In honor of Socks Clinton, all tuxedo cat lovers check in with pics of yours

[catzies]

Hell, all cat lovers check in with pics of your babies if you feel so inclined.

But I'm especially fond of the black-and-white kind. Here's mine.

[ZombieNixon]

1. Peppercorn died almost a year ago.

She's the one on the left. The other one is Muon, who showed up at my parents' house a year and a half ago, and wormed her way into Pep's frozen, vicious heart. :P

[catzies]

5. They're both beautiful!

Did they like the microwave because it was warm? :P

[LadyoftheRabbits]

26. They did (do)

Pep was prone to gravitating towards warm objects. :P

(I'm answering for him, as ZN is currently on a bus on his way to visit me. :P)

[catzies]

57. Hope you're enjoying your time together with all these wonderful pics

of everyone's beautiful cats, including yours. :loveya:

[cherish44]

2. I don't have a pic of mine

I call her a "Jellicle" Cat...you know "Jellicle cats are black and white...."
Anyway my sweet Sadie is the queenliest queen ever. She is 17 years old and mostly deaf but still has managed to grow the most magnificent plush winter coat this year...Black velvet :)
Anyway Socks, have a wonderful journey to the Heavyside Layer@

[catzies]

6. I haven't heard that before, what's that from?

What's a jellicle cat? :hi: :loveya: to Sadie! :hi:

[cherish44]

10. from T.S. Elliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

It's a book of cat poems that inspired the musical "Cats"...they're black and white cats :)
The Song of the Jellicles

Jellicle Cats come out to-night
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright -
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball.

Jellicle Cats are black and white,
Jellicle Cats are rather small;
Jellicle Cats are merry and bright,
And pleasant to hear when they caterwaul.
Jellicle Cats have cheerful faces,
Jellicle Cats have bright black eyes;
They like to practise their airs and graces
And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise.

Jellicle Cats develop slowly,
Jellicle Cats are not too big;
Jellicle Cats are roly-poly,
They know how to dance a gavotte and a jig.
Until the Jellicle Moon appears
They make their toilette and take their repose:
Jellicle Cats wash behind their ears,
Jellicle dry between their toes.

Jellicle Cats are white and black,
Jellicle Cats are of moderate size;
Jellicle Cats jump like a jumping-jack,
Jellicle Cats have moonlit eyes.
They're quitet enough in the morning hours,
They're quitet enough in the afternoon,
Reserving their terpsichorean powers
To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon.

Jellicle Cats are black and white,
Jellicle Cats (as I said) are small;
If it happends to be a stormy night
They will practise a caper or two in the hall.
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say they had nothing to do at all:
They are resting and saving themselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball.

T. S. elliot

[catzies]

17. Oh, thank you so much! I may be the only person who never saw Cats!

I wonder if there's a Youtube video of it from some production somewhere?

[cherish44]

22. Yes! There are videos from Cats on You Tube

I saw Cats a couple of times in Chicago, I also have the video...If you're a cat lover (which you obviously are!) you'll enjoy it

[catzies]

27. I will go and look for that song, thanks for posting the poem!

:loveya: Cat (and Cats!) lovers unite! :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

3. Stinky (nee Remington)

[catzies]

7. What an elegant and handsome cat you have!

He sure knows how to pose! :hi:

[Xipe Totec]

14. He's not mine, I'm just the porter

My wife is the feeder, and my oldest son is the petter.


He owns us...

:hi:

[catzies]

18. You are so right!

Sounds like he has staff that love him very much! :hi:

[no name no slogan]

4. Here's pics of Edgar and his brother Leo

Edgar is the tuxedo cat, Leo is his all-black littermate. They are the only two kittens from their mom's first litter, and they are very different in looks and temperment. And they're both my bestest buddies. :)

[catzies]

8. Awww! So sweet! Miy Mogli had a littermate too, but he was a tuxie as well

I could tell them apart because Jake had a soul patch. :D

[no name no slogan]

9. OMG I love the soul patch!

It's funny, because my boys have those same red heart tags on their collars that yours do! TOO CUTE! :D

[catzies]

13. I think the red against their two-toned fur was striking, don't you?

And Mogli's collar had a little charm that was a heart with a ruby on it that said SPOILED. :) You can see it in his lolcat picture, which is on his urn.

