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BOY THIS IS SURE DIFFERENT

islandrose57 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:34:16 GMT

HI WELL LET'S SEE HERE

I HAVE ADOPTED A NEW KITTY ALTHOUGH I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AROUND CATS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF MY LIFE. MY FIANCE HAS NEVER REALLY HAD ANY FOR HIS OWN. I KNOW THAT SHE IS A CALICO AND SHE IS 1 YR OLD. I ALWAYS THOUGHT CALICOS WERE A BREED OF THEIR OWN... NOW I AM CONFUSED.... IS THEIR A SPECIFIC BREED OF CALICOS OR DO THEY COME IN DIFFERENT BREEDS.

ALSO I WAS UNAWARE THAT THE MAJORITY OF CALICOS ARE FEMALE, AND I JUST READ THAT, THAT IN FACT IS TRUE. CAN YOU PLEASE ENLIGHTEN ME HERE

ARE CALICOS A BREED ??? AND ARE CALICOS THE MAJORITY OF THEM FEMALE ???

ISLANDROSE57

Meet Freia, Buddy, Cubby and Vinny

freia — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:23:13 GMT

Hi, new to this forum, got here thru facebook and then cat channel. We have 4 cats, all rescues. They are mostly indoor, but go outdoors in our cat proof fenced yard. We built the fence ourselves and so far it has worked. My daughter and I volunteer for our local humane society and I am involved with a feral cat rescue organization. My husband worked as a vet tech at a clinic and I work in a science lab, so we try to be informed cat owners. Check out our cats and the do it yourself cat fence instructions at our website www.jeffinnakari.weebly.com

Two New Kittens

pinkiesmom311 — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:29:29 GMT

I haven't been on in couple years. My old cat Pinkie passed away 2 years ago this coming February. I had not been ready for a new kitten for until recently. My roommate had talk about it for a year we even pick out names but I was not ready then this past summer I had become attached to my best friend's cat when I went to visit her. My roommate and I started consider it more. What put me over the edge was I had a dream about my old cat Pinkie and she helped me pick out my new fur baby. That was it I wanted a kitten. My roommate wanted kitten too. My roommate has 4 year old son and got excited about the kittens. I have dog I share with my mom and my roommate's son Brenden said to us that we have to make sure the kittens like our dog Ladybug. LOL Smart kid.
So last weekend we ended up getting two cute kittens from family that was giving them away to good home. After we had gone to shelter and the decline us after approving us because of my roommate's son was impatient waiting after 45 mins.
Anyway we got two female kittens 7weeks old. We named them Tiki and Bella. Tiki is my kitten and Bella is my roommate kitten but we love both the same. Brenden is good with them. We have to explain to him when the kittens are sleeping he can't play with them. Our dog Ladybug is acting like mommy to the kittens giving them baths. It take them long to like each other. Tiki took to her right away after few hisses. Bella took a day to take to her but now they are all happy. Ladybug runs arounding keeping track of the kittens for us.
I don't know how to post pictures so here is website I made on shutterfly.
http://ladybugtikiandbellapictures.shutterfly.com/

Zeuss, 8month old Bengal does a cool trick

faybio — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:48:01 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBiEMUhaQK0

Showing Off my Babies

Ebony&Minx — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:54:27 GMT

I love to show off my kitties so when I found this site I had to join so I could show other cat lovers my babies.

Ebony is two and came to me as a baby after a co-worker rescued him. She described how she found him in the middle of the road and had to close her eyes because there was a truck coming. Luckily he didn't get hit. She brought in pictures and after seeing the one below I knew I had to take him home. (My co-worker already had 2 cats and her husband was saying no more.)

Those first couple of months were not easy for him. He had a virus - the medication took care of that. But the virus had caused him to prolapse, so he had to go in and get stitched on his backend. This caused constipation, so he went back the next day and got a couple of enemas. And he finally had to go back and get the stitch. All of this in addition to the normal shots and getting neutered. I am happy to say that he came through as a very happy and healthy kitty. He is jumpy, but who can blame him. Best of all he never tries to go outside, so I don't worry about him getting hurt.

