Mary Kay

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04:00 pm: Why yes,
I have taken leave of my senses.

Losing our two cats, Dominic in Oct. 2006, and Loki in May of this year was so hard on me I told Jordin I didn't want any more pets at all ever. He really did. Jordin doesn't seem to be happy without cats. He wanted them so much I decided it would be really selfish of me to keep saying no. I decided I would surprise him for his birthday in October with an Ocicat. He's always admired them and they're beautiful and intelligent creatures. I wasn't sure how long it would take, so I started looking for a breeder in Washington.

Well, the small cattery I found didn't have any ocicats and didn't expect any anytime soon, but they did have a brother and sister Savannah. As it turns out, their mother had to have a c-section and so was spayed and they were looking for a home for her too. Yeah. We now have three cats. I'll upload some pictures later, but here are pics of the kittens. They've been named Miles and Ekaterin, in part because the Vorkosigin house colors are brown and silver.

http://www.cranberrycoastcats.com/newcubs.html
They're the ones she called Mork and Mindy. We renamed them...

This is a link to a page with pictures of Mom, Circi. Scroll down a bit
http://www.cranberrycoastcats.com/QUEENSindex.html

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From:[info]kightp
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:12 pm (UTC)
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Wow, what gorgeous animals!

I think you'll find it was a good decision. After six months with no cats in the house I can't tell you how good it's been to have my girls.
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From:[info]wild_patience
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:16 pm (UTC)
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Such beautiful pussy cats! Ooo, aaahh!
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From:[info]maiac
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:23 pm (UTC)
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KEETEES! They are beautiful. They'll be a comfort to you.
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From:[info]frostfox
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:26 pm (UTC)
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They are all beautiful and I know you will give them a fabulous life.
The only way to get over loosing one is to get another.
However, as Max has just peed in my weekend bag of clothes, I am currently revising my opinion.

FF
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From:[info]mjlayman
Date:September 1st, 2008 01:45 am (UTC)
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Well, aren't these the clothes you brought home to wash anyway? (Although I see your point. I'm pleased to hear Max is still active!)
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From:[info]cakmpls
Date:September 1st, 2008 01:59 am (UTC)
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Do you know a way to wash cat-peed-on clothes that gets the smell out? Because all too often I have a Need To Know.
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From:[info]mjlayman
Date:September 1st, 2008 02:40 am (UTC)
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I've never had cat-peed-on clothes, but I'd try oxiclean to start with.
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From:[info]marykaykare
Date:September 1st, 2008 03:21 am (UTC)
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I usually just wash with hot water and regular laundry detergent. *I* can't smell anything after that. If it can't take hot water, try dry cleaning.

MKK
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From:[info]dlacey
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:26 pm (UTC)
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So cute! May they bring you both many years of joy.
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From:[info]ffutures
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:42 pm (UTC)
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They're really cute - best of luck with them.
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From:[info]batwrangler
Date:August 31st, 2008 11:43 pm (UTC)
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Congratulations on having taken such generous leave of your senses!
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From:[info]ellarien
Date:September 1st, 2008 12:36 am (UTC)
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They look gorgeous. May they bring both of you much happiness!
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From:[info]writingortyping
Date:September 1st, 2008 12:36 am (UTC)
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So beautiful! Congratulations!
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From:[info]mallory_blog
Date:September 1st, 2008 12:39 am (UTC)
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they are adorable :)
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From:[info]athenais
Date:September 1st, 2008 12:40 am (UTC)
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That's lovely news, they are beautiful animals.
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From:[info]smofbabe
Date:September 1st, 2008 01:02 am (UTC)
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Glad you were ready to take a chance again - they're really beautiful and it was kind of you to take the mom too. Have fun with them!
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From:[info]erikvolson
Date:September 1st, 2008 01:35 am (UTC)
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I hope they bring you much happiness, and only the occasional "gift".
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From:[info]mjlayman
Date:September 1st, 2008 01:44 am (UTC)
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LOL It makes perfect sense to me! I can't wait for pictures!
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From:[info]cakmpls
Date:September 1st, 2008 02:00 am (UTC)
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They're adorable (the little guys) and beautiful (the mom). Congratulations!

For my education, what's a Savannah?
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From:[info]marykaykare
Date:September 1st, 2008 02:18 am (UTC)
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A Savannah is a cross between a domestic shorthair and a wild serval from Africa. They use various breeds of shorthair, but probably most commonly a Bengal. The results of that cross are F1 generation and they keep track of that up to F5 which is what our kittens are. The mom, Sirsi, is an F4.

The cross gives very intelligent, playful, affectionate cats. They also like to swim and can often be trained to walk on a leash, to fetch, and do other sorts of tricks. There's a pretty good article on Wikipedia.
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From:[info]brisingamen
Date:September 1st, 2008 05:06 am (UTC)
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They are so very beautiful. I'm feeling kitten envy.
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From:[info]cynthia1960
Date:September 1st, 2008 06:22 am (UTC)
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You will post many pictures of cuteness incarnate, yes?
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From:[info]marykaykare
Date:September 1st, 2008 06:31 am (UTC)
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Hah. See next entry.

MKK
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From:[info]lil_shepherd
Date:September 1st, 2008 11:58 am (UTC)
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They're gorgeous. I've always wanted a Savannah, but there are very few indeed in this country (one breeder, I think.) Your kittens (I've been working backwards down my friend's page) don't look so much like Bengals or Ocicats as they resemble Egyptian Maus.

I believe the original crossings were Siamese/Serval but I could be wrong... something I read somewhere and failed to find again...

Best wishes and good luck with all three of them.

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