New thread for cat lovers

Hope you got your girls!

I have two of the most adorable little girl kittens ever born. :x

Each is sound asleep in her own carrier (door open so she can go in and out.) Not siblings but same age and size and seem oh-so-compatible. The one called Sweetie climbed into the one called Stacyā€™s carrier for a bit of her nap.

As you can perhaps tell, we plan to rename the girls - just donā€™t have the names yet. Iā€™ve got a couple names in mind but feel free to throw out names you like or wished youā€™d named your pet.

Congrats!!! Avatars, please? :slight_smile:

Congrats on the new kitties. We named one of ours after a weather event during the time we were getting her, and the other was named by my 11 year old. He just through out the name and it stuck. They are ā€œoriginalā€ names.
I have to see the animal before figuring out a name.

I wanted my D2 to name her same age/not sibling kittens Thelma and Louise or Phoebe and Rachel, but she came up with her own names, which everyone thinks sound pretty goofy. But her babies, her rules. :slight_smile:

Our sister kittens will be a year old the end of July. I went with flower names for them. D wanted me to call them Coco and Chanel!

^^^Cute! I was thinking old-fashioned names - my momā€™s (Mildred) and my mother-in-lawā€™s (Agnes). Husband isnā€™t sold on the idea but really how many kittens do you know named Mildred? (My niece named her cat Mildred after my mom - her grandma - who was a big cat lover.)

One is an orange tabby and the other a brown tabby with some orange thrown in the mix. Nothing special. Love the names suggested so far.

^^ Ha! My husband had raccoons as a child (weā€™re talking rural WI) and he named them after his grandparents: Oscar and Mildred.

Letā€™s hope your kitties are better-natured than those raccoons were!

I love Mildred and Agnes! Millie and Aggie - cute kitty names.

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I already had a cat when I met my husband. He told me he was allergic to cats and I told him the cat was with me first. He still chose to stick around. That particular cat didnā€™t seem to bother him too much, but other cats have sent him to the hospital with severe asthma attacks. I finally said no more cats about 10 years ago, but I really miss them. We have always had lots of pets (rats, ducks, snakes, turtles, etc., ) but now are down to just 2 dogs.

However, since my Mom passed away last month, we are ā€œtemporarilyā€ housing her 13 yo ā€œex-feralā€ cat, clipped ear and all. She took in Emily years ago when Emily showed up very young and pregnant. My Mom used a trap to capture her and have her spayed and then just never let her outside again. Unfortunately, Emily still has the traits of a feral cat- very skittish and really not all that nice. I can not just mindlessly pet her as she will suddenly turn and strike- my Mom always said these are love bites, but if so, Iā€™d hate to see her dislike bites. My husband is also extremely allergic to Emily , so the poor thing is isolated in a bedroom by herself. While with my Mom, Emily had recently not been using the litter box (using the floor instead) but with me she is good about it. I think my Mom was probably not taking great care of her at the end. Still, Emily is not an easily adoptable cat- when I bent over to pick something up this morning while she was on the bed, she bit me on the rear end; not a great trait to advertise to potential adopters. Some have actually suggested having her euthanized but I could never do that. Despite her sometimes nasty disposition, she does have some lovable traits. I feel bad isolating her in the bedroom and try to spend time with her when I can, but Iā€™m not home that much. I also will not take her to the animal shelter as she would be miserable (it is no-kill so she might potentially live out her life there). Not sure what I will do with Emily - any one out there need another cat?

Our (then) six-year-old son named his 12-week-old kitties Potter and Weasley (yeah, yeah, original, I know). Potter went back to the shelter after about a year-and-a-half (long story), but Weasley is a very healthy, very handsome 14-year-old Maine Coon and definitely our last pet. Son still thinks the cat is his, but I am the one the stinker is bonded to. I have never been through a pet death, but it is our sonā€™s grief that I fear. Heā€™s a 20-year-old man now but still asks for ā€œWeasley picturesā€ regularly. Iā€™m thinking I should take a few hundred now so I have some to continue doling out in lieu of ever having to give him bad news. When he comes home from school, heā€™s barely finished hugging me at the airport before he wants to know how his cat is. He will be heartbroken. :frowning:

This morning my cats earned their kibble! I dropped a large spoon full with sour cream on the floor, creating an ungodly mess. Cats to the rescue! The sour cream was licked up clean, so all I had to do is to wipe the floor lightly and Bona it. :slight_smile:

Iā€™ve had my kittens 5 weeks + 3 days. And the best news of all: my older cat Toby (5 years old) accepted them immediately. The last time I brought a new cat - the aforementioned Toby - into the house, it didnā€™t go well. One of my older cats finally accepted Tobyā€™s presence but the other one hid in a cabinet coming out only to eat, drink, and etc., for a couple years - until she passed away.

So glad Toby welcomed the kitties!!! :slight_smile:

Here is a cute video - from my neck of the woods:

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-41824821/the-men-who-save-cats-from-trees

The selfies with the cats are hilarious!

Awwwā€¦cute. :slight_smile:

I love men who love cats. :slight_smile:

D2 has reunited with her freshman year boyfriend (sheā€™s now a second year law school student). She has two cats. BF visited her from out of state, and told her upfront ā€œI donā€™t really like catsā€¦Iā€™m just being honest.ā€ By the end of his visit, he was holding one of her cats and kissing her belly, as shown by D2ā€™s phone video that he later gave her permission to show me. :smiley:

I love dogsā€¦they are awesome. But that doesnā€™t prelude me from also loving cats and appreciating their differences.

My birthday is today, and D and SIL (both Dr.s) sent me an Amazon e gift card with the heading ā€œThe Dr.s ******* and their 8 lb. nursing assistant, Baby.ā€ Baby was my kitty that is now with them, due to living circumstances. I miss Baby every day but I know the joy she brings to both of them, working crazy and different hours. Coming home to a Baby snuggle is many times what they need.

Yes, that is her in my profile picture.

ā€œI love men who love cats.ā€

:slight_smile: Me too. Mr. never had a pet, but he was easy to convert. He even found that he is not that allergic to some cats - as long as they donā€™t sleep on our bed.

DH always said he didnā€™t care for cats. But over the years, I have caught him loving on our cat. Kissing her when he didnā€™t know he was being observed, sleeping in the recliner with her laying on his belly, etc. Heā€™s a softy where she is concerned, in spite of his protestationsā€¦