THE TT KITTY GALLERY
Listing by (usually) TT Login name, alphabetically
(Complete Cat Stories Page)
(How We Met Our Kitties)
ACMcKinney
Cookie and Rita kittens - 2001 (F)
Feral Max and Deuce, good buddies (M)
The feral "tribe," consisting of the ridiculously tame Gaston, his somewhat more reserved father Mr. Stern, the outsider Hansel, and the absurdly feral Greta: 2001
The feral "tribe": 2004
Others in the family: Sophie, Frances, Frannie and Polly, and Biff
Others in the family: Sally, the beauty from the alley
Aleta S
annef
Rupert (M) - The Gentle Giant. World's Largest Tabby!
More Rupert here, and dispersed throughout the photostream.
Annie5874
Frank (aka Frenchie) (M), Bub (The Guy) (M), Julio (M), plus hamsters, Mitzi-dog, and lizard friends
Ant Soozie
Cleo (F), the Queen of the Universe (who has now crossed the Rainbrow Bridge, dearly beloved) [scroll down to photo with that title]
The Evil Two [scroll down to find photo]
Artemis
Mick (M), Cassie (F), Natasha (F), and Teacup (M)
Mick -- 5 year old, 19 lb black and white domestic long hair. He likes snuggling under the covers in the morning, playing hockey with my alarm clock and stealing beer. He pees in terror when it thunders. Nicknames: Mickleberry Ham and NO!!!
Cassie -- 4 year old, 9 lb solid grey domestic shorthair. She's a proximity cat who is slowly learning to be friendlier and very, very occasionally will sit with me for 10 minutes or so before running away. She's afraid of everything, but only pees in appropriate places. Cassie loves to chase bugs and ghosts. Nicknames: Mouse and Pokey Nose.
Natasha -- 4 month old, 5 lb marmalade tabby domestic shorthair. Natasha is so named because of the nicknames her siblings were given by a friend--Moose & Squirrel; when she was brought to my doorstep by friends who had found her abandoned in their neighborhood, it just seemed appropriate. But there will be no Boris for the foreseeable future. Natasha is 5 pounds of high-speed mischief and delights in upending the furniture with her ballisticatting. She also enjoys catloafing under/on my feet while I'm cooking and has the most beautiful brown eyes I've ever seen. Nicknames: Tasha and Punkin'haid.
The other pictured kitty is Teacup, my sister's kitten. He's 9 months old and has bellydots. He also purrs at the drop of a hat and loves to snuggle up under my chin. Needless to say, I'm trying to justify stealing him all for my own!
Asia
Roshi (M) and Scoop (F) [Page currently not available] - Roshi is a grey and fluffy boykitty, while Scoop is tortie and rotundly-sleek and bossy and rotten and female.
Squeaky Zeke (M) - (If you need to log in, user name is TableTalk, password also TableTalk) WC leucistic piebald kitten. The growth of a kitten found in the woods..... (Begun July 9th, 2002, and ongoing)
Bayan Ovoo
Hassan (which means "handsome" in Arabic)
Bbudke
Roscoe (M), Louie (M), and Stella (F), the "Feline Terra Squad"
BC
Pearl (F), Blanche (F), Nunzio (M), and BC (F) (departed and missed)
BeVERly
Jayne and Kaylee (F) - (Photos will be interspersed with others in the photostream)
Beth Lady Grey
TC (M) - TC lends itself admirably. TheCat, Truncated Cat, TriCycle, Thelonius Claude, Thermopolae Caligula, etc. Plus Pookie, PupPup, Boofus kitty, Fuzzybutt, Feroceyus Predatoah, Not the Tapestry Chair!
Thomas, Jenny, Buttercup, Ember, Cricket
Burst of Lethargy
Calamity Jeanne
Borneo and Bailey (departed but still beloved)
Canuckatl2
[currently getting his cat's name!]
