ChrisH
03-14-2004, 10:21 AM
As has been pointed out although I do post pictures of Ebby I don’t really say much about her, (Hi Jen! :D), I guess it is about time I gave a sort of update on how Ebby is getting along living here with Bob and I.
November 2002.
For those who weren’t PTalkers at the time, or don’t remember :), here are a few links (some pictures are missing though, sorry).
Please help prospective novice cat owner (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17755&perpage=15&highlight=Ebony%20AND%20OR%20Ebby&pagenumber=2)
First pictures of Ebony (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17985&highlight=Ebony+AND+OR+Ebby)
Better pics of Ebony (Ebby) (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18181)
More Ebby (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18267&perpage=15&highlight=Ebony%20AND%20OR%20Ebby&pagenumber=1)
But if you don’t want to bother with them, this is a brief history of before I met her, slightly different because some details weren’t clear then. For example I was told she was three and half years old, that was an estimate by the shelter staff, the vet who saw her in August 2002 estimated a lot lower, around eighteen months! Anyway ……
She was discovered wandering in May 2002, brought to the shelter, found to be pregnant, fostered out, had three kittens, back to the shelter for re-homing. Re-homed in August then brought back to the shelter in October, because, her then owner was moving in with her boyfriend in a new area and there were a lot of Rotties roaming about!! ( :mad: )
December 4th, Ebby (then named Ebony) and the first picture of her in her new home.
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Ebby%20Girl/660bc148.jpg
Ebby today (well, last week :)).
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Ebby%20Girl/665af3ea.jpg
What can I tell you about her now? Well, she is still has what the shelter staff called her snooty kitty ways that put people off adopting her, but to me they are just how she is. I don’t think she will ever be a cuddle/lap cat, but she is affectionate in her own way. I get plenty of purrs when I pet her, which is when she wants pets! I can pick her up and cuddle her too – for a few seconds! :)
She isn’t all that keen on playing with me, but she does like to play with her toys and sometimes running around chasing and catching imaginary bugs and creatures. I know this because it sounds like a horse galloping up and down up there! For a small cat she is very noisy sometimes! But only in that way, sometimes she will make kitty sounds when she is chasing around but she doesn’t meow, she squeaks, and then not very often. Oh, and sometimes when I give her a smooch she does this little grunt, sort of kitty ‘ugh’! :)
As far as treats goes she will deign to accept a kitty one occasionally but she doesn’t like them much. However she does like sandwich meats, chicken, beef etc, plus cheese and tuna … in fact she is just like most kitties in that!
.......... more coming
November 2002.
For those who weren’t PTalkers at the time, or don’t remember :), here are a few links (some pictures are missing though, sorry).
Please help prospective novice cat owner (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17755&perpage=15&highlight=Ebony%20AND%20OR%20Ebby&pagenumber=2)
First pictures of Ebony (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=17985&highlight=Ebony+AND+OR+Ebby)
Better pics of Ebony (Ebby) (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18181)
More Ebby (http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18267&perpage=15&highlight=Ebony%20AND%20OR%20Ebby&pagenumber=1)
But if you don’t want to bother with them, this is a brief history of before I met her, slightly different because some details weren’t clear then. For example I was told she was three and half years old, that was an estimate by the shelter staff, the vet who saw her in August 2002 estimated a lot lower, around eighteen months! Anyway ……
She was discovered wandering in May 2002, brought to the shelter, found to be pregnant, fostered out, had three kittens, back to the shelter for re-homing. Re-homed in August then brought back to the shelter in October, because, her then owner was moving in with her boyfriend in a new area and there were a lot of Rotties roaming about!! ( :mad: )
December 4th, Ebby (then named Ebony) and the first picture of her in her new home.
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Ebby%20Girl/660bc148.jpg
Ebby today (well, last week :)).
http://volcano.photobucket.com/albums/v11/CwmmawrJet/Bobby%20Boy/Ebby%20Girl/665af3ea.jpg
What can I tell you about her now? Well, she is still has what the shelter staff called her snooty kitty ways that put people off adopting her, but to me they are just how she is. I don’t think she will ever be a cuddle/lap cat, but she is affectionate in her own way. I get plenty of purrs when I pet her, which is when she wants pets! I can pick her up and cuddle her too – for a few seconds! :)
She isn’t all that keen on playing with me, but she does like to play with her toys and sometimes running around chasing and catching imaginary bugs and creatures. I know this because it sounds like a horse galloping up and down up there! For a small cat she is very noisy sometimes! But only in that way, sometimes she will make kitty sounds when she is chasing around but she doesn’t meow, she squeaks, and then not very often. Oh, and sometimes when I give her a smooch she does this little grunt, sort of kitty ‘ugh’! :)
As far as treats goes she will deign to accept a kitty one occasionally but she doesn’t like them much. However she does like sandwich meats, chicken, beef etc, plus cheese and tuna … in fact she is just like most kitties in that!
.......... more coming