From commentor James H:
These two are Evita and Juliet. Last August my cat Persephone got sick and had to be put to sleep. She was only 7 years and I was very upset. I had just moved into a place that allowed pets a month earlier and had Persephone back for the first time in almost 2 years. I decided to go to the local animal shelter to look at kittens and try to cheer myself up – and ended up getting a kitten. Evita is very much the princess. She’s very dainty about everything she does (and has been since she was a kitten). She is very talkative and almost always comes when I call her name. She always seemed lonely, so my girlfriend and I decided we’d look for another cat. We went to a different shelter (they were advertising their Pre-Owned Cat sale, which I thought was clever). Juliet was abandoned by her mother (along with the rest of her litter) and had been bottle-raised from just two days old. She’s very independent and a bit of a tomboy, but she’s also a very sweet kitty. She loves to curl up and try to suckle at my girlfriend’s neck. I took this photo of the two of them when they stopped their constant wrestling matches for a few minutes and pretended to like each other.
asiangrrlMN
Awwww! Evita and Juliet are beautiful. And, I think the fact that they wrestle so much + this pic of them snuggling means they DO like each other. Great story, too. Sorry about the loss of your Persephone, though.
MeDrewNotYou
Sorry about Persephone (which is a lovely name btw). It isn’t much consolation, but asiangrrl is right, you can’t fake cuddling like that. I’d wager they’re only putting on a show with the fighting. Do you ever see them murmuring to each other in the shadows?
SiubhanDuinne
They are lovely girls. And I agree with asiangrrlMN, they *do* really like each other (but maybe, for their own nefarious purposes, they’d just as soon have you believe they can mostly just barely tolerate each other). My dear departed Heather and Hamish were litter mates (I’m pretty sure they had different fathers) and spent hours fighting and wrestling and hissing and snarling, and anyone who saw only that behaviour would have been convinced they were mortal enemies. But then Heather would lock Hamish down with a firm paw and proceed to give him a thorough bath — both of them purring loudly, nonstop — and then then they would curl up on each other for a nice Yin-Yang sleep, just like Evita and Juliet.
burnspbesq
Crazy Uncle Nino is at it again.
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stuckinred
Mornin Joe beatin the bomb Iran and go back to the beach drum.
WereBear (itouch)
Good instinct! Cats are more fun when you have more than one.
So sorry about Persephone. It is cruel to lose her when you just got her back, but it was great you got to be reunited before that happened.
James Hare
Thanks for your thoughts. Persephone was a great cat — I got her when I got my first apartment in college. These two are lots of fun.
Persia
They’re so lovely! We decided to get two littermates, and they’ll be coming home in November. Always figured I’d get them from a shelter, but then hubby’s best friend was gifted a cat who was, surprise, already pregnant.
tessl.
What lovely cats! Evita is a such a good name for a dilute tortie, too. Mine was graceful, particular, and very sure how everything was supposed to happen every day–and I heard plenty if anything different happened (there was much tattling the Saturday I worked so my husband rearranged my office, her primary hangout, for me).
If cats sleep curled together, they get along or your home is too cold. Neither one of those ladies look cold.
And so sorry about Persephone. My dilute tortie (and my other girl, a Maine Coon mix) were my college cats, and it is just so hard when they die. It was like watching my youth and hope for the future go with them at the time. I’m so glad you were able to open up your heart, find Evita, then Juliet. You give me hope.
wonkie
These pictures make me nostalgic for the days when I was a cat person, before I went to the dogs.
BTW I’m helping to catch and release members of a semi-feral colony, so if you live in the Puget Sound area and want to tame a wild kitty, let me know!
James Hare
@tessl.:
I actually had a Maine Coon myself. Persephone was a longhair dilute tortie so I’m used to the talkativeness. Little Evita is VERY particular about schedules and the like. She even gets mad if I’m gone on weekends because that’s HER time.
She’d never make it in the outside world. Darn cat cannot move without making little noises. I love her dearly.
Felonious Wench
I love the “almost always comes when I call her name.” Cats CHOOSE to come when called. LOL.