New pix from our menagerie *** dial-up warning ***

[bertha katzenengel]

Angel, our new feral boy (neutered)


O'Malley


Moose


Skittles & Petey, soulmates


Petey


Rat Face


Toby


You got any pix?

[malta blue]

1. I love rat face's face!

:loveya:

Here are my babies:
Zeus


My beloved Luna Bean rip:


Egypt the mouse killer:

[bertha katzenengel]

3. So, was the mouse a good kisser?

;)

[malta blue]

5. ...

:spray:

It seems that some of the funniest things that have ever happened to me have a mouse involved.

I once tried to flush what I thought was a dead mouse down the toilet (I know, but I was really young) and it came jumping out like the phoenix rising from the depths of the vortex. I screamed like a baby. :rofl:

[bertha katzenengel]

9. LOL

How old are Zeus and Egypt?

[malta blue]

11. Zeus is almost 7 months old and Egypt is about 2 1/2.

Both of them came to me through rescue.

Zeus was a puppy mill baby who was blessedly near the top of the stack of cages. He went directly into rescue from there and was extremely timid and fearful since he had had no human contact for the first 4 months of his life. Now, you can hardly keep him off ya, and he is a major "I'm so happy I could pee" kind of dog - so watch your ankles.

Egypt was also a puppy mill baby but she was actually sent to a shelter before going into rescue. She was 2-3 days shy of being PTS when she was pulled. Again, weeks of rehab.

I love these little ones so much. They bring me such happiness.

[bertha katzenengel]

12. there's a special place in heaven for you

for people like you who rescue animals. :hug:

[malta blue]

14. you too Bertha

:hug:

[Orsino]

2. My crew.

His Imperial Majesty Chester I (may the heavens rain odours on him!) in repose:



Delilah has the conn:



Madeleine and the Flying Rosie Wallenda:



Sylvie:



Sadie hates everyone:



Sparky, wiggle dog:



Me 'n' Obie:

[bertha katzenengel]

4. why does Sadie hate everyone?

Does she hate you, too? :(

I like your little fur family.

[Orsino]

8. Sadie hates everyone on her turf...

...who isn't me or my wife. She can be friendly elsewhere.

Cattle Dogs are notoriously territorial, and Sadie never really got civilized, even after 13 years with us.

[bertha katzenengel]

18. I was afraid that her hating included you.

She's beautiful, btw. (Beautiful, ugly, it's all the same to me.) All your fur kids are beautiful.

[Orsino]

27. I think maybe that all fur babies are beautiful...

...even if I'm not always wise enough to see it. :thumbsup:

[Eurobabe]

29. Awww, we have this thing for gingers, Chester is precious

:loveya: :loveya:

[lukasahero]

33. I have a soft spot for gingers too

Your's is beautiful! That's a great picture.

[Eurobabe]

37. thank you, he is such a joy

very talkative and filled with a wonderful personality.

[Orsino]

35. Purty! Something about your pic says boy cat. Yes? n/t

[Eurobabe]

36. oh yeah, he's the son I never had. LOL.

I love this cat more than life itself. He's my karmic child. :loveya: :loveya:

[lukasahero]

40. I thought gingers were almost always boys?

And calicos girls. Am I mistaken?

[bertha katzenengel]

42. I think that's true, lukasahero

:hi:

[MissMillie]

6. I used to have a cat that looked just like Petey

his name was Newman.

He was quite the character.

[bertha katzenengel]

7. Did his eyes wiggle, too?

Vet calls it nystagmus, and says it's common in Siamese cats. It makes him look dizzy. :crazy:

[MissMillie]

20. yes, but he also had other eye issues

one eyelid that wasn't quite right that we had surgically corrected.

He looked kind of, well, retarded, but we loved him.

And we miss him.

[driver8]

10. Your cats are all gorgeous!

I really like Moose -- I have a soft spot for big ol' orange tabbies!!

I like Rat Face's face, too -- very handsome! (Why did you name him "Rat Face"?).

[bertha katzenengel]

16. Rat Face began life as Miranda (for the character in "Grey's Anatomy")

We were trying to find her a home but fighting the very strong urge to keep her. I called her "Rat Face" in a silly attempt to make myself believe she was ugly, therefore undesirable.

Silly bertha. :dunce:

Now we call her Rat Face far more than we call her Miranda.

[charlie and algernon]

13. Is O'Malley named after our good Governor Martin?

Here's Esther

[Haole Girl]

17. How did Esther's visit to the vet go?

I've been wondering. :hi:

[charlie and algernon]

22. it went great

aside from possible gingivitis, she's a healthy, if overwieght, girl. She definitely did not like the whole experience, she cried when they stuck the thermometor up her butt and had tears rolling down her face :cry:
Usually she's looking around and meowing when in the carrier, but the ride back she was a silent curled up ball. Though as soon as we got to the porch, she immediately perked up and starting searching for the birds and was fine like nothing happened once we got inside. Of course I gave her an extra helping of treats, so that helped :-)


:hi:

[Haole Girl]

23. I'm so glad she's ok!

Thanks for the update! :-)

[bertha katzenengel]

21. Esther is beautiful!

O'Malley and her littermates were named after Grey's Anatomy characters. Miranda, Izzy and Torres were the others' names.

[charlie and algernon]

25. I second SteppingRazor, how in the world do you keep up with all them?

In the week that I've had Esther, I have yet to have a full nights sleep from her running around and jumping up on my head. I'd be a zombie with all those guys around.