Carissa Snedeker
Maya (F) and Missy (F) - Missy is our sock monster. Pulls dirty socks from the hamper, hauls them into the living room, throaty meow, and then tosses them into the air, as though she had brought a field mouse into the house. She never sleeps demurely. She splays on her back.
Maya shows no fear of water, and will cry to get into the bathroom while someone is taking a shower. She will dance around the edge of the tub and peek in to see what you are up to. She does not object if you pull her in with you. Still and all, she is the daintier of the two and will sit sweetly with her tail tucked around her front paws. She catloafs well.
Both cats "love blink" us and will respond in kind if we love blink first.
Sugar (F) - Beloved tortie; departed and never forgotten.
Cat Lewis (Our dear friend Cat has herself crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We know she is keeping loving watch over all our departed animal friends.)
Benita (F) (Benita crossed the Bridge to be with Cat, shortly after Cat prepared the way. They will never be separated again.)
Here are the kitties I sit for. Rocko is in the foreground; his littermate, Roberto, is in back. Here, Rocko gives his brother kisses.
Catling
Five (M) [link currently inactive] - Five has the Iron Cat song to the tune of "Iron Man" It pretty much ends up being "He is iron cat" with a bunch of meows on the end so it scans right
Zed (M) - Zed's song is "all your kitten are belong to us" repeated to infinity just like "all your base" Cats, Cats, Cats, Cats.................. All your kitten are belong to us
Cheri de Salvo
Sammy Cat (M), Millie (F), Squeaks (M) (15-1/2 and still the Alpha Cat!), Molly (F), and sweet Liz who is gone - kitties and more kitties!
CJ Griffin
Camilla (F) - "Her name is from a Roman word meaning "servant in the temple." It's not a reference to Camilla Parker-Bowles. We're ancient Roman enthusiasts and wanted a Roman name that sounded pleasant. She is also referred to as Camilla the Killa, Camilla Gorilla and Camilla the Thrilla. Oh, and we have endless fun pretending we've just discovered her tail is missing and going around the house looking for it. OK, we're easily amused."
cybrcat sunflower
Morgan (F) [page currently unavailable] - another manifestation of the One Black Cat
DB Avery
Deborah Grabien
To start, many of our San Jose ferals... (note: Twidget is now Moonshadow, and he lives with Betsy Hanes Perry and family)
Housecats, Chez Grabien - [page currently not available] Capuccino, Cartman, Drusilla, Gadabout, Kyle, Mallory, Slim, Stanley, Wendy Testaberger of Borg
The outdoors at Chez Grabien, plus some feral shots - [page currently not available] Frost, Big Mac, Creamsicle, Calikitty, Bombay, Mister Bill, Puff Mama, Mourka, T3, Twidget (now Moonshadow Hanes Perry), Bigfoot (successfully adopted by Jess Fine!), Grey (now departed, rest in peace sweet one)
Frost, with Khumbu, Tutone, Bodkin and (nursing) Thuggo - Frost and the kittens (Khumbu, Tutone, and Thuggo) now semi-officially adopted by Orchard Supply Hardware!
Various outdoor Kitties - [page currently not available] Winston, Khumbu, Thuggo, Icefall (adopted by Pieter B, with the kitten name "Scooter", but now crossed the Rainbow Bridge), Twidget (now Moonshadow Hanes Perry), Creamer, Punkinhead, Bodkin, Frost, Creamsicle, Bombay
DianeB
Pyewacket, Fennel, Bastet's Gift, and Sal
Diva
Henry (M) is my oldest cat, born in 1991. I found him in a pet store called Capitola Critters. He is a classic splotched tabby, with marbled black stripes on a brown background, apricot accents, and white paws, chest and belly. He looks (and acts) like Cary Grant in a brown tabby tuxedo – charming, handsome, immaculately groomed, witty, and goofy. He’s friendly to everyone but will only sit on me, and only when I’m busy doing something else. He adores having his belly rubbed. I call him Henri, Hank, Hankus Pankus, and Henry Hotfoot.
