ompomelet wrote:

> <smiles> Selene, a long haired black cat, was purring in my lap when I
> answered that post. She is many years old (I'd have to check with my
> vet to get her exact age) and was bottle raised with two siblings from
> around 1 week of age...
>
> Isis and Gandalf, her littermates, are just as precious!
> Isis is identical to her sister except for a couple of white whiskers
> and a slightly more high strung personality, and Gandalf is a short hair
> gray and very mellow.

I have Belfanior, who is a tuxedo cat with one white ear. He is my
sweetie-pie and starts to purr as soon as he comes within six feet of
somebody. I rescued him from a shelter.

Hair-trigger is a jumpy brindle boy who loves digging for imaginary prey in
the corners of the rooms. I don't even need a lazer pointer to get HIM
chasing things around! I got him from a friend who was joining the Marines
shortly after 9/11.

Then there is Sackajeweeya, a reddish cat I took in after someone abandoned
her in my apartment complex. She is uncommonly friendly too, and a very
unusual color. I've never seen another cat the same color as her!

Dopalottamus (Dopey for short) is a big old fat gray tabby. He's 17 years
old, if I'm doing the math right. He's pretty lazy nowadays, but he can
still jump up to the back of my chair! I got him from a former boyfriend a
LOOOOONG time ago.

Ting-Tang is a Siamese mix. She is cross-eyed, very vocal, and very curious.
She's the one most likely to try to get into the groceries while I'm trying
to put them away. I think she's the youngest; she was much smaller when I
got her two years ago.

Kitty, trying to make a ying-yang with Ting-Tang