Luke
05-10-2005, 12:38 AM
Well I had an early introduction to cats, dogs, chickens and just about everything else, being born into an animal mad family what do you expect, the time i was born the family had one large Blue persian, Cinders and a wee BSH x kitten, the infamous Sherman my accoplace in crime as he was known, he was lets say a typical tom and had various escapades within his short life.
His kittenhood was rather abbruptlly shot by me being born, but our first introduction went rather well from the looks of this picture......
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/tots.jpg
(and yes that wee red faced baby was moi :oops: :oops: :oops: )
He grew into a fine example of a cat, he used to follow us to Playgroup he was very well known lol i remember my mum having to tell me when i was younger why Sherman had to loose his 'furry plums' otherwise lots of little Shermans would be running around the place, naturally i thought this was ace, she begged to differ :lol: he grew into a right strapper, sadly this was one of the last photos of the boy..
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/sherman1.jpg
Sherman had a habbit of meeting me from primary school when i first started, and one trajic dy we were coming out of the little wooden gates he dashed across the road to us and got hit, it was so sad :( :( :( :(
I mentioned when i was born the family already had a blue persin, well Cinders was failry old and wasn't too fond of me, she had a lack of tolerance and a very, very poor temperament. She spent most of her time avading my cuddles and spent most of her life with me in it, hiding on the parrot cage :lol:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/cinders.jpg
Luckily, or not lucky however you see it she passed away of simple old age she passed away on the work top and was very very peaceful
During thsi time a black and white moggy Dabbles adopted us he came and went as he pleased but one day never returned, i often have pondered about what became of him, sadly any pictures we have of him aren't focused on the cat so to speak
After Sherman passed away we added a pair of identical black moggy kittens to the house. Dear little kittens they well and truly earned the title the terrible twosume :D
Christned Ebbs and Sootica they were so hard to tell apart, well and truly had us baffled when they were young especially, thankfully it turned out Sootica had a very VERY bush tail Pictures of these 2 were few and far, i managed to find these 2 of them when they were kittens, see how identical they were:shock:
Sootica
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/sootica.jpg
Ebbs
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/ebby.jpg
When we moved house they kept wandering back to the old house and they were crossing a VERY busy road, so they were rehomed with an old cat loving neighbour of ours and they lived to a ripe age, we saw them regularly
My mother was a sucker for any animal, so one day when we at our local farm buying chicken and duck feed my mum literally walked smack bang into a 6 month old greay and white tabby kitten, they fell in love and thus Socksie came home to us.
She was with us a mere 9 months before one day she dissapeared, after 7 months we gave up hope, pictures are very painfull to see, i posted one a while ago and had to delete it from my photo bucket account as her face still makes me cry
The dynamic duo were just that an odd couple, Tinker Bell a Persin cross came to us through a friend and Samantha a Siamese came to us through another friend, after 5 days they were inseperable, quite literally, they lived for each other and as the saying goes in death do them part, Tinker Bell was PTS thru respiratory faliure she was at least 9 when we had her and we had her 2 years, but Siamese being creatures of habbit, Samantha didnt like not having her pal, we even tried to and got her 2 new kitten playmates it didnt work, one day she litterally gave in she didnt eat nor drink and litterally pined herself away :cry: :cry:
really pictures of them are again hard to find, found this one of Samantha hiding, typical :roll:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/siamesesam.jpg
As i mentioned before to try and keep Samantha company we purchased 2 kittens, one of which was Balderick the other was Elspeth
he a snub nosed, bandy legged ginger she a small, pudding faced blue smokey longhair, quite unsual t'was she.
