Greetings from Texas

tabaqui

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Hello, everyone on-forum. I found this site while trying to figure out if there were any cat shows in San Antonio and decided to give the boards here a shot. My furbaby is a feisty-yet-cuddly porch-pickup named Lucifer. He showed up a week before my birthday in 2004, already about six months old, and has been adored ever since.

Reddish and white, longhaired, curly-eared, and weighing in at 10 pounds currently, he loves to play in boxes, or anything boxlike. Boxes are to him what limes are to me, and my friends give me limes for my birthdays, so. He's also good friends with my mother's dog and they play around rather a lot. He doesn't like doors and will sometimes actively seek shut ones out so that he may either try to open them or fuss until you do it for him.

(He is also recovering from a stressful time in New York, where there were lots of fights in my roommate's family, and where my roommate's mother thought it was fine to hit him to make him stop doing something no matter how often he or I told her not to, so because of her actions he currently bites more than I am willing to allow when he's upset with you. Any advice on how to break him of the habit would be very much appreciated, because I am at a loss.)

The second picture is of him at only 8 or 9 months, whereas the first is him at about a year old; the period between being when he finally stopped being so uberkitteny-looking. I included the second only to better show how both earcurlies look.

Anyway, here's Luci in all his boxy glory.




 

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Hi Tabaqui!!
Cute name!

Welcome to Tcs!!!
Luci is adorable!!

I dont have any advice for you, but there are plenty of people on here that are in a good position too! And their advice and recommendations are excellent!
 

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Hello and welcome!!


Aww poor Luci!
I don't know how anyone can hit a cat or any animal


But I'm glad to hear he's out of that situation! He may just need time, gentle care and reassurance to get back to his old self.

Luci is beautiful!!
I can't believe he showed up on your step! He looks like an American Curl.
 

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Welcome to TCS



how awful that Lucifer was hit
that makes me so upset... so glad he is out of that enviornment now! If you ask your question in the behaviour forum you will be able to get alot more advise on your question on how to stop his biting behaviour... poor little thing.

My Cedar is also a box person - but he chews them to shreds in hours!!!


welcome again - Lucifer is simply adorable and lucky to have you
 

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Hi there
- we're so happy to welcome you and Lucifer to TCS. I'm sure you'll enjoy your stay with us - we're one great big family and you'll find loads of friends here. If I can help at all while you're finding your way around TCS just click on my username and send me a Personal Message - I'll do what I can to answer your questions


Lucifer is an adorable kitty
 

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Hi, Sierra, Serenity and I welcome you to TCS!
So glad you've joined us and look forward to getting to know you better!
I would be so happy to help you in any way as you learn your way around the site. Please, simply click on my user name and send me a Private Message or contact me anytime at [email protected]!
 

laureen227

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what a beautiful American Curl! you're lucky to have him! welcome from another Texan.
 
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tabaqui

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A big thank you to all you guys for being so kind to a newbie.
 

cass!e

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my boys love boxes... Especially Sparky. he loves to play with them, on them, near them... he rips too, i'm a little worried about presents at christmastime....
but anyway, welcome to TCS... i'm rather new as well, but i've found the people here to be most friendly and helpful...
smooches,
Cassie, Spike, & Sparky
 

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That is one special cat! Just love those ears! I've never seen that before. And can I please pull his tail? No? Aww.....
 
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