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missy|1407617421|3729321 said:moneymeister, I am interested to see if Gypsy agrees with this. IMO orange cats often have very outgoing and friendly personalities. We have had the privilege of having an orange cat as part of our family in the 90's and early 2000's and he was amazing. Also, my sister backs me up on this thought about orange cats and she has a lot of experience with cats being a veterinarian for over 20 years.
Gypsy|1407619626|3729336 said:Well, my admittedly limited experience: orange cats are like anything else. They vary. My dilute orange Duncan is the sweetest kitty. We call him a cat ambassador. Even people who don't like cats adore him. He gives you hugs and he is my most loving, period . He's the reason we have 6 cats. My dark orange and white, Jack is very personable. But we are sure he was abused because he's got some quirks and he flinches (less an less the longer he is with us) when you move your hands wrong. EXTREMELY loving though but also very insecure.My MIL has a female orange kitty. Sweetest thing. And my aunt had an orange and white (similar to my Jack) and he was awesome. And when I would volunteer at the shelter a lot of the orange babies were mostly awesome. But there was one who was well... unfriendly and suspicious.
So yes, in general all the orange kitties in my life have been awesome. But like anything else... kitties vary. And I think nurture has a lot to do with it .
In my personal experience-- black and white kitties though (especially the girls) are TROUBLE. Good kitties. But mischievous and very quirky.
Madam Bijoux|1407610539|3729266 said:My good friend Jack wants to wish everyone a happy World Cat Day.
stracci2000|1407631281|3729431 said:Phrixus wanted me to post his selfie in honor of World Cat Day
UrsTx|1407641079|3729520 said:Madison says it's late in the day but happy World Cat day!
Eta: the pic rotated and I can't rotate it back. Oh well.
Gypsy, did you notice a big change for you in terms of extra work or your other cats behavior when you added cat #5 and #6 to your family? We have 4 cats and there is another sweet kitty that needs a home and while I wanted to be that home for this kitty my dh just feels it will be a lot more work plus the traveling back and forth (once I get better and am able to go) to the beach house with all the kitties. Right now it is manageable with 4 and just wondering what your thoughts are on adding a 5th?
Gypsy, your DH and your kitties are so cute. (and where are the other two?)
Gypsy, thanks for taking the time to give me your thoughts on orange tabby behavior. I agree that this each individual kitty is unique, but in general after having my orange kitty and the vet's assessment of orange tabbys (old county farm vet at retirement age) I've always kicked it (the idea, not kitties) around.[/img]
By and large my experience of orange cats has been positive. But I am very tolerant of cat behaviors in general. I have never met another cat as wonderful as my Duncan though, he's something amazing. Whether or not his color plays a part of that I don't know.
Everyone's kids are SO CUTE! I love this thread!
Gypsy|1407644820|3729549 said:Missy:
Gypsy, did you notice a big change for you in terms of extra work or your other cats behavior when you added cat #5 and #6 to your family? We have 4 cats and there is another sweet kitty that needs a home and while I wanted to be that home for this kitty my dh just feels it will be a lot more work plus the traveling back and forth (once I get better and am able to go) to the beach house with all the kitties. Right now it is manageable with 4 and just wondering what your thoughts are on adding a 5th?
No. The there was no increase in work or anything going from 4 to 5 honestly. Five to six was noticeable though we needed extra cat trees and litter boxes and the food consumption went up, etc. The only issue we had going from 4 to 5 was that my 4 kids were all over seven years old and very settled. #5 was less than a year old (10 months) and still a kitten with kitten energy. It was a bit like the Golden Girls meet Miley Cyrus. #5 wanted to play and investigate and was very active. My other four wanted to nap. This problem went away when we got #6 as the two of them became play mates and left the others largely alone.