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Hreow
12-03-2007, 01:51 PM
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This is me:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Egypt0703022.jpg









I can also do this:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Egypt0703017.jpg









Hreow suspects this is what I'm trying to implement by sheer mind-power:

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Roverian Chronicles, the catalogue:
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=15220
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=15320
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=15790
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=15832
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=15951
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=16097
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=16208
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=18679

And if that doesn't put you off, here's a few more:
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13571
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13613
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13648
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13669
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=13692
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=14185
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=14325
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=14813

First impression:
There I was, minding my own business, lounging about a perfectly
good kitchen. Suddenly two strange two-leggers appeared, two-leg-mum said something about "new". Why new? Life's fine! I was rudely stuffed into a cage with only a pillow that my smelly siblings had slept on and *removed*! Actually taken through the front door into the cold! Not only that, but I was then put into the same sort of noisy thing that takes us to the vet! I complained! I cried! I pleaded! I swore (and the cat-toy-headed twolegger told me off and and to mind my language)! The nerve of some people. I grabbed her wrist and did my best to pull her into the cage so that she could see what it was like. Unfortunately she didn't fit through the bars, and she got away. Grumble... The other two-legger just said something about pity it being past half way, or he'd turn back. Don't know what that was about.
After two-and-a-half hour we finally arrived where we were going. Not bad. Lots of hideyholes and sneaky cat-paths, plenty of up to hunt from. I called Mum and Sam and Tico and.... but no-one came... :-( Had a bite to eat in passing as well. Twolegger1 pulled back something, and do you know what? There were things going back and forth outside the window, green stringy things waving in the draft, another two-legger digging about with lots of chase-friendly and interesting movements. I climbed the funny thing in front of the show and spent the next ten minutes, bum up, tail twitching and completely fascinated.


After that I was tired. Twolegger1 made a lap, and since that was the warmest thing around, I decided that that would be a good place for forty winks. Quite cozy really. Then twolegger2 began to tap on the cat-bed they call "keyboard", the same way two-legged-mum did, and an investigation was again in order. There were lots of things bouncing around on-screen to watch, though two-legger2 grumbled when I tried to help with strategically placed paws.
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/kittenSurfer.jpg

After that I tried the toys (all of three seconds) and then found some shoelaces to hunt, catch and maul. I started half an hour ago, and I'm still doing it. Twolegger2 is great for games! and I fit very nicely into his sleeves. I think I will like this place. Twolegger1 (Hreow) sank back into the sofa and mumbled something about "Great! Cats sleep 80% of the time, and his strategy is obviously to sleep twelve weeks, then create chaos for three weeks running!".
She may be on to me...



I will try to make this more cozy, but you'll have to make do for now! :p :D

Mags
12-03-2007, 01:55 PM
Good to see you Hreow, we've missed you and the gorgeous Rover! What a lovely coat he has...so shiny :D

Great pics and looking forward to seeing more soon! ;)

Fran
12-03-2007, 01:59 PM
Lovely to see you again Hreow, we've missed the gorgeous Rover!!! Brilliant piccies. Look at the size of his footprints in the snow :shock:

Sweet
12-03-2007, 02:03 PM
Lovely to see you :) great pics x

dinahsmum
12-03-2007, 02:20 PM
Hey! Good to see you (well Rover really! :roll: ;) :lol: )
What a fabulous coat he has.
Hope the shoulder is getting better

yola
12-03-2007, 04:05 PM
Hello stranger!! You and the Roverian have been missed!! Lovey to see him again in all his sleek and shiny glory :-D

Is that a photograph from one of your dives?? Most impressive :D

dandysmom
12-03-2007, 04:29 PM
Great to have you back, Hreow, and the gorgeous Rover! You've been missed...how's the shoulder? Love the pics; he gets handsomer every day! Liked the one of the footprints; did one of Onyx's track in the recent snow, but my snow came out blue..??!! I've lost track: how old is Rover now?