When Henry was about a year old, he adopted Critter (F), whose catnapping can be read about on the Cat Stories page (including the Critter Hostage Photo story). She was a cranky little shiny black cat with green-gold eyes and a tiny white locket on her chest. She had Siamese lines and a matching voice. We called her Miss Critterfish, Critterbug, and Stain. [Miss Critter went out one day and did not come back; the TT Cat folk hope she has found a happy home for herself, either here or across the Rainbow Bridge. Be at peace, Critter.]
Taz (M) was a large, all-black (including his gums) mellow fellow. He liked to sleep with and on people, and he wasn't picky. He adopted and nurtured tiny kittens. He “belonged” to people who lived up the street, and was generally loved by everyone on the block, but when he was about two years old he decided he liked our house best and was officially ours for about six or seven years. Taz had a speech impediment and could not pronounce the letter “m”. You can imagine what a handicap this was for a cat. It is hard to come up with a nickname for a black cat that someone else has already named “Taz” and who walks around going “Ow. Ow. Ow.” [Taz has now crossed the Rainbow Bridge, after successfully helping to raise the kitten, Goldie. Be at peace, Taz.]
Jesse (M) (aka Darling Jesse) is a big foofy pure white longhair with a black “cap” on his head and one blue and one green eye. He looks like a creampuff (and he is) but he wants to be a tough guy, so he went out and got a scar on his otherwise perfect nose. Jesse can climb ladders, and will eagerly go up any ladder, anywhere, even if it doesn’t go anywhere. I call him Jesse the Tail, Messy Jesse, That White Thing, and El Blanco.
Goldie (F) - an orange tabby, but with hardly any stripes, who grew into a longhair. She was found with her brother and sister in the seat of an abandoned truck the night before a big blizzard struck. She was adopted in a bar late at night on St. Patrick’s Day, when she was about ten days old, and raised by hand (and bottle). She was the smartest, most beautiful kitten in the history of the species, of course, and the TT Cat people watched eagerly day by day as she grew up. She was trained in proper cat behavior by her Unka Taz, who then departed the world, his work complete.
Don Keehotay
[Waiting for link to photos!] - His name is Butter, short for Butterfinger because his eyes are exactly the color of the inside of a Butterfinger bar. His original owner gave him that name, but I'm happy with it. He's only been here for a day but he already seems to be accepting it as home. He has NOT been introduced to my dogs yet (they stay downstairs, he stays upstairs). Not sure how that will go, although I'm pretty confident that my dogs are not the cat-killing type. Of course, they will be carefully supervised until I'm sure.
dragondawn
Umbie and Marley - And we are waiting for photos of their new kitten brother, Sergei!
Ed Scarborough
Pete (M) (black and white American Shorthair) and Tigger (M)
Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor's dad's cats:
In the "Pets That Don't Live With Me" category, there are Zoe the Doberman, Shannon the cocker spaniel, and the cats Sophie and Sasha
Ellen Palmer
Fergus
Bela (M), Fergus (M), Jeremy (M), and Henry (M) [page currently not accessible] - Jeremy has now crossed the Rainbow Bridge, departed but dearly loved
Bela (M), Fergus (M), Henry (M), Lola (F), and Jenny (F) - Lola and Jenny now live with new people, but their dad still visits and loves them
Fraro
Babachen (F) - Baba has big round eyes and is climbing all over me and is licking me to death, with kitty food breath. :) She is a tiny but warm quiveringly purring bundle of sweetness, and you cannot help but laugh and smile as you hold her. But she is no pushover, you can see that in her eyes!
Matisse (M) - Matisse's Toy of the Day is most definitely the bathtub faucet. Hey! Let me catch you, drip of water! *lunge* *drip* Hey! Why did you drip on me! Let me try to bat at you, drip of water! *drip* Hunh? My paw is wet. This is wrong. Let me drop my paw into the water. Hey! It's more wet! *much licking of paw ensues* I'm thirsty. Let me drink this water. *lick lick lick lick at surface of bathwater* Hey! It's that drip again! Hmph. Didn't I already attack it?!?! Let me try to headbutt it. *much futile headmoving ensues* *shaking of head* *look of shock* My head is wet! I don't like this faucet. *hunkers down* *cocks head at dripping faucet*
godzoriz
Minnie, Sammy, Yogi, BooBoo, Sunny, Speck, Odds, Skeeter
The entire animal branch of the family!