Here he is with his favorite toy.

Minx's story is shorter. I got her at PetSmart as a healthy 1 yr old (This makes her about 6 months younger than Ebony.) All her information said was that her family had to give her up because of the economy.

I was not planning on a second cat, but I saw her and her eyes spoke to me. They said you can't leave me here. So I took her home with no idea how she would get along with Ebony. Neither had been around other cats. The research I did told me that it could take a couple of months before they accepted each other. Fortunately for me they did it in about 5 days. Now it is hard to guess that they have not always been together.

Sorry for the length, but I am a proud mama.

Meet buttons and me!!

tab 1 — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:06:00 GMT

We are new to the forum!!!! Just like to intoduce myself, I live in utah and I love cats!!!!! Buttons is my beautiful american shorthair,she is very cuddlyand has the prettiest blue eyes!!!! We just want to say hi !!!!!!!!!

Added a male kitten to my brood

Gretchen43 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:48:48 GMT

the girls are older, two of them. and both are fixed. All are indoor cats
so far the little one is rambunctious but nothing more. Do I have to get him fixed? Will he start giving the girls a hard time? They are older and very mixed up with the new addition. but it's not unmanageable. Want to protect the girls. Ted is very aggressive with the middle girl. She holds her own but sometimes I think it's best to separate them.

Puff

puffthemagiccat — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:42:04 GMT

I am a first time cat owner and I am happy to say that I am a cat person for sure. We have had Puff for about 5 months and he has been a great addition to the family. I joined this site b/c there are definitely some questions and things I just don't know about cats. So, hopefully other cat people can help me out. I took him to get neutered and declawed about 2 weeks ago and that has calmed him down tremendously. I have about 3 issues/questions hopefully you can help me answer.

1. Puff is tearing the weather stripping from the bottom of my door...HELP!

2. Why does he like to splash all the water out of his dish and create a huge mess?

3. Opinions on teaching cat to use the toilet, saw the kit on-line and wonderedif it works.

Thanks!

Just wanted to say Hi!

ReporterChick — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:10:12 GMT

Hi, I'm Sara, I live in Oregon, I have the cutest cat Yuki, who has six toes and crooked tail. Shes my love bug!

My cats and me.

loveshercats — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:55:35 GMT

I am new to this community but find it very interesting. So thought I would check it out.

I have three cats: Sidney (9), Snickers (4), and Skittles (10 weeks) all males. I just adopted Skittles three weeks ago and find it very interesting having a "baby" again.

I do have a question: My older cats don't have any claws, but the kitten does. Skittles (the kitten) loves Sidney but appears to be using her claws on him. His poor nose is tore up pretty badly. Doesn't a kitten need to be older than four months to get declawed or can it be done earlier? Sidney is so passive that he doesn't do anything to the kitten to get him to stop using his claws on him. Any hints?

Wendy and "boys"

Hi!

Daisy Rabbit Mae — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:49:07 GMT

Hi! I have 3 cats, S'mores, Garfeild, and Ralph! And I'm Daisy! Im sooo happy i finnally joined the fourms!!! Well dats it!

Thanx,

Daes (my nick name)

Meet... Hillary Kitten! The toilet trained cat.

hillarykitten — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 20:11:06 GMT

Meet Hillary Kitten! The funniest kitty in California. She uses the toilet so I don't have to scoop litter. It's awesome! Since she saves on litter and trash, I entered her in an eco-friendly pet contest here: http://tiny.cc/hillyboo. She is the ONLY cat in the top 10 so please help her out!

I was just wondering what state everyone is from?

Kitty Kiss — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:36:09 GMT

I don't think any one is from Idaho but maybe.

Me and my feline are new to Catchannel

felinegal — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:25:20 GMT

Hi! I am a total cat lover and this is my first post on here! I hope that i can meet many of you who are regular user's of the site because I would like to become one.