Hreow
12-03-2007, 06:01 PM
Fran: Big-foot, the feline version. :-)

DM ( x 2): Shoulder better, PVF and possible MS still not. : /

Yola: It's from the latest trip and it took me 150 rubbish photos to get that one decent. ^^

Thanks, Mags and Sweet. :-)

Eileen: Rover is the grand old age of 19 months. :grin:
He's showing Saturday and mid May, if you care to come have a look? :wink: Actually, you're more than welcome any time you feel thus inclined.
My camera seems to underdo blue, may be something to do with being scuba-capable? The long, silvery fish in the photo are actually bright neon blue.

alexgirl73
12-03-2007, 06:33 PM
What a gorgeous gorgeous kitty! Lovely pics!

Hreow
16-03-2007, 06:30 PM
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The wonderful words "you can have a cat, I've cleared it with the landlord" has to be one of the better things one can hear. So what sort of cat did I want? I've had a fair few moggies, both my own, fosters and cat-sitting cats, so I though I'd might want to try a pedigree. A kitten, because the better half thinks older cats are dull (not necessarily) and because I'm getting to the age where I have to think about being able to look after a cat twenty years from now when both of us will be old and less sleek of body. Better now than later! I quite like the look of Egyptian Maus and the Russian Blue, but I've never met one in person. I *have* met Abyssinians. One full Aby - a delightful character, and a half-Aby - completely bonkers, delightfully mad. Siamese are my type of cat as well (Gran had one), but both better half and Dad have a strong dislike of them, the latter at least with good reason, so I decide not to push my luck.

I spend quite a few months researching breeders, of all three breeds. No catshows for miles and miles to visit. The only bad things about Scotland. One queen in particular catches my fancy, and the breeders have a good reputation and do quite well at shows. When she has a nest, I get in touch with her staff and ask what they want from a prospective slave to the kittens. They tell me in easy sentences. They are quite firm about when they allow the kittens to be seen by strangers - sounds like caring people to me.

One glorious day in September I saddle up my trusty motorbike and zoof the two-and-a-half hours to visit. They take in my full set of leathers and just smile. I hasten to explain that I will *not* be picking up my prospective mittens by bike, but by car. I remove the clunky boots and the jacket for the household cat adults to investigate (making a mental note to check them for stowaways before I try wearing them again) and get escorted to the kitten-room. Mum cat looks at me with trust distinctly lacking, but consents to my presence when I don't dive for her kittens but curl up on the floor next to the door. The kittens are not particularly concerned either way. Two of them are wrestling under the bed and the third wobles and weaves his way towards me. My bike-leathers are open to the waist and there is a bulging fold in the top bit. Young Dr Livingcat finds this an acceptable place to venture to and fall asleep. Three guesses who is hooked. :grin:
I had first choice of the kittens, but really no choice at all. ^-^

This is the penultimate visit:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/snooze-1.jpg

I was also introduced to the rest of his feline family, blood and "adopted". His Dad deigned to touch noses with me and his "uncle" gave me a swat for not paying enough attention to him. :-) His "aunties" all got a complete scent-resumé off me before I left and seems quite at ease with me.




And this is how little he was when we brought him home:

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/korv.jpg








He's grown quite a bit since... :grin:

Mags
16-03-2007, 06:40 PM
What a lovely story Hreow..... and what a little cutie he was then, no wonder it was instant attraction! :D

Animagus
16-03-2007, 06:49 PM
What a stunning cat... love his colouring.... hope he does well in the shows.... good luck Rover....

Hreow
16-03-2007, 06:56 PM
Thanks. :-)

He likes the shows, we don't do many, but his brother nicks first place. Lovely put together little cat and plays the oozing-charm card to perfection. Rover aims for the suave laid-back, which is a change from his helter-skelter approach to life at home. :grin: His breeders did say that though Rover is show quality, his brother would grow into a judge-stunner. Showing wasn't the reason I bought him, so I'm well chuffed he does so well and likes the occasional outing. Besides, after that show of belonging he did on my first visit, how could I pick any other kitten in the world?

Jac
16-03-2007, 07:47 PM
HI YA nice to see you back. Has it really been 19 months? Oh boy............
Brilliant photo's and story. So are you twolegged1 or 2?