Grace Newton
Fox (M) and up close (Departed and still Beloved)
Buddy and Skully; either Buddy or Skully up close
Max (M) - Was Fox's personal canine bodyguard
The whole Newton menagerie, including the cats, dogs Max and Bandit, and Otto the Sun Conure
The Boys on the Back Deck:
Most are no longer our personal cats but we have visiting rights. When we visit and the fellows hear our voices they come running, talking up a storm. I guess we’re their extended family.
The Bomber - This is the Blonde Bombshell, known in the family as The Bomber, as a kitten. He’s now the spoiled darling of two teenaged ladies who treat him as a visiting Prince. He’s Fox’s brother as are all the rest of the Back Deck Boys.
The Ghost Napping - This is Ghost, the wariest of the crew. It took forever to tame him enough to go live with the older retired couple who he now owns. For such a jumpy kitty, he talks a lot.
Fox and Ghost as little fellows
Runt, Bomber and Tige looking for treats
Mellow, Runt and Tige on their favorite deck chair
Mellow, Runt and Tige live together with a family of five. The two girls and their brother each claim one but actually the Buds own the family.
Greg Bernath
Eleanor (F), Naomi (F), and Mr. Meezer (M). Also two ferals that Greg captured and had spayed, and released: Butch and Eddie
Gretchen S.
Gypsy
Helen Wheels
Mr. Jack (M) and his doggy buddy, Sammie Sue, the "white trash pom"
hhrvt
Hooks
When we adopted Mooney and Padfoot, the people at the shelter didn't know anything about their history other than that they were about a year old. And that they cried if anyone tried to separate them, which melted my heart.
Ivy
Juliajenniegillespie
Julie D.
Seymour (M) - Seymour crunches on camel crickets and leaves legs all around the house. I guess it's the cat equivalent of calamari appetizer.
Wooly (F) - and Wooly's Rescue Story.
Julie L.
Juliemc
The cats [page is currently inaccessible] - The cats in the group photo are (L to R): Ginger (long hair, orange female, 4 yrs old), Buckley (male seal mitted Ragdoll, 9 mos. old) and Cleo (black female, 2 yrs old).
Ginger is the alpha cat -- she only has 1 tooth left, but she can still intimidate the other two. She loves people, but doesn't want to be friends with other cats. I adopted her from the vet tech's next door neighbor, who wanted to find another home for her because she was terrorizing their dog. :)
We adopted Cleo from a shelter when she was about 8 wks. My daughter picked her out. She's a bit leery of people, except for me. As soon as I sit down on the couch, she's right next to me. She also likes to sleep on my feet at night. She and Buckley are almost like siblings.
Buckley is the only cat I've ever bought from a breeder (Ragdoll). He has a slight deformation of the vertebrae (?) in his tail; it was more obvious when he was much younger, but his tail still goes off to one side. The breeder named him "Kinky," but I thought better of that! Buckley purrs as soon as you touch him -- the loudest purr I've heard. He likes being held for a limited amount of time, but loves getting right in my face in bed and licking my nose. At 9 mos., he's already twice the size and weight of Ginger and Cleo. He and Cleo love grooming each other and going "psycho" together, usually just as I'm going to sleep.
Just Lee
Bailey (M) [page currently inaccessible]
Kaeda
Kammat
Big Guy (BG) (M) (BG has now crossed the Bridge, and is dearly missed)
karijo
Me: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
C&T: She moved! Let's go pounce on her and see if she's awake and will play. POUNCE!
Me: Snorft! GLlllb....grrr. Damn cats - goway!
C&T: OK, she's not up. Let's bite her toes. BITE!
Me: OUCH! GOD DAMN CATS! GO AWAY!
