A lot of people seem to prefer yellow (or red/ginger/marmalade/orange) cats to black or gray cats,

[davsand]

129. Meh! No matter the pelt they are all feline underneath it.

I've had every possible color combination over the years and I think that every cat has capacity for both insanity and brilliance.

The current overlord is a huge fat black (neutered) male that chose us 11 years ago when we were at the shelter looking to add to our family. He's robust, a distinct personality, and rules our lives. He treats me differently than he does my husband and our daughter--yet he clearly has an attachment to us all because he actually will wander from room to room looking for anybody that isn't home on a given evening. He's in my lap when I'm sitting or else in the same room with me unless I'm in the kitchen. When I cook he lays on top of his cat tree and watches me or else he naps. He's a Senior now, but he still will chase his tail sometimes, and he still loves his catnip mousies and his Fat Kitty "Kat Fud."

Before Chaucer came to us, we had Tillie(YouBitch) for 17 years. She was a rescue and one of the craziest most vicious cats I have ever known. She's be sweet and loving and then all at once she'd get "that look" in her eye and run across the room to attack. In all my years of living with cats I have NEVER seen anything like her. She terrorized any number of vets and vet techs over the years, and I hesitate to think how much blood that cat shed. I also never forgot the horrible early abuse she suffered at the hands of "humans" and I figured maybe she thought she was entitled to give some of that back. I loved her and miss her still.

I've lived with all white cats, gray tabbies, and gingers, and I will say that each one had a distinct personality and they gave more than they probably ever owed anybody.


Laura