My new kitties

[Mike Weins]

Ok now that mid terms are over with I can get on with the reeeeaaalllly important stuff

Fatso is a 6 and a half years old orange tabby cat. Furrybutt is a 5 month old medium hair black kitten.

These are just a couple of quick photos (I had to touch up the one of them on my bed because Furrybutt moved as I snapped the photo), I will be taken many more and will post some in this thread from time to time

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[jingle]

Cats are the biggest, happiest and best thing that will happen to some of us.
My avatar is Peaches and Badcat.

[Tattoo2]

HI A fav subject of mine too! Mike, your babies are so cute! I have never lived in an apt without a cat. I wouldn't know what to do without at least one furry four-legged kiddie. For some reason, the black cats find me. I don't know if it is because they get put out more or what as most of mine were/are rescues. I now have three tuxedos, and they are such a joy to have around. They teach me a lot too. I will have to move soon as my landlord wants to sell my place, and my animals go with me. I had one solid black once too and one solid white. All others have been tuxedos. I tried to add Lucy's pic here Maybe it worked. She is the newest of the three and the youngest. Very personable cat and so funny too. She is a definite mama's girl.

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[Mike Weins]

Awww Lucy is a cutie I think people are still ignorant about black cats. Some of the sweetest cats in our shelter are black cats.

[Tattoo2]

Thanks Mike, She is definitely one of the most touchy-feely cats I have had in that she crawls up, finds a comfortable spot, and sits a while. They all have their own personality a favorite idiosyncrasies. LuLu was next in line and likes to get in the lavatory when I brush my teeth She doesn't mind the water which is totally unreal! She and Lucy both like to get in my desk between me and the computer monitor which can make writing a paper difficult without a doubt. lol LuLu was a 5 week old kitten behind my apt that I adopted instead of fostering and adopting her out. The third is Mascot. He was he one living with a feral colony who found the food at my door in 2006. I fed him at my door for a year while I earned my online BSN as he would not let me come near him at all, and then decided to trap him and take him with me when I moved to start on my MSN. In that cage, he looked like he was thinking, " Now look what a fine mess I have gotten myself into!!" Once with me, he was so stand-offish at first but now likes to get on the sofa arm with me. He gets behind me at my neck and bunts my head. I see that as his affection, and from one that was living on the street in a feral colony and then displaced to a drainage pipe to be nearer the food at my door, that is a major improvement. I guess we all have a story. They are each a delight and are great teachers. They go where I go. Tattoo

[funnylegs4]

AWW OMG HOW CUTE!!! They are more like teenage cats. I love cats but I have never owned them because some of my family members are allergic to them. I think cats are really smart. I agree that people are ignorant of black cats. I met a blind black cat once at a rescue and wish I could have adopted her. I wanted to name her "Pamela" Thanks so much for sharing! Please continue to post cat pictures! These made my day!

[joy]

tattoo you must be a good person for that wild cat to tame down enough to become an inside pet. cats are smart about people I think. thanks for sharing with us.

[Tattoo2]

Thanks Joy, I wonder sometimes if he had a home at one time and got left behind or dropped off. He was living with that feral colony for sure and I think got displaced by a bigger animal, so he moved closer to the food source, my apt. lol He has the notches in his ears that they do when they trap, neuter, and release. He has one in both ears like they trapped him twice and still put him back out!! He was more frightened and very standoffish for a couple of years. I feel he was abused somehow, but he now trusts me. Give them lots of space and let him come to me. Also it helps to force the affection or closeness so they can get used to that. Picked him up often and held him close so that he got used to that and the positive that goes with it. I did have a for-real feral that was solid back. I got her at the shelter and didn't dare pick her up!! I'd be in shreds. The only time she hopped up near me was when she was near the end. I found a nodule in her throat and was going to have it removed, but the Vet did an x-ray and found she had lung cancer. I put her down instead of doing the surgery. I have no idea how they ever got her in a cage at the shelter!! Somebody got stitches!
Funnylegs I agree. Cats are pretty smart. They have to be I guess to survive. Tattoo

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This is LuLu the 5 week old I rescued. She is a ragdoll. I will have to find one of Mascot the one i was talking about in this post.