C&T jump off the bed, scamper way. They conspire some, and wait 15 minutes or so: then, back to the top. Repeat until alarm clock goes off.
Callie and Thomas, and new brothers Giblets (M) and Bits (M)
Karl Northman
Moonlight (F) - Departed but always Beloved
Fargo (M); Fargo comes in from the rain; Drop, flop, and roll
Moonlight and Fargo - on the same chair!!
Six-year old Erik, with Moonlight, and Grown-up Erik, with Moonlight
Nelly and the Suitcase; Nelly in the bathroom
Fargo and Nelly outside; Sharing the radiator
Prester John (M) (1975-1994)
Kristinff
Molly (The Mitten) (F) [page currently inaccessible] - Molly: The Mitten (this is actually her middle name), Mitzy, Mitzy Lou, Lulu, Lu, Monkey Tail, Scaredy Cat, Skinny Cat, Ridiculous Creature.
Izabella (F) [page currently inaccessible] - Isabella: Bella, Bella Boo, Boo Boo, Boo, Your Highness, Her Royal Heiney, Grumpy Cat, Baggy Pants, Fur Face, Matty Catty and on and on.
LaDeeVah
Melmo, Peaches, and Big Gray Al (all Male)Their collective nicks are Da Boyz, Meow-Headed Katz, Meow-Faced Boyz, Furfaces, Monsters and Bad Monkeys.
Garp's Catster page (Garp is playing with the other departed TT cats across the Rainbow Bridge)
Peaches' Catster page (Peaches has now departed, but is missed and remembered with great love)
Larry Mac
LaurenF
leigh-cheri
Daisy Mae (F), Griffin (M), Momo (M), and Kosmo (M)
Griffin is a 15 year old handsome elderly tuxedo kitty whose purring is so loud I have been kept awake at night by it (not that I mind). Momo is a five year old tuxedo who has the ultimate goal of gaining control of the household; Kosmo is a shy and sweet tan tiger cat; and Daisy Mae is a grey tabby who is all about being a girl.
Lily Delafield
Mouse, Cookie, Pipsqueak, Magic, Munchkin, Fruitcake
Magic (M) - Magic is mostly just Magic, The Kitty, or That Big Annoying Kitty, but when he's going through a pukey phase, he's Ralph.
Mouse (M) - Fluffy Butt (or Lumpy Butt when he's all matted), Foot-Lovin' Boy, PurrMonster, and Fluffable Mouse.
Pipsqueak (M) - The Cat In The Grey Flannel Suit, La Boca Grande, Zippy the Pinhead, Fruit Loop, and Mother's Little Wackaloon.
Foster Cats and Beloved Departed Kitties - Fruitcake; Munchkin
Lucy Cat
Lucy (F), Harvey (M), and Stinky (M) (departed but not forgotten) - Lucy is Loosey Goosey, Loose Goose (sorry), Miss Goose, Silly Cat, Wacky Cat, Crazy Cat, You're Nuts! Harvey was Mr. Harvey, Harvey Larvey (sorry again), Mr. Mellow and Pushy-cat (this was when he wanted to be petted or wanted dinner and would not be denied!)
"Stinky (Stinky Boots) ran into the forest about five years ago, never to be seen again, and I still miss him."
Jeffy kitten (M), and Jeffy and Harvey on Harvey's chair
Harvey and Jeffy curled sleeping
Early in 2006, dear Harvey lost a long battle with cancer. Jeffy will miss his companion and mentor, as will all of us.
"Watercolor" print of Lucy [For ongoing pictorial experiments, and new photos of the cats, visit Lucy Cat's Fotolog site] and the more recent Flickr site
Maggie O.
Scooter and Bob (There are so many sets of both Scooter and Bob that it would take a lot of space to list them all. But they're pretty obvious from looking at this page of all the sets.)
