I've got a boatload of animals at the house. I have two dogs, as seen in the Mutt Moms? post, I have two cats (below), and 5 chickens.
On the right is Caroline (named from the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline"), and on the left is Rose (named from the song "Cracklin' Rose") I was on a Neil Diamond kick when I adopted them. They're both Russian Blues.
Oh, and for the hell of it, here are some of my chickens.
I can't figure out how to flip the photos, but I have two boy cats. Tybalt is the orange cuddle bug. Django is showing us the proper way to pose for a "potty shot."
@absterboss At least yours has more fur than mine, so you can use that excuse! They're just "big boned" I think 15 lbs is average for our guy. We switched to canned food a few years ago and it's like South Beach for cats!
I have a calico, but shes at my brother's house (3 cats dont get along with one dog...and dog needs more supervision). She is the sweetest love bug ever! But VERY skiddish!
@bkroxfan003 - I thought I was the only "young" person who owns sequence!
I have two female cats. Mia, my snowshoe is my avatar pic. We adopted a red tabby kitten last summer. Her name is Maeby. I'd post a picture, but I'm on my iPad and have never been able to get pictures or gifs to work.
Married June 2012
DH: 31 Me: 30 dx PCOS 2001
Surprise BFP 12/8/13 EDD 8/14/14
Stroke: 3/15/14 dx expressive aphasia: had to relearn how to communicate
Niles is 17 years old and is a Burman. He pretty much runs the house like a sailor on a ship. He is very punctual, and will always try to wake us up at 6 and 7 am even on Saturdays. If we aren't done making dinner by 7pm and petting him, he lectures us. So funny!
Here are mine. The black one is my little man Gizmo, and the grey one is Marzipan (girl). The tortoise shell calico is Sadie. She lives with my friend Steve now. (long story, but I had another kitty dying of cancer at the time and fat Sadie would eat all of her food. So she went to live with Steve. Steve and I lived together before I got married, and we had Sadie and the other cat together.) That picture was from 2011 on the last day she lived with me.
I have a 6 year old and a 5 year old. They were both rescues. The big one is super sweet. The little one is very skittish with people he doesn't know. They are in my siggy.
Here's a picture of Mini Minkin, our 14 year old calico who rules the roost/ dominates the dogs. I found her in a park when she was 6 weeks old, meowing her heart out. I had to lure her out of the bushes with some canned tuna, and to this day tuna is still her favorite treat.
I had to get one of my little man to upload! Here is Artimis in his Halloween costume (Mr. Rogers), sorry it's sideways.
We bought a sweater for Cibeles once. I have never seen her go so crazy as she did in those 5 minutes trying to get it off!
My mom actually knitted that sweater for our calico cat, but she just goes into a cat coma when I put it on her. Art will tolerate it for a little bit, but he can't move very well in it because he's bigger than our calico. My cat flip out when you put hats on them.
Speaking of cats, anyone else concerned about how your cat will handle the baby/ has been handling your pregnancy? Mini has been ultra clingy lately- she tries to get in my lap almost every time I sit down, and when I stand up she'll keep holding on until gravity defeats her. I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy or the advanced age (14) causing the clingyness, but I'm worried that she's not going to be happy when there' s a little human around. Any STM's have stories of postpartem cat adjustment to share? (sorry if this is slightly hijacking the thread....)
Speaking of cats, anyone else concerned about how your cat will handle the baby/ has been handling your pregnancy? Mini has been ultra clingy lately- she tries to get in my lap almost every time I sit down, and when I stand up she'll keep holding on until gravity defeats her. I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy or the advanced age (14) causing the clingyness, but I'm worried that she's not going to be happy when there' s a little human around. Any STM's have stories of postpartem cat adjustment to share? (sorry if this is slightly hijacking the thread....)
I'm 100% sure my 10 year old calico is just going to ignore the baby and give it disapproving looks when it interrupts her naps. My 4 year old black cat is another story. He HATES strangers, but won't hide under the bed, he'll sit on my kitchen chairs and swipe at people, or bite people if they try to pet him. But he'll also rub on their ankles and flop at their feet. I don't know how he'll react, but I hope he just avoids the baby.
Both of my cats have been pretty normal, except last night my 4 year old was super needy and clingy all night and kept kneading my hair and drooling on my while I tried to sleep, it was annoying.
my little kitty, Rabbit. Hubby gets jealous of her constantly cuddling with me, but then again I have had her 5 years longer than I have had him, so he deals.
@njnagem - Your kitties are adorable. I'm sorry about the loss of your Nemo. I also have a loveable orange cat named Nemo! I've never heard of another one! We got him ten years ago about the time Finding Nemo came out.
Speaking of cats, anyone else concerned about how your cat will handle the baby/ has been handling your pregnancy? Mini has been ultra clingy lately- she tries to get in my lap almost every time I sit down, and when I stand up she'll keep holding on until gravity defeats her. I'm not sure if it's the pregnancy or the advanced age (14) causing the clingyness, but I'm worried that she's not going to be happy when there' s a little human around. Any STM's have stories of postpartem cat adjustment to share? (sorry if this is slightly hijacking the thread....)
I'm glad you said this.. I'm really worried about tiger. She REALLY hates new people and change, and she hides.. She his for months when we got Felix. I'm scared shell hate us and be miserable.
@njnagem - Your kitties are adorable. I'm sorry about the loss of your Nemo. I also have a loveable orange cat named Nemo! I've never heard of another one! We got him ten years ago about the time Finding Nemo came out.
How funny! My husband actually got him a year or so before the movie came out, so it was just a neat coincidence that we have an orange kitty named Nemo. But everyone did think he was named after the fish. But yes, yours is also the only other Nemo I've heard of!
I have the same thing going on with my kitty, Django! Everyone assumes I named him after "Django Unchained," but I actually had him about four years before that movie came out. (Plus, I've never even seen it.) I named him after jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
Here's my fur baby! Hobbes is a girl (blame MH for the lack of originality! :P)...
And here's a FB collage of her cutest & funniest moments... she puts up with a lot of stupid stuff! lol
TTC #1 since August 2011 w/ unexplained IF
09/12-11/13: 3 TIs, 3 IUIs, ICSI/PGS IVF & 2 FETs
08/14: Our little miracle has FINALLY arrived - 3 years after we started trying!
Re: Lets talk about cats baby!
On the right is Caroline (named from the Neil Diamond song "Sweet Caroline"), and on the left is Rose (named from the song "Cracklin' Rose") I was on a Neil Diamond kick when I adopted them. They're both Russian Blues.
Oh, and for the hell of it, here are some of my chickens.
Me 28 DH 30
After 4+ years TTC
Baby Girl born 7/9/2014 at 34.5wks
Here are mine. The black one is my little man Gizmo, and the grey one is Marzipan (girl). The tortoise shell calico is Sadie. She lives with my friend Steve now. (long story, but I had another kitty dying of cancer at the time and fat Sadie would eat all of her food. So she went to live with Steve. Steve and I lived together before I got married, and we had Sadie and the other cat together.) That picture was from 2011 on the last day she lived with me.
BFP 2: 11/16/13 EDD: 8/3/14
Baby Brody born 8/1/14!!!
I have the same thing going on with my kitty, Django! Everyone assumes I named him after "Django Unchained," but I actually had him about four years before that movie came out. (Plus, I've never even seen it.) I named him after jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt.
09/12-11/13: 3 TIs, 3 IUIs, ICSI/PGS IVF & 2 FETs
08/14: Our little miracle has FINALLY arrived - 3 years after we started trying!