We have, I believe, about seven more days of readers’ cats, assuming I put up three at a time. Posting of these be sporadic, though, and will stop for two weeks while I’m in Poland (Sept. 3-18).
First up is the moggie of reader Ruth, a librarian in London:
This is a picture of 1-year-old Pip, who’s probably not a real cat – as he’s a total darling without a bad bone in his body. Here he’s pictured being dried off in a baby towel, slowly getting over his outrage at having been caught in an unexpectedly heavy English summer downpour.
Yet another black and white cat, this one from reader SeanK:
This is Lightning. She makes sure I say good-bye before leaving on my trip.
Finally, a curmudgeonly cat from reader Darrell:
This is Coco Chanel displaying her “you’re not going to bother me are you (?)” look. My wife and kids got her from the Humane society while I was out of town, and sent me the following text, “Oh my god, we found the perfect kitty!”
I can see why getting wet would be an issue for Pip. What size batteries does s/he take? 🙂
More splendid kittehs. Thank you for posting these.
Wonderful pictures. Just a thought – given her colouring shouldn’t the third cat be called ‘Cocoa’ Chanel?
Indeed!
Pip’s “bad bone” is still growing. As he matures and begins to express his badness, you’ll be so enamored of his adorable cuteness that you won’t care.
Lightning says “What are you doing for ME? Remember, catering begins with c-a-t!”
Coco Chanel looks like a Havana brown (a rare breed). It’s amazing what turns up at shelters: all kinds of purebreds, as well as ordinary cats with just the right genetics to resemble a particular breed. Anyway, she’s very cute!
Huh. I have never heard of the breed “Havana brown.” I’ll have to look that up. As best we can tell she is a Mandalay.
An elderly couple who thought they wanted a cat decided after they got her that they really did not, and left her with the Humane society (something funny there, the pads of her paws where badly blistered). They said she was a Burmese mix. Burmese are not solid in color, but the Chocolate Burmese is pointed with the same color. Looking into it further we discovered that there is a breed, the Mandalay, that was created by crossing a Burmese with a New Zealand breed of some sort. Supposedly only Mandalay’s have the solid chocolate color, including the nose. But, I certainly wouldn’t call that definitive!
She definitely has the oriental body type and general personality traits common with Siamese and Burmese cats.
Sounds like a most entertaining cat. She’s certainly striking looking!
Does anybody here has an inkling why my tabby cat whom I adopted as a wild kitten, almost never sleeps more than 3 days in a row in the same spot?
This would pretty obviously make sense in a world where parasites such as fleas exist, and also where larger predators may be hunting by scent. I don’t think it’s atypical for domestic cats in general, they’re always trying out new sleeping spots.
Maybe she learned it from her mom when she was still wild. It took a long time before she began trusting us. She still prefers to be outside as long it’s not too cold.
But thanks for the suggestion.
Evolutionary psychology applies to cats as well as humans….
It might also be an anti-predator behaviour. If you always sleep in the same spot you might more easily become a tasty snack.
Oh, that picture of Pip is just too adorable!
And I love the Lightning suitcase montage. I used to have a black and white cat and always said that the nice thing was that she had hair that would show up on your clothes no matter what color you wore.