Tubby & Peanut's Mom
09-23-2003, 11:19 PM
No, not mine, my Aunt's cat. :D
You might remember the story of Hazel, the cat my Aunt got from a breeder friend of hers that ended up with some illness and eventually had to be PTS. :( Well, by the time all that happened my Aunt had gotten attached to her and got used to having a kitty around the house, so the breeder friend gave her Yuri to help make up for Hazel's loss.
Yuri is 2 years old and is retired from the show scene. He has won many awards, but I guess show cats are usually younger cats, and for some reason they didn't use him as a "stud" so he was just hanging around the breeder's house, not getting near enough attention because of all the other cats around. So she gave Yuri to my Aunt knowing that he would then get all the attention he could ever want - and that is definitely the case. He is a regular old spoiled house cat now, with all the grandeur of the show scene behind him.
Here he is. He is a purebred Birman (if I remember right) and is stunning. You can see why he was a winner because all his colors are just perfect, and in the perfect spots.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p6247d7c5502139958c0da9071ba8525b/fb011b86.jpg
Here's another shot where you can see on his feet that the brown stops just precisely so.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p7405b6cdf57feeecf34d1951ce0fda5b/fb011b94.jpg
Here you can see his beautiful blue eyes. I couldn't get a good pic because the light kept making him squint. :rolleyes: And check out those whiskers!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p318cec029d10a6346cf241f5670e066d/fb011b8e.jpg
This one was taken right after the one above. He just had to get up and investigate the camera strap. :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p4410c745c187e3962a321f51f7edcc00/fb011b91.jpg
And one more "overall" pic. It's a little blury, but it makes him look soft and cuddly, and he really is. His fur is so thick and dense, but he is a solid cat underneath all that fluff.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/pd3438d3e1a2471dc132ede63b94e5216/fb011b8b.jpg
So that's Yuri. He's a little stinker who is always getting in trouble, but my Aunt loves him dearly. My Aunt is single, so they are good company for each other. :D
Oh, and one of the things she emailed me that she forgot to show me is one of his favorite games. She has linoleum on the floor in her kitchen and he just loves to be booted across the floor! No really! He'll sit right by her feet and she'll gently give him a push so he goes sliding across the floor. He'll immediately come right back, sit right by her feet again, and wait for her to do it again and again and again. She said he just loves it! I think that would be just too funny to see! :D
You might remember the story of Hazel, the cat my Aunt got from a breeder friend of hers that ended up with some illness and eventually had to be PTS. :( Well, by the time all that happened my Aunt had gotten attached to her and got used to having a kitty around the house, so the breeder friend gave her Yuri to help make up for Hazel's loss.
Yuri is 2 years old and is retired from the show scene. He has won many awards, but I guess show cats are usually younger cats, and for some reason they didn't use him as a "stud" so he was just hanging around the breeder's house, not getting near enough attention because of all the other cats around. So she gave Yuri to my Aunt knowing that he would then get all the attention he could ever want - and that is definitely the case. He is a regular old spoiled house cat now, with all the grandeur of the show scene behind him.
Here he is. He is a purebred Birman (if I remember right) and is stunning. You can see why he was a winner because all his colors are just perfect, and in the perfect spots.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p6247d7c5502139958c0da9071ba8525b/fb011b86.jpg
Here's another shot where you can see on his feet that the brown stops just precisely so.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p7405b6cdf57feeecf34d1951ce0fda5b/fb011b94.jpg
Here you can see his beautiful blue eyes. I couldn't get a good pic because the light kept making him squint. :rolleyes: And check out those whiskers!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p318cec029d10a6346cf241f5670e066d/fb011b8e.jpg
This one was taken right after the one above. He just had to get up and investigate the camera strap. :D
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/p4410c745c187e3962a321f51f7edcc00/fb011b91.jpg
And one more "overall" pic. It's a little blury, but it makes him look soft and cuddly, and he really is. His fur is so thick and dense, but he is a solid cat underneath all that fluff.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid81/pd3438d3e1a2471dc132ede63b94e5216/fb011b8b.jpg
So that's Yuri. He's a little stinker who is always getting in trouble, but my Aunt loves him dearly. My Aunt is single, so they are good company for each other. :D
Oh, and one of the things she emailed me that she forgot to show me is one of his favorite games. She has linoleum on the floor in her kitchen and he just loves to be booted across the floor! No really! He'll sit right by her feet and she'll gently give him a push so he goes sliding across the floor. He'll immediately come right back, sit right by her feet again, and wait for her to do it again and again and again. She said he just loves it! I think that would be just too funny to see! :D