Odessa sighting!

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 11:08:46 -0400, Kreisleriana
wrote:

One thing that sometimes gets on my nerves is the sheer genetic
prevalence of BW cats. They are all over my neighborhood. One day
when I was coming home, I saw a petite little tuxedo girl in the
street, who was a dead ringer for my Mimi (RB). On closer inspection,
of course it was another cat, but just the sight put my heart into my
mouth. Much to Mimi's bewilderment, when I got home, I picked her up,
and said "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN!"

Back in the '60s we rescued a tiny six toed tuxedo tom kitten. Before
we brought Mittens home there were no tuxedo cats in our neighborhood.
By the time he died, I think all the neighborhood cats were 6 toed
tuxedos. In those days, we were pretty ignorant about neutering, in
fact ignorant about proper health care about pets in general -
undoubtedly why our pets only lived half as long as they do now a
days.

Now, LB and Sammy both have a look alikes who lives across the street.
LB's twin is missing the black spot next to her nose, but Sammy's is a
virtual twin. Both mine are inside kitties, except for supervised
visits, while those across the street are outside cats. At least a
couple times a week I see the neighbor cats and think mine have
managed to get out somehow.
--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:50:32 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote:

It was not that many weeks ago that Ding went walkabout. I still don't
know if:

1. He got out. There were many gray cat sightings. Arguing
against this is that he lost no weight.
2. He was hiding. Probably the best possibility, although the
other cats seemed agitated.

Well, if your kitties are like my, they can get very agitated when
someone is hiding. LB is especially bad when Sammy is hidden in a
cupboard. Sammy regularly inspects all the cupboards she can reach.
Mine have doors which will shut ocassionaly shut by themselves. She
can get out if she whenever she wants, but sometimes Sammy sometimes
just stays put and naps. When her momma, LB, realizes it's been a
while since she's seen Sam, she gets agitated and goes through the
apartment calling and pawing at all the doors.

3. He teleported to the MotherShip for consultations.

Still, I was immensely worried.

--
Steve Touchstone,
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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:50:32 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote:

It was not that many weeks ago that Ding went walkabout. I still don't
know if:

1. He got out. There were many gray cat sightings. Arguing
against this is that he lost no weight.
2. He was hiding. Probably the best possibility, although the
other cats seemed agitated.

Well, if your kitties are like my, they can get very agitated when
someone is hiding. LB is especially bad when Sammy is hidden in a
cupboard. Sammy regularly inspects all the cupboards she can reach.
Mine have doors which will shut ocassionaly shut by themselves. She
can get out if she whenever she wants, but sometimes Sammy sometimes
just stays put and naps. When her momma, LB, realizes it's been a
while since she's seen Sam, she gets agitated and goes through the
apartment calling and pawing at all the doors.

3. He teleported to the MotherShip for consultations.

Still, I was immensely worried.

--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:50:32 -0400, Howard Berkowitz
wrote:

It was not that many weeks ago that Ding went walkabout. I still don't
know if:

1. He got out. There were many gray cat sightings. Arguing
against this is that he lost no weight.
2. He was hiding. Probably the best possibility, although the
other cats seemed agitated.

Well, if your kitties are like my, they can get very agitated when
someone is hiding. LB is especially bad when Sammy is hidden in a
cupboard. Sammy regularly inspects all the cupboards she can reach.
Mine have doors which will shut ocassionaly shut by themselves. She
can get out if she whenever she wants, but sometimes Sammy sometimes
just stays put and naps. When her momma, LB, realizes it's been a
while since she's seen Sam, she gets agitated and goes through the
apartment calling and pawing at all the doors.

3. He teleported to the MotherShip for consultations.

Still, I was immensely worried.

--
Steve Touchstone,
faithful servant of Sammy, Little Bit and Rocky

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