Cats, cats, cats

Wren, she is an Abyssinian and very regal. They are called Lion cats because of their colour. Issy is such a beautiful cat. 

Izzy has just made me put my knitting down. 

E=Gads my Esmerelda needs to go get a nail trim and I am dreading that ......Usually takes one wasted appointment before I can get her in the carrier......LOL

Love the heated cat bed! What beautiful kitties!

Gus is adorable!

Kiwi, Are the paws on the ginger kitten as large as they look? If so, she's going to be huge.

Where is the dogs, dogs, dogs, forum? Or do all BC ladies have cats? I have neither but once had cats too. Allergic, so they stayed on the screened porch

This might look like a rather 'ho hum' photo, but it's actually quite wonderful. The momcat has 3 babies and they put the little gray and white feral rescue kitten in with them. And momcat is feeding him. His chances of doing well are greatly increased. Note that the cats are in a huge playpen to keep them together in the living room of the fosterer's house. So they're not caged per se, and momcat gets breaks from the kittens.

Wren - here's a shot of the ginger girl with her mom. And she's only 5 weeks old in this picture. She will be gigantic.

Kiwi, Do you have any large breeds there? In the US I would bet she has some Maine Coon. They are enormous. I think the longest cat in the world was 63" to tip of tail and he was a Maine Coon. Here in the Northwest, many settlers were Norwegian fishermen. So we have a supply of Norwegian forest cats as well.

Panthrah, It would probably melt in San Diego. They can stay outside for hours in the snow.

I live off a beautiful canyon with lots of critters, large and small, so they would be in the saftey of the house with beautiful AC and a view :P

Julie, Smart move. Wouldn't surprise me if the cat could still climb the fence. With toddlers, it works to put the tree in the play pen and let the kid roam loose.

Oh my goodness, I have Gus's twin sister! She's my outdoor cat (by choice, she doesn't want to be inside). She showed up at my house last summer and decided that was going to be HER house. Also she's fixed, so probably someone moved out and left her behind. Her name is Pisah and she has jade green eyes. She is a very fierce guardian of my gardens and chases away possums, squirrels, birds and other stray cats. That is why usually her nose is all scratched up.

I love the XMas tree in a cage. I duct-taped my tree to the table it's standing on, and so far no cat has tried to knock it over or climb up it. Some little bastard did chew on the lights where they were plugged into the wall, and now one of my strands does not work, but I had 500 lights to start so it's all good.

Hah Scrunch - we duct-taped the top of the tree to the ceiling last year. Good inexpensive cat protection insurance!

Love the new photos ladies - your cats and your photography are wonderful.