Cat lovers: How many of you have been owned by tuxedo cats?

[Brigid]

We used to have one years ago named Sylvester. He was such a handsome fellow. I don't have any pics of him to post, as he lived long before the advent of digital cameras, but please post pics of tuxedo kitties here. :)

[KamaAina]

1. Technically, Mom was owned by MooMoo

(and, briefly, Tootsie, who she placed with a friend)

but I would often sit for her (and tortie Buddi) when Mom was away for the weekend. I got to pretend I actually lived on the East Side instead of upper Manhattan and got a stereo cat fix!

MooMoo was (or is, if she's still where Mom placed her when she moved in with Republican Stepdad several years ago) luxuriously soft. If I'd pet her, then switch to Buddi, Buddi felt like sandpaper! I soon learned to start with Buddi and work my way up to Moo. She also had a problem with "eye crud" (like sleepies that people get). I wonder if she may have been part Persian (very soft, plus unusual facial shape).

edit: spelling

[joeybee12]

2. One of our cats when growing up was a tuxedo cat...

...so sweet...but sorry, no photos.

[TrogL]

3. Got one now - it came with Craftygal

So much of a lap kitty it's almost a nuisance.

It's got the purr-you-to-sleep psychic thing down pat - can knock me out in about two minutes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

4. Best cat I ever owned was a tuxedo cat.

She was born feral but we slowly domesticated her. Pretty soon this once wild cat would run up to me and jump in my lap. And she was always fine when I trimmed her nails.

[AmyDeLune]

5. Here is Kitty...

She moved in with us almost 2 years ago.

[musette_sf]

6. Nice Mustache Kitler!

[AmyDeLune]

10. Bwhahaha!!!

That is a name we hadn't thought of! And it's gender neutral. :D

[Skittles]

53. that is a bonafide Kitler Kat

http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl

[Brigid]

7. Cute kitty!

Love the mustache!

[AmyDeLune]

12. Thanks!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

16. This cats gotta be named

Groucho! :)

[GirlinContempt]

37. Awww! Floofy tuxedo cat!

:D Floofy cats are awesome.

[driver8]

60. Beautiful -- love the little moustache!! n/t

[barb162]

66. Oh my goodness, a Charlie Chaplin female

:)

[kaiden]

8. We're owned by two right now, Helen & Lydia, the Pleasure Twins.

[SoCalDem]

9. I am awash with Tuxies...

Marvin
SweetiePie
ChinnyChin
UncleWillie
Blubby


When you rescue them, you don't get to "pick":)

The really "cute" ones got adopted...these are the ones no one wanted :(

(mine were rescued, still in their birth sacs with placentas still attached... I am truly their "Mom")

[LNM]

11. I had one as a kid.

My mom named him after Louie Armstrong. Black with a white hankerchief.

[ipfilter]

13. I have two.

One is all black except for a white patch on his neck. He looks like a priest. My other tuxedo looks like a Holstein dairy cow.

[gratuitous]

14. Dustin, the prince of cats

More than a decade since he was gathered to his fathers, but one of the best cats ever. Woulda been King of All Cats eventually.

[Taverner]

15. Loves me some Tuxedo Kitlers!

Of course, we are cat free right now (Cats are great but their litter is not) but that may change now that both kids are lobbying hard for katz

[Archae]

17. Lucky, my tuxedo female.

She still "mews" like a kitten, not meows, and is THE purriest affectionate girl, even to total strangers.

:loveya:

[driver8]

61. She is gorgeous!

Love her mask and her little white feet!

[azmouse]

18. I love kitty threads.

Don't let my name fool ya. I love cats! but MrMouse is allergic to them. Poor guy.
These threads let me get my kitty fix.

[Arugula Latte]

19. My first two kitties as an adult were brother/sister

The boy, Sputnik, was a sweet Tuxie boy. :loveya:

His sister is still alive -- almost 17! She's white/brown tabby.

[Ikonoklast]

20. Two, currently. Tuxs are awesome kitties.

Marble, my son's kitty.




Mu, my little guy, with his sister, Missy.

[Catshrink]

21. I had one when I was a kid.

"Lightning Joe" because he was so fast. We called him Joe-Joe. My first cat, his mom Fluffy, had him when I was 5 and he died my first semester of college -- Dad said he never saw Mom cry so much.

[MarthaM]

22. Mine...

[applegrove]

23. Here is Monster (b&w) and Twilight as a kitten.

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[Roon]

24. My ex and I fosterd one and it became ours permanetly'

His name was Piggy and he was a very handsome boy. He suffered through like 3-4 breakups in his life before he came to live with us.