They were my puddy cats i was at an age where i relished responsibility so well and truly these were supposedly my first cats that i actually 'owned' they were beutiful babes and all was fine for around 4 years the tragedy struck Firday night Elspeth came in quite ill, Saturday morning she was PTS her liver was irreperablly damaged, it was very quick but very sad, and as the weeks proceeded Balderick worsened, and i mean worsened. He went off life, we had already lost 1 cat to pining we werent going to see another go the same way. He craved feline company, but he wouldnt stand for a kitten and we couldnt take on an adult cat cause at the time our JRT was a puppy and our elderly staffie barely tolerated cats, so we were in a difficult position, when one of my aunts offered to give him a home she already had two cats both 10 at the time, Twinkle and Muncshkin. So i made the decsion to let the old boy go and live at my aunts on a trial basis, to see if he were ahppier, in the end he was, he started eating went out and about, played he ahd a new lease on life, and my aunt loves him that extra bit, because of the snub face he has, he allways looks bemused :lol: :lol: he is still happy although now affectionatley known as Eddykins (dont ask) my aunt loves him implicitlly and most of all he wis happy, its been nearly 4 and a half years now since he moved there and he seems to be lets say more than settled
Balderick when tiny.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/baldericksmall.jpg
Elspeth and a littermate, i believe Elspeth was the one on the left
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/kittens.jpg
Balderick aka Eddy-edgar-kins (as he is now known :roll:) not so long ago
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/balderick.jpg
Well we left it a while and presumed our cat days were over, litterally, but one day we were at my mum's friends house, Sue had a pedigree ragdoll, Smudger she was a mitted tortie point a pedigree longer than her tail, but she was in call and my mum's friend, Sue's little boy let Smudger out the result 3 ginger and 1 tortoiseshell kitten, i immediantlly fell for Clementine and from the minute she could walk she fell for me, i eventually won my mum over and Clementine came home with us.........
6 weeks
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesfirstnitehome.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesleepin.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesfirstnitehome666.jpg
earlier this year, i think it was January
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinebasket.jpg
and various pics from recent
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem01.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem02.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem03.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem04.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clemscarer.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clemstalk.jpg
So that has been my life in cats so far, i've had good times with them and for every good there's probably been tripple bad, but the downfall of owning such a independant creature. thanks for taking a look at my pages, keep looking back and forth because of the most important thing, we are looking for another kitten and there may be one on the horizon:D
>>____WATCH THIS SPACE!_______<<
His kittenhood was rather abbruptlly shot by me being born, but our first introduction went rather well from the looks of this picture......
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/tots.jpg
(and yes that wee red faced baby was moi :oops: :oops: :oops: )
He grew into a fine example of a cat, he used to follow us to Playgroup he was very well known lol i remember my mum having to tell me when i was younger why Sherman had to loose his 'furry plums' otherwise lots of little Shermans would be running around the place, naturally i thought this was ace, she begged to differ :lol: he grew into a right strapper, sadly this was one of the last photos of the boy..
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/sherman1.jpg
Sherman had a habbit of meeting me from primary school when i first started, and one trajic dy we were coming out of the little wooden gates he dashed across the road to us and got hit, it was so sad :( :( :( :(
I mentioned when i was born the family already had a blue persin, well Cinders was failry old and wasn't too fond of me, she had a lack of tolerance and a very, very poor temperament. She spent most of her time avading my cuddles and spent most of her life with me in it, hiding on the parrot cage :lol:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/cinders.jpg
Luckily, or not lucky however you see it she passed away of simple old age she passed away on the work top and was very very peaceful
During thsi time a black and white moggy Dabbles adopted us he came and went as he pleased but one day never returned, i often have pondered about what became of him, sadly any pictures we have of him aren't focused on the cat so to speak
After Sherman passed away we added a pair of identical black moggy kittens to the house. Dear little kittens they well and truly earned the title the terrible twosume :D
Christned Ebbs and Sootica they were so hard to tell apart, well and truly had us baffled when they were young especially, thankfully it turned out Sootica had a very VERY bush tail Pictures of these 2 were few and far, i managed to find these 2 of them when they were kittens, see how identical they were:shock:
Sootica
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/sootica.jpg
Ebbs
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/ebby.jpg
When we moved house they kept wandering back to the old house and they were crossing a VERY busy road, so they were rehomed with an old cat loving neighbour of ours and they lived to a ripe age, we saw them regularly
My mother was a sucker for any animal, so one day when we at our local farm buying chicken and duck feed my mum literally walked smack bang into a 6 month old greay and white tabby kitten, they fell in love and thus Socksie came home to us.