Hreow
18-03-2007, 09:29 AM
I'm twolegger1, as he saw me first. :-)

We did the Shorthair Cat Club show in Glenrothes yesterday. Another second in the open, but a first-of-six in a side class and another two seconds and thirds in well-filled sides, so I just need to time my showing to the one time that the two better cats are not there. ^-^ Or that the judge that likes him better is judging the open, of course. :grin: He was a bit unsettled ths time around. I think because we arrived when the setting-up was in full swing so there was no walk when we got there and no peace to sette down in his cage before the crowds arrived. We'll get there early again next time. Enough time for a nice 15 minute investigation of the bushes around the car-park before the show opens and one of the first in.

Rover's Mum died last week. Cancer. I didn't know you well, grand and gracious lady, but you were dear to my heart and the reason I have my Rover.

Hreow
22-03-2007, 08:42 PM
Rover will be an uncle come summer-time. His sister is going to have her first litter. I feel.... granmotherly. :-D

dandysmom
22-03-2007, 08:48 PM
Do they live within catsitting distance...??? :-D

Hreow
22-03-2007, 08:54 PM
I would gladly ride the two-and-a-half hours to catsit. Even though my favourite two cats of theirs are no more, the rest of the feline family is great and I'm sure the kittens will turn out to be the usual (maybe literally) bundles of pure joy. Couldn't guarantee I wouldn't "accidentally" pack one or two when leaving, though. :grin:

Elaine
22-03-2007, 09:34 PM
Awww that was lovely, and lovely pictures too.

Fran
22-03-2007, 09:45 PM
Hey what a lovely story and well done at the show!!! That's a great result :cool:

Hreow
23-03-2007, 10:08 PM
Thanks. :-)

Roverian drama-cat.
Came home from work today - no cat to greet me. Usually he's pushing his way out the flat door squeezing himself to cigarette-paper thinness and moving at the speed of "meeeeeeeouw". No cat... Called "Rover...?" Still no cat. Asked Better Half, "What have you done with my cat?" "He's got a sore foot" and he pointed to the sleeping-bag catbed by the radiator. Two ears appeared and a limping cat. Foot examined (to loud hissing - he only does that when it really hurts) and a toe found warm, slightly swollen and the claw raggedly broken just by the quick. As soon as I sit down, he jumps on my lap, makes a great show of keeping his paw well clear of any contact. I wrap him up warm and stay still. Poor mittens. A sliver of ice from the freezer gets balanced on the good side of the sore foot so the cold melt-water can run over the sore toe (he won't tolerate anything touching the toe directly even slightly). Fingering quickcall button for "Vet - emergency". The movement nets me a murderous glance and a three-legged cat jumps off my lap and hides in the sleeping-bed again.

I wander through the flat, planning taxi, what to bring, what to tell the vet and I suddenly notice Rover on the mat in front of the door, asking to go out. "Cats go hide to die" I think, and bannish the thought. "Ok, you can go out in the hallway, but you're *not* going outside like that" Mind lists scary reasons why. I open the door and Rover wanders out. Putting weight on the foot. I follow and he bats at the grass-stalk he left there yesterday. "Hmm...". I slowly move the stalk away and he grabs it with both front paws - feeling better then....

After a good stick-chase up and down the stairs, thundering through the hall after thrown bits of turkey and a good pouchful of catfood I decide that the vet can wait until tomorrow (or Wednesday which is when I'd booked him in earlier for a few minor and decidedly unurgent health-glitches). His paw is still sore, so he is being seen by a vet, but with a bouncy, eating cat I think he can stew until I don't have to pay a fortune for his visit. :-)

Cats...they're worrying enough when they are feeling well, but when they decide to feel poorly they don't half scare you to death.