I recently lost my job so i have alot of time now to share and grow in online communities. My cat Kosmo and I are excited to chat to others.

I am thinking of adding another cat to my family and would love some advice for introducing another cat to Kosmo.

thanks and hope to chat soon!

Me, King, and some questions

ragdoll_king — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:01:25 GMT

I have a 3.5 year old pure ragdoll named King. King has a disturbing habit. He likes to chew on socks. I have hidden them but he will find something like a sock if he can't get socks. He chews them in his bowl most of the time. He does eat parts because he has puked them up once or twice. Obviously this isn't normal but why is he doing this and how can I get him to stop?

Thanks.

New here and have some questions

xtraordinaryxo — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:19:46 GMT

Hello everyone! I am new here to this site and somewhat new to cat owning. My boyfriend and I have two cats. Both spayed females named Reina and Artemis.
Reina is a DSH gray tabby and Artemis is a Oriental/DSH. She is also tabby but of a lighter shade.

Anyways my question(s) are in regards to aggression. I have had Reina since she was 8 weeks old and she is now a little over 2 years old. We adopted Artemis from the shelter when she was 4 months and she is about 11 months now.
It took awhile before they got used to each other, but they can tolerate living in the same house. They play a lot, but when Reina doesn't want to play she hisses and smacks Artemis. It goes on a little while til Artemis learns to leave her be.
Reina always follows me around the house and even sleeps in the same bed with us. Her and Artemis take turns lol. If Artemis comes near me and my boyfriend while laying in bed, Reina growls and hisses at her.
Anyways, when I try to play with Reina, she doesn't want to play and sometimes when I try to pet her, she swipes at me. I am not able to comb her hair or clip her nails like I used to. She kind of avoids us unless we have food.
We don't bug her and when she comes around we might try to pet her, but she usually runs off or swipes.

Is this aggression or something else?

Hello from my baby kitten :0

SaltwaterTaffy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 15:42:11 GMT

Hello everyone, this is my first post,
and here is the reason I joined, my kitten. I believe she is about 4 weeks old.

I found her/him in the backyard. Our neighbor picked him up and her/his mama abandoned him (she is a feral cat). So i couldn't help but take her in.

40 Hours between births

CabbiesMom — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:49:21 GMT

My Cabbit had four kittens on Friday night. The first at 6pm the last before 11pm. On Sunday morning before 8am she had another one. This seems like a long time to me. Is this normal? Mom and babies all doing well. All babies are the same size and strong and there doesnt seem to be a runt in the bunch. In fact the last baby seems to be the strongest of the bunch. Also Im wondering if more can come now or is she done. Thanks for any feedback you can provide. Mom is healthy is up to date on shots and vet visits.

Not New Exactly, Just MIA For A While

Skayda — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:31:56 GMT

Hello,

I don't know if any of you remember me but I was on here a while ago. I had two cats, a calico named Flukie and a black and white shorthair named Imzadi. And my name is Ami. Well, I've posted a few pictures and wrote about a few funny habits they had in the past along with their individual pet pages things.

Well, I couldn't bear to come back to this site for a long time because it just made me so very sad. It still makes me sad, but not as much as at first. I lost Imzadi to complications of cancer, kidney failure and heart trouble. Her hind legs stopped working as well and when she stopped eating and drinking and could only drag herself from her pillow to the litterbox via her front claws my boyfriend and I decided that the time had come to say goodbye. I said my goodbyes the night before and asked my boyfriend to please take her to the vet while I was at my appointments for the day. I couldn't bear to watch him leave her and I also couldn't bear to be there when they released her spirit.

Since then, her daughter, Flukie, has become far more attached to me than usual and is never far from my side. The night before Shawn took Imzadi in I slept on the downstairs sofa and Flukie, who had never, ever done this before, curled up against my stomach while I laid in a fetal position in tears on the sofa. When the sofa became too soft and uncomfortable for I slipped to the floor and Flukie followed me and curled up the same position as she'd been on the sofa with me. That was extremely unheard of for her. She normally hates being on the floor, much less sleeping there.