She was with us a mere 9 months before one day she dissapeared, after 7 months we gave up hope, pictures are very painfull to see, i posted one a while ago and had to delete it from my photo bucket account as her face still makes me cry
The dynamic duo were just that an odd couple, Tinker Bell a Persin cross came to us through a friend and Samantha a Siamese came to us through another friend, after 5 days they were inseperable, quite literally, they lived for each other and as the saying goes in death do them part, Tinker Bell was PTS thru respiratory faliure she was at least 9 when we had her and we had her 2 years, but Siamese being creatures of habbit, Samantha didnt like not having her pal, we even tried to and got her 2 new kitten playmates it didnt work, one day she litterally gave in she didnt eat nor drink and litterally pined herself away :cry: :cry:
really pictures of them are again hard to find, found this one of Samantha hiding, typical :roll:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/siamesesam.jpg
As i mentioned before to try and keep Samantha company we purchased 2 kittens, one of which was Balderick the other was Elspeth
he a snub nosed, bandy legged ginger she a small, pudding faced blue smokey longhair, quite unsual t'was she.
They were my puddy cats i was at an age where i relished responsibility so well and truly these were supposedly my first cats that i actually 'owned' they were beutiful babes and all was fine for around 4 years the tragedy struck Firday night Elspeth came in quite ill, Saturday morning she was PTS her liver was irreperablly damaged, it was very quick but very sad, and as the weeks proceeded Balderick worsened, and i mean worsened. He went off life, we had already lost 1 cat to pining we werent going to see another go the same way. He craved feline company, but he wouldnt stand for a kitten and we couldnt take on an adult cat cause at the time our JRT was a puppy and our elderly staffie barely tolerated cats, so we were in a difficult position, when one of my aunts offered to give him a home she already had two cats both 10 at the time, Twinkle and Muncshkin. So i made the decsion to let the old boy go and live at my aunts on a trial basis, to see if he were ahppier, in the end he was, he started eating went out and about, played he ahd a new lease on life, and my aunt loves him that extra bit, because of the snub face he has, he allways looks bemused :lol: :lol: he is still happy although now affectionatley known as Eddykins (dont ask) my aunt loves him implicitlly and most of all he wis happy, its been nearly 4 and a half years now since he moved there and he seems to be lets say more than settled
Balderick when tiny.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/baldericksmall.jpg
Elspeth and a littermate, i believe Elspeth was the one on the left
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/kittens.jpg
Balderick aka Eddy-edgar-kins (as he is now known :roll:) not so long ago
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/balderick.jpg
Well we left it a while and presumed our cat days were over, litterally, but one day we were at my mum's friends house, Sue had a pedigree ragdoll, Smudger she was a mitted tortie point a pedigree longer than her tail, but she was in call and my mum's friend, Sue's little boy let Smudger out the result 3 ginger and 1 tortoiseshell kitten, i immediantlly fell for Clementine and from the minute she could walk she fell for me, i eventually won my mum over and Clementine came home with us.........
6 weeks
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesfirstnitehome.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesleepin.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinesfirstnitehome666.jpg
earlier this year, i think it was January
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clementinebasket.jpg
and various pics from recent
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem01.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem02.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem03.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clem04.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clemscarer.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Lu-1/clemstalk.jpg
So that has been my life in cats so far, i've had good times with them and for every good there's probably been tripple bad, but the downfall of owning such a independant creature. thanks for taking a look at my pages, keep looking back and forth because of the most important thing, we are looking for another kitten and there may be one on the horizon:D
>>____WATCH THIS SPACE!_______<<