Mags
23-03-2007, 10:14 PM
Hreow, you have a wonderful way with words and I really enjoyed reading that..:D

I hope Rover's bad foot gets better very soon!:D

Fran
23-03-2007, 10:21 PM
Lol @ Rover, don't they know how to play the sympathy vote!! I know exactly where you are coming from as one of mine isn't 'quite right' tonight and I'm umming and ahhing about calling the vet! cats eh?? :roll:

charliebubs
23-03-2007, 10:23 PM
You are a wonderful story-teller Hreow - thank you for sharing!!! I've just read your chronicles too..........all very humerous and entertaining. I feel like I know you and Rover so well now!!! :)

He is totally stunning too - I love all the photos!!! :)

dandysmom
23-03-2007, 10:29 PM
Oh, they can be such "drama queens" if necessary, scaring the wits out of us! Awww, give Rover a pat from me and tell him I hope his poorly paw is much better tomorrow!!!Too bad cats can't be nominated for acting at the Oscars...that sounds like a great performance...!!

Hreow
01-04-2007, 10:06 AM
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April fool's? :grin:

Hreow
26-09-2007, 09:00 AM
Just to add the most recent links to the comprehensive works of Rover. :-)

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=20231
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=21807
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=23314

I can't add these to the OP any more. : /

Hreow
03-03-2008, 10:17 PM
Now what...?

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Cat/IMAG0024.jpg

As you can see, he's still there and still... concentrating on the more elevated planes of existance. A.k.a. sleeping. ^^

We'll be moving next week. Not to the field that I would like to give him to hunt in, but at least to a place where he can turn latch-key kitty and lounge on at least one roof of his own. I'll try to get him to stick on a few pictures, unlike the last batch which was a study in hind-quarters and back of head shots. He'll have a circular staircase to fall off, which should be fun to watch. ^_^

yola
03-03-2008, 10:25 PM
Good luck with teh move Hreow . . . delighted to read that Rover will become his own master in terms of the great outdoors.

Keep and eye on that boy though - he's so precious he needs guarding!

Looking forward to any future pics :D

babycakes
03-03-2008, 10:38 PM
What an absoloute beauty lovely coat and so photogenic, fantastic

dandysmom
03-03-2008, 10:47 PM
Oh it was so good to see the gorgeous Rover again! Looking so sweet and innocent .... :-D
Good luck with the move! We will need pics of Himself in his new realm....oh, all those new sights and sounds and smells to investigate; he will be a busy boy!! It will keep his papparazzo very active .......

Mags
03-03-2008, 11:28 PM
Good to see a pic of 'our' Rover again and good to hear from you Hreow..:D

Good luck with your move!

Hreow
30-04-2008, 05:49 PM
Just adding the latest link to his adventures.
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?t=27361

Hopefully I can still update this message when I've written the move-report. :-)


ETA (yay!):
http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php?p=476435#post476435
In which we move and outdoor life improves.

Hreow
10-05-2008, 07:24 PM
Rover didn't go to the Dundee show today, He's on a break. ^^ I did go, I was stewarding a judge who has a nice selection of different cats BSH, Oriental, Aby, Somali, Bengal, Persian, Norwegian Forestcat, Maine Coon, Ragdoll, Burmese and an absolutely adorable Singapurra kitten so I had a lovely day of snuggling fur and learning lots.

dandysmom
10-05-2008, 07:56 PM
Oh a Pura! Lucky you! And too busy for pics, I'm sure .......:(

Hreow
11-05-2008, 10:57 PM
I'd have needed the owners permission first. Have to be extra careful I do everything right when wearing a white coat and badge. ^^ The only time I could have tried to find him/her, I spent finding some sweets I knew "my" judge liked as a thank-you for teaching me so much. Maybe next time.

Hreow
29-07-2008, 10:36 PM
Intrepid cat reporting back...

See what a lifestyle of bird-catching, fly-eating, shoulder-sitting, territorial disputes and -diplomacy, tripping pets on stairs, eighteen-hour days of sleepi...*thinking* very hard and turkey treasure-hunts wreaks...
Or he would report back if he wasn't so busy:


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Cat/08July053.jpg

Mags
29-07-2008, 10:38 PM
What a hard life that boy has! :lol:

Beautiful as ever!

dandysmom
29-07-2008, 10:49 PM
Oh bless! He is soooo flaked out!