I had Imzadi created in a private creation and her ashes rest on the top shelf of the livingroom bookcase surrounded by the small collection of "Applause" stuffed cats I got in honor of them along with her little pink collar and bell. Her remains came sealed in a very pretty dark blue velvet drawstring pouch with the words "Until We Meet At The Rainbow Bridge" along the front in dark yellow cursive embroidery. It's all very tasteful.

I wear a small portion of her physical remains, which I believe hold some of her essence as well, within a silver and blue vial surrounded by a pewter image of a half-moon and cat about my neck at all times. I wear this on a silver chain with a silver cross and a silver, diamond brooch along with. Being a poor soul the diamonds, of course, aren't real, but the sentiment is.

The necklace I wear in Imzadi's honor has meaning to everything about it. It's not just a few random pieces of jewelry strewn together for aesthetic value. In case anyone is interested, here's what my cat's memorial necklace all means:

Silver-toned: Represent moonlight and mystery, both of which cats have been attributed throughout history.

The Cross: [i]Represents life after death, the afterlife, Heaven, Nirvana, The Rainbow Bridge, God and Jesus watching over her and a place of beauty and rest where we shall meet and be together someday.
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The Circle: Represents eternity and harmony. Unending love, devotion and loyalty in honor of that same love, devotion and loyalty she gave me while she was still on the earthly plane with me.

The Diamonds: Diamonds, (even fake ones), represent every important and wonderful moment I spent with her. Treasured forever within my heart.

The Chain/Links: Represent every day, hour, moment I shall miss and think about her and what she meant to me and Flukie and my boyfriend, Shawn and everyone in our family who knew Imzadi. The links alone represent individual prayers for her spirit's well-bing in the after-life, going on and on until the very end of time and beyond.

The Urn: Holds a small portion of Imzadi's physical remains in honor, love and memory of the beloved animal who graced my life, my world and my heart for thirteen beloved and wonderful years.

I shall miss her forever. She really did life up to her name. Imzadi means "beloved" and she was.

It's still hard to think about her, and the hole in my heart that's been left will always be there but the wound is slowly beginning to scab over.

Thank you for reading this. I don't ever wish to forget her.

Love,

~Ami

we are new!!

Hannamarie91 — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:28:55 GMT

hi! my boyfriend and i just got 2 little kitties (just being about a month ago). one of my cats is getting older and im nervous about her first heat session. eek. but anyways, the bigger one is named Fish (my boyfriend named her) she is absolutely beautiful. she is light gray with white paws and legs, and a white face. her belly looks like chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream too because she has very small brown markings. she is about 7 months. My other kitty is about 4 months and her name is pumpkin. She mostly sleeps all day. o_0
umm.. my name is Hanna.
i found the site because i was looking up info on cats going into heat.

i hope you guys like me and i hope i can post some pictures of them on here soon.

Hale and well met from Mark and Raine

markem — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:22:14 GMT

Just a quick hi to everyone! I'm mainly a lurker but thought I'd say hi.

My name is Mark and I have ten cats. That's right - ten. We foster and try to find homes for cats as best we can. So far - only about five cats have left the house and found new homes. All of our cats have a history which you can read about at http://www.sim1.us. Just click on the "The King, the Queen, and their nine cats". Which should now be ten and updated I suppose.

I have another post to make which will (I hope) interest everyone. Then - it's back to lurking.

Millie and Bibbet - The New Girls on the Block

KittyKeeper — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 15:16:58 GMT

Hello all!

I'm new to this site and absolutely new to having cats as pets. Have always wanted a cat but my ex wouldn't allow it. Now that ex has been gone several years and my new guy loves cats - we decided to adopt. I was planning to wait but when we went to the Pet store adoption a few weeks ago - I knew that plan was gone!