[cherish44]

28. The one on the left looks like a cat I had

His name was Chinny :)

[catzies]

58. That's so cute!

He (she) must have been a geat cat! :hi:

[SoCalDem]

36. Marvin, ChinnyChin, SweetiePie & Bubby

Sweets


Bubby (forefront)



Chinny in a basket


All five rowdies in Kittie Gitmo


Marvin claiming my desk


Marvin sleeping on the Dish box


Marvin making copies


Marvin babysitting Sarah in the kitty hammock


Bubby at 3 days old


Bubby all grown up (20+ lbs)


Marvin babysitting Sarah & Bubby

[catzies]

37. Wow! They are all gorgeous! I love how you described the pics!

"Marvin making copies!" :rofl: My boys were bottle fed too; they came here the day they were born because Mama had them in the Target garden center & took off. The manager took them to the closest vet; which happened to be the one my daughter worked at at the time.

:loveya:

[yellowdogintexas]

45. nice shots, and I must say I am so glad you got them back with you

and the 3 of you are happy together.

[Lyric]

11. My Spot:

[catzies]

12. Adorable! Is Spot a boykitty or a girlkitty?

Hard to tell by the name. :D

[Lyric]

15. She's a girl. Her name

was originally *supposed* to be Auryn--something much more dignified. However, she was teeny and precious and the only cow-spotted one of the litter, so we wound up referring to her as "Spot" and it kinda stuck.

[catzies]

19. Aww, that's cute! I like how "cow-spotted" sounds!

I always go for the overly-cute nicknames. If she were mine I'd probably call her Spotsy-Wotsy! :hi:

[Lyric]

24. Hehe...we have our own cutesy nicknames.

Spotness, Spotling, Spotternaut, etc.

[KitchenWitch]

16. My tuxedo tabby (mostly orange tabby with tuxedo markings) refuses to be photographed

x(

But he is beautiful.

[catzies]

21. Thanks for reminding me tuxedo cats aren't just black and white!

My neighbor has a grey and white tuxie named Molly; I haven't seen her in awhile, she always used to come in my yard. :(

Orange tuxies are beautiful too, give yours a kiss from me! :loveya:

[Bryn]

20. Here's Pinball

She was 18 years old. Next month will be a year since she left me on Good Friday. I still miss her. She was so sweet. Had her since she was newly born found by a friend of mine on Easter morning. When she was two years old she was attacked by a roaming tomcat that gave her FIV. She lived with FIV for 16 years until it finally killed her. But she did have a good life and was so loved.

[catzies]

23. Oh, she was beautiful. What a sweet story. No wonder you miss her so much

I think I can see in her face she knew how much she was loved. :hug:

[Bertha Venation]

43. Pinball is precious.

I'm sorry you've lost her. :hug:

RIP Precious.

[applegrove]

25. You've got a beauty then.

[catzies]

30. He had a twin too. But he knew he was the favorite.

Somehow they always do. I had three cats, all of whom were passed (but not all of them passed when they were old) but he knew he was the special baby. He was looking at me from the background while his evil twin looked out the window.

[bluesbassman]

29. Here's one.

Leo.

[catzies]

38. He's beautiful! And so regal!

Bet he's king of your house! :hi:

[Ikonoklast]

31. Marble, my son's Tux. She is ferocious.

Mu, and his littermate Missy. Marble is their aunt.

[catzies]

39. They all have such striking-looking coats!

They're all gorgeous! :hi:

[mockmonkey]

32. Titus

Doing the "Wave" in his sleep.

[catzies]

40. Aww! Pwecious widdle baby!

Here's one back atcha, Titus: :P :loveya:

[regnaD kciN]

33. Panda (1985-1996)...

[catzies]

41. Oh, sweet Panda, who crossed the Rainbow Bridge...

You'll be reunited someday. :hug: :loveya:

[Heidi]

34. Here is Tabitha, sister/littermate of The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger:

Ginger and Tabitha, snuggling.