Maia Cowan (MECowan)
The Kitties - Lady Lightfoot (F), born June 1994 (approx.) - Babycat, Ladycat, Little Kitty, Silly Beast, and Pretty Lady
Alexander the Great (M), born late March 1997 - Tinkerpuss (er, "Stinker"), Liddlekitty, Teeny Kitten (from when he was a kitten, to distinguish him from the Little Kitty), Boykitty, Bunnycat (because his fur is so soft), Puppycat (because he turns around three times before settling down), and Little Boy
Outdoor kitties:
Maneki Neko
Marilyn
Mia, Murphy, Sidney, Tasia, Snickers (and doggy friends Kala and the departed Gypsy)
Mary Tyler Moron
Marya
Megan Knight
Giles (M) and Beryl (F) - And yes, Giles is a real cat, not a cardboard cat-shaped cutout. Do you KNOW how hard it is to photograph black cats?
Mr. Bitey (M) - And yes, Giles is a real cat, not a cardboard cat-shaped cutout. Do you KNOW how hard it is to photograph black cats?
Meredith Chace
Daphne kitten! and Dude kitten!, Meredith's new, rambunctious babes
The Kids, as they grow up
MGF
Umbra (F) - Umbra went to live happily for a few years with MGF's brother, Dr. F. But she has recently crossed over the Bridge. We miss you, Umbra.
Michal Salat
Simon is the big B&W guy, Doris is the miniature. Like I said, he's about 12 pounds, so you can see how stunted she really is. I like Simon's beauty mark, too. I've never seen another quite like it. And no matter how small of a receptacle Simon is squeezed into, Doris will cram herself in alongside or on top of him. He's remarkably patient about it.
Miss Emmiline
MissyBoo
Clifford (M) and Henrietta (F)
Missy (F) and Boo (M) (Beloved departed)
MollyT
Murphy (M) (Click on My Photos) [page is currently inaccessible] - Puppycat! Sometimes he's just Dog. Sometimes Doggish. Or Doggycat. Murphalicious. El Gato Diablo. Murphbutt. Dogbutt.
Ms Anthrope
Muwzik
Rocko and Gordo and other feline and human relatives; and more - Gordo recently passed across the Bridge very suddenly, but is being well taken care of now by Cat Lewis, his friend who went before him
Some related photos, and duplicates
neekamarie
ZoeyTheLioness, Miss Charlotte, and great pals CW and Rocky
OctSurprise
Worf and our oldest Harrier, Jade, napping in the recliner. We got them both about the same time and Worf thinks Jade is just a bigger version of himself.
Worf is a photo slut and loves to have his pic taken, even while napping.
Worf on the stairs, giving the camera that "I'm so cute" look.
Worf doing the full stretch on the stairs. Notice the adorable pose, forcing humans to oooohhh and ahhhh, ensuring he gets lots of petting.
Worf as a Christmas present, at least he thinks so.
PatsyCline
Here is Lester (M), all 19 years of him!
Peggy C
Polly on the dining room table
Peter James
Phyl Good
Some photos of Kashi, and Peaches (F) and Pan (M)
Kashi (F) (departed and always Beloved) - "Kashi" Sanskrit for "Bright One," which was her nickname for two years before I knew the meaning of her Sanskrit name
Polargal
Quietann
Spook (M) and Myrtle(F) - The big grey one is Spook, a 12 year old, not too bright, but very friendly guy. The small one is Myrtle, who is about 16 or so. A few years ago, she had bone cancer and had a leg amputated. She was given 6 months to live, and defied all the predictions, living several years longer. But Myrtle has now departed, after her full and vibrant life.
Rebecca (rjmerck)
Rosella
Dame Kiri de Katpaw (Kiri) (F) - Contemplating lunch! and being cozy and decorative - "Kiri is almost 4; she was a Siamese Rescue kitty -- got here from Ohio on the "MeezerExpress" -- a volunteer Underground-Railroad-like operation for transporting kitties to their new homes. Her nicknames are; La Grande Horizontale, because she likes to flop down and plead for belly rubs, The Troll, because you can't get up or down stairs without paying tribute with a belly rub, and Trouble Cat, for obvious reasons. Like her namesake, she is quite a singer and likes to practise at 3 a.m."