The kittens there were being admired but I wanted 2 adult females cats that got along. The rescue ladies led us to a cage in the back that had a beautiful green eyed long hair tortoiseshell and a long haired black cat with sparkling gold eyes. I had never planned on getting a long haired cat but the minute we saw Millie the tortie - I couldn't walk away. Her friend, Samantha was a bit shy and hiding but it was the end of a long stressful day. The ladies told us the cats had both been in the shelter over 6 months (not a rescue home) & given up because one owner died and one left for the military. The adoption fee had been lowered to $50 since they wanted them to have a home. (not of importance to us at all though). When the lady told me that Samantha had little chance of adoption because so many people were leary of black cats - I said no way we are leaving her behind.

So off we go shopping while they filled out the papers - 20 mins later with a full cart ($100 for the cats, lol and $250 for the cat stuff!) we returned to bring them home. The rescue lady got choked up she was so happy they were going to a home to be "spoiled" that she took out her cell phone to snap a pic to show the shelter workers where the girls had lived. They are both about 2 and a half yrs old and about 10 - 12 lbs each.

Fast forward two weeks later - we have 2 great girls! We renamed Samantha to Bibbet (my guy had a black Bibbet growing up) and they now enjoy the run of the house. We are loving having our wonderful lap cats (Millie is sleeping in my lap now - Bibbit is in her favorite comfy arm chair) and we think they are liking it here! They are anxious for us to light the fire but it has not been cold enough yet. I am learning so much about the daily lives of cats and enjoying every minute of it.

I'm a "newbie" here!!! =^..^= =^..^=

Haunted Song — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:22:22 GMT

Hello everyone! I just registered for this forum and am very happy to be here! I am owned by two Ragdolls ~Merlin and Arthur. They are brothers and are almost 17 months old.

This is Merlin...he is a seal mitted:

This is (King) Arthur...he is a blue colorpoint:

My boys definitely have the rule of the castle!! Although they have different personalities, they are both sweet and affectionate. They follow me around the house constantly and like to be lap cats whenever possible. They are also very smart...my husband and I are working on teaching them some tricks. Although they are inside cats, we do take them for walks when the weather is nice. They are very good walkers and we have a lot of people make comments about our puppy cats!

Nice to be here!!! Thought I'd post a few more pictures of my boys:

Hi! From Wendy, Cosmo, Jack, Sophie, and Squirt!!

purrfriendly_wendy — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:44:12 GMT

My name is Wendy and I am a toddler teacher and assistant director at our family owned child care center in pennsylvania. I am also currently still in school for my degrees in education and management. I am a single mom of four cats! Cosmo is 3, and he is a black domestic shorthair. He's an indoor and outdoor cat. Jack and Sophie are twin brother and sisters, they are 7 months, grey and white half maine coon and domestic shorthair. Squirt is 4 months old and she is also a black domestic shorthair.

Hello From Wesley, Tiger and Bruce

klhirtz — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:45:22 GMT

Hi guys! I'm new to this. My name is Kay-Dee.I'm 21 and Married. I have three wonderful furry children.

Wesley is my oldest. He is three years old. He is a white, domestic short haired cat. I adopted him from Petsmart two years ago. He is my big baby. He sleeps in my arms all night. He is most def a moma's boys.

Next in line is Tiger. He is our spoiled rotten fluff. He is domestic long haired cat. He is one year old. He found us when he was just a little kitten. We raised him and Wesley took on to him like he was always there.

Finally our last addition is Bruce. He is a domestic yellow and white short haired cat. We call him Bruce aka "Batcat" because he had adnormally large ears for his size. We just got him about two weeks ago. He showed up at my mom's house. She couldn't keep him so we took him in. He is about six months and gets along great with our other children! ^_^ I love my happy family!

Presenting: Cleo, Miztli, Puppy,Tohru & Naruto!

