Paul408Notch
03-27-2007, 04:02 PM
It reminded me I never posted pics of our latest little one.
This is Zia. We found her huddled up against the San Felipe De Neri church in Old Town Albuquerque, NM back just before New Years. It was getting late and was starting to get really cold. My girlfriend was taking some pictures of the Christmas tree in the square and I heard something whimpering. I finally found her huddled up in the corner in the dirt. She was kind of shy, but eventually came up to us. It was supposed to get down below freezing and start snowing that night so I picked her up and took her back to our hotel.
She behaved really well, so the next day we took her to a vet there and had her checked out. The vet said she was very healthy, was a very young ferrell cat, but would make an excellent pet. So we left her at the vet overnight while we finished our vacation in NM, and brought her home the next day. She and our other cat didn't get along at all at first, so we had to keep them separated for a couple of months, but now they at least don't try to kill each other.
The name Zia is the symbol for the state of New Mexico, so that's how we came up with the name. This is pretty much what it looks like.
http://www.specialtymile.com/laserprod/zia.jpg
Here she is about a week after we brought her home.
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web1.jpg
And these two are from a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web2.jpg
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web3.jpg
She's been a pretty good cat so far. The vet told us that torties are very dominating, and love to knock stuff off of desks and counters, but so far she's fairly mellow and only knocks stuff down on occasion. She LOVES to play fetch for some reason, and is the only cat I've ever known that isn't afraid of water. She constantly wants in the shower when either of us are in there. So yeah, just thought I'd share for those of you who like cats. I still like dogs a little better, but cats sure are low-maintenance.
This is Zia. We found her huddled up against the San Felipe De Neri church in Old Town Albuquerque, NM back just before New Years. It was getting late and was starting to get really cold. My girlfriend was taking some pictures of the Christmas tree in the square and I heard something whimpering. I finally found her huddled up in the corner in the dirt. She was kind of shy, but eventually came up to us. It was supposed to get down below freezing and start snowing that night so I picked her up and took her back to our hotel.
She behaved really well, so the next day we took her to a vet there and had her checked out. The vet said she was very healthy, was a very young ferrell cat, but would make an excellent pet. So we left her at the vet overnight while we finished our vacation in NM, and brought her home the next day. She and our other cat didn't get along at all at first, so we had to keep them separated for a couple of months, but now they at least don't try to kill each other.
The name Zia is the symbol for the state of New Mexico, so that's how we came up with the name. This is pretty much what it looks like.
http://www.specialtymile.com/laserprod/zia.jpg
Here she is about a week after we brought her home.
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web1.jpg
And these two are from a couple of weeks ago.
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web2.jpg
http://www.paultown.com/Zia/Web3.jpg
She's been a pretty good cat so far. The vet told us that torties are very dominating, and love to knock stuff off of desks and counters, but so far she's fairly mellow and only knocks stuff down on occasion. She LOVES to play fetch for some reason, and is the only cat I've ever known that isn't afraid of water. She constantly wants in the shower when either of us are in there. So yeah, just thought I'd share for those of you who like cats. I still like dogs a little better, but cats sure are low-maintenance.