Friday night is time for the boys to shine and here they are.
Friday Night Cat Blogging: Sleep
Friday Night Cat Blogging
Time for the boys to shine
Tito’s Guide to Cats: Art and neighbors
Mom and dad have lived in our apartment for 8 years. Most of that time, they had the same neighbors. The neighbors were very nice. Whenever they had a party they would bring food. The food was great. Earlier this year they bought their own home. We miss them a lot, but mom and dad go visit them. On one of the visits, their granddaughter drew a couple pics of me and my brother. Mom keeps them on the refrigerator. I thought I would share them with you today.
Friday Night Cat Blogging
Friday is the day for the boys to shine.
Friday night cat blogging
A tad late today, we have been celebrating hubby’s newly found employment after almost 6 months of wandering through the wilderness.
Though we are celebrating, it is with some sober consideration for millions of other Americans who are either still out of work or losing their job.
And that’s our lesson for tonight, folks.
Friday Night Cat Blogging
Friday evening is the time for the boys to shine. They inspire us, after all.
Tito is showing off his white gut. That gut is MUCH smaller now that Kitsy is giving him a run for his money every morning and evening.
Next, we have Kitsy looking like the shameless, nekkid golem that he is. He was daintily dancing pirouettes while escorting me to the kitchen earlier. They weren’t the trip-you-up kind either.
And last, but never least, we have the kitty who gave us the inspiration we needed to adopt the other two and start blogging. He inspired us and made us better people. We lost him last year to lymphoma. I suspect that he is watching over another kitty named Lil Goober. I’m sure they’ll be waiting at the rainbow bridge for us.
Tito’s Guide to cats
Mee! You want to get a kitty huh?
Before I say anything else, please-please-please never buy a cat or dog from a pet store. No reputable breeder will ever sell to a pet store. Only the puppy and kitten mills do that. Mills are horrifyingly bad places for dogs and cats. Don’t support them. Around here, pet stores are not allowed to sell cats and dogs.
If you already have one, you know the drill. If you don’t, then you need to do a bit of research. Do you want a kitten? Is a full grown cat better for you? Are you away from home a lot of the time? Cats are as varied as people. Some need more company than others. Some are more independent. Some are outgoing and some are timid. You have to match a kitty to your personality and home.
Kittens are wonderful and cute, but there are a great many adult cats who need a good home. The shelter is a very good place to look. If it’s a purebred you want, the shelter is still a good place to look. There are also purebred rescue groups. Granted, the kitty will be spayed or neutered, but unless you plan on breeding it’s for the best. My brother and I are both neutered. We have less health and behavioral issues that way. We’re good kitties. Well, Kitsy isn’t: he’ll steal your food when you aren’t looking.
I came from the San Francisco SPCA
This is my baby picture
Dad found my picture at the SFSPCA’s website. He sent the pic to mom. Then they came to meet me. It was love at first sight.
I was a bit scared when I first got home
Now I’m all grown up. I’m not much of a talker. I say MEE! sometimes, but I’m fairly quiet most of the time unlike my naked brother. He yells all the time. I’m also a nervous kitty. If you wear shoes in the apartment, I hide. If you move furniture, I hide. My mom and dad love me anyway.
I’m a good example of why shelters are such great places.
If you truly feel the need to get a purebred and can’t find one at a rescue group, then you need to research catteries.
A good cattery will be located in the breeders home. You should be able to go and meet your kitty and the breeders. Never pay for a cat you haven’t met yet, unless it’s a deposit on kitten not yet born. A really good breeder will want to meet you and see how you are with the kitties. You will also want to meet the breeders to be sure that reputable and loving when it comes to breeding their cats. Right now, with the economy in such a mess, a lot of catteries have stopped breeding and closed.
The Cat Fancier’s Association glossary describes a cattery this way.
CATTERY – A name registered by a breeder to identify their line of breeding. A registered cattery name always appears as a prefix to the name of the cat bred by that cattery/breeder.
CATTERY REPORT – A listing of all individually registered cats bred by a particular cattery/breeder. The computerized print-out gives cat names, numbers, litter numbers, birthdates, CH/GR points, and owner names. The list is guaranteed complete only with those cats that were registered after 1978, and is available only to the registered cattery owner.
Well, well, well, I guess that’s my advice for the day.
Oops, I almost forgot something. Kitties do better in pairs. If you have room for one, please consider two. They keep each other company and the playtime keeps them exercised.
MEE!
Let me introduce myself
Hi, I’m Tito. As dad said, I’m a smoky grey tabby, aka domestic shorthair.
I’m not a lap kitty, but I love my family. I couldn’t be mean if I wanted to. I’m phobic when it comes to shoes. I don’t know why. That’s why I hide when my family comes back home from an outing.
Once they take their shoes off, I come out to be friendly. I just love to play fetch with dad. He throws my little paper balls and I go get them and bring them back for more. I have a giant cushion that is all mine. Kitsy, my brother, doesn’t like it, so can sleep in peace.