Got another kitten

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-07-23 01:33pm

It's actually not my cat but my girlfriends. She has wanted a cat for a long time and this thursday we got one from the local cat rescue house in Vasa.

She's 12 weeks old and named Lucky. She is by far the most social cat I have seen and I got two males at home who previously held that record. She wasn't raised at the cat house but at home by some volunteer, she happened to be at the cat house the same day we where there because they had open house day and there's usually lots of people there then. They just brought her in when we saw her and we immediatly knew we wanted her.

Her face makes her look like a clone of our 14 year old cat "Pyret"(it's swedish and doesn't translate at all, just say "pirate" instead) and I guess thats why she felt so immediatly familiar. Personality wise she's completely opposite, Pyret is the most anti social cat I know.

Here's a picture of Pyret for comparison:

We've had her since Thursday and every day she has woken me up in the early mornings because she's walking on my face and thrusting her nose into my nose and then settling down on my chest or in the middle of the bed and going back to sleep. So far it's cute but I don't know if it's such a good move to have a fully grown cat sleeping on your chest

Another thing is that her ears are dirty, there are brown things in her ear, looks like regular ear dirt but she scratches it alot and she also sneezes alot so we're taking her to the vet next week when we get a cage to take her in. She was vaccinated and dewormed by the people at the cat house.

One last image of Lucky. The necklace thing didn't work out, she didn't mind it but it was too big she bites at it now and then, and today she got caught with her jaw in it, that was just awful, she was so scared and panicked and my arm is scratched all the way to hell and back(didn't even notice it until later), I had to just clip the necklace so she'd get out of it. Luckily I always have one of those multitool things in my belt. We got a real cat necklace but she's going to have to grow into that:

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » 2006-07-23 01:46pm

That ear dirt might be ear mites. My moms cat who came from a barn had them and it looked like regular dirt pretty much except it had to have sepecial meds to put in her ears. And it can spread to other cats.

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2006-07-23 04:18pm

Cpl Kendall wrote:That ear dirt might be ear mites. My moms cat who came from a barn had them and it looked like regular dirt pretty much except it had to have sepecial meds to put in her ears. And it can spread to other cats.

I Agree.

The BKfH had them as well, when we first got her.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-07-23 05:32pm

Awww, what an adorable kitty!

Balrog · Post by **Balrog** » 2006-07-23 06:16pm

Pick wrote:Awww, what an adorable kitty!

Seconded. Until they start clawing you that is

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-07-23 06:22pm

Oh she does that but I don't mind, but she has woken me up every night since we got her. She jumps into the bed, walks over your chest and might sleep next to you or alternatively on your chest, or she might just push her nose into your face/mouth while purring. Extremely sociable cat this.

And you should see my hand and forearm after I had to restrain her to get that bloody collar off.

Feil · Post by **Feil** » 2006-07-23 09:05pm

Unless you're going to be letting her outside and using the collar for identification if she gets lost, a collar is nothing but a hazard for getting trapped by or tied-up in. I strongly reccomend not using it, even if it fits snugly.

Cute kitten. But I think she is a clone. Better get a billion droids to ballance her out.

RThurmont · Post by **RThurmont** » 2006-07-24 01:30am

For some reason every Scandinavian cat I've ever seen has been white and black (or brown), not dissimiliar in appearance to a dairy cow. Is this the result of some feline ethnic cleansing that occured a few hundred years back or what?

Civil War Man · Post by **Civil War Man** » 2006-07-24 01:48am

If I may say, that first picture reaches the levels of disgustingly cute. Now, if she were wearing sunglasses or hugging a stuffed animal, that would be brain-meltingly cute.

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-07-24 03:53am

More kitten pictures

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-07-24 03:54am

RThurmont wrote:For some reason every Scandinavian cat I've ever seen has been white and black (or brown), not dissimiliar in appearance to a dairy cow. Is this the result of some feline ethnic cleansing that occured a few hundred years back or what?

Just coincidence, there are all kinds of colors and variations here.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-07-24 04:53am

His Divine Shadow wrote:
RThurmont wrote:For some reason every Scandinavian cat I've ever seen has been white and black (or brown), not dissimiliar in appearance to a dairy cow. Is this the result of some feline ethnic cleansing that occured a few hundred years back or what?
Just coincidence, there are all kinds of colors and variations here.

Sure, tell us that. Tell the outsiders that there are no kitten concentration camps.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2006-07-24 05:18am

That kitten has massive ears

His Divine Shadow · Post by **His Divine Shadow** » 2006-07-24 05:37am

Yes, cute massive ears.

Post by **weemadando** » 2006-07-24 05:54am

Pumpkin had seriously insanely large ears when she was a kitten. Looked like Yoda crossed with a bushbaby.

DesertFly · Post by **DesertFly** » 2006-07-24 06:46am

Man, you're making me miss my kitty. If there's one thing that will get me every time (apart from a girl I like crying), it's a cat doing something cute, which to me is most things they do. And that is an especially cute kitten.