More beautiful Kiri!
Samiratou
Sarai
Scuba
Toby (scroll through photostream for more photos)
Shelley Kay
The Three - Loki Squish Bugslayer (Black Tom), AKA "Squish"; Frida Khalico (Ginger Tabby/Calico), AKA "Hairball"; Ivy Brains (Diluted Calico) AKA "Shithead" - in these photos, The Three are engaging in the Team Sleeping Competition
I have seen all three of them coordinate a Dog Baiting. It goes like this... wait for the dog to follow me into the computer room. Dog falls asleep. I walk to the living room. Cats take up strategic spots in the hallway. Dog wakes up. Realizes that Alpha! Is! Not! Here! and barrels down the hallway... smack into the black cat. Loki cat swings, connects. Dog yelps. dog turns around. Frida swings, dog spins, Shithead puffs up to gargantuan proportions and spits at the dog. Dog gives up. Dog sits. Dog whines for her Alpha to come resuce her from the hallway... Cats sit calmly, contemplating the dog's captivity and meditating on the meaning of "Sneaky."
Sherry Simons
Punkin (M), who so sadly crossed the Bridge just recently. "Now I will tell his names: Pumpkin Pie/Punkin/Punkin Pie/Punkin Pie with whipped cream underneath; Punk/Punkster/Punkie/Punkie Winkerbean; Ponkmeister/Ponktemkin/Ponkie-head; PunkiePunkieFofunkiebananabanabobunkiememymomonkey.Punkie."
SteveH
Susanna
Jack and Stella battle for the Cubby
SWMBO
Princess in all her glory, and in her own words:
The best bed is, of course, the one you create for yourself
Showing off my splendid profile as I relax on the living room sofa.
Getting a Daddy-Tummy-Rub. Bestest kind. Not dignified, but loverly.
Here's why the back of Mommy's chair has a permanent dent in it and a coat of Princess-hair that's impossible to remove. But don't I look ever so beautiful?
Beautiful Princess has now crossed the Rainbow Bridge, dearly loved and missed
Sybil Diccion
Macy Gray (F), and Macy Gray tempted by bacon!
Tess
The Ox
Henry David (Thoreaucat) and his friend Patches
Thryn
Thorkitti Dragonsson (departed), Chinese Communist Cat (departed), Meego, Dagesh, Buster Peevish, Ariel, Pyewacket (If link doesn't work, go to main domain and search for Cathy MG in User list)
They are, in order of arrival:
Dagesh, female, rescued cat abandoned at a vet clinic's, either Bengal or Egyptian Mau or some cross w/ one or the other. She's about 10 now, was about 2 when we got her. Loves kittens, is (mostly) fine w/ grown cats she accepted as kittens, but we can't add an adult cat while we have her.
Buster Peevish, male, black and white fluffy cat w/ a black nose & green eyes, showed up on our doorstep one cold night. He's about 7 and was about 10 weeks old when he showed up. He's our most personable cat, and the smartest. Dagesh beats up on him sometimes, hence my qualifier above. He likes to grab your hand & bite & lick it, which sometimes hurts but is never intended to wound. He's also our biggest cat.
Meego, male, about 6, orange tabby. He's a Pound Purry. We got him after our Maine Coon (Thorkitti Dragonsson) died of a weird menigitis. He's our Short Bus Kitty. Very sweet, not bright at all, quite a scaredy cat. Of course, he's the one who is sick right now. All the other kitties love him, too.
Pyewacket, female, calico, also a Pound Purry. She's almost 4. Very uncuddly, but squeaks and chitters at you when you come home & wants to be right.by.your.side for a while. She's a little brat, as calicos often are. Very cute, though! We got her after my silver mackeral tabby, Chinese Communist Cat (don't blame me, my exDUH named her-b/c she kept talking about Mao) died while I was pregnant w/ my daughter.
