Pets!
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@SpaceKhomeini That tortie has a nose line like Sierra!!!
I feel like a household with more than one tortie or Calico is crazy. They have so much PERSONALITY.
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Seriously. We had a calico before her, she was a very snobby, particular, and clever cat.
We lost her in spring of 2021 and about a month went by before we just finally admitted that our black cat couldn’t handle being an only cat. But holy shit, adoptable cats around here were actually hard to come by.
Finally we saw this listing at a shelter almost 2 hours away. Said she was good with other, shy cats. So we emailed the shelter, didn’t hear anything back for a week. Finally we got a bite, “can you drive down here Saturday?”
We went down there, she hopped right in the carrier when it opened up and rode patiently all the way home. Turns out she tried to bite some kid who was rough with her from the previous week’s adoption attempt but she made herself at home real fast.
Anyway, this one is a pushy, unholy terror and obsessed with me in particular. She checks all the boxes. Also, her response to thunder is to want to fight something. Much like her response to the vacuum, etc.
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Yep. Tortitude is REAL.
The two torties we have right now both have it in spades, but different shades.
Alpha is 100% in your face. She will Fite at a drop of a hat. She invades your space but makes sure you know she is PERMITTING you to worship her, and the second you break her rules she will swat you. We paired her finally with one of the sweet orange girls because she needs a friend who loves her to bully.
Sierra thinks you are TRASH and should stay away from her always tyvm. Other cats rock, especially her daddy(?). She is way older than her bio age in maturity. She permits touching and pets only when she has backup.
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@junipersky omg it’s a cuddle puddle
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Scrolling tiktok as one does and a video of two kittens screaming for breakfast came on.
Instantly Commander LEPT from his shelf out of kitten reach and went searching for the babies. I turned the video off quick and once he assured himself no kittens were in trouble he jumped on my lap to groom HIS kittens so they knew all was okay.
So here he is with all his girls. (Whiskey crawled into my sweater and so isn’t in the photo.
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I’m so confused abt tortitude. Sif is like absurdly sweet and loving, affectionate with new people, cuddles… she does wiggle a lot especially when cuddling.
She IS very clever and has figured out how to turn the lights on and off.
edit: imgur keeps giving me upload errors I give up a need a nap
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Does she cuddle on YOUR terms, or hers?
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@junipersky oh I’ve never tried to impose my terms on a cat
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… but forced cuddles are LYFE.
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@junipersky said in Pets!:
… but forced cuddles are LYFE.
Sometimes they are also…death. Or at least light maiming.
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@junipersky Is it on my terms if I call “Sif” and she comes over and flops on me?
consent is important ok
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The face of forced cuddles @sao
These are life.
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@junipersky i feel like i’ve seen Sif make a similar face when she decided to be on my lap
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Whiskey informed me this morning that our house is haunted.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRWAXQm8/
See video for how.
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@junipersky said in Pets!:
Whiskey informed me this morning that our house is haunted.
https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTRWAXQm8/
See video for how.
You’re safe, though, because Whiskey is boxing the heck out of that there ghost.
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He sees more ghosts.
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This is Meatball and he and his brother are dirtbags.
Edit: It would be Meatball. If I knew how any of this worked.
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@junipersky Look at him standing there on his hind legs. Like a little Rory Calhoun.
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We got a new surrender of a family (guys, kitten season is starting…) with mom, dad, and three week-old kittens.
Another foster took mom and kittens, but wouldn’t take dad because she didn’t want to risk mom getting pregnant again. (Nursing does not stop a female cat from getting pregnant.)
But guys, this is dad in an isolation cage at the shelter. (Two week quarantine is mandatory even though we are a free range shelter.)
He is SO SAD. The foster has also been having issues with mom being really stressed out and moving the babies into the litterbox. So I talked to husband and we are going to reunify the whole family. Hopefully it lowers the stress for everyone.
I feel bad for the foster, because we get super attached to our babies within the first 24 hours, buy I can’t stand that sweet orange boy being sad like that for even one more day.
(We will be bringing the SWAT team in to be adopted Tuesday, so we will have two rooms with kittens for a few days.)
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The Family is reunited and mom was SO HAPPY last night!! Today daddy has asserted some more independence and is only visiting. Regardless, everyone is doing so much better.
Tabby baby
Tortie Baby
Void baby
Lily and Milo
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And just Milo because he is in a unicorn bed and so happy.
Edit: also correction above, the babies are no more than two weeks, probably closer to 7 days because their eyes aren’t open yet.
