Mr. Hendrix

Here is a picture of Mr. Hendrix after he sampled the catnip growing in the pot. The question is, is this still Hendrix, or has Bendrix come out? You see, Hendrix has an evil twin who shares his body and does all the naughty stuff and his name is Bendrix. Mr. Hendrix was a feral kitty who lived rough for a while and became FIV+. This means he must be an only kitty and he often gets ear infections. He has to wear Softpaws all the time, so he won't damage his ears by scratching them. Softpaws or not, he loves to scratch -- on the carpet, on the walls, anywhere but on his scratching mats.

                                         There is a sweet kitty boy named Hendrix,
                                          But he has an evil twin named Bendrix.
                                                  When Bendrix is bad
                                                   It makes Hendrix sad,
                                         Because he would never play such mean tricks.

Oscar the Puppy Cat

Oscar the Puppy Cat is a nine year old ginger tabby. He is called Puppy Cat because the first family who took care of him and his siblings owned a Great Dane, who became like a father to the kittens and Oscar picked up some of his characteristics. Oscar and his siblings were abandoned by their mother when they were fairly young and this family found them, cared for them for a while, then adopted them out. That's how Oscar found his forever family. He also cared for a very old, blind Chow Chow at one point. He prefers the company of dogs to other cats, but he loves any animal which doesn't try to beat him up. At present he is good friends with an older tomcat named Graymbo, who lives under their house. The area Oscar lives in is pretty rural, so he can roam outside and hunt moles. He hunts birds, too, but they get away more often. The windowsill you can see in the picture is one of Oscar's favorite places. It looks out onto the back yard, so he can watch the beankids playing, birds and other animals in comfort.

                                      Oscar has a wide window sill.
                                      It's his favorite place to nap or sit still.
                                                   Out comes the flashy box,
                                                    Which he finds obnox-
                                      Ious as Mom takes pictures of the cat on the sill.

Dona Nobis Pacem

ML made me this wonderful peace globe which incorporates my limerick. I wanted you all to see it, so I'm putting it up, even though it's a day late. Thank you so much, ML.

                                  Peace is something for which we must strive
                                  If our poor little planet is long to survive.
                                             It's peace that we need,
                                             And not wars of greed,
                                  For our wonderful Earth and all creatures alive.

Rascal

Rascal is a mighty wrestler. Here he is wrestling the couch into submission, just before Catzee decided to pounce him. Rascal was born in 2000 and was adopted by his Mom and Dad as a kitten when he was old enough to leave his cat Mom. Rascal loves to play with just about anything, but his favorites are boxes, milk jug rings, string and yarn. He will drink water out of his bowl, but he prefers to drink out of a cup. He also likes to lick the water off his Mom and Dad's legs just after they finish their showers. He doesn't like crumbs in his food bowl and has been known to refuse to eat until the crumbs are removed. He loves to get up at 3am and sometimes he likes to wake up everyone else, too.

                                       Rascal's a ManCat -- that's easy to see.
                                       He can outwrestle Little Cat Zee.
                                              He wrestles the table.
                                              The couch he was able
                                       To pin until pounced by Little Cat Zee.

Chase

Chase gets two pictures because I wanted to show him with his Awesome Man and the famous tail poof. Chase does this unique tail poof whenever he goes to greet his Awesome Man. It shows that he is very happy. Chase is the only cat I have ever heard of who does this. Chase is a six year old tabby. He has lived with his present family since he was about six months old. He originally lived with a mother and daughter in a small apartment, but they decided that they didn't want him any more. Luckily, his present Mom was looking for a cat and found him. He spent most of his first five years as an only cat, then Latte moved in and Kaze followed shortly thereafter. He likes both of them and plays with them, but they bug him sometimes.

                                    Chase loves, loves, loves his Awesome Man.
                                    He sits near him whenever he can.
                                                  He poofs his tail
                                                  In love like a gale
                                    Whenever he sees his Awesome Man.

Zeus

By my count this is my 100th Kitty Limerick, so I decided to write a limerick for Zeus, who is one of the most famous blogging kitties around. Why did it take me so long to get around to writing a limerick for Zeus? To be honest, the middle two lines (the short ones) have been in my mind for months, but Zeus has so many talents that I had trouble deciding what should go around them. The rest of the limerick finally came to me last week and that's when I decided to save him for limerick #100.

Here is Zeus relaxing on his Gizzy quilt. He is a Classic American Short-Hair Orange Tabby. He was born on January 1, 2001. His Lap Lady found him in Pet Smart when he was a kitten. The people there thought that he was "broken" because he purred all the time. It turned out that there was nothing at all wrong with him; he's just a happy-go-lucky kitty. Zeus writes a fantastic blog in which he covers a wide range of subjects -- from news articles concerning the horrible things that people have done to animals of all kinds to neuticles and everything you could imagine in between. It makes for fascinating reading.

                                    Zeus is a blogger of great renown.
                                    He's been everywhere; perhaps to your town.
                                             There is no excuse
                                              For not reading Zeus.
                                    He's one of the best cat bloggers around.

Little Cat Zee

Little Cat Zee was adopted on August 18th, 2006 from a shelter when she was about four months old. She had been found by as a tiny feral and taken to the shelter where she spent two months until she was adopted. She is a very active cat and gets into everything. She loves putting the bitey on stuff and she can really bite hard. She even put holes in a milk jug of water that her Mom was using as a weight on her loom. Catzee is very good at hunting down bugs and can even catch flies. She loves playing with her jingle balls, which her Mom will throw down the hall for her to catch. Rascal wasn't too sure about her when she first moved in, but they get along much better now. Since Catzee loves to play so much, she will turn anything she finds into a toy. This includes Christmas tree ornaments, wastepaper baskets and Mom's yarn.

                                    Little Cat Zee loves to play and play.
                                    She will play with anything that comes her way.
                                                   She loves Mama's yarn,
                                                   But Mama says, "Darn!
                                    Where did little Catzee hide my yarn today?"