gingersmom Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Two-both indoors only Ginger (loves loves my daughter, loves me when it is time to eat) Oreo (I am the love of his life, ignores the kids) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CindyH in NC Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Romeo is 16 years old and TJ is just about 4-5 months. Our female ( Juliet )passed away this spring at 16. Romeo has thyroid issues and has been on medication daily for a few years. I was very reluctant to bring a young cat home because I was afraid that it would annoy Romeo too much. Then a dear friend found TJ abandoned at a park and after the girls took one look he came home with us. He needed surgery right away to amputate part of his tail that had been injured. We are still working on leash training the new one but both of our older cats have been leashed trained and enjoyed walking around the yard or laying in the sun on the deck while the girls play outside. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have two. Our old lady Piper(10) is indoor only, though she will sometimes come out on the front porch and hang out with us when we're there. Our crazy kitty Luna (2) is indoor/out. She was the offspring of a barn cat that the kids fell in love with. We do have several barn cats, but they were here before we moved in so I don't really consider them "ours." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dobela Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 3 indoor, under 7 yrs old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathmom Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 1 indoor cat, even though I swore I'd never have another cat! Our previous cat would stalk me at night and bit me pretty severely. I'm still a little nervous around our new cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KS_ Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 One currently (have had 2 at a time before) and they're indoor cats. Sometimes, I'll let her out on the patio w/ me briefly or the kids will, but she loves to gobble down grass and then come back inside and puke it all up. If she didn't do that, I might be more inclined to take her out in the yard when I'm outside, but I'd never leave her out there alone. I'm not a fan of free roaming cats - I clean up way too much cat poo in my yard :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 2 indoor only cats, 16 year old Simba, and 3 year old Crookshanks. Crookshanks and the dog are best friends. Simba rules the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 When we moved I tried to leash train the cat so I could walk him on the 8 hour trip. Everytime I put the leash on he dropped to the floor like he was dead.:tongue_smilie: I tried this w/ a cat of mine when we moved. He made himself like a rock & refused to budge. :lol: We did have 8, but we lost our oldest last week. :grouphug: But I don't have the $ to get her fixed. You might want to call a local vet & see if there are any programs that fund spaying/neutering for feral cats. Sometimes you can get it done very cheaply or for free that way. Two are flame points, one's a Siamese, ...One of the outside cats likes to stand on my Great Pyrs and knead them. :lol: Be still my heart. My oldest kitty (who is *my* cat) is a flame point mix & our next oldest kitty (who belongs to ds & me) is a Siamese mix. I adore these feisty, loud, smart cats!!! Do your flame points like water/don't mind being wet? That is too funny about kneading the (big) dogs. Do the dogs like their massages? Our female ( Juliet )passed away this spring at 16. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 4. Oliver is 3.5, indoor/outdoor Abby is around 1.5 (we think--shelter girl), indoor Frankie is 1, indoor Peter is almost 1, indoor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver0f10 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 3 and they are indoor/outdoor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 2 cats that are strictly outdoors because my dh does not want them in the house (serious sinus problems). If it were me, they would be indoor/outdoor probably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 (edited) Two cats. One carefully selected for temperament, personality, appearance, and easy of grooming. One scruffy, long-haired, bad-tempered creature that somebody dumped and which decided to crawl onto my porch to die. $200 in vet bills later, I had an involuntary cat. ETA: Both indoors. We live on a very busy street. Edited August 12, 2011 by Sharon in Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 3 indoor cats....2 kittens and one grumpy 12 year old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have four cats, all fixed and indoor only. Two are older and two are younger. I used to have two other older cats. One left home with the 19 year old and the other passed away prematurely. They were replaced by the two youngsters. So apparently my limit is four cats. Just enough to be a little unusual but not quite enough to be the crazy cat lady. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 One orange cat, indoor/outdoor. He adopted us when we lived in the country. He just showed up and insisted he lived there. He was an older kitten, very friendly. Turns out he was the neighbor's cat--the neighbors that lived a mile away, not even on our road. They let us keep him. We've had him about 7 years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughing lioness Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 8. A male, female and 6 kittens. They are barn cats- outdoors all the way. We do feed them some- not a ton. We want them to hunt. We de-worm them and give them shots once a year (they bring home rats and other wild thangs). They ride on the kids shoulders and are totally tame and adorable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SBP Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have one, and that's one too many in my opinion. I'm not much of a cat lover. He's mostly outdoor, but he can come in if he wants to. When it's cold, we tend to see more of him. When the weather is nice, he'd rather be out. SBP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 