Hreow
29-07-2008, 10:57 PM
Not even the birds could unflake him. ^^ It *was* a very nice day.

angieh
29-07-2008, 10:59 PM
Reminds me of Moli's thread "It's a hard life ..."

Gorgeous boy.

Hreow
11-03-2011, 02:11 PM
Rover is no more. He lost some of his appetite at the beginning of the month, went to the vet who thought he was fine until she discovered a tumor the size of a grapefruit in his abdomen. He was operated on today but didn't make it past the operating table.

At the moment all I can do is cry and what hurts most at the moment is probably that he had to die hungry. : / He was such a trencher-cat.

Velvet
11-03-2011, 02:27 PM
Oh, im so sorry..... I never knew your little boy but know what its like to lose a much loved companion. Hugs to you

Run wild, run free little man

xxx

Mags
11-03-2011, 03:14 PM
I'm so very sorry to read this, Hreow, Rover was such a special cat to us here at Catsey. I used to look forward to his tales of what he had been up to.

He had a well loved life with you and is now at rest.(((hugs)))

Sleep tight Rover ....xx

alexgirl73
11-03-2011, 03:48 PM
So very sorry Hreow :( Another much loved Catsey cat taken from us too soon.

Run free at the bridge Rover x

angieh
11-03-2011, 03:49 PM
I am very sorry to hear this Hreow. I read Rover's tales with delight .... poor boy, RIP Rover. ((((Hugs)))) to you.

dandysmom
11-03-2011, 05:28 PM
I cannot say how sorry I am; Rover was a very special boy; well loved to all of us who knew him. The Chronicles were always looked forward to with a smile ...
We've missed his stories; thank you for taking the time to let us know of your loss; RIP dear boy, run free at the Bridge; and I'm sure there's food and catnip there aplenty! (((hugs))) to you...... :(

EmmaG
11-03-2011, 06:50 PM
So so sorry to hear about Rover, he was such a character and I just loved his name.....RIP sweetie :-(

Elaine
11-03-2011, 08:49 PM
Oh Hreow, I am so so sorry to read the very sad news about Rover. It was always a great pleasure to read about his adventures. My heart goes out to you xxx

R.I.P. Rover xxx

lynz85
11-03-2011, 09:41 PM
im so sorry to read your news about rover :(
started reading this thread and saw his pics thinking what a lovely boy.

calismum
11-03-2011, 10:13 PM
I so enjoyed reading this thread, he was such a special boy.

So sorry for your loss. Play at the bridge Rover.

Tink
11-03-2011, 10:38 PM
So sorry for your loss. I'm only catching this thread now but it's obvious to me Rover was a very special boy and he will be missed very much.

babycakes
12-03-2011, 03:50 PM
I'm really sorry to hear about your loss xx

pinklizzy
12-03-2011, 11:10 PM
So sorry to hear of your loss, run free Rover xxx

Hreow
13-03-2011, 09:31 PM
Thank you.


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http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/2009-01-24013.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Cat/2011-02-01006.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/Cat/2010-08-20001.jpg

Squirrel
13-03-2011, 09:37 PM
What a lovely tribute to a lovely cat Hreow. He looks so unimpressed in that first pic!

Mags
13-03-2011, 09:46 PM
Handsome, unforgettable Rover ..... will never be forgotten by your Catsey fans xx

Hreow
13-03-2011, 09:46 PM
What a lovely tribute to a lovely cat Hreow. He looks so unimpressed in that first pic!

Thank you.
He was - it wasn't deep enough to make a proper kitty snow-angel. :)

dandysmom
13-03-2011, 10:49 PM
Thanks for the new pics ... our only Catsey Aby ... so good to see him again.

angieh
13-03-2011, 11:15 PM
Lovely pictures of the adventurous and wonderful Rover. He will be missed here at Catsey.

yola
14-03-2011, 12:18 PM
Oh what sad, sad news. I loved reading of Rover's adventures and looking at his pictures; he was such a beautiful boy. Bless him - he is in a good place now . . . no pain, no worry, no fear. Big hugs to you.