For the first time on Pet Talk...Nipo!

Introducing my kitty-cat of eight years...Nipo!

Her name is pronounced like "knee-poe." Nipo is a Hawaiian word meaning LOVE! She is my love! We adopted her from the Hawaiian Humane Society (http://www.hawaiianhumane.org) in 1995, when I was in the fifth grade. She was around six months old at that time and had come from a family who found out after they adopted her that their daughter was allergic to cats. :rolleyes: Instead of doing something about it right away, they left her locked up with her food, water and litter box and deprived her of human contact. :( Because she spent her kitten hood deprived of proper socialization she is a little bit untrusting and skittish. She is no lap kitty! Sometimes she chooses to sit on my butt if I’m laying down on the floor watching TV but that’s about it! The rest of the time I initiate contact. I love her to death though!!!

She is a beautiful shorthair classic tabby.

Here she is sitting amongst the ferns. I think it brings out the green in her eyes! What do you think? ;)
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/...ipoInFerns.jpg

Here she is at our old house, in one of her favorite sunning spots. She would wiggle in between the windowsill and the bottom louvre and soak up the sun!
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/...o/fc297163.jpg

Here she is playing with a cord! This photo is the most recent, she is probably around 5 or 6 years here.
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/...o/fc297161.jpg

And here is a great picture up close that shows off her beautiful tabby markings.
As you can tell I’m new to Photoshop. :rolleyes: My cropping skills are croppy. LOL.
http://img28.photobucket.com/albums/...o/fc297092.jpg

That’s all I have for now! Enjoy!

SHe's so beautiful, I'm glad we finally got to meet her here on Pet Talk!

She is very beautiful, thanks for sharing her pics!

She is SO beautiful! Love her little angel face :) Thanks for introducing me to her.

She is just beautiful.:) Thanks for sharing.

She very pretty! Thanks for introducing her!

:D It's always nice to see a feline face here on PT! ;) I just love the meaning of her name. Very appropriate! No doubt she brings you lots of love and you love her very much!
**hugs**

Here is the closeup. I removed the .orig from the URL.
Nipo is a very beautiful cat.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...1/fc297092.jpg

Ooooh that was easy! Hehehe, and thought I carefully removed the orig.jpg from all the pics!

Thanks for the compliments everyone! She may look sweet but she's a little shtinker with cattitude..... LOL

LOVE the photo of Nipo in the ferns...that is great enough to frame!!

Robyn

Nipo what a beauty you are!!!!

Thanks for sharing her Kate!!!!!!! :D :D

She's a beautiful cat :) I also love her name.

Nipo is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing her story and pics with us. :D

Awww, Kate, she's gorgeous!! :) Thanks so much for sharing her with us. I bet you miss her, huh?

I love classic tabbies and Nipo is a beauty. :) I'm sorry to hear about her sad childhood, deprived of love and care, but I'm glad that she's with you now. :)

Thanks for sharing!