Latest on Lucky the cat.

[donsrods]

I know there are some animal lovers on here, so I thought I would post an update on Lucky the cat. As you might remember, Dan was going to the shop one day and saw something run under the car in front of him at a traffic light. He realized it was a small kitten and he made the lady sit there while he retrieved the cat from under the wheel of the car. If the light would have changed the kitten would have been killed.

Long story short, we decided to keep it, although Dan has two other cats, and we named it "Lucky" because it sure was lucky not to have been killed. Anyway, lucky was about 8 weeks old at that time, and is now about 5 months old. Well, he is going to be one HUGE cat!!! He is already almost as big as Dan's 4 year old male cat and is already bigger than his female cat! Come to find out Lucky has part "Maine Coon" cat in him, characterized by a bushy tail that looks like a raccoon tail, hence the coon part of the breed name. They call these cats gentle giants, because they get to be 18-20 lbs. There is no doubt in my mind he is going to be big.

He is an absolutely terrific cat, very loving, and every afternoon when I get the quilt out to take a nap on the couch he climbs up and takes one with me. He loves the other cats, and he and Chewy, the male, are best buddies and are constantly wrestling and playing. I'm really glad we kept him, he is one funny cat and I laugh at the stuff he does all the time.

Here is a picture of him when we found him, and some pictures I took today.

Don

 

[Reason 4]

He is one good lookin' cat! Purrfect name......LOL

 

[earthman]

 

[FlatBroke]

Don,
I am glad you posted this. I forgot all about the little fuzz ball. He is growing up to be a handsome "tom-cat-coon".

Glad to hear you kept him...

 

[Reason 4]

Earthman,
That is a cute pic! Looks like our cats when they get to playin' around, claws out ready to go....LOL

 

[donsrods]

Yep, ours too. Every morning when I come out of my room I have to pickup bar stools and overturned carpets from Chewy and Lucky going nuts all night. For some reason late night is when cats go crazy and rip around the house.

At least our female cat is getting some peace now. Chewy used to only have her to play with and she is older and didn't really want to be bothered. Now that he has Lucky he leaves her alone for the most part.

Don

 

[Reason 4]

That's funny because Flat and I have come across about the same thing. We have had to start shutting the hallway door every night so that Aubie the kitten doesn't come in there. She was getting to the point where she would come into our room at about 3am and start playing with Flat's nose, wanting her time to play. LOL
Now when she hears the alarm clock go off at about 5:45am she will sit at the hallway door, put her paw under it and rattle it back and forth, very loudly! We have to watch our step in the mornings because there is no telling what she is going to knock over, or maybe find her little plastic toys with the bells in them, you know the kind you never see until you step in them barefoot in the morning going to the coffee pot....LOL
I have a cute story for ya....
Flat has her spoiled! When she was a baby, she would sit in his lap and every time he would take a drink of his tea, she'd have to have some too, well now she's too big to fit her head into a glass, so when she wants his tea, she will pull his arm down and put her paw into his tea and then lick it off her paw! But if he refuses to giver her any tea, she will start clawing at his arm or start sniffing/licking his cheek while he is trying to take a drink. It's really cute! Sorry just had to share. Animals are funny but cats are hilarious!!

 

[donsrods]

That's funny. The things we do for our pets. Every once in a while I like to take a bath instead of a shower.....soak those sore muscles in a hot tub. Lucky loves water, loves it and is fascinated by it. He will jump up on the edge of the tub and sit there the whole time I am in there. That long bushy tail of his eventually drops down into the water, but he doesn't realize it until he finally jumps down, then he sees it and starts chasing it around.

When I looked up Maine Coon cats on Google, that was one of their traits, loving water. He can be sleeping, and if I turn on the sink to rinse a dish, he shoots across the room and onto the sink and stares at the water. Weird, huh?

The other cat, Chewy doesn't mind getting wet, and will actually stick his head into the shower while you are using it and get his head soaken wet. I thought cats were supposed to hate water??

We also have to keep them out of our bedrooms because they love to play all night, wrestling under the bed. The female cat, Alto, is ok because she will just curl up and sleep all night, but not the two Tom cats.

Don

 

[cycledog]

Don, What a great story lucky was indeed just that, first to be saved and then find a great home.
About four years ago we heard a very small cat under the house. As it turned some female had left her kitten under there. It was only about 5 or 6 days old. Eyes just opened. Never did see the mother.

We named it Safoo. So we could say "Say foo wheres yo mama?" We didnt want the night time routine, we had a large wire dog crate so I made a catdominiom and thats where he went at night. Its been about 4 years now and when its time to go to bed we tell him its time for lock down and heads for the cate to spend the night.

Cats are great.

 

[FlatBroke]

CD,
the bad thing is the animals do what they are told better than the kids do.
Ain't life grand...

Got a kick out of reading all that above...

 

[joehalford01]

this thread is hilarious, we think our cats call their night time game "stampeding wilderbeasts of the serengetti" , it seriously sounds like a herd running through the house, on top of everything they knock down. One of the cats (mojo)- does the exact same thing with the tub and shower. The older one jojo is a bit more anti-social and grumpy.

 

[earthman]

did you know that all cats including Lions and Tigers sleep 70% of the time