Mine's been a puker since day 1

Got him at the SPCA. We have found a new food from Waltham called Perfect Fit for Sensitive Cats, it has no wheat or soy in it. So far in eight years this is only food that he hasn't regurgitated. :eyes: He eats too fast, or nibbles his brother's urinary tract food, and then :puke: We're kind of used to it, but there is nothing more disgusting than stepping in a cold smushy pile first thing in the AM. :grr:

[gateley]

31. Nero loves to barf, too. nt

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36. Are you saying he LIKES to barf?

[gateley]

39. Probably not -- he doesn't stick his paw down his throat or anything --

but he does it far more frequently than I like. But as long as he's okay, I deal with it. And am honored to clean it up. :7

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48. It appears to be relatively common

I don't think our processed pet foods are really all that good for them. Some believe that cats should only eat fresh meat with nothing added.

[gateley]

57. Nero will eat ONLY the following:

His prescription dry cat food (He won't eat the canned version, I hate dry food, but it's been keeping him alive, so I'm glad he likes it.
Chicken Tenders. I boil them. I won't microwave any of his food. So fresh, chicken tenders.
Chicken baby food. No turkey, no other flavor. Only chicken.

He won't eat tuna. He won't eat salmon. He won't "lick the plate" of whatever I'm having. He won't eat liver. He won't eat raw food that I buy at fancy pet food stores. I just can't understand HOW he got so spoiled. :crazy:

If he didn't need the stuff in his prescription food, I'd only feed him fresh chicken and maybe a few supplements. I live so he can live. :7

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58. No wonder he has such gorgeous fur!

It is still so weird to me how picky cats become though. Of course the cats outdoors will eat anything and are immensely grateful, but take a cat in and they start to develop "preferences" and take over your life!!!

I remember the name of the food we found for vomits-alot-Cortana - it is Wellness brand. A friend had a cat with the same problem and she bought the canned version. Cortana didn't do well with that but the dry food seems to have cured the problem.

[Eurobabe]

41. Oh, our kitties...

Gotta love them. I feel like a mother of toddlers, all over again. :rofl: Last night my older cat shimmied his way through a balcony onto the top of the garage, we were sitting over at the neighbors when I noticed him pacing back and forth. We thought it was her Mika, but he is much fluffier and faster, FattyB is lumbering (well he's almost 17 what do you expect mom??) My neighbor's daughter climbed up on the garbage can holder and plucked him off the roof, but not before his back claws scraped endlessly along the copper flashing. AAAAAAAAAAAGHGHGHG!!! Our ears, like nails on a chalkboard.

Everyday it's another adventure in this household.

Here's the offender from the garage:

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43. That look -- and the pose -- are priceless! nt

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50. So photogenic

He should be a Cat model.

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49. Wow, that's another stunning photo

What kind of camera do you have?

[Eurobabe]

54. I have two

a digital SLR, Canon 20D, but I find myself being really lazy lately (partly because I can take the little one on the bike) and using my Sony CyberShot.

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56. I am just amazed at the detail

you can get with a digital camera these days. You can see every strand of fur. I have a Sony SLR from a few years ago and I'm still learning new things about it. My son got a more updated version - the price went down and the features are much improved. He's gotten some great shots of the puppy with extraordinary detail.

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34. My son found a special food

that Cortana can tolerate now. Someone I worked with recommended it. Its not easy find though so he has to make a special trip for it. Can't remember the name right now.

Yeah cat puke isn't usually too bad, but stepping in it is really nasty.

[Eurobabe]

42. I can't decide whether a warm or cold pile is worse

:rofl: :rofl:

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51. I'd say warm, but both are pretty awful

Okay here is Cortana (Ms. Vomits-alot) with their new addition Starbuck! Cortana not too thrilled with her step sister.

Incidentally my son named both of them - Cortana form Xbox game Halo and Starbuck from BattleStar Galactica. Needless to say, he won't be naming any human children they have.

[Eurobabe]

52. LOL, cute names

but I agree, don't let him name live children. :rofl:

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55. The names are kind of cute

and they could have been a LOT worse. I don't even want to think of the possibilities. So I guess this is the compromise, he can name the puppy but hands off the kids!

[gateley]

21. He's beautiful! nt

[Eurobabe]

44. thanks gateley, he IS the Prince of Weilheim-Schongau.

LOL. :rofl:

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22. He's beautiful! nt

[jillan]

59. I saw a sign the other day that said...

Dogs have masters

Cats have servants.

Thought that was cute.

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60. They really are the biggest con artists on the planet

When I saw Shrek II, it all became clear to me - The Puss N Boots look!!! Works every time.

[jillan]

61. One of these days I'm going to have to make the switch.

I've had dogs my whole life, never a cat.

Wonder what Tobi would do if I brought one home. I don't know if she's ever interacted with a kitty.
We see alot of them on our walks, maybe next time I'll let her say hi.

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62. I've always been more of a dog person

and really never understood the cat thing. Once we brought Cortana and the kittens inside I discovered really quick what the big deal was. They were constantly entertaining and rarely predictable. They were also much more affectionate than I had expected.

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66. I'll ask you what I asked P -- did you have a dog/s growing up?

I think that has a lot to do with it.

My dad had cats, my mom, dogs. So we had cats. :7 My mom came around but she was never as nuts over them as my dad was (and me and my brother.)

I may have told this before, but one day my brother and my dad were driving up the street and my dad saw a cat, and told my brother to go get it. He was going to STEAL it because he wanted a cat, and we didn't have one at the time. My brother told me he brought the cat into the car, it threw up, my dad pulled over to the curb and let him out and drove home. Then cleaned the brocade upholstery in his Caddy! Too funny!

When he'd be in the kitchen and the cat was on the counter (on top of the warm dishwasher) my dad would go "kitty, do you want a Wheat Thin? Do you want a cheese sandwich, kitty?"

No question who I got my cat crazies from.

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67. I was raised in a dog family

though we had all kinds of pets. No cats though. My siblings ended up with cats as adults as did my parents when they got older. I ended up very allergic.

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69. I'm a dog person for sure but petsitting the neighbor's cat

and they can be so charming. My dogs are just as manipulative I think.

I have a big thing against outdoor and feral cats due to impact on wildlife, but I'm not going to get into a rant here.

Anyway, no kitties for me while I have my current dogs. My elder dog is off-the-scale cat-aggressive.

[gateley]

65. Did you have a dog -- dogs -- when you were growing up?

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64. I LOVED that!

Hat in paws, big 'ol eyes opened wide. I was sitting there going "Awwwww" -- at an ANIMATION!

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68. It was so well done

and brought to mind every time a cat had done that to me.........."Oh, oh wait here. I'll see if I have some tuna fish."

[gateley]

63. And true. Ask Master Nero. nt

[Eurobabe]

71. Man! Have we ever had a flaming thread before

I mean since the primaries?? :rofl:

[CrispyQ]

74. Too cute!

I love calicos!

I read once that most calicos are females & most orange tabbies are male. Does anyone know if that's true?

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76. Yes it is true

I had heard that but only confirmed it recently. Wikipedia says it is genetic and only 1 in 3000 calicos or torties is a male. Any cat with three colors is usually a female.

This was a fun thread and produced some darling pictures. Lots of oooh's and ahhh's.