MTHinojosa277 — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 13:38:37 GMT

Hello to all! My name is Terri and I live with my 5 kiddos:

Tohru

Cleo

Puppy (flame point) with one of many foster kittens.

We just wanted to say hi to all the cat mommies/daddies and fellow feline brothers/sisters!!!

Allie and Giita - BFF

alliebird — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:11:46 GMT

Hey everyone.. My name is Allie, I'm 19 and my cat's name is Giita (Gee-[not jee]-tuh) and she is about 3 years old.

Here is a picture of us from a few years ago.

New cat on the site!

Fuzzy5 — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:23:49 GMT

About four years ago, my then 8-yr.-old daughter and I went to the local animal shelter to look for a cat to adopt. Many cats huddled in the back corners or their cages with the most distrusting looks. Some even hissed at us. Then we came upon a calico, "Bernice", that had been found wandering the streets. When the cage door was opened, she crawled right out onto my daughter's shoulder and parked herself there. We still had many more to look at, so we continued down the rows of cages. There was only one other cat that even acted slightly interested in us. We went back to Bernice. Once again, she immediately came out of her cage and onto my daughter's shoulder. That was it. She had picked her new owner. My daughter renamed her "Fuzzy". Fuzzy was approximately one year old, with short hair, tortoise-shell, and a very sweet temperment. She also bonded almost immediately to our miniature dachshund. (And the tormenting began).

Inroducing Mush and me!!

DAVE@CATASTICATS.COM — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 18:51:27 GMT

Hi ,

I'm Dave from New Jersey and I have a Calico cat named Mush. She was a ferel cat before she "found" me and has lived with me for about 10 years now. I grew up with dogs and really didn't have much of an appreciation for cats until becomming the owner of one and I am a convert!... although I like pretty much all animals. Well, thats about it for meow..I mean now. Nice to be part of Cat Channel.

Comet and Gizmo say HI!

WereCat — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:45:39 GMT

Hi, my two cats came from the local humane shelter. The shelter was built next door to my place of employment about four years ago, the same time I bought my home. When I moved in I found mouse droppings and decided to forgo mouse traps for cats. I really didn't know what I was getting into!

Now four years later I don't think I could live without them. Heres some pics of Comet & Gizmo. Comet is white, Gizmo is tiger.

Introducing myself and Mitzi

mitzismom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:26:48 GMT

Hi. My name is Karen. I have a black & white tuxedo cat named Mitzi. I adopted her a little over a year ago at the local Humane Society. My sister paid for her, as a gift to me. She is the love of my life and my ONLY companion. She's my baby girl, in every sense of the word. She's approximately 2 years old. It took me 2 years, to get permission to have her. I had to get my doctor to say that I needed a therapeutic pet. I was denied the first time I tried. I was on disability, even then, but was still denied because my doctor didn't say " need ". But, I got through it, and wouldn't trade my baby for the world.

Gracie and I are new here

Nancy333 — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:24:10 GMT

Hi everyone, Gracie wanted me to get online so I can brag about her as I said above. She's quite the diva cat. She's a 3 yr old short haired domestic cat. The reason I call her a diva is because she most definately knows her mind, yet at the sametime she's has impecable manners. She doesn't jump on counters, nor does she get in trash or cause problems of any kind. She's mostly mellow and loves her attention, yet at the sametime, she can be rather playfull to where she darts back and forth. She adopted me this last Wed., so we're still getting to know each other, but I can tell this is a match made in heaven. Here is a pic, that she wanted me to show you. She adopted me, she's the diva and owns me. lol

We just joined today

1957chevy — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:28:35 GMT

Here's our Kasey. 2 years old this Summer.

He makes our home complete.

Lenny, Lou, Oliver, Chunk Light Tuna and Double Stuft Oreo say 'Hi'!

JenLovesPets — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:23:01 GMT

Hello!