When my ex and I broke up some years later I kept Piggy. He quit eating, went into liver failure, and I had to have him put down. He was crushed about the breakup and didn't want to go through another one. :-(

[GirlinContempt]

38. I'm so glad you took him in

My youngest cat, Pritika, was from a litter I was fostering. It's so hard not to get attached when you're in that situation. I have 6 kittens and their mum, it was hard to let em all go.

I'm sorry about what happened to Piggy :( That's so sad.

[Roon]

46. Thanks girl

:hug:

[meow2u3]

25. I was owned by 2 tuxedo kitties--at different times

The first one was a Maine Coon named Sylvester. He was a big baby who had to be in the middle of what you were doing, whether you wanted his help or not! He had to be given up because I lost my mom and ended up homeless 6 years ago because I had been evicted from my apartment due to my mom's death (he now is in cat heaven on my mom's lap).

Sylvester



The second was Diamond, a.k.a. Itty Bitty. She was given to my by a friend whose son rescued her as a kitten from abusive neighbors. She had to be put down because she repeatedly kept escaping from my house from a second floor window, injuring herself so severely she had to be put down. She was Ruby's best friend and "sister" (Ruby misses her).

Diamond

[elshiva]

26. Yes. We were owned by a Sylvester once.

That's a classic name for a tuxedo cat because of this kitty:

[triguy46]

27. Is Buddy a tuxedo?

If so he not only owns us but the whole neighborhood.

[Brigid]

28. Yes, Buddy would be a tuxedo kitty.

And a very handsome one too. :)

[soleiri]

34. oh he looks just like my kitty precious

Down to the little bits of white in the middle of his back.
He scratched on our door when I was eight years old.
He wasn't my first cat, but he was the first cat that was really special to me.
The most beautiful cat in the world.

Later I had another tuxedo cat, Karma. He was a fluffier version of Kitty.
Now I have Skye, she's mostly black with a white belly and the silkiest fur.

I love tuxedo cats

[Madrone]

29. Is this considered a tuxedo cat?

If so - I am. I'm not sure what he would be categorized as though. He's my first and only cat that's not been solid black.

[Brigid]

30. Yes, another handsome tuxie.

The only real qualification is that the kitty in question be black and white. :)

[Madrone]

31. That's good to know!

He was rescued from a feral colony - originally intended to be a trap, neuter and release. He was never released, and I ended up with him and his "brother" a solid black male from the same colony. They may or may not be litter mates.

The one in the picture is confident and unafraid. Loves people. Expects to be held on your lap if you're on the toilet. :rofl: Very loving but only lets you pet him for so long before he bites. Not in a mean way - he wants to play more than he wants pets.

[Sebastian Doyle]

32. I had a Sylvester too.

Found him and one of his sisters in my grandpa's barn when I was 7 years old. I won't go into details about what happened to the rest of his family, let's just say even Bill Frist would have cringed.

He lived 14 years, and easily used up all 9 of his lives in the process. One time he was so badly wounded he actually disappeared for several days and I had to pick him up and carry him home from a field up the road, where he apparently had gone to die. Thankfully, he didn't. But like many kittehs, in the end his kidneys got him. :evilfrown:

[cherish44]

33. My Sadie was a tuxedo cat

I called her a Jellicle cat from the TS Elliot poems..."Jellicle cats are black and white..." She's over the rainbow bridge for a month now :( Miss her so

[bluesbassman]

35. Two at the moment.

They are siblings that we adopted from the local cat rescue. Couldn't break up the set! :)

Leo


Saydee

[GirlinContempt]

36. Ion. He's 11. (pics pics pics)

As in cation, positively charged. He's as devoted as a dog, loyal, sweet, incredibly docile. He doesn't bite, he doesn't fight. He just follows me around everywhere, cuddles and purrs. I've never met another cat like him. He *does* have a very distinct personality, and as he ages he's getting grumpier :P Even cat haters love this cat.





Ion & his worshiper Priti




More here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=120867&id=528292456&l=de46d35fa2 <--- this album contains the CUTEST CAT CUDDLING PICTURES EVER. No, I am not at all biased.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=38848&id=528292456&l=e3254e60e7

[Brigid]

42. Great pics!

You do have very cute kitties. (Not as cute as my tortie Ophelia and my black Brigid, you understand). ;)

[GirlinContempt]

54. Thank you, thank you

Of course... none of us will ever say another is cuter than our own, it's like the law.

[driver8]

62. Love your photos!

Your cats are so cute...

[GirlinContempt]

67. Thanks

:D In at least this one way, I am the luckiest person in the world to have had the two of them. I don't know what I would have done, stuck at home alone for the past 3 years in all this pain without them. I can't help taking so many pictures, they are just always cuddling each other and they look so adorable I'm forced to photograph it ;)

[mockmonkey]

39. We have 2

This is Patches. She is a sweetie!





