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Maverik - Her stories & a few photos
Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to
start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina that look about like her clone. She's a tiny cat, even at her heaviest in these pictures only about 7 pounds. Her personality and intelligence would take longer to explain than I could now. Breifly she was a mighty and ferocious hunter with about a square mile of prime woodland territory, and she maintained a family house on the side. Not the sort of cat most people would want to open thier homes to, but in my eyes she is about perfect. I'll try to post her stories here as I can. It's about her, the wonderful ways of a true feral who also kept a home. Michi |
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Welcome Maverik to our group!!!
Gizmo (my female torty/tabby) is also very small......about 3 and a 1/2 kg at last weigh in (and she's fully grown) Purrs Angela and Gizmo "Michi" wrote in message ... Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina that look about like her clone. She's a tiny cat, even at her heaviest in these pictures only about 7 pounds. Her personality and intelligence would take longer to explain than I could now. Breifly she was a mighty and ferocious hunter with about a square mile of prime woodland territory, and she maintained a family house on the side. Not the sort of cat most people would want to open thier homes to, but in my eyes she is about perfect. I'll try to post her stories here as I can. It's about her, the wonderful ways of a true feral who also kept a home. Michi |
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"Michi" wrote in message
... Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina that look about like her clone. She's a tiny cat, even at her heaviest in these pictures only about 7 pounds. Her personality and intelligence would take longer to explain than I could now. Breifly she was a mighty and ferocious hunter with about a square mile of prime woodland territory, and she maintained a family house on the side. Not the sort of cat most people would want to open thier homes to, but in my eyes she is about perfect. I'll try to post her stories here as I can. It's about her, the wonderful ways of a true feral who also kept a home. Can't wait to here more about Maverik. She's adorable! Yowie |
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She's adorable! I loook forward to getting to know her better through
her stories. -- Victor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam he Email me he |
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"Michi" wrote Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. She is beautiful, and I loved your captions. Can't wait to hear more about Maverik. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi |
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 00:52:10 GMT, Michi wrote:
Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina that look about like her clone. She's a tiny cat, even at her heaviest in these pictures only about 7 pounds. Her personality and intelligence would take longer to explain than I could now. Breifly she was a mighty and ferocious hunter with about a square mile of prime woodland territory, and she maintained a family house on the side. Not the sort of cat most people would want to open thier homes to, but in my eyes she is about perfect. I'll try to post her stories here as I can. It's about her, the wonderful ways of a true feral who also kept a home. Michi She's a goreous kitty - looking forward to stories when you get the time -- Steve Touchstone, faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky [remove Junk for email] http://www.sirinet.net/~stouchst/index.html |
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Thank you all. She was such a beautiful cat, I miss her much. She's been
dead for a few years now. I've been wanting to tell her tales for a while. Recently, I thought I might be ready to start a new relationship with a cat, but I simply cannot read through the rescue and shelter sights. Every cat is different, just like every person. I cannot read 'will not be picked up, unfit to adopt' without feeling my heart ripped out. Bewarned, the following shows how NOT to give a cat its first day in a new home. Begining at the begining. I was about 12 and wanted a cat, a black cat. I was fairly responsible, so the wish was granted Things seem to be alot simpler then. I just picked up the newspaper, found an add that said black kittens, and my mum drove to the farm. It was fall, crisp and cold and the leaves on the trees where all gold and red. The only thing I can remember next is three black kittens, in a wire frame cage filled with hay. Two shiney black ones curled around each other, and a the third sitting in the corner. She was greasy, and tiny, and one of her eyes looked like giant green rotting grape. The caretaker of the farm said it was a good time to arrive, the mother was out hunting which allowed her to round up the kittens for us. I wanted the little one. Tiny and alone, with greasy black hair, she was just like me. She said the mother kept hiding her, and she would cry, and the caretaker kept putting her back with the others, but she didnt think the runt would last long. I remember my mother's protest about vet bills and sickliness and ... I guess I dont really remember them, I just wanted the little one. My mother concented, with the warning that the vet might think the cat best put to sleep. So she came home with us; found a spot under the refridgerator to hide, and proceed to cry and meow. She never stopped, I could hear how exhausted she was, how her voice cracked. She hadn't even given us a split second to show her the food and water. I just sat nearby and read, and cried. After about 6 hours, my father came home. A shadowy blurr darted across the room and out the door. The meowing stopped. It was time for dinner. So you did as you did in my house, washed up, pulled yourself together, and went to the table. I wouldn't stop here being it so cruel, except you all know she came back and I need to stop for now. Michi |
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"Michi" wrote in message
... Wanted to share some stories and photos from Maverik. A few photos to start things off: http://www.xirr.com/~roberts/pictures1.html , hopefully I'll get some better ones scanned in. Physically she's a typical mid-atlantic barn cat. You see cats on the side of the road from Pennsylvania to Virgina that look about like her clone. She's a tiny cat, even at her heaviest in these pictures only about 7 pounds. Her personality and intelligence would take longer to explain than I could now. Breifly she was a mighty and ferocious hunter with about a square mile of prime woodland territory, and she maintained a family house on the side. Not the sort of cat most people would want to open thier homes to, but in my eyes she is about perfect. I'll try to post her stories here as I can. It's about her, the wonderful ways of a true feral who also kept a home. Lovely pics! one purrty black cat! looking forward to stories! -- :: lewe ------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se || cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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Michi wrote:
The caretaker of the farm said it was a good time to arrive, the mother was out hunting which allowed her to round up the kittens for us. I wanted the little one. Tiny and alone, with greasy black hair, she was just like me. She said the mother kept hiding her, and she would cry, and the caretaker kept putting her back with the others, but she didnt think the runt would last long. That's a very cute story! You were so nice to take her when even her mother didn't want her! It sounds like she was a good kitten, but just neglected by momcat for some reason. |
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