[bertha katzenengel]

26. I guess we're just used to it.

It's trying at times. Very trying. And every now and then, usually at dinnertime, I look around me and say "CHRIST, you have too many cats!" But we bit it off, so we chew it. :)

[SteppingRazor]

15. Dude, Bertha, you've got EIGHT cats?

Admittedly, I've got two of the damnable furballs myself .... want one? :)

[bertha katzenengel]

19. Perfect picture there. Yes, I am the crazy cat lady.

Harry - Petey - Toby - Daddy - Cocoa - Moose - Smudge - Skittles - O'Malley - Rat Face - Mildred --- tame

Princess - Charley Girl - Angel - others unknown --- feral

Yup. Crazy cat lady indeed. But don't call the authorities. They are very well cared for. :hi:

[SteppingRazor]

24. I can barely keep up with two.

I was perfectly happy with a dog and a cat ... and then a street cat adopted us about a year ago. I tried to tell my wife not to feed it, but noooooo. It'd be cruel to feed it. Then I told her not to let it in the house, but noooooo. We couldn't leave it out in the rain. Then I told her not to keep it in the house, but noooooo. We were just going to hold onto her until we found someone who wanted her. Now I just sigh whenever the thing plops down in my lap and say, "Om my god, I cannot believe you live here." :P

[leeroysphitz]

49. lol

[southpaw]

28. They're all adorable... but I just love Moose!

Here's our new babies: Leo and Cane

[bertha katzenengel]

43. those snakes are gorgeous!

I don't know about snakes. What kinds are those?

[fed_up_mother]

30. Not a cat person, but "Moose" is so gorgeous!

[soleft]

31. He doesn't look feral - though I'm not sure what I expected

[bertha katzenengel]

41. It's clear he was someone's housecat. I'm sure he's not feral, but he's

certainly afraid of me & Mrs. V. But he meows when we talk to him, and he's let me pet him a little -- a very little before he walks away.

He was skin & bones when he first came to us, and he's filling out, but slowly.

Our house is clearly marked "FOOD AND CARE HERE" for any passing feline.

PS I just called him feral to put him in with our outdoor community, because tame or not he won't be a housecat.

[blueraven95]

32. here's one of mine...

Muffins (but commonly known as Miss Muffet)




To my deep shame, I realize that I do not have pictures of Mica on photobucket. I will rectify that as soon as I get home. To make up for it, here are my mother's cats:

Kira



and Sonya



who is better known as "evil psycho kitty". I personally prefer this image of her:


somehow I think it more accurately reflects her personality. :evilgrin:

I'm cat-sitting both of them for the next week.


How are you? :hi:

[TroglodyteScholar]

39. Ahaha, I love that second pic of Sonya!

Very menacing! I can imaging waking up to that at 3am....

[blueraven95]

50. she really is quite frightening

I smart enough to keep my distance (most of the time). She is definitely a one person cat, and I am clearly not that one person.

But out of all of the cats, she's probably the most willing to sit for a camera.

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

44. hey, blueraven

I love Miss Muffet/Muffins. Looks like she got a bug.

So -- where are the pictures of Mica? *taps foot impatiently*

I'm good - you? :hi:

[blueraven95]

51. hey back...

I'm embarrassed to admit that I only seem to have one rather poor quality photo of him on my computer, and my sister has walked off with my external hard drive of photos (something about anthropological research for a project) so I'll have to take more of Mica. But here is the one.



Honestly, I rarely catch him being photogenic. He has no idea the proper way to behave in front of a camera.

Here's a close up of Kira (in her Queen of All She Surveys role) to make up for it:




I'm doing well. Did you get the job? I haven't seen the update. :hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

53. Mica's beautiful. Dark gray and white?

Yepper, I got the job. Start tomorrow! I had job anxiety dreams all night. :scared:

:hi:

[blueraven95]

54. he's actually mostly a brown tabby with a white chest and belly

he's my velcro cat - one of the reasons I don't have that many pictures of him.

Congrats on the job! I know it's going to go well!!! :party:

[Rob H.]

34. Beautiful kitties! Here's my menagerie of one:

Summer's a Siamese/tabby mix. I call her my slow-motion were-tabby now, because she looked like this when I got her in March:



...and now she looks like this:



...and this is my favorite of her so far.



I love my blue-eyed baby, yes, I do. :)

[bertha katzenengel]

45. How old was she when you got her?

Siamese cats darken as they age. I don't know how long it takes. Being part Siamese, that might be why she got darker. Were-tabby - love it.

Petey was born pure white. His litter mates were tuxies. We had no idea he'd turn out Siamese.

[Rob H.]

48. The shelter said about 2 years old, but I think she was far younger

She still had that kind of gangly kitty adolescent build and (this is going to sound weird) she just didn't feel that old. All the cats we've ever had tended to feel more solid and muscular as they got older and she just wasn't like that then. I think she was probably closer to a year old when she came home with me.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

38. Please to have Ratface and Toby....

please :loveya:

[bertha katzenengel]

46. Come on over.

Rat Face will give you some time, but it'll take a while for Toby even to come out of the woodwork. Like a few weeks.

:)

[applegrove]

47. Skittles and Petey look really happy together.

[dgibby]

52. Angel kitteh sez

youz tuthched mah butt. Now youz gonna die!