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Josi, part Siamese, part Stegosaurus?
My almost-grown part-Simmy, Josiah, is one of the most playful
cats I've ever known. He's a white furry ball of energy, leaping into the air, dashing in a blur across the carpet, chasing my feet under the covers whenever I move in bed... My sister lovingly calls him "our demon spawn." She brought to my attention a strange characteristic about Josi: when he's playful (which is almost all the time he's awake and/or not eating), a thin ridge of fur down his spine stands at attention. He's not frightened or anything, he's just being a "demon spawn", crazy with energy and play, but I'm curious to know if anyone's ever seen this Stegosaurus trait in other cats. Thanks. -- *Carol* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please visit my humor & parody website at http://www.rainy-day-laughter.com. Home of Happy Liederhosen's Hollywood, The Codfather's Punny Movies, Your Weekly Rainyscope, Jax the Russian Blue Boy, & much more yet . New columns Fridays. |
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Mark Edwards skrev i t... | No cluons were harmed when Rainy-Day-Laughter! said | | [snip] | | ... a thin ridge of fur down his | spine stands at attention. He's not frightened or anything, he's | just being a "demon spawn", crazy with energy and play, but I'm | curious to know if anyone's ever seen this Stegosaurus trait in | other cats. Thanks. | | Absolutely. See this picture of Presto (RB) at: | | http://home.comcast.net/~Mark-Edwards/stegcat.jpg | | (BIG grin and some Photoshop) LOL! cute! I can't say that Thea or Bono ever looked as impressive as that, but the hair along their spine do get slightly elevated when they go into frantic mode ... -- lewe ------------------------------------------------------------------------- lewemi at yahoo dot se | cat pics: photos.yahoo.com/lewemi |
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Rainy-Day-Laughter wrote:
My almost-grown part-Simmy, Josiah, is one of the most playful snipped for server characteristic about Josi: when he's playful (which is almost all the time he's awake and/or not eating), a thin ridge of fur down his spine stands at attention. He's not frightened or anything, he's just being a "demon spawn", crazy with energy and play, but I'm curious to know if anyone's ever seen this Stegosaurus trait in other cats. Thanks. Hazard, my foundling feline from the university, shows the same type of ridge when he's fired up for playtime. He doesn't get as much attention as he should (bad cat dad, *bad*), so he's almost always fired up for playtime.. He also carpet surfs, laying down on his belly or side and pulling himself around on the carpet, and even does that up and down the stairs. That's just one of the ways he earned his name. Of course, when he does that, the static electricity makes his fur go in *all* sorts of different directions. Purrs- Chris and the Fairfax felines |
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Mark Edwards wrote:
Absolutely. See this picture of Presto (RB) at: http://home.comcast.net/~Mark-Edwards/stegcat.jpg My favorite thing in this picture is the expression on Little Feet's face. (That is Little Feet, isn't it? Hard to tell with all your orange cats. ) He actually looks rather alarmed. Joyce |
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First of all, I was laughing when I saw the pic of Presto. That was
cute! Missy will occasionally get a small "spine" when she's playing, and definitelyl when she's mad. Once she was growling at my bedroom window at a cat who was walking across the wall. She wouldn't stop growling! But then there are times when she and Imp are playing tag that I'll see a slight one missy mnnbghf get off the v0hrshnag key7board!! sorry..........i need to scritch her majesty............... Imp did one funny thing though he was playing with Mischief on their cat tree and Imp kinda fell off. Of course he walked away with the classic "I meant to do that" look, but his TAIL. Instead of being completely poofed like a raccoon's tail, only a small section in the MIDDLE of his tail was poofed! It reminded me of a snake who just eaten and they have a bulge in the middle. My roommate and I were laughing so hard, cause he walked around with that small poof on his tail for at least 5 minutes! Kristi |
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"Mischief" wrote Imp did one funny thing though he was playing with Mischief on their cat tree and Imp kinda fell off. Of course he walked away with the classic "I meant to do that" look, but his TAIL. Instead of being completely poofed like a raccoon's tail, only a small section in the MIDDLE of his tail was poofed! It reminded me of a snake who just eaten and they have a bulge in the middle. My roommate and I were laughing so hard, cause he walked around with that small poof on his tail for at least 5 minutes! Nikki does that frequently, and apparently for no specific reason. She will walk around with a poof in the middle of her tail, or sometimes at the base or at the top. I'll ask her what poofed her tail, but she just looks innocently at me and unpoofs it. It is hilarious. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki |
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In message , Marina
writes Nikki does that frequently, and apparently for no specific reason. She will walk around with a poof in the middle of her tail, or sometimes at the base or at the top. I'll ask her what poofed her tail, but she just looks innocently at me and unpoofs it. It is hilarious. One of my RB cats, Purdey, was a very fluffy critter, and also had an exceptionally long tail. For some reason, a short length of tail a few inches down from the tip *didn't* poof out like the rest - it looked for all the world like he had a pom-pom attached to the end of an already fluffy tail. Sadly, he lost most of his tail following a car accident - the tail took the brunt of the force, and was broken in several places, so the vet amputated at the break nearest the body. Didn't seem to worry Purdey though; it was amazing how expressive a six-inch stump could be! -- Cathi |
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Mark Edwards skrev i
t... : | : ... a thin ridge of fur down his : spine stands at attention. He's not frightened or anything, he's : just being a "demon spawn", crazy with energy and play, but I'm : curious to know if anyone's ever seen this Stegosaurus trait in : other cats. Thanks. : : Absolutely. See this picture of Presto (RB) at: : : http://home.comcast.net/~Mark-Edwards/stegcat.jpg : : (BIG grin and some Photoshop) LOL! I almost sprayed my keyboard with coffee. These things should come with warning labels on them. -- *Carol* ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please visit my humor & parody website at http://www.rainy-day-laughter.com. Home of Happy Liederhosen's Hollywood, The Codfather's Punny Movies, Your Weekly Rainyscope & much more yet . All new columns every Friday. |
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"Cathi" wrote in message ... Sadly, he lost most of his tail following a car accident - the tail took the brunt of the force, and was broken in several places, so the vet amputated at the break nearest the body. Didn't seem to worry Purdey though; it was amazing how expressive a six-inch stump could be! Oh, they don't need much tail to be expressive! Vino's only got about 1 cm (born that way, Japanese Bobtail) and he wiggles his little nub all the time. When he's excited, his butt fur moves up and down, it is really cute...and expressive :-) -- Britta Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album |
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