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kiva

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23. My last orange boy was Hercules.

Reply to Arugula Latte (Reply #19)

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 09:17 PM

Jan 2013

Brave, fearless, and loved everyone. In his last year or so he was also a touch insane, so the other cats were verrrryyyy careful around him...but when he was younger he was the mama when we got a new kitten.

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Are the colors a cat is, an indication of how they act? [View all] Archae Dec 2012 OP

Cosmo and Millie MissMillie Dec 2012 #1

Don't judge them by the colors of their fur... PoliticAverse Dec 2012 #2

You are good. You are REAL good!!! MiddleFingerMom Dec 2012 #3

I have 2 tux and one mostly white with black markings. They each have their own appleannie1 Dec 2012 #4

Genetic characteristics are associated siligut Dec 2012 #5

My brother has a rag doll cat Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #10

My husband's old cat looked just like a Ragdoll csziggy Jan 2013 #15

All of my cats LWolf Dec 2012 #6

My Russian Blue acted like a Cossack TrogL Dec 2012 #7

Over the years I have owned and/or known hundreds Arkansas Granny Dec 2012 #8

Kind of. Calicoes are always female and whites often deaf nolabear Dec 2012 #9

Black cats are intelligent easttexaslefty Dec 2012 #11

I got a shelter cat that was classified as Black Domestic Shorthair... pink-o Jan 2013 #29

Oh, they're beautiful! And they look so comfy on your comforter. nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #12

That's one of their favorite spots to nap. Archae Dec 2012 #14

The chair on your exercise bike? Also, they're positioned exactly the same on the bed. Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #17

Yeah, I have one of those exercise bikes with a chair, instead of a bicycle seat. Archae Jan 2013 #18

Oh, a recumbent? I wish I had the room for one of those. nt Honeycombe8 Jan 2013 #21

I agree makes no difference Lokey Dec 2012 #13

Orange kittehs I have known kiva Jan 2013 #16

Agree. They tend to be males, and big love bugs. Arugula Latte Jan 2013 #19

My last orange boy was Hercules. kiva Jan 2013 #23

Yup, orange cats are usually male and have very sweet temperments n/t TexasBushwhacker Jan 2013 #32

My cat is very affectionate, hardly aloof sakabatou Jan 2013 #20

Solid grey ones soon learn they are invisible after twilight. WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #22

No, no difference. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #24

Lol, true. Jamastiene Jan 2013 #26

Most tortoiseshells cats are either female or sterile males. Jamastiene Jan 2013 #25

I'm pretty sure the answer is no. harmonicon Jan 2013 #27

yes and no grasswire Jan 2013 #28

Calicos are the feminists of the cat world KamaAina Jan 2013 #30

I pick up Charlotte all the time, she loves being cuddled. Archae Jan 2013 #31

I've always thought each cat has his/her own distinct personality HeiressofBickworth Jan 2013 #33