Hi. Here's my family.

Thought I'd introduce my family here. I've had Red Cat about four years. He had been abandoned by his first family when they moved, then fed by a second family, but basically lived outdoors for a year before I got him. He's the biggest scaredy cat you ever did see when it comes to people. When I was gone for six days at Christmas, my pet sitter never could find the cats in the house, though she knew they were eating and were using the little box. Red Cat is extremely territorial. The only problem is, I believe he thinks the whole town is his territory. He has the battle scars that show from many a fight.




I've had Purdy about three years. He wandered the neighborhood for at least six months as a stray before I finally decided that the only way to keep Red Cat from getting in more fights with him was to catch him and turn him over to PAWS. Well, after I caught him, I discovered that he had an absess (for which Red Cat was probably responsible), and I learned that the local PAWS was closing at that time. So.....long story short, I kept him. We had lots of fights in the early months, though. Had a cat fight right over the top of our bed with us in it the first night!



They are mostly buddies now. Except when Red Cat thinks Purdy is getting too much of my attention. Then he tries to beat up on Purdy. He never takes it out on me, though.

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Both of your cats are very pretty and I think the little black on Purdy nose looks so cute on him . I love red cats

Welcome to TCS!

Both of your cats are very cute and sound like they have great personalities.

They're lovely fellows! Welcome to TCS!

welcome!!! Your babies are abosulutely stunning! Could we have more pics pls?

Fab cats! Welcome to TCS

Red Cat and Purdy are a handsome pair!

Awwww how sweet they are, gorgeous colours

Welcome to the site! What gorgeous ginger boys you have!!! And I think it's just wonderful that you took them in off the street and gave them a proper home.

Are your boys neutered? If not, that would really help with the fighting and wandering.

Well I think Purdy looks pretty in that picture, but I think Red Cat looks just plain mean in his. He certainly was not happy! But in four years, that is the only photo I have of Red Cat. He is camera shy! As you can see, he was hiding under a dresser to get away from the camera in the photo. When he sees a camera, he either hides or immediately comes toward me to be petted, so he doesn't stay in focus long enough to photograph. I'll eventually get out more photos of Purdy, though, and maybe I can make another effort with Red Cat.

On the neutering thing, I don't know much about cats. (Okay, I know a lot of you are going to laugh.) Is there more than one way to neuter? Ahem, how shall I say this? Red Cat doesn't LOOK like Purdy, who was neutered before I got him. But the family I got Red Cat from said that when they took over feeding him after he was abandoned by the first family, they took him to a veterinarian. The vet agreed to neuter him for free if they paid for treating his abscess and other problems. But they didn't know any more about cats than I do. LOL! So maybe he isn't neutered. I don't know.

You know, I'm not sure! LOL I haven't spend much time studying the, erm, anatomy of neutered vs. unneutered cats! I would say that next time you have to take him to the vet, just have them take a peek. They should be able to tell just by looking and/or feeling.

Hey that first kitty looks like Mary Annes Cyclone!! What beaut cats you have.

Welcome to TCS

They are gorgeous boys!!! I love ginger kitties!!

your furbabies are adorable

how beautiful they are so lovely. glad to meet you

Thanks for the welcome, all. I'm beginning to feel at home here.

Here is another picture of Purdy. He's enjoying the outdoors this time. This was taken last summer, but he is still every bit as handsome as he ever was.

Okay, here he is:

And here is another picture of Red Cat. I've had him on a diet and he has lost about a pound. He is down to 14.07 pounds now. That boy does enjoy his food and has a very LOUD voice with which to complain that I'm not giving him enough.

Those last two pictures are great! You should do an outdoor series. We can never get enough pictures around here.