Marvin, the lounge-cat :)

[SoCalDem]

He's the lounging-est little guy.. Here he is hanging the "back end" over the top of the couch.. I just loved the way he lined up his feet..Had to snap a pic or two.. He was NOT amused.. I woke him up :)

[spatlese]

1. awwww... that's so CUTE!!

Did you know that black cats are actually white cats a big black spot?? In other words, all cats 'start off' white, and then depending on what genes they have/don't have, they end up looking the way they do... :)

I had to teach a class in cat coat color genetics.. that was the hardest concept for the kids to grasp!

[SoCalDem]

2. So... tell me.. are zebras white with black stripes, or

black with white stripes :)

[spatlese]

3. hehehee

their coat color genetics are a little different...
and horse coat color genetics is confusing!

[yardwork]

4. So those aren't white spots on a black cat, but black spots on a white cat

Cool.

[no name no slogan]

5. Aw, he looks like one of my guys!

I'm at work, but I'll have to post pics when I get home. One of my cats has the same coloring: the white face with a pink nose and white paws. You kitty sure looks happy sitting there! :D

[TX-RAT]

6. We have one marked the same way.

He's called Uncle Nick.
Great picture.

[spatlese]

7. My cat's won't stay still...

long enough for me to take a picture!!!

All the photos I have of them, they're walking away from me... not the cutest shots, trust me! :)
So, what's the secret?

[SoCalDem]

8. sneak up on them when they are asleep.. and be FAST

:).. Marvin's a ham.. I have been taking his picture since he was a few hours old.. (He's from my first "bottle-fed" litter.. He's one of 5..I am the only Mom he's ever had, so he's very trusting of me :)

Here is is when he was a few weeks old..



and this is his brother SweetiePie taking the bottle.

[spatlese]

9. awwww.....

I adopted my cats from the vet school here where they were doing research on them... :) that's why they have tattoos on their ears.

[Beaverhausen]

10. GET OUT! Those kitties are cute

I love the one stray siamese in there.

We had a siamese who was knocked up by the neighborhood tom and all (8) of her kitties were black or black and white. It was an odd group.

[SoCalDem]

11. Kick for the night time cat people

and because he's such a cutie:)

[CatWoman]

13. You know I can't resist your cat threads!!!

Marrrrrrrrrrrvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnnn

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:

[SoCalDem]

15. Marvin was a bad boy last night.. He chases Amber

and since she is declawed, she hollers at the top of her lungs.. I was at bowling, and when I got home, he was locked in my office.. My husband got tired of listening to Amber squawking, so he gave Marvin a time-out..

When I opened the door, he was sitting on my desk chair with his little ears down..

I usually squirt him with water when he chases her..

The other cats who don't have claws do not run, so he leaves them alone, but she runs...and he cannot resist..
(we have 3 declawed:(..) and 6 that aren't..

[CatWoman]

16. Male and Female are declawed

and Trin and Streak aren't.

Yet, Male throws her weight around constantly.

She's always slapping Trin and Streak, and they run away from her.

Guess we know who is the dominate cat, eh?

[flamingyouth]

12. Handsome and lazy

Just the way I like my cats!

He looks like my feline friend Max.:loveya:

[BlackVelvetElvis]

14. God, I love cats. n/t

[demnan]

17. We had a tuxedo cat named Charlie

whose Daddy was probably the neighborhood Siamese and he looked a lot like that. Thin built, long legged, mouthy and very intelligent. He used to ride around on my brother's shoulder. He was a good mouser too.

[VOX]

18. What a good-lookin' dude!

Marvin is a **very** cool cat.

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