We don't 'replace' our cats, but I do look at it as if we have space for another rescue if we lose one.
tiggerj
Here is Jasmine, thin, elegant and beautiful. If Jasmine was a woman she would be Halle Berry.
Here is Jezebel, tough and pissy. If she was a woman she would be Tonya Harding.
And here are both kitties.
Tiny Newton
Arthur and Sadie - Sadie, my tortie is a graduate of the Treehouse Finishing School for Cats, in Chicago. It's a no-kill, cageless shelter. I went through my interview, and was approved for a cat. So I went to the cat room. And how to choose! There were cats everywhere: sleepy cats, fat cats, fuzzy cats, all kinds of cats. So I sat on the floor and was petting a little kitty on the head, and along comes this small brown thing. She snuck right under my arm & plopped herself down in my lap. And she looked up at me and said "Get me outta here!" And that's how my lil' Sadie came home with me.
Tomas Green
Tony Hinton
I've checked out the gallery before, but resisted the siren song of the thread until now.
We have 2 boys mature, dignified male cats, and the newest edition, Miss Claudia. Both the boys are neutered pound cats, while Claudia was left on DH's boss's front porch over the Christmas holidays. Boss has large dogs so she couldn't keep her and asked if we were interested. Against my better judgement, the kids talked me into "just taking a look" at her. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
The Big Boys - The eldest male, a 12-yo (all ages approximate) tuxedo, is Toby. He is the most un-catlike of cats, except he is blessed with abundant cattitude. He does not like the usual cat treats, although he will deign to accept the occasional shrimp even if it is contemptible Human Food. Catnip puts him to sleep and he Does Not Play With Toys. He seldom grooms himself, except that his face and hands are spotless. He will accept petting with good grace, though he prefers to sleep on the floor -- and certainly NEVER on the waterbed! But when you pull out the brush, he throws all dignity to the wind and happily abases himself for even 10 seconds of stroking with the wire-bristle side. Claudia ranks even below humans, my DD excepted, as far as he is concerned.
Buddy is the younger of the fellas at 6-ish, and he came to us missing one hind leg. The folks at the pound had no idea why he wasn't just euthanized, so we figure maybe one of the vets wanted to practice his amputation technique and decided to save him. While they were at it, it seems that they took half his brain, too. Buddy is, well, he'd be a natural blonde if he were human.
Unlike Toby, Buddy has never forgotten that he was a street rat and will eat just about anything, as long as it doesn't have pepper on it. When he was new to our family, we had to learn this the hard way. One night we brought in the groceries and left some of the bags of non-fridge stuff on the floor until later. Out from the kitchen comes the mighty hunter dragging a loaf of french bread considerably bigger than he was! He's gotten over his bread cravings now, but we have always held the theory that he lived near a fast food place and learned that good things come from inside bread. Food is good, toys are good and catnip is wonderful! Buddy does like his kitty drugs.
Last, but never least is Claudia, Mistress of the Universe, Queen of all She Surveys. We thought with two mature males, we'd be better off with a young female, because she would know her place in the pecking order. We were right on that, but not in the way we thought. In another life, Claudia was Dame Judy Dench, she of the beautiful smile and steely will. When she wants attention, she will have it NOW, even if she has to wake you up or bite your nose to get it. When she is done, she will bite you again to let you know it's time to stop. And the red laser belongs only to her, and you forget that at your peril.
Those are my cats.
Writitive Muse
Xena
Rain, Thunder, Lighting, and Storm
Zelda
Tiberius (M) (and again) (Crossed the Rainbow Bridge with Grace Newton's Fox, the same week)
Persimmon (F) and BabyKitty (M) (BK)
Stories and Honorable Mentions
The Cats of TT - Karl Northman's early gallery, including stories about the cats on the site
E.B. White (M) (Ruth F's departed)
Invisible Gay Ceiling Kitties "We're here, we're queer, and we'd like some catnip."
Jesse, competing in the Silly Sleeping Pose Olympics
Ray Menendez, and his Pussycat Ace