[Mike Weins]

Wow LuLu is striking :) I love the white fur on the chest :)

[alex44]

Everyone = I LOVE black kitties. we had three and then two and now sadly, none BUT , we have a silver/platinum, white kitty with a raccoon face (Masked!) who is one cool character. we were at a restaurant and a couple of girls were outside giving away kittens. they put "Smiley" short for Miles of Smiles in my partners arms and we had a new kitty. we had sadly lost our last kitty (black with a white star) who was old, **** who just left one night, which I understand that cats do sometimes when they know it is their time (yes,we looked for him and checked the shelter but he never left our yard as far as we know so....) so now smiley with our new guest with an all white kitty to keep him company. not easy getting them to know each other but they are working it out. I have always loved black kittys, they have ALWAYS been some of the most affectionate kittys I have had.
Enjoy the the Kittys! Mike - You are truly blessed to give your time to them.
Love and Light
Blessings
Alex44
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[Mike Weins]

{{{Alex}}}

Have you looked into volunteering at your local shelter yet? I'm not sure how lax they would be with the scheduling, here we don't mind if you can't keep a set schedule and just show up when you can

I would love to see a pic of your kitties

[Tattoo2]

HI I finally found a picture of Mascot, the one I trapped, but then I had to trap LuLu too even though she was only 5 weeks old. She wouldn't come close so I could grab her, and if I tried to catch her, she'd win. lol I never let these guys out as I am afraid they will either get lost or worse, hurt. We have a few wild animals that are in the area, cars that may hit them as they are black and hard to see, plus if it is near Halloween, those who believe in the satanic stuff will grab black animals and sacrifice them. There is a group in Atlanta that does just that every year. Anyway, this is Mascot, my big boy. I have no idea how old he is. Don't care either. lol

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[joy]

lulu and mascot are both nice cats. gee I am so missing haviong a pet. my last rescue was 4 puppies years ago so needles to say I have not had a cat in years. the last old doggie died now 2 years ago and I have had such a time health wise that I have not asked hubby if we could get another pet. but I sure miss having one. now I do good to try and throw out bird seed and or water for wild birds.

that does pay off. just last week I watched 2 blue birds bath in their water. that was fun watching but not as nice as petting a dog or snuggling with a cat.

[Tattoo2]

It's been a good while since anyone posted so I thought I'd share this with you. Mascot , my male cat had been having a smelly mouth for a while and I knew he probably needed his teeth cleaned. After a while, he stopped approaching his food in the morning and I though he might be in pain. I took him to the Vet, and they said all of his teeth needed to come out. I did that the next day, and he is now toothless but eating canned food very well and looks so much better. At least his mouth is no longer smelly and he is not in pain. Two weeks of canned food, and then he can have dry. He feels a lot better too. Tattoo

[alex44]

Mike as soon as I can figure out how to put an attachment in ( won't be long just a lot of drama around here, I will post picture of our kitties, many of whom has been gone a while but lives on in our hearts I just found a lot of pic's. and cried all over again(sorry) as well as a pic of smiley - I just have to pull them all together on the network into a package. I approached one shelter, they are too wrapped up in their own thing, very clannish would be a good way to put it, anyhow, once we get past the season, I plan to get with the county agency, which I am sure would appreciate the help. If they need someone to clean up, no problem. I love your kitty's - esp the Black one I have had several as well orange tabby's ALL cats need and deserve loving and you seem to be the perfect person to do so. As an aside, I NEVER knew how complicated networking could get and I have worked in IT for a long time, before I became disabled. Just managing a four computer network is a challenge, what with permissions,sharing and such and then throw in three different OS's - Vista, win 7 and 8.1 it gets interesting. I can only imagine what you have to deal with so I will end this with "Great Job" and I will post pics in the next couple of days.
Blessings
Happy holidays
Alex44
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