This is Titus. AKA TUBB-A-GOO He is NOT a sweetie! ACK!

[GirlinContempt]

55. haha I love it when they stick their tongues out

[GirlinContempt]

56. haha I love it when they stick their tongues out

[AwakeAtLast]

40. I had two growing up

Socks and Mittens were their names. That was about 25 years ago, so I have no idea where their pictures are. They were great kitties!

[distantearlywarning]

41. Our sweet, shy Maine Coon mix, Paris

He's got a huge personality, 13 lbs of fluff, and the teeny-tiniest little barely-audible squeak for a voice. He adores my husband and follows him around the house all day long, tolerates me and his brother kitty Tybalt, and is terrified of every other living being in the world.

[Brigid]

43. Very handsome boy!

I love Maine Coons. :)

[driver8]

63. Wow -- what a great looking cat! n/t

[mitchum]

44. I hanbggggggg mmtyfvmnm,x4356 76...

Translation: I have one walking across the keyboard right now :)

He is a magnificent looking creature and I love him so.

[Lucy Goosey]

45. I've never had a permanent tuxie, but I used to foster kittens...

These little ones, Murphy and Molly, were my first fosters:

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. Da Murphy...thinks he is a dog.

Obeys better than the dog, too. Only cat I have ever had that stares at me all the time.
He lives to be petted and hugged and ignores everyone except me. Deeply bonded.
Strange but nice.

Here he is singing opera.

[catzies]

48. Oh, that's easy! My boys (RIP) never left my photobucket!

Jake (L) and Mogli sharing a window bed on one of their birthdays> Mogli was an agle and Jake was the devil. Jake went to live with a friend of mine who let him get eaten by coyotes. :grr:


Jake (L again) and Mogli chilling on the floor in younger days



My baby Mogi baby in his favorite pictures of mine



and this is Mogli's photo urn

[Bertha Venation]

51. I like your tribute to Mogli

:loveya:

[pink-o]

49. My sister's Calico cat Starr had 4 kittens in 1971

all tabbies except for the first born, who was a tuxedo. (Sorry, I got no pix before 1983, due to a fire in my house.)We called him Morgul either from Laugh-in or Lord of the Rings, and we kept him when the others had been given away. Big mistake. I still contend one should probably never keep a male kitten or puppy with Mommy, cuz it gets positively Freudian. Morgul was the cutest kitten of all, kinda the runt, but he grew into the hugest Tom you've ever seen. He slept a lot, even for a cat, and he would never groom himself--mom did it for him all her life. Mom also used to catch mice and give them to her lazy son; he'd keep his big paw on them and fall asleep while they struggled free.

When you stood at the fridge looking for a snack, Morgul would come and head-butt your leg. I had huge bruises on my calves at age 16 when I wanted to wear mini-skirts to school, thanks to that cat.

But y'know what??? I loved my Morgul, slow and lugubrious as he was. He eventually ran away, when we got the dog, and another family adopted him. Their gain, our loss.

[Bertha Venation]

50. We are owned by three tuxies, and here are their pictures:

Daddy is the oldest. He is a huge pain in the ass, but sometimes he's very, very sweet.





Toby is eight years old and has the most wonderful voice of any cat I've ever known.





And of course most of you know Rat Face from her summer misadventure. She is all healed up and has begun to go back outside.

[Skittles]

52. here's my long-haired devil Tuxedo, Rff Raff

[mentalsolstice]

57. Me too. And a good story to go with it

In my adolescence. My mom and dad went out for a fancy dinner with 2 other couples (in Ft. Lauuderdale). Cars were parked and they were walking up to the fancy restaurant that required jackets and cocktail dresses. Mind you, my mom was wearing her one and only fine cocktail dress which was key lime green (it was the early 70s). Walking through the parking lot, they heard a loud mewl. They discerned that it was coming from underneath a car. My mom, in her fine lime green cocktail dress (it was fashionable, think Audrey Hepburn), crawled under the car to rescue a very young tuxedo kitten. We had the kitty for many years, but the dress was trashed that night and never worn again.

edited for typos

[amerikat]

58. delete, wrong place

[amerikat]

59. Here's Buddy.

[Skip Intro]

64. Oh man, had Hamilton for 15 years. Loved that cat. He still has my heart.

I've got some great non-digital pics of him.

I still talk to him.

Broke my heart to have to stick him with needles (iv, fluid, he was dehydrated) in his final weeks. He finally asked me to stop, and I did. Man, I loved that animal.

God, I miss him.

Couple of pics rescued from a disposable cam...

[barb162]

65. I am owned by two of them.

They're dolls. I had another a few years ago.