Our moosie, Mousebait. Mousebait was born in 1990 and was another incarnation of Lucifer, the black cat I had growing up (from age 7 to age 23). Lucifer went home to the other side in 1984, I think. When Mama A was dying in 1990, Mousebait showed up to help. He appeared in our back yard as a tiny 5-6 week old kitten... stealing wolfhound chow!!!! He was teeeeny tiny, but he outgrew that quickly. He was longer and taller than any of the others. He was Aodhan's mamacat for almost 3 years before "weaning" him. He went home to the Other Side on 1 Nov 2006. See also Jack, down below.
Mousebait, our Aodhan-bug, and Nala. Aodhan is next in age; born in 1994. He was born to a wild kitty next door at my neighbor Ruth's. I brought him home too soon, and he started nursing on Mousebait and continued for about 3 years. He still loves to chew on everything...especially cotton cloth and his leash (a leash from the vet we got one time). His name means "fiery one". (He's another incarnation of Regis, who was my mother's favourite until her death and who died 2 years later.)
Der Floofenspot and Nala. Sunspot is our lovely big black floof. We got him in about 96 as little stray we took in when we were housesitting next door at Ruth's -- who came home with a little matching stray from her daughter's house, Donnyblu. He's had metastasised cancer that affects his toepads for 2 years, but medicinal mushrooms internally and lugol's on his pads have elminated all but one tumour, and the rest of his pads are back to mostly normal now.
Our Gypsy-belle. Gypsy was born in 1998. She's a cousin a couple times removed of Aodhan. She was born at Suzanne's across the street and when we saw her we fell in luuuurrvvvve! Suzanne gave her to us. She's very petite and shy with strangers but has a huge voice and is the Queen of the household. She's another incarnation of our Cali, who passed over in 97 or 98 from the same termiticide exposure that killed Rafi and gave me severe MCS.
Our Nala bunny. Paul brought home Nala from the vet one day, saying he could tell she just "belonged" here. She does! She's very full of beans and skitters all over the place. Excellent bug hunter, with the longest whiskers of any of the cats, although she's the smallest of them. She was born in 1999 or so. She's another incarnation of Rafi.
Our Seelie-bob. In 2001 we found a cute little silver grey kitty hiding under our house. I thought he was a girl at first due to his style of neutering, but nope. *g* I chose the name "Seelie" because it means "blessed" and as a pun on his silver colour.
Our Luna. Luna showed up my first spring at the new house. She's HUGE -- easily the size of Gypsy and Nala put together. A friend who knows Maine Coons thinks she's either all or most MC. She's huge and lovely, but very, VERY independent. She doesn't like to be picked up, and she only wants to be petted on her terms. She prefers *insists on* being an outside cat.
Our Emdee. Emdee (short for Misty-dactyl, as she looks like my friend Ruth's cat Misty that died about 6 years ago and is polydactyl). Paul coined "Misty-dactyl", and I shortened it to Emdee. She showed up still swollen from nursing, but with no babies. I waited til she'd flattened out to make her spaying appt, not realising how much of a wait there would be, and she presented us with 5 lovely babies, seen on very out of date the kittens page.
Our Jack. Jack's another incarnation of Mousebait, although Mousebait died when Jack was already an adult. When it gets confusing I just remind myself that time's a construct for this side, but not the Other Side. He very much wants to be Paul's only "baby" and gets huffy when the others take their turn.
And the babies will be six this year! (2010)
Our Samhain. Sweet and silly and independent. And she loves to flirt!
Our Casteylan. Ginormous, floofy, polydactyl, and a lovely singer.
Our Isis. Dainty and full of trills. Very fluffy, with lovely ear tufts.
Our Binx. Sleek, black, polydactyl, and rumpy (no tail at all). A huge lovey who jumps up into arms and snuggles for hours.
Our Minerva. Silver-grey and bob-tailed (a stumpy), and still attached to her Mama with an invisible umbilical cord. She's very silky and soft now she's grown, but as a kitten when was a bit of a hedgehog, and her furs were like sharp splinters.
This page last updated August 2009