Marvellous Miss Mae

Michael moved cao to the siamese cat sight and did a wonderful job arranging her pictures and portrait.

Buddy is on the "another mouth to feed " in feral cats. It warmed up today and we thought he left. When we returned he was back in his cushioned lawn chair waiting for dinner. He will not let anyone touch him (yet). He shows his teeth and hisses. Michael thinks he looks like a scottish wild cat. Although I have never heard of one in this area. He might be. We do have Bobcat's in the area.I think he looks like Wilson with a bit of main coon cat in him. Our villiage is rural. In fact;we have cow pastures just off main street.We have a colony that has been here at least a hundred year. I'm not a cat snob;I dont care if a cat has papers or a petigree. I love them all. Cats are what they are. If Buddy is wild ;he will asociate us with food but we may never be able to pet him. He will never come when we call him. He will react on instinct. There is a rivers divide between a wild and domestic cat.Ferals are at the center. Right now it's difficult to see where Buddy is.We will take our time and let him decide just how much he wants of human company.
Siamese have a long drawn "reoooow"sound that can get on some peoples nerves. They can keep it going for hours until they get what they want. My husband likes to get up early and every morning I could hear the two of then fussing at one another. It didn't end until the purina sea food cat chow was poured into her dish. She was a gentle loving soul.
My current cats are BB and Freya."The Mummy" shows BB shortly after we got her. She is still about seven pounds. Freya has dubbled her size and is still growing. I think she is going to be a big cat.
Thanks for the pictures and site. I love to look at cat pictures.Topaz is also on this feral cat site. It is definately beter to have known these wonderful furry friends than to go a life time without them. I still tear up sometimes when I remember the loss but there were so many funny,rowdy,amazing,loving moments that it out ways the sadness. I also have faith that we will be together agian.

Does Cao have a page? I'd love to see him, I'm quite fond of Siamese, and I really like the new bi colours that breeders are introducing...

I suppose if they select people whom they think are good enough to own the kitten there's nothing wrong with not charging money for them, though most breeders use the money to buy food and other stuff for the cats...

You should try hand feeding Buddy, or perhaps placing food near you for him to eat, so he'll then associate you with good things...

I have HEAPS of photos of Chilli, I just started photography actually, but my lens is jammed and will be getting fixed soon so for now I can't take photos... But if you go to my website you can see a lot about Chilli and his breed.

http://chilliandfriends.weebly.com/index.html

What a wonderful cat! So pretty and abounding with personality. We loved the picture and story too.
I also don't approve of the gifting of cats. I have only purchased one cat in my 50 years and that was because I wanted a siamese so badly Cao
was a dream come true.
Our gifted cat was a grey pursian kitten;Reme Bjon.She lived thirteen years.She had a undetected heart defect. Our friends who raise pursians believe that selling a cat is "animal slavery" and will only give their kittens to whom they desided suitable "cat parents". They forgave our purchase of Cao because they saw how we love our furry little friends.
98% of all our cats past and presant have choosen us.Strangly after Cao died,we couldn't go anywhere that cats didn't come out of the woodworks to crawl all over me. It's like they could sense the pain and wanted to help. BB and Freya came in just at the right time. Now we are trying to tame Buddy. Who looks alot lke Wilson only with long hair. We can walk up to him now but he won't let anyone pet him. We are taking things slow and we hope he has chosen us but only time will tell.
Best of luck with Mae. She certainly has charm! Do you have any more picture of Chili?

Thank you both for your comments, though I must make clear that Mae isn't actually my cat. She's my mother's and sometimes Chilli and I go for a visit, though she lives very far from me Chilli and Mae still seem to get on, even though they rarely see each other.

Nice story, Maggie and may I say, your newest addition is aptly named! what a cutie!

Great story and picture - I enjoyed it a lot. Nice of you to share your experiences again. I remember Chilli very well - heavens, Chilli is good looking!