Just wanted to stop in an introduce myself, I joined a few days ago. I am the proud owner of 5 male, neutered, not declawed, no they don't tear the house up or spray everywhere mixed rescue cats. I am very lucky

I live on a farm with various farm animals: 3 dogs, a horse, donkey, goats, cows and chickens. Rarely is it dull or boring. Or quiet Especially with the donkey....everyone knows what time the dogs go out in the morning on our street thanks to Simon the donkey announcing it the best way he knows how!

While I dream of winning the lottery and even have plans for when I do, I must support the high standards that my pets have set in place for me Therefore, I work. And that place of work is as a Veterinarian Technician with The Iams Company. I have worked there for over 2 years now, and I love being able to bring my dogs with me. They love being able to sleep wrapped around my feet, and occasionally take a run thru the hallway with the other dogs that visit. While the cats do get somewhat jealous, they can wrap themselves around my feet when I am able to work from home!

Look forward to getting to know all of you!

Temporary home for kids' cats

DebHillC — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:18:47 GMT

Well I have found myself a "foster" home for 2 grown cats belonging to my son and wife. They are moving and we are keeping their cats while they find a new home - could be up to 6 months the way things look.

We have been dog people so this is somewhat new to us. They have been here about 3 weeks - they are very well behaved cats and I have been enjoying their company. The dogs have been going a little nuts but they are getting used to it.

In their prior home, they were primarily indoor cats with occasional outdoor time. We are keeping them in a screened porch that they seem to enjoy...(my husband WILL NOT let them in the house). At this time of year, I spend a good deal of time in the porch area reading and enjoying the outdoors. I'm planning to let them stay there most of the time - it doesn't typically get that cold here but we can put them in the garage at night if it gets cold.

What kind of temperature do I need to worry about - it rarely gets below freezing - should they be inside if it starts getting into the 40's? Our dogs are indoor/outdoor and they stay in the house at night.

Any other suggestions from the experts would be appreciated.

Thanks

I goofed, but I meant well

Malocclusion Ten Four — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:40:34 GMT

Hi, I have eight cats but I thought I would start with Norma Jeane. I created a web page for her last night. I am just now learning about digital photography and uploading to the web. I mistakenly posted a photograph of the SKY instead of Norma Jeane.

Now everyone is going to think she's dead! Especially since I said her nickname was Dust Bunny! I just want everyone to know she is alive and well. I'll try again when I am more knowledgable.

New cats/new member

PantherPride — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:48:11 GMT

Hi I'm PantherPride new here, know ALOT about cat food,ect

I have 2 cats Bindi 3 years and Leopalorn 2 years

Bindi I got as a free to good home kitten from my dads ex girlfriend (he is married now) and Leopalorn from a breeder in Iowa (he's a somali)

Both cats are great, indoor only, post trained, neutered and up to date on vaccinations.

Cats & Laptops

Kitty Kiss — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:34:06 GMT

My cat jumped on my laptop and I don't know what he did but my laptop went Ko Ko. It went where no laptop has gone before! Share your storys bye bye

Milo, Cammy, and Tao say Hi!

Cristori — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:54:26 GMT

Hi! Me and my cats are new here. Milo is a bengal/tabby mix and he is 3 years old. Cammy is a Siamese and he is 3 years old, Tao is a Siamese and he is 13 years old. We also have 1 more cat not in the picture. His name is Shadow and he is 5 years old and he is a Siamese also. I'm really into animal rescue, and I started an animal rescue club at http://animalrescueclub.shutterfly.com/ feel free to check it out. Actually there are only 2 members on my site and they are my mom and aunt. We're always up for new friends so don't hesitate to check our blog out!

Hello New Here From Texas

lvpets2002 — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:08:27 GMT

Hello I am new here.. I live in Tx the Metro Plex DFW area.. I have several Special Needs Kitty Babies.. I call them God's Wittle Gifted Angels.. There is 4 CH, 1 blind,1 one eyed, 1 tripods, 1 deaf & a couple with just catitudes.. I look forward to chatting & meeting you all..