Kitty mimic

I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
they are about 2-1/2 years old now.

One sister (the more submissive one) observes and mimics older cats in
the household to a remarkable degree (remarkable to me, anyway). I've
caught her carefully observing the older cat, and within a few weeks,
her meow and her behavior are almost identical to the older cat!

She has been around two adult females at different times in her life,
and I have observed it both times. I'm not sure how unusual this is.
She also managed to befried both of the adults, usually with playful,
kittenish behavior...one of the adults would even groom her
occasionally in a motherly way! I can't say the same for her more
assertive sister, though...if her path crossed too closely to one of
the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.

Duke McAdow wrote:
I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
they are about 2-1/2 years old now.

One sister (the more submissive one) observes and mimics older cats in
the household to a remarkable degree (remarkable to me, anyway). I've
caught her carefully observing the older cat, and within a few weeks,
her meow and her behavior are almost identical to the older cat!

She has been around two adult females at different times in her life,
and I have observed it both times. I'm not sure how unusual this is.
She also managed to befried both of the adults, usually with playful,
kittenish behavior...one of the adults would even groom her
occasionally in a motherly way! I can't say the same for her more
assertive sister, though...if her path crossed too closely to one of
the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.


Welcome to the group! That doesn't sound familiar, but then again,
kittens do learn from their elders, whether they are their parents or
other cats who just happen to share the same home. Cats often groom each
other, but my Frank took it even further; when I brought home little
kitten Nikki, he didn't just groom her, he suckled her.

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki

Thanks for the welcome. Frank sounds like a character...I took a peek
at a couple of your photo albums and he and Nikki actually look like
they could be father and daughter!

Duke McAdow wrote:

I'm still a new cat owner...I adopted two sister cats as kittens and
they are about 2-1/2 years old now.

One sister (the more submissive one) observes and mimics older cats in
the household to a remarkable degree (remarkable to me, anyway). I've
caught her carefully observing the older cat, and within a few weeks,
her meow and her behavior are almost identical to the older cat!

She has been around two adult females at different times in her life,
and I have observed it both times. I'm not sure how unusual this is.
She also managed to befried both of the adults, usually with playful,
kittenish behavior...one of the adults would even groom her
occasionally in a motherly way! I can't say the same for her more
assertive sister, though...if her path crossed too closely to one of
the adults, they would often end up in a hissing standoff until both
went trotting off in opposite directions, grumbling.



Welcome to the group! Are there any pics of your kitties that we could see?
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek from Slovenia, Europe

Thanks for asking! I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
took one of Lily with my cell phone last night. She's the sister of
Dottie the "mimic." (I named them after Lillian and Dorothy Gish, the
silent film actresses.) Here's a link to Lily's pictu

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...06_06_2151.jpg

I interrupted her while she was playing with a fuzzy black feather boa.
I had purchased it a couple of weeks ago to make some toys for her and
her sister, but the little rascals found it and have been dragging it
around the house and playing with it ever since! They seem to enjoy it
so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

Duke McAdow wrote:
Thanks for asking! I'll have to upload my pictures to the
internet...I took one of Lily with my cell phone last night. She's
the sister of Dottie the "mimic." (I named them after Lillian and
Dorothy Gish, the silent film actresses.) Here's a link to Lily's
pictu

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...06_06_2151.jpg

I interrupted her while she was playing with a fuzzy black feather
boa. I had purchased it a couple of weeks ago to make some toys for
her and her sister, but the little rascals found it and have been
dragging it around the house and playing with it ever since! They
seem to enjoy it so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

She looks surprised and very sweet.
--
Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera)
Cats leave pawprints on your heart.
http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk

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Thanks for asking! I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.///

That makes 3 or 4 Lily's here now! )

There's Irulan's Lily in Maryland USA, my Lily the hellion-hoolikitten
in Cardiff, UK, Pat's Lily (at least I think it's Lily) (where are you
again Pat?) and now yours!

Welcome to the group!

Helen M


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That makes 3 or 4 Lily's here now! )

There's Irulan's Lily in Maryland USA, my Lily the hellion-hoolikitten
in Cardiff, UK, Pat's Lily (at least I think it's Lily) (where are you
again Pat?) and now yours!

Welcome to the group!

Helen M


LILY is a beeeyootiful name! I'm glad my Mama named me Lily. And all the
Lilys in this family are beeyootiful!
My Mama named me Lily from the character on COLD CASE. She is also
beeyootiful!

Lily (Maryland, USA)


--

Irulan
from the stars we come
to the stars we return
from now until the end of time
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"Duke McAdow" wrote in message
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Thanks for asking! I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
took one of Lily with my cell phone last night.///

That makes 3 or 4 Lily's here now! )

There's Irulan's Lily in Maryland USA, my Lily the hellion-hoolikitten
in Cardiff, UK, Pat's Lily (at least I think it's Lily) (where are you
again Pat?) and now yours!

Welcome to the group!

Helen M


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On 2006-04-07, Duke McAdow penned:

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...06_06_2151.jpg

I interrupted her while she was playing with a fuzzy black feather
boa. I had purchased it a couple of weeks ago to make some toys for
her and her sister, but the little rascals found it and have been
dragging it around the house and playing with it ever since! They
seem to enjoy it so much as-is, I gave up on the toymaking idea.

Aww. What a sweet picture.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Duke McAdow wrote:
Thanks for asking! I'll have to upload my pictures to the internet...I
took one of Lily with my cell phone last night. She's the sister of
Dottie the "mimic." (I named them after Lillian and Dorothy Gish, the
silent film actresses.) Here's a link to Lily's pictu

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c1...06_06_2151.jpg

Aww, she looks very sweet!

--
Marina, Miranda and Caliban. In loving memory of Frank and Nikki.
marina (dot) kurten (at) iki (dot) fi
Stories and pics at http://koti.welho.com/mkurten/
Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/
and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki