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My good friend Jack wants to wish everyone a happy World Cat Day.
Today is World Cat Day
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Gypsy,
Just curious on your take on kitty color and temperament. Once a vet told me orange cats have the best temperament. My dearly departed Lucky was an orange tabby and was the sweetest cat I ever knew. I nicknamed him boyfriend cat because he was the most attentive, headbutting mushy snuggler. he would even cuddle up and wrap his tail around my arm to get closer.
Do you notice a temperament difference in your orange (assume they are) boys? Asking you because you have a variety of kitties there
Just curious on your take on kitty color and temperament. Once a vet told me orange cats have the best temperament. My dearly departed Lucky was an orange tabby and was the sweetest cat I ever knew. I nicknamed him boyfriend cat because he was the most attentive, headbutting mushy snuggler. he would even cuddle up and wrap his tail around my arm to get closer.
Do you notice a temperament difference in your orange (assume they are) boys? Asking you because you have a variety of kitties there
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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.
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The Gooses and Clementine on the cat tree. Thoroughly impressed with their World Cat Day as you can see! Goose is probably ticked b/c she's eaten most of the toys we attached to their tree and she feels we should replenish them for their big day.
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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.
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.
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Gypsy|1407619626|3729336 said:
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?
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My good friend Bailey also wants to wish everyone a happy World Cat Day.
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Phrixus wanted me to post his selfie in honor of World Cat Day
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<3 Loving all teh kitties!
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.
Missy, thanks for chiming in too. Interesting you had the same good experience with an orange tabby. Your veterinarian sister says the same thing...well well well. Love the look of disdain on Francesca's bad Kenny face.
stracci2000 - Great Selfie!
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.
Missy, thanks for chiming in too. Interesting you had the same good experience with an orange tabby. Your veterinarian sister says the same thing...well well well. Love the look of disdain on Francesca's bad Kenny face.
stracci2000 - Great Selfie!
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Missy:
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.
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Frodo doesn't come out very much. He's very much a bedroom kitty and that's where he socializes. And Lucy has her own room (she hates other cats and only tolerates Duncan, my dilute orange. She sleeps with us every other night. But during the day she very muhc likes her own space. If we go in her room during the day she just looks on wondering why exactly it is we are disturbing her. She's one big quirk.
This is Lucy:
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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.
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Frodo doesn't come out very much. He's very much a bedroom kitty and that's where he socializes. And Lucy has her own room (she hates other cats and only tolerates Duncan, my dilute orange. She sleeps with us every other night. But during the day she very muhc likes her own space. If we go in her room during the day she just looks on wondering why exactly it is we are disturbing her. She's one big quirk.
This is Lucy:
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oh, Gypsy, thank you so much for posting those pictures! (and for saying more about them - Lucy sounds like she feels like I do when a. the phone rings or b. the door bell rings. Both equally annoying! haha) Both Lucy and Frodo are so cute (and Frodo's kitten picture OMG - I remember seeing Lucy at one point or another before - I think this is the fist time I see Frodo and some of your other kitties.)
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