Ginger, Barley and Tabitha as kittens.

[catzies]

44. Aww! Hugging kitties! Too cute!

"The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat named Ginger," awesome! :hi:

[blogslut]

35. I won't tell ya'll her name

Because her name is the answer to my security question for too many online accounts. She's 11 and she is the meanest cat that ever lived. One day she is is going to kill me, of that I am sure:

[catzies]

46. Well, she certainly does look fiece! But you love her just the same

And one of my daughter's dogs' name is her password, so I don't speak his name either! :hi:

And She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is a beauty!

[blogslut]

49. Thank you

Her beauty is one of the reasons she is so evil. It lures people into petting her. I tell them "Don't do it." They never listen and are always left confused and bleeding. I love her. What can I say?

[yellowdogintexas]

42. The Late Great Scamp, Queen Bitch of the Universe

and the neighbor's cat Oreo.




and a lucky shot I got at Ernest Hemingway's Museum and Home for Wayward Polydactyl Cats.

[catzies]

47. The late great Scamp was a beauty and thanks for the bonus Hemingway cat!

And little Oreo is too cute! :hi:

[yellowdogintexas]

53. she was a parking lot stray, found by a friend who brought her to us after the loss

of the Magnificent Atlas (not a tux cat). Our daughter was almost 2 ...Scamp died when daughter was 19. She had a good long fun filled life. She was truly the most playful cat we have ever had.

She was my third Tux Cat, and all were awesome and all LOVED corn on the cob.

[kedrys]

48. My Socrates, aka Socks

He was actually named so that his nickname (or at least the main nickname) would be Socks. The s.o. had a crush on Socks Clinton.

[catzies]

54. He has gorgeous amber eyes!

And his little white toes are perfectly matched! :loveya:

I've always loved the symmetry tuxies have. :hi:

[Tripper11]

50. Here's our appropriately named,....Gizmo!

Bag O' Cat



Lounge Cat



Stretch Cat

[catzies]

55. I love that he (she?) has a black face with a white soulpatch

One of my tuxie twins had a white chin with a black patch!

The one in the bag is great..."It's MY bag! Get your own!" :rofl:

:hi:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

51. I had a tuxedo cat. One of the best pets I ever had.

She was originally a stray, but we were able to tame her slowly but surely. By the end, she was actually running up to me and jumping in my lap whenever she saw me.

Sadly, because she was always an outdoor cat, she ventured too close to the road one day and was hit by a car. :( But she was a great, great cat.

[catzies]

56. Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Same exact thing happened to me.

:hug:

My great, great cat was taken from me by a car too almost exactly a year ago and I still miss him every minute of every day.

But seeing everyone else's beautiful and beloved tuxies helps.

Your baby and mine met Socks Clinton at the Rainbow Bridge last night, and now they're waiting for us.

:hug:

[Roon]

52. I had a tuxedo kitty a few years back

my ex found her under the dumpster of a taco bell with her littermates..Mother was nowhere around. Bobby spent an hour catching her and brought her home in a box. She was very feral but after about 18 months, she came around to us.

She got a kidney infection and we had to put her down. :-(

[catzies]

59. That's sad. I lost my little old lady cat to kidney disease and hyperthyroidism

It sucked. :(

My twin tuxie boys were abandoned at birth & came here the day they were born & my daughter raised them, but when she moved out I said I was too attached to them to let her take them, and besides, she could just go & get new cats. :) Which she did.

[Roon]

61. Sweet!

eom

[TreasonousBastard]

60. The Imperial Sebastion...

[catzies]

64. That look is priceless!

And he's keeping his butt warm on your printer! :rofl:

:hi:

[AirmensMom]

62. Sophie

:loveya: She's at least 12 years old. She's a rescue, so we don't know for sure, but she's been with us for almost 12 years.

[catzies]

65. What an adorable ball of fluff she is! Love the name!

Hi Sophie! :loveya:

[distantearlywarning]

63. The handsome and elegant Paris:

This is when he was a kitten. He's still very handsome and elegant, just bigger now... We call him "Sweet P"

[catzies]

66. He sure knows how to pose! Just like a kittie model!

Work it, Paris! :hi: