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Calico vs. black-and-white
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I had a tortie for almost 17 years, and she also had a very special
character. When she was still a kitten I had to teach her to be petted with my face, as she'd go into full attack mode, claws and teeth, when I used my hands. With a lot of patience I got her so far that I could also pet her with my hands, but often when I stroked her from head to tail she'd turn around fast and hit me, then turned back again for the next stroke :-) She really was a loving cat, she just had some strange ideas.......... and I've heard the same from other people about their torties/calico's. -- Nanny I still miss my ex but my aim has improved. "BricksInTheWall8" schreef in bericht ... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) |
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"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) I have had several people tell me that calicos/tortiseshells are a little "squirrely" but don't know this from personal experience. I've also heard that orange male kitties are sweet and mellow -- my personal experience here is that Frodo (RB) fit this description to a T; Omar is sweet and mostly mellow, and Tucker (my work in progress) can be a love muffin but he's not mellow, at least not yet, and gets wound up easily. I also had a cat behaviorist tell me that black cats are "quirky" -- she said Midnight was my "gifted" kitty and she was right about that -- tooo smart. Robin, who is also black is quite a character. Haven't heard anything specific about black & white kitites. Christine |
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"Christine Burel" wrote in message
... "BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) I have had several people tell me that calicos/tortiseshells are a little "squirrely" but don't know this from personal experience. I've also heard that orange male kitties are sweet and mellow -- my personal experience here is that Frodo (RB) fit this description to a T; Omar is sweet and mostly mellow, and Tucker (my work in progress) can be a love muffin but he's not mellow, at least not yet, and gets wound up easily. I also had a cat behaviorist tell me that black cats are "quirky" -- she said Midnight was my "gifted" kitty and she was right about that -- tooo smart. Robin, who is also black is quite a character. Haven't heard anything specific about black & white kitites. Christine I've had only one black and white. He was such a love bug, we named him Herbie. He was awfully affectionate as a kitten, and would often curl up on your ear or against the top of your head to sleep at night. He got much less affectionate as he grew older, although he was never mean. Joy |
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"BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message
... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) I have had 2 Torties and the best description I have heard about them is they are just like an Almond Joy (coconut covered in chocolate with an almond on top), half sweet, half nuts. -- -Kim owned by Egbert, Niobe, Sekhar and Rocket one cat just leads to another... http://photos.yahoo.com/sir_eg_of_bert |
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I was thinking that I didn't know any calicos so I couldn't help... but then
I remembered my sister's whacko cat is a calico. Whoo boy.. moody to a T.. loves my sister and loves her black lab but anyone else is simply there to feed her then get the hell out of her face. She's declawed (before my sister got her from the pound), thank GOD, because otherwise she would have killed someone by now!!! You can pet her for like a millisecond and then WHAM full kill mode. Gotta go... the Restaraunt is on. Stacey (who's two b&w's are sweet, 'cept Mr. Bob can be a real ****er) "BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) |
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My Ivy was a calico, and the sweetest cat I've ever known. didn't like to
be held, but would lay on me & PURRR whenever I lay on the sofa to watch TV, or if I lay on the bed to read. She hid whenever anyone new came to the house, but if you were here long enough or often enough, you got your lap warmed by her. -- The ONE and ONLY lefthanded-pathetic-paranoid-psychotic-sarcastic-wiseass-ditzy former-blonde in Bloomington! (And proud of it, too)© http://www.geocities.com/the_magic_mood_jeep/ http://community.webshots.com/user/mgcmdjeep "BricksInTheWall8" wrote in message ... Hello everyone. I got my first cat a little over a year ago. She's a beautiful calico with a lot of Japanese Bobtail in her. I love her to death, but frankly, she's mean and doesn't seem to like me very much at all most of the time. She bites me hard and swats at me if I get on her nerves, she growls and hisses at me. It's not all bad; she does greet me when I come home and sleep in my bed sometimes, and If she's in the mood, she does love it when I pet her, but only for a little while. Most of the time she just ignores me and tries not to be in the same room as me. She hates all other animals and always tries to attack them. I figured this is the way cats are, and I love her the way she is. But then someone told me that calicos are in general not very loving, and black-and-whites are the most loving. . I didn't really belive them, but then I started meeting other cats. I met a black-and-white cat the same age as my cat and she was very loving and affectionate. Then I met two very small kittens, one black-and-white and one calico. The black-and-white one was cuddly and happy and playful, but the calico one would just scream if you touched her. And all the other non-calico cats I have met are nicer than my cat. So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Or is my cat just mean? (Which I would take full responsibility for, if that is the case.) |
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It might have to do with gender though. Most calicos are females and most
orange tabbies are males. In my experience, males tend to be more affectionate than females. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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Arthur Shapiro wrote:
In article , (BricksInTheWall8) wrote: So what do you guys think? Does the colour of a cat really have an effect on its personality? Absolutely. B&W's, although generally rather intellectually dense, are usually wonderful and affectionate cats. This describes my boy Oreo to a tee!!!!! to see pics of him go to http://www.geocities.com/krispyp and select Oreo's page Kristy |
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