2 indoor only cats, 16 year old Simba, and 3 year old Crookshanks. Crookshanks and the dog are best friends. Simba rules the house. Crookshanks-- I love it! What cuties they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 2 indoor only cats, 16 year old Simba, and 3 year old Crookshanks. Crookshanks and the dog are best friends. Simba rules the house. Crookshanks looks just like my Oreo! So cute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Ten. The oldest has been my companion since vet school, and is going on sixteen this September. I lost number eleven last winter, a cat that came with the house. She was twenty. The youngest is five, one of a pair of cats left to me in a client's will. Yes, I am the crazy cat lady. All of them are indoor/outdoor, with the geriatrics spending most of their time in their baskets soaking up the sun through the windows, and the younger set chasing lizards and grasshoppers outside. We have nineteen acres well off of a dead-end road. We also have three dogs, the neighbor's dog (120 lb Wolf Hybrid who thinks he lives at my house), a small flock of chickens and guineas, and as of last week I think my neighbor's horses have moved in on me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vettechmomof2 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 3 cats, indoor only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Two indoor/outdoor cats. Littermates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 1 indoor spazztastic but soft and beautiful Manx 2 y.o. fly and spider killing machine. We call her Hazel after Hazel Rah in Watership Down. She really does hop like a bunny when she's spooked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Violet Crown Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 1 indoor spazztastic but soft and beautiful Manx 2 y.o. fly and spider killing machine. We call her Hazel after Hazel Rah in Watership Down. She really does hop like a bunny when she's spooked. What is it about manxes? We have what the cat shelter called a "manx," though she's clearly a manx the same way I'm Irish--as in, maybe three generations ago--and we just call her a "minx." But she goes crazy if she can't play a wild game of fetch-the-mouse daily, and she's a one-cat palmetto bug destruction device, with unending energy. I wish we'd named her Orkin. Oh boy is she affectionate, too. And, every once in a while, that bunny-hop shows itself (less now than it used to, now that she's getting on in years and weight). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calendula Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have three cats. Two are indoor, one is in and out. Currently, unhappily in, as we have a baby robin without a mama in the yard. Hoping it flies soon!!! The darn cat snuck out this morning, however, and immediately caught a blue bird! :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer3141 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 4 indoor cats that our legally ours. :) My next door neighbor and I trap and spay/neuter the cats that wander onto our farms. I think we did that to 5 this summer. We rehomed one clearly tame one with a sweet little girl two farms over who loved his crazy paws. And one of those 5 cats was injured so he now lives inside my neighbor's home 99% of the time. My neighbor has a huge heart for animals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 and are they indoor or outdoor or a combo of both? Just curious. :) 2 cats. They are indoor, but they sneak out now and again. Especially one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Sounds pretty Manxy to me! I think most of the time they are mixed breed. Often they have a rounder face than other cats and their back legs are longer so they are more boxy-shaped. Ours is a "stumpy" which means she has a wee tiny tail, maybe 2 in. long at most. It doesn't bother her when we touch it, but our last Manx had the same tail and it was very very sensitive. All the nerve endings conglomerate right there--which means sometimes they have pooping problems, although no Manx I've seen has had this. My grandma had a "rumpy" which means the cat had no tail whatsover...just a little tuft of fur there. She was completely white and beautiful. I am glad your kitty kills the Palmetto bugs!! There's a link to a video of Hazel as a kitten. She had just discovered this cabinet. It's hilarious. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elisabeth in IL Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I have one indoor, 11 month old cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 and are they indoor or outdoor or a combo of both? Just curious. :) Two indoor only - male litter mates Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChiMomNP Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 2 cats. They are indoor only. Lucy and Abbey, both are rescue kitties. They run our house and they rule the 2 dogs too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Live2Ride Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 5 cats all fixed, all outdoors because son is allergic, but they have a safe area to get to just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firefly Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 What is it about manxes? We have what the cat shelter called a "manx," though she's clearly a manx the same way I'm Irish--as in, maybe three generations ago--and we just call her a "minx." But she goes crazy if she can't play a wild game of fetch-the-mouse daily, and she's a one-cat palmetto bug destruction device, with unending energy. I wish we'd named her Orkin. Oh boy is she affectionate, too. And, every once in a while, that bunny-hop shows itself (less now than it used to, now that she's getting on in years and weight). Wow, that IS funny-- my crazy Luna I mentioned above is a Manx, too! I didn't realize they had a reputation. