No-Name and stray cat *pictures* *UPDATE post 12**

[Toby's my baby]

I found out the sex of the new siamese addition... as we've been calling the poor GUY a she... yes, she is in fact a he. So now he needs a name. I sat out in the shop with him today just trying to think of a name for him, but I just couldn't come up with one. I started calling him Pepper, after the cat in my avatar, but I didn't know if I wanted to call him Pepper too.. we'll see if it sticks or not. Also, I went out to feed him and I saw a cat kinda run away and I thought it was kind of weird since no-namer is so friendly. I realized I have another cat on my hands! The cat stays with no-name but if it gets TOO close to no-name he bats at it. But they don't hiss at each other or anything. The cat meows CONSTANTLY, especially if you talk back to it. It is still a little unsure of humans right now though. Unfortunatly, I think it was a kitten of someones who decided they didn't want it anymore, and dropped it off out by my house in the country. It comes when you call it, but won't let you touch it or come very close. I'm going to keep feeding it, and sitting out there by it, hopefully it will gain my trust. I had no-name come into the shop today and left the door open so this stray could come in, and it did, so I took a few pictures...

The stray sitting in the window..



No it's not hissing at me.. just meowing



no-name pictures in following post..

[Toby's my baby]

That's all!

[moosmom]

What a beautiful baby!!

I have one question though. His ears, what happened to them?? If that's the way they are, I do believe you have an American Curl/Siamese/Seal Lynx torbie mix.

[Laura's Babies]

I wonder if someone didn't dump them both together? They look like they are comfortable inside and are just frightened at their new surroundings. Both of them are lovely babies and have found their safe world that they knew turned upside down. Just give them time and I think you will have 2 really nice new additions to your home.

[Toby's my baby]

I have one question though. His ears, what happened to them??

I was looking at his ears yesterday, and it looks to me like they were frostbitten off, probably when he was a kitten.

I wonder if someone didn't dump them both together?

No, they didn't get dumped together. My dad brought no-name home from his aunts so that she would go to a nursing home, because she wouldn't leave no-name behind. You can see that thread
HERE I think the stray has been here though for a couple days, because the day I found out about no-name I heard some meowing in the shed, and I thought it was our cat Mittens, but now that I listen to the meowing I'm thinking it was the stray.

[cassiesmom]

Help, I'm confused! No-name is the male kitty with the injured ears, right? And stray is the kitty that's not hissing but meowing - stray is male, too? I think no-name is so pretty despite the ear thing. Stray looks so content in the first couple of photos and then he's got a totally different look on his face in the meowing photos. Could you give them "pair" names - Rowan and Martin, Click and Clack (car guys on public radio), Abbott and Costello, Bo and Luke (remember the Dukes of Hazzard), Fred and Barney?

[Taz_Zoee]

Honestly No-Name is a great name to me. Here in San Francisco there is a morning radio show and the DJ's are Sarah and No Name. So it just sounds normal to me to say No Name as a real name. LOL But that's not a good name for a kitty.
Since he is so large and doesn't have his ears, I'm thinking Bob (because he looks sorta like a Bobcat), but that's kinda boring too. And I had a dog growing up named Pepper, so that's a dog name to me.
Well, I'm stumped. Whatever you call him will be perfect!!
So, do you get to "keep" the other stray guy too? Or would that be pushing it with your dad?

[Toby's my baby]

catnapper- no-name is my new addition, with no ears. I'm not sure if the stray is a male or female. Hopefully a male. I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep this other stray. I'm sure my dad won't bring it the the HS or anything, it will stay on our farm, but my dad probably won't allow me to bring it to the vet or anything. . . but I'll work on him.

[RedHedd]

Aw. I think "No name" should be called Earbud but his cute little earlets.

[catmandu]

I Think That The One With The Tufted Ears Should Be Shemp As He Has That Comical Quizzical Look As The Late Stooge And Shemp Angel Would Love A Protege.
I Think Diamond Would Be Good For The Other Companion As Hes 14 Karat. Bless You For Opening Your Home And Your Heart.

[jennielynn1970]

Oh my gosh, they both have such sweet faces! I love the boy with the frostbitten ears (I guess in Minnesota that would be a normal for a cat to get if it were abandoned outside in the winter, right?). How about a naming him after something that really suits his personality and how he behaves? Is he silly and goofy, or is he laid back?

The stray is adorable.. he/she looks a lot like my Frankie, a foster that I have upstairs. He loves to rub around my ankles, and is very chatty, but you can't hold him very much. He's much happier with other kitties as companions than humans.
This is Frankie...

[Toby's my baby]

**UPDATE**

I am furious right now, I am in disbelief about what an A$$#o!e my dad is. This morning I was leaving for work with him, and he had already been to a town about 45 miles away before I even woke up. He said, well your cat is in Grand Forks now!!!! He took my cat, and brought it some where else. I cannot believe him. Needless to say we got in a HUGE fight and I called him a few names I probably shouldn't have. If he really didn't want the cat he should have said so, I could have found it a better home instead of him just taking it away. I am so very very sorry pet talk, you have no idea how sorry and ashamed I am. I never thought someone in my family would do such a thing.

[jennielynn1970]

What is in Grand Forks?? Did he just drive the cat there and drop it off? The fact that he did this while you were asleep just shows that he was being a coward... no offense to your dad, but that's what it was. A very cowardly act on his behalf.

What about the stray? What is happening with that cat?

Can you get that poor No Name back? I'd just go and pick it up and tell dad to kiss my behind.

[Pawla]

Did he take No Name, or the stray? Did he take the cat to someone, or just dump it? I don't blame you for being upset with your Dad. That's just cruel. Not only to the cat, but to yo as well. If it was No Name, he lied to your aunt. How confuse dthat poor kitty must be. Lost one human, goes to a new place, then gets dumped somewhere else. Cats have a way of finding their way back. Wouldn't that be funny?

[Toby's my baby]

He took No-name and I think he just dumped him. My dad didn't even tell his aunt that he was taking the cat away from her, he just took it. She is very old (85 years of age) and is living by herself. She desperatly needs to go to a nursing home, but wouldn't leave without her cat, so my dad took it home with him without telling her. Poor cat, he was such a sweetheart, I really hope he finds his way home!!