OT OMG Four Cats? OT

Doc_Eggerton

OMG four cats? Latest two, Hemingway Cats (7 toes). The grey is named Bimini and the tiger is named Havana. Names chosen from one of my favorite book, Islands in the Stream.

Lit

Cats are cool. 4 here as well.

Doc_Eggerton

"The first thing you noticed, coming out of the stream and up to the island, was a small smudge on the  horizon, usually marked by a column of smoke.  Next you could see the tall coconut palms rising higher above the horizon, and then finally the house.  The house was built right into the island, like a ship, and when the trade winds blew, the smoke from the Big Green Egg on the deck went through the house from wind side and out the lee...."

Big Green Eggs in the Stream, Part 1, Andros, Ernest Eggingway

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1145523/weve-been-insulted/p1

CtTOPGUN

 I have two of my own. 12 years old male and female from same litter. First time in my life that I have owned cats. But I will never be without some again! They keep me sane.

   Jim

Mikee

One cat is enough for me. My best buddy, Stimpy, has 3 1/2 paws in the grave due to Chronic Kidney Disease and he his barely 10 years old.

While a dog is great (had two great ones), my cat is on par with them.

Doc_Eggerton  that grey cat is gorgeous.

Lit

This is Cali and Shaka our girls.

Doc_Eggerton

Mikee said:

One cat is enough for me. My best buddy, Stimpy, has 3 1/2 paws in the grave due to Chronic Kidney Disease and he his barely 10 years old.

While a dog is great (had two great ones), my cat is on par with them.

Doc_Eggerton  that grey cat is gorgeous.

Bimini has stray hints of orange in the grey, which is impossible to catch in a picture. 

nolaegghead

We have 5.  Guess we're crazy cat people.  One Hemingway/polydactal is in the mix.

Doc_Eggerton

My other two cats are Lucy Fur and Monster.  Monster wants to be buds with the new kitties, and Lucy basically says F**k you every time she comes near me.  She is really pissed about new cats in the house, and she was my lap cat before.  Not too happy about that.

Mikee

Hopefully no one starts to post a Youtube  video of cats. I'll be up all night clicking on videos.

nolaegghead

Doc_Eggerton

nolaegghead said:

Wow, that is a tiger.

Mikee

nolaegghead said:

Wow! I like the stripes.

nolaegghead

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Doc_Eggerton

nolaegghead said:

We play count the spots with our two tigers, not much now with pissed off Lucy, but your cat is something else.

nolaegghead

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Doc_Eggerton

I need a pic of my Hemingways.  Look like snow shoes.

Mikee

nolaegghead said:

That's one big cat. My cat was 23 pounds and was built like an old school Russian weight lifter. He was very solid.

nolaegghead

@Mikee that's Jazz.  He's 9 pounds and almost 7 months old.  Bengal.  Daddy was 25 pounds (very unusual) and mommy 12.  We figure he'll be around 16

nolaegghead

Doc_Eggerton said:

I need a pic of my Hemingways.  Look like snow shoes.

I had a snowshoe.  Male.  Best cat ever.  He protected all the girls.  Fought anything that invaded his turf.  Needless to say the vet bills were higher than usual.  I learned to be a home DIY surgeon with that cat.

Lit

I tried to get a good picture of monstro before he attacked me but he won't stay. He was the size of our other cats at 12 weeks. 

Mikee

nolaegghead said:.

I had a snowshoe.  Male.  Best cat ever.  He protected all the girls.  Fought anything that invaded his turf.  Needless to say the vet bills were higher than usual.  I learned to be a home DIY surgeon with that cat.

I know what you are talking about. I give my cat IV's every 2-3 days. Its hard on him as well as me. I just put my vet face on. Either I do it or he goes to the vet.

Dredger

Sorry, @Mikee, but I just had to do it.

 https://youtu.be/PKffm2uI4dk

Dredger

Gorgeous fur babies everyone! We have three. Gracie, Max, and Sylvester. Keeps life interesting. This is Max, one of our tuxedo babies.


This is Sylvester, the other tuxedo kitty. He loves to sit on the egg.

This is Gracie. She rules the household.

Sea2Ski

nolaegghead said:

Gorgeous cat.  My girlfriend from years ago had one at one point. Was about 15 lbs, but lean, fit, and strong.  Although super friendly to those he knew, he was a master and incredibly efficient killer. Most cats "play" with their prey. This one would kill it instantly or as fast as possible. From the way it walked, stalked and behaved, it was like a truly wild cat. I would say almost not a fully domesticated breed if you get what I am saying.  When he brought home a large rabbit, I knew it was the real deal.  

Once again, your feline is beautiful. 

nolaegghead

@Dredger - We have a tuxedo.  Cleo.  She's sweet, shy and doesn't like to be in the house since the "monster kitten" arrived.  They need time to adjust.  Also we have a British Blue named Graycie.   All our cats are rescues, except the Bengal - we bought from someone who bought from a breeder and couldn't handle him - he was destroying their trailer and they were not experienced with cats.  We have scratching pads and cat toys as an outlet.  He's a handful even for us but nothing destroyed that we care about.

Dredger

@nolaegghead, all of ours just showed up at our door. They must be able to smell cat food through walls, lol. We've had Gracie for 13 years. We took in Gracie and her brother Bogie together. Bogie died this summer. We've had Max for 2 years. He showed up on our deck in October. A year later, also in October, Sylvester showed up on our deck. I think they have the same mother who now has our number. I told hubby that we're closing the deck off this October since the inn is as full as we want.

nolaegghead

milesvdustin

Why do you have to give your cat an IV so often?