The Amazing Water Cat

[Randy_K]

A new member of the International Friends of Mango (OK so the organization doesn't really exist but Mango thinks it should) named Helena in Switzerland sent me a few pictures of her Ruddy Aby Faramir. Faramir loves to play in the bathtub when there is warm water in the tub. He also loves balloons and carries them around by the knot bumping people with the balloon or batting it around until it pops then he starts meowing until he gets another to play with. Fun with Abys...

http://www.mango-madness.com/Faramir-3.jpg

The two links below are slide shows of Faramir playing in the bathtub. They are both about 500K so they will be very slow loading on a dial-up connection.

Faramir #1 (http://home.att.net/~rjknox/Faramir-1.gif)

Faramir #2 (http://home.att.net/~rjknox/Faramir-2.gif)

[catnapper]

Can I show this photo to Allen? He badly needs a bath, but in the interest of self-preservation, I have not given him one.

See Allen? Water can be fun!

Sigh... he's not buying it!

Cute picture though... he also looks like quite a large cat.

[neko1]

Wonderful pictures!! Do I have the only Aby who HATES water?!!

[Randy_K]

It's all water weight.

Actually he's an average male Aby weighing between 8 to 11 pounds (3.6 to 5 kg).

Mango is not crazy about water. He ran into the shower once and ran out soaked. He won't come near it now. Peaches likes a regular bath. She gets one about every month. Two very different Abys

[Barbara]

Filou steps on my shoulders when I'm in the tub and I am sure most of you have seen him giving nosekissies to Siegmar when he was in the tub but my boy would never dive like Faramir:D

[rg_girlca]

This picture is just priceless. I loved all the pics.

http://www.mango-madness.com/Faramir-3.jpg

[amoore]

I have never seen a cat that loves to get into water! That is amazing!:)

[iloverat]

Do my eyes deceive me? :eek: Great & most astounding series of pictures. Also, he's a truly beautiful cat.

Catnapper, your new signature is super. :cool:

[jaqi]

Hehe... amazing. Checkers jumped in--and out of--a full bathtub once, and was terrified of the bathroom for weeks afterward. Actually bathing him would be a mammoth undertaking:eek:

Mmm, looks like a nice hot tub soak, eh Faramir?

[krazyaboutkatz]

LOL great pic.:D My Sunny is an Aby mix and he loves to play in the water dishes but I don't think he'd ever jump into a tub of water. :) He's also jumped into my shower after I was finished so I guess he doesn't mind getting his feet a little wet.:)

[CatDad]

I loved these pics.

I have never seen a kitty that loves the water that much. It was really cool.:) Bob flick this paw in the water, but nothing like Faramir.

Thanks for sharing them.:D

[Randy_K]

A few more pictures of Faramir:

http://home.att.net/~rjknox/Faramir-a.jpg

http://home.att.net/~rjknox/Faramir-b.jpg

[krazyaboutkatz]

Great pics.:) I forgot to mention before that the only other cat that I've seen in a tub was SAS's Miley. She posted a pic of her when she was still a kitten and said that she liked to play in the bathtub water. I guess it's an Aby thing.:)

[tomkatzid]

Those are really too great. I have to alert my friends to this page !!

[Lallypop11]

Wow, those are great pictures, what a fun kitty! :D

[Fox-Gal]

Love those pictures. :) :D They are to cute.

Years ago, when I was a kid, we had Baggy Pants that loved water too. I remember my poor Father had broken his shoulder, playing football and had to take baths for awhile, it became a nightly thing to hear him yell for me to get my D%#m cat out of his tub. I'd go in there and there was Baggy Pants swimming around my Father. Father mad and me laughing at the two of them.

I don't think I've seen a cat that likes water sense then, over 30 years. They are rare breeds, I guess.

I so wished mine liked baths, life would be so much easier. :D Except having a wet cat running around the house. ;)

[Ramona]

Oh I love it!!!! That is so cute!! My Julie used to like water as a kitten, but not now.

[Lorraine]

Ha Ha!!Those pictures are too cute!! Looks like he is having a great time! And he is very handsome also! :D My Romeo is very curious of the water, but certainly not that brave!

[Cataholic]

If I hadn't of seen it myself, I am not sure I would have believed it! What a great series of photos. Thanks for posting them!

[*ABYCAT* Alice]

I'm so impressed by this Aby! Costello puts his paw in the water sometimes when I take a bath. Perhaps he could learn...

[catmandu]

Now , that is something that you dont see every day . It reminds me of Rusty , the swimming Cat , that used to be on the Beverly Hillbillies. The Found Cats are not sure of the Water.Wet is not where its at for them , but that is one Great Cat.

[K & L]

That is so cool!!

[Logan]

That is the funniest thing I have ever seen!!!! :) What a cat!!!!

Butter is very interested in the bath water and the shower, but he has never truly gotten in (although as dirty as he gets sometimes, I wish he would).

Thanks for sharing that funny series of pictures and slideshows! I'm wondering if SAS has seen them? :)

Logan

[sqwelch]

What great pics, I've never ever heard of a cat loving water like that, amazing :D

[BastetsMum]

Bastet hates water - when its not on her terms - loves it when it is hehe typical aby.

[kimlovescats]

I LOVE Abys and this pic is the BEST!!! :D