Xultar's second Kitty thread. Allow me to introduce you to Coco.

[xultar]

Coco is 10 years old. She's mean as she is beautiful. She's the second cat I've adopted. I got her for free from a friend @ work who had a friend who had kittens. I didn't know any better to pick one of the funny kitties. I picked Coco who stood all alone by herself in a corner. I'll never do that again. I'll introduce you to each of my putty cats over the next few months. This is also serving as a test thread for a fellow DUer.

[Zuni]

1. yeah, you have to be careful when picking out a cat

I adopted Sooty off the street, but I had known her for several months and she was waaayyyy nice and well behaved.

[Lavender Brown]

2. She looks like my Bella

[Zuni]

3. Bella must be very pretty

and I am glad Elliot Spitzer and baltimore Mayor Martin O' Malley are running in 2006---two ass kicking liberals

[xultar]

9. oops sorry

[xultar]

14. Beautiful!

[Lannes]

4. This board could start a cat army

Never seen so many cat owners!

[Zuni]

5. a cat army would be a very bad thing

I love cats and all, but give em a little power and they will walk all over you :o

[Lannes]

6. LoL You'd also need a litter box the size of a football stadium

Woudnt want to clean that up!

[Arugula Latte]

7. .... and they'll also sit on your newspaper

(same exact paragraph you are reading -- that's EXACTLY where the furry little kitty butt goes) and they block your computer monitor with their soft kitty bodies and they don't let you wrap presents without a struggle. *sigh* Kitties. Gotta love 'em.

[xultar]

11. I've always wondered how they knew what I was reading so they

knew just where to sit.

[xultar]

10. Yup! And I'd let'em. I let my cats walk on me anytime they want.

[hyphenate]

8. As long as you don't encourage

her in aggressive type behavior, she might stop, though 10 is a little old to be changing too much.

With my own, if I'm rubbing their belly or something like that, if they begin to use teeth or back claws, I stop immediately, It's one of the ways they know that I won't play with them if they're like that. Aggressiveness comes from encouraging them to be aggressive, whether it's encouraging them to bite, claw or both. When I play with a feather or other such toy with them, it's the same thing--encouraging them to just grab the feather and then release, they usually get applause, but if they grab it and don't release it, I stop the game.

She's pretty. My friend Barb had a similar one that was a rescue, and lived to be fairly old--I think she was about 15 or 16 when she finally passed.

[xultar]

12. Coco is nice to me. She only throws a hissy fit when I keep her

to long brushing or cutting the nails. She's always hissing @ the other putty cats. It is like she's replaced her meow with the hiss.

[Dave Reynolds]

13. This is BC

a feral kitten rescue.

He was also the meanest cat I've ever run into, but after about 8 months he seeks out attention and purrs loudly. He still likes to be left alone sometimes, but he is much sweeter than he used to be.

[Zuni]

15. BC is very handsome

glad he has chilled a bit

cats that have been abused or not been around many people can lash out when they are scared. His better behavior might be a sign of trust