Originally posted by zippy-kat:
Burrl~

That was some quick thinking! lol Cute story!

Clarice is a siamese/tabby cross. (I refer to her as a "tab-ese".) She is cross eyed. Remember the show Clarence the Cross Eyed Lion? Well, we "adjusted" the name to fit a female cross-eyed cat...hence, the name Clarice.

Tinker is one of Clarice's kittens but she favors the Himalayan breed with the purr-sonality of a ragdoll. (Her father was a traveling salesman.) No stories behind her name though.

Somehow, I managed to overlook your reply on Max--sorry about that! He was just a blk alleycat that decided this was to be his new home. When he first adopted us, he slept in the tree in our front yard--poor baby couldn't even be coaxed inside except to eat. However, he soon discovered the benefits of being a housecat! He was such a silly guy, we were lucky that he chose us!
zippy-kat ~

I remember Clarence the cross-eyed lion show! That dates both of us, doesn't it? (We can always claim we saw it on Nickelodian or AnimalPlanet cable channels in re-runs... Right! That's the ticket!) That's a good cat-naming story. We should probably start a new thread for the naming of cats!

But a cat that slept in a tree! That's in keeping with our odd cat behavior forum genre.

One of the most difficult things to do is to get a feral to become a housecat. Congratulations! Most die of disease or malnutrition. The luckier ones get caught in cat traps and sent to the pound where they are unadoptable and euthanized. Clarice and you beat the odds there!

[This message has been edited by Burrl (edited July 11, 2000).]