Does anyone know anything about Ocicat’s? I may be rescuing a female one from a bad situation.
Ocicat
by John Cole| 18 Comments
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by John Cole| 18 Comments
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Does anyone know anything about Ocicat’s? I may be rescuing a female one from a bad situation.
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nyrev
The only ocicat I ever met was super-friendly, although if this one has been mistreated it may be more timid.
This is a good ocicat site.
p.lukasiak
An Ocicat is a cat. It poses the same challenges as any other cat.
Tim F
From nyrev’s site:
Sounds like a cat for people who like dogs.
Lines
Will it hate you with all the venom of the world rolled up into one ball of fur, like all other cats? Will it take a dump in your shoes, then watch from the window sill as you realize it?
Do they fly as good as a regular cat?
Barry
Tim F, that sounds more like a dog in catskin.
Digital Amish
What the hell is it with bloggers and cats? Seriously.
demimondian
What other pet would be suitable for someone who prefers the company of electronic type to that of other people?
Charlie (Colorado)
Don’t, don’t teach one to fetch. You’ll be playing fetch all day and all night Mary Ann. Unfortunately, they’re quite capable of re-inventing fetch on their own.
Basically, Oci’s have the same personality as Abyssinians: gregarious, playful, and very loving, but easily bored. I’ve had Aby’s for 20 years and am crazy about them.
(Oh, on the “like a dog” thing: the difference is, when a dog plays fetch with you it’s because the dog wants to please you. When an Aby plays fetch, it’s because it’s your job to please the cat.)
Vlad
It makes sense that Ocicats would act like Abys, because they’re basically Aby-Siamese crosses, with a little tabby thrown in.
Mary
Yes, the game of fetch benefits the cat, not the human. Our little black moggy learned how to fetch on her own when she was a kitten, then promptly gave it up in favour of looking cute, getting cuddly, and grooming us within an inch of our lives. Our stolid Burmese also taught himself to fetch, but, alas, has not forgotten the trick. He is the most canine of our cats, too, as he needed to be firmly trained out of dominance behaviours and biting as a kitten and now adores the kind of roughhousing (rolling, rubbing, stroking his fur firmly the wrong way, and solid slapping of his sides) that no normal cat would tolerate for a moment. Right now, he’s placed his bulk under my bare feet at the computer so he can be petted and rolled about without waiting for me to stop typing.
Get the ocicat, John, but be prepared for an active and sociable little beast who may or may not drive other cats to distraction until they get used to her. But she’ll be worth it.
Mark
http://www.fanciers.com/breed-faqs/ocicat-faq.html
BumperStickerist
fwiw – James Wolcott has ocicats.
jg
I was once advised that in order to keep my cat from bringing home the little doves he spends his free time stalking I should get a collar with a bell. I did that. Things were nice…for a while. Today I come home, open my bedroom door and theres a fullgrown pigeon flying around my bedroom. I can’t win. Then he just lies there watching as I try to catch the bird or at least drive it towards th eopen arcadia door. My dog tried to help but being a pit bull that would have me cleaning up pieces of bird and thats not fun. You’d be surprised how high a pit can jump.
Anyway a woman I work with said she heard that if you don’t show appreciation for the ‘gift’, you’re cat will keep bringing you stuff until you do. Any thoughts on that? The gifts are getting bigger so I’d like to cut this off before he brings home a turkey or something.
Moxie
I have an Ocicat. As someone suggested above — they’ll play fetch for hours, even follow you all over the house carrying a toy in their mouth until you give in and throw it.
They’re VERY smart, energetic, talkative and possessive of their owners. Mine gets along with dogs better than other cats and is really sweet with toddlers and children.
While I’d never get another one of this breed, I wouldn’t part with her for anything! Good luck!!
ET
Aren’t they the ones that are larger than average and act more like dogs? Like you can leash train them and take them for walks?
TallDave
In my very limited experience Oci are similar to Abyssinians or the Burmese that I have: talkative, like to fetch, etc. We looked at a couple of them when the gf and I got our kittens. They need a fair amount of attention, beyond that temperament mostly depends on how the cat was raised it’s first few months.
tzs
Oh god…the fetch syndrome…no, it’s their attempt to try to teach you how to hunt.
Dead mice, voles, shrews, rabbits…we would open the door each morning to find a whole furry Somme on the doorstep.
I could take that. It was when they decided I was ready for the Real Thing and came up and dropped live mice in my lap….
Jeffery Faulk
My manx cat taught himself to fetch and enjoys sessions of more than an hour when in that mode. He sounds much like what you’re considering getting and if so, lots of fun.