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbecueMom Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Two, indoor only. Tux (7yo) and Onyxia (5yo). they are, almost four years ago. This is usually how it goes - Ony gets into trouble, and Tux is the worst lookout cat ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmmetler Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 3- 15,11, and 10, all indoor only, all ones I fostered. The 15 yr old was a bottle baby, the other two are the offspring of stray/semi-feral mothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have two indoor cats. When we adopted them, we agreed to some fairly stiff "rules." I would do it again. They are 14 & 15 and an integral part of my kids' world. Time has passed too quickly.:crying: The kids have grown up and Cowboy Bob and Butler have grown old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elvis and Miss Kitty Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have 5 indoor cats. Elvis, about 10 years old and so big that the dogs are afraid of him (or maybe they're afraid of his claws), Miss Fluffy, about 6 years old, Kitty Kister, 2 years old, CJ, 1 year old, and Pickles wandered up last month. She appears to be about 12 weeks now. My precious Miss Kitty died a few months ago, she was our first cat and my favorite. They are all spayed or neutered. They all think that I am their slave....sometimes I feel like it!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robyn Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 One 5 year old indoor Siamese. He wants to be an outdoor cat and spends sunny days on the screened in porch looking for a way out. But he's really a big wimp and any time he actually escapes, he ends up hiding in the bushes or under the porch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 3 strictly indoor 9-month olds who are litter-mates. 1 indoor-outdoor 6 year-old. I have tried to keep my older cat indoors, but she is impossible to keep in when she wants out. They are all spayed or neutered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I've got you beat by 1. We have 7, all indoor only, spayed/neutered, and with claws. We did have 8, but we lost our oldest last week. Awwww :( :grouphug: We have 11, indoor/outdoor, some more outdoor than others. Only one of them was acquired "on purpose." The others just showed up. All are spayed/neutered. We had so many done at once, we got a discount. :) We have a WINNAH!!! I bow to your crazy-cat-lady-ness. :lol: I had a black Manx once... she was nuts. I swear that when her tail was genetically lopped off, half her brain went with it. She was constantly running into walls at full speed. She was bound and determined to escape outside, and one day she succeeded... and never found her way home. I sometimes wonder what happened to her. Her name was Phobia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 I've typically always had three at a time, but I only have one now. They have all been indoor only cats. (I grew up on a farm with outdoor only cats and losing them on a regular basis was always hard on me....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Our female ( Juliet )passed away this spring at 16. :grouphug: I worry about our 16 year old. He doesn't have any health problems other than just being old, but still. I see there are quite a few people with older cats in this thread. I was very reluctant to bring a young cat home because I was afraid that it would annoy Romeo too much. Cindy We were worried about that too. Our older cat was 13 when we got her, and he very quickly let her know he wasn't interested in her foolishness. Luckily we have a dog who was happy to become her playmate. He was thrilled to have a cat who actually likes him. :D Crookshanks-- I love it! What cuties they are. Crookshanks looks just like my Oreo! So cute. It's such a mouthful of a name for her. Ds is a huge Harry Potter fan (well, we all are really) and insisted that he wanted to name our next cat Crookshanks. It doesn't fit her personality though. So it's her official name and what we call her when we talk about her. But when we talk to her we tend to call her Miss Kitty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Rebecca, We rescued one cat..... a Ragdoll from CA 2 1/2 years ago and they are bred to be indoors, just as our stays inside with us 24/7. She's right here beside me now. Gorgeous and the best natured cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in FL. Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 We have one indoor cat. Dh is allergic, but got the cat for me about a year ago because he knows I love cats. Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Four indoor only cats. Two mixed breed adoptees (5 and 9 years old), and two Bengals (3 year old rosetted female purchased as a kitten, and a 2 year old marble female adopted from a breeder). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiegirl Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 Well, lastmonth we had four cats. They all gave birth this past month so now we have 11! We live on a farm so they are all outside cats. My kids are deliriously happy. This is the first time that we have had a cat long enough to have kittens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyco Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 That video is so funny I got hiccups from laughing! We all enjoyed it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 wow so many cat owners here. We have 8, 2 are from a farm, all the rest are rescue kitties. The only ones that have any interest in going outside are our 3 oldest and they just lay on our concret pad under our picnic table. We do have an upstairs sunroom, and a downstairs sunroom where the cats spend most of their time watchng birds. They are Blackie 11 years old Ginger Pye 9 Sagwa 9 Angel 4 Quiksilver 4 Indiana Jones 4 Hannah Montana 4 Cali just turned 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybear Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 We have two cats and they are indoor only. After four cases of Lyme disease among my two children I will not take the risk of having any animal which might bring ticks into the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda S in TX Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 One outside cat and she's an employee with health benefits, not a pet. Blessings, Melinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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