OUR CATS
My wife and I are fortunate enough to share our house with two delightful, but very different British Shorthair cats, whom we call "Princess" and "George" (although what their real names are we really don't know -- they haven't told us).
Princess (officially, Blueberries And Cream aka "BratCat")
This little British Shorthair is all 'attitude'.
Another name for her is But'n'face, which is not short for Button Face
(although she IS as cute as a button) but rather for 'Stands With Butt In Face'.
Her favourite facial expression seems to be, "You've got a problem with that?"
She has a great talent for opening every drawer and cupboard door in the house.
She also has a rather interesting way of telling us when she
doesn't like a particular flavour of cat food and makes her
opinion quite clear -- she tries to bury it!
Then walks away with a facial expression that could only mean;
'You didn't really think I was going to EAT that did you?'
"Tuna, I want Tuna . . . . . you will open a can of Tuna!"
She loves to sleep on the Hutch over the computer monitor.
She also loves to hang out on top of the 35 gallon Aquarium
Once, when I had opened the lid to feed them, she came from "out of nowhere"
George (officially, Sgt Joe Friday)
George is short for "George of the Jungle".
To give an idea of his size, those tiles he's walking on are 8 by 8 inches!
June 11, 1999 Update.
Well, George has become quite the housepet!
We've decided that George is a 'puppycat' since he comes when he's
He also is a 'watchcat'. He hears any sound from outside and he
November 22 1999 Update.
We purchased two cat beds and each have a cat bed sitting
This seems to be his favourite sleeping position during the day.
George seems to like to use my wife's shoes as pillows!
This page was created on April 9, 1999
because she might get lucky and be able to catch a fish!
and suddenly she was "walking on water" -- her rightside paws on the aquarium edge;
her leftside paws on horrible wet stuff that she didn't know was there!
She got out of there very quickly -- and was extremely indignant
(we hadn't told her that there was water in the tank -- she thought it was air)
He is big, affectionate, handsome, gentle and clumsy.
George is a purebred British Shorthair and has sired many others.
He is also a wonderful example of two descriptions of the Breed:
"A softball sized head on a shoebox sized body."
"The lovable teddy bears of the Cat World."
He had been 'retired' by the breeder and neutered.
We were fortunate enough to be looking for another cat
when he became available for adoption.
He had never, until he joined our family, been a house cat.
He is the most affectionate and snuggly cat that has ever owned me.
He has been having a great time learning to play and
has explored just about every corner of his new home and
has knocked over just about everything that can be knocked over.
Currently we are trying to get him to STOP playing with
our feet through the quilt in the middle of the night.
He is quietly 'vocal' and he talks constantly as he walks
and 'galumphs' around the house, with a wonderful meow/trill/purr.
He also talks in his sleep!
He leaps and plays and 'galumphs' all over the place,
mostly chasing Princess all over the house trying to mate with her.
Yes, he is neutered and she is spayed but HE doesn't know it!
He walks up to her, sits down with a questioning look
on his face, reaches out and gently touches her side with
a paw (this is cat foreplay?) then leaps on her!
She hisses and claws at him, he backs off with a puzzled look
on his face -- like 'why isn't this working'?
Not that she's a 'victim' here, if he hasn't chased her
for a while, she'll walk up to him and tease him until
he responds. She seems to love the chase, she just doesn't
want to get caught!
called, runs to greet us when we come home, and as soon as either
one of us sits down, he jumps up and lays across our chests.
And when anyone comes to visit, he immediately greets them by
jumping up on them.
runs to investigate. He also sleeps at the foot of our bed, where
he can make sure nothing comes down the hallway to bother us!
on the tops of the hutches of our computer desks.
One day, after vacuuming the computer room my wife noticed
two stuffed cat toys, one pink mouse and one brown teddy bear
in George's 'day bed', so she tossed them back on
the floor with the other cat toys. A few hours later she
noticed they were no longer on the floor but were back in
his cat bed. Curious, she waited until George came back into
the room and tossed them back down onto the floor.
George gave her a "don't you understand?" look -- then picked them up in his mouth
and carried them back up and dropped them into his bed!
Is he relaxed and secure or what?!
And no, her feet are not THAT small, he is THAT big!
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