CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

Well, in the litter all 3 were male. There was this orange one, a tuxedo, and a tabby and they were all long haired. The daddy was medium and had unique markings....I need to put a couple of pics on my phone and post them here. He was my companion for 9yrs thru heart attacks and stuff...we even hunted a rabbit together in one of the fields, but Joyce started yelling for me and the rabbit ran into the scrub brush. Your female sure is pretty, I understand the loss. The daddy was injured and went down hill Fast with infection and went into "Head Pressing" stage so, I took him out. It was very difficult, but it was for the best. I just can't watch anything Suffer.
Really unsure about the lineage, because the dad was a feral cat we brought from Fl when we moved back here, he was 6mths old then. I did see a bobcat in the backyard there, and out of several litters before, they were all black and white or gray. After the sighting, were all tabby marked with spots on the belly and their coats all changed colors as the seasons progressed. There were kittens of the litter that 3-4 of them would hunt squirrels up in the trees. All other litters the momma cat had under the house, that litter she raised in a hollow tree....though none ever had bob tail. So, I can't say for sure one way or another...heck, I don't even know if it is genetically possible, but it sure seemed to us that they had bobcat blood in the lineage.

 

[CntryBoy777]

@Devonviolet here are the pics of Cheetos and his brothers, Cheetos the girl that took him named him Tuxedo, and the lady that took this one named him Batman...well her boys did. This is the daddy hus name was Angel, but I called him "Little Man" best cat I've ever been around, bar None... the rust color that ya see got darker as the yr went on and spread with age; he is also Calli's Dad with a different mother.

 

[Devonviolet]

Cool story, CntryBoy. Your Chetos looks a lot like Porter did when he was asmall kitten.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I didn't pick Angel, but he picked me in Florida, and followed me around e everywhere I went on the 3acres. I was the only one he ever let pick him up off the floor, and Joyce was able to pet him in her lap. That was it and if anyone strange came around he would never be seen. We had company staying with us when the pic was taken with him eating. I had to walk away from the trailer to feed him. He would trail me to the pond here and lay on the bank while I shot turtles, when I would be headed home, he would get up and come along. I've never experienced anything like it from a cat before. He was scared of nothing and knew I would protect him, so he would run to me to avoid dogs and such.

 

[Bruce]

Cute kittens and lovely story about "Little Man". Seems he was half dog So sorry you lost him before his time

DD1's cat is a Tuxedo as well, named Checkers because of the:
white black (under his nose)
black white (on his chin)
Kind of like a checkerboard

 

[CntryBoy777]

Sounds like Checkers is unique....may be enough to break that camera out and give us a "Look See"....

 

[Bruce]

If you would like to lose a fair bit of skin and blood, try rubbing that exposed belly

 

[CntryBoy777]

You speak that with conviction, so I'll take your word for it. I learned that lesson a time or 2. "Little Man" wouldn't let ya get there or on his ribs unless he had a tick in the area and he never bit me, but would put his teeth on me and if I continued, then he would to. I could pick him up with my hand on his belly and cradle him in my arm on his back and he was okay with that, but fingers on an exposed belly did not go over too well.
Checkers is a really nice looking cat...Love the "Mittens"!

 

[Bruce]

We call him "nutball", "wingnut" and many other terms of endearment. DD1 also calls him Mr. Fur.

Conviction? Yep, you gotta be fast if you touch something he doesn't want you to, even if by accident if you are scratching and HE moves. Claws on all 4 feet, plenty of teeth. He'll hit you with all of them at once then run off.

He has this thing DD1 says is Feline Hyperesthesia. At first we thought it was cute because he often chases and plays with his tail. It was especially cute when he was little and we all know kittens play with all sorts of things. And they seem to enjoy making things harder to get so as to create a 'chase'. Here he is doing that on the banister of the old house.

But then I noticed he bites at his tail about 2/3 down from his body. Always the same place though fortunately he doesn't cause any skin damage or pull fur. I told her he has invisible tail mites Now of course I feel sorry for him since these non existent mites are his nerves screwing with him. It seems to be worse just before dinner time, maybe the 'excitement' of dinner gets his nervous system going.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Love It! Tho, I hate that it is a nerve problem that causes it.