Cats and Kittens

[Zkribbler]

Bow to your new god

Holy @!%(%!! Yes, O Mighty Puddy tat!

 

[Zardnaar]

Two photos for consideration.

Pats hooman.

And

Dexter was an adoption but I think he got dropped on the head as a kitten and thinks he's part dog.

 

[tjs282]

Dexter was an adoption but I think he got dropped on the head as a kitten and thinks he's part dog.

Naaah.

Dogz iz 2 dum 4 computr-gamz.

 

[Lexicus]

 

[Birdjaguar]

Have any of you ever owned or even seen a plain brown cat? As in similar to a chocolate lab or a uniformly brown dog? The cats I've seen are always brown striped or more multi colored.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I've never actually seen one in person, but Havana Browns are solid.

Fun fact: All orange cats are actually tabbies (although some, like my old one, don't have very visible stripes). As well, they're predominantly male.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I've never actually seen one in person, but Havana Browns are solid.

Amusingly, I actually learned about this breed because it was in the Sims 2.

 

[Birdjaguar]

I've never actually seen one in person, but Havana Browns are solid.

Cool. Thanks.

History
How did a brown cat of Southeast Asian origin, believed to offer protection from evil, come to be known as a Swiss Mountain Cat, and how did it then adopt the name Havana Brown? The full answers to those questions are lost to history, but what appears to have happened is that solid-brown cats of Siamese type from Thailand were exhibited in Britain in the 1890s. Somehow during that time they acquired the moniker Swiss Mountain Cat.

In 1920, the Siamese Cat Club of Britain decided that brown cats without blue eyes were no longer desirable, and that was that. Breeders lost interest in them until the 1950s, when a group of British cat breeders set themselves the task of determining the genetic makeup of a self-brown (solid-colored) cat. They eventually produced a male chestnut-brown kitten, the result of a cross between a shorthaiared black cat and a chocolate-point Siamese.

Russian Blues and Burmese may also have played a role in the development of what came to be known as the Havana Brown (whose only connection to Cuba is the supposed resemblance of his color to that of a fine Havana cigar). But as it turned out, according to an article in the 1982 CFA Yearbook, the most successful and most often used breeding to produce a self-brown cat was between a black shorthair and a seal-point Siamese carrying the chocolate gene.

 

[rah]

Well, I'm not getting grandchildren yet, but my daughter got a kitten to go along with her hedgehog. Like most in our family, he seems to tolerate me.

 

[MaryKB]

OMG KITTEN!!

Arya gets very persistent when she wants affection. I'm trying to work, and she just keeps jumping up. If she wanted to curl up on my lap that's fine, but no she has to rub up against my face and demand endless petting. She has completely shredded my right thigh from climbing up my leg.

EEK! I had to put her down on the floor (for like the fifth time), and she decided to take it out on my toes. Ach now she has my foot in a death grip and is licking my ankle for some reason.

Strange kitty, lol, but I love her. She purrs so LOUD!

btw we need a new set of kitty smilies!

 

[AdamCrock]

Wish I could give 2 likes ! One for the lovely kitten and one for the cool watch !

 

[rah]

It's very retro.

Every time the battery runs out, I just order a new one for 20 bucks on-line.
That's about when the scratches get irritating.
Been doing it for almost 30 years.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

 

[AdamCrock]

ghost cat !

sexy cat !

 

[Broken_Erika]

As i look into the abyss, the abyss looks into me.

 

[tjs282]

As i look into the abyss, the abyss looks into me.

Hey! @Synsensa! Erika just posted a new avatar for you over here!

 

[Darsnan]

Mu, Christmas edition:

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My cat is

 

[AdamCrock]

My cat is

Do not put him in a box under any circumstances !

 

[emzie]

Its 6pm, and I've spent the day in bed with my cats. This is Derpy, one of kittens we rescued and bottle raised. Older CFC members might remember me documenting that nearly 7 years ago! Her sister Rufi is actually named after another CFC poster.