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At her first appointment, I guess the vet just assumed my Meep was a male, as 80% of orange cats are male. Besides, she is a long-haired cat. I had to correct him.

Exactly. I think it's the cold against their skin. Mine act the same when they see me with the package. A treat afterward for each of them seems to help.

One of mine tries to go through the motions with the female. He acts like he really doesn't know quite what to do. I'm not absolutely sure whether it's sexual or dominance in nature. Mostly, it's an annoyance to her and she either bites him or runs away.

Green peas, too!

Both my males were neutered before I picked them up from the shelter. One had been neutered for a little while, but the other was done just before I took him home. Behavior changes were minimal as far as I can see. They both wrestle, romp around the house and attack each other as well as the...

A ping pong ball in the bathtub is a good playtime toy to burn energy. Get lots of them, as they escape and end up under the furniture. Also, you can make up a kicker toy by tying knots in an old sweat sock (the dirtier the better).

One of mine is a style 4 after a fashion (Sir Eats-A-Lot); the others don't fit the categories very well. Meep was named that because that's the noise she made when she was little. Chesterfield was an extension of the name they gave him at the shelter (his original name was just Chester).

That self-warming bed is a real good idea! Thanks for posting it!

My two fixed males do the same thing. It usually starts with mutual grooming, and proceeds to the alpha biting the other softly on the neck. They're quite closely bonded.

Senior George resembles Teddy Roosevelt a bit. He just needs a pair of pince-nez eyeglasses to complete the look.

I never heard my Meep growl until recently. She's about 2 1/2 years old, orange DLH. a small cat, and fairly kitten-like, even at her age. However, she has the ugliest, most menacing low-pitched growl I ever heard out of a cat. You'd never think such a noise would come out of her. She only...

Mine are actively inspecting a "moff" (the word they understand for an insect intruder--a corruption of "moth"), in this case, a stink bug. They usually eat them, but stink bugs don't taste good and they make "yuk!" faces after eating one. Nonetheless, they eat them just the same. As I write...

I don't think my cats would stand a tooth brushing. They were adoptees and two of them were adults and hadn't been brought up to have their teeth brushed. The other was a kitten, but was/is too mean to try to brush her teeth. I think if they had been started on tooth brushing as little ones...

They are on my messy bed while I lie here the computer. I'm massaging them in my stocking feet while I type. Surprising they're sleeping because it's 20 minutes until lunchtime for them. They should be walking around, crying at me.

If it works, it's a good deal. Cheaper than a lot of other cat trees having far fewer features.