Friend Or Foe?

Paz and Thor. They are just so alike. Paz was exactly like Thor when he was a little kitten.

Thor was kept in a small apartment in a room as there were two females, and no one was spayed. The females were in a room next to his room, and they , of course, were going crazy as they could smell eachother. He was going to be put down because of this, but he's been chopped, and now calm.

I thought he'd be a sprayer like Paz, who had his nuts when he was found by someone in their yard, and brought to Cats Protection. Paz wanted to go out too. Paz still sprays even with his nuts cut off, so I guess it depends on the cat.
Paz is used to being the alpha male. (the Real alpha in our house is Hime!) He'd hit everyone, so everyone used to get out of the way. Thor is younger and strong. Hmmm....

Thor

We visited Cats Protection. Zum and us we love spending time in there. The facilites are beautiful, theres lots of green and flowers, and LOTS OF CUTE CATS!

Sarah at Cats Protection knew that Shane wanted a Maine Coon for a long time. She said, "Show them Thor. He's beautiful."

So the lady brought us to the back, and there he was.

As soon as I saw his face and his big big paws

 I knew Shane would be in love.
Shane loves big cats. And stripey longhairs. Well, basically Main Coons. Though we have never seen an actual Main Coon. Thor looks like he is a Main Coon cross, with really big paws and big fluffy head, but his fur is sleek, unlike Mieszky , who has soft fuzzy long hair.
He has cute eyeliner eyes.

Let me outa here, I want to go out!!!

 Thor was dying to get out of the cage. He was just like Kitten Paz when I met him here, almost 8 years ago.
I stroked him, and Shane stroked him. He was friendly. Zum wanted to stroke him too.
Many cats who have never been around children get scared. But not Thor. He was totally fine when Zum stroked him, and didn't seem to be surprised if she made loud noises.
Our house seemed very quiet with only 4 cats now, so the decision was made.

We mulled it over again once we got home, and it still made sense.

We went to go pick him up two days later. Zum was saying his name too.
Welcome to our house, Thor.

Zumzum saw them together, and said, "Its the same!!!" Yes they look like brothers, don't they?

Calm Warm Day

Everyone is chilling , getting along!

The two Gentle Stripies, and Walter.
And Hime is being nice too!

When its nice and warm, the best thing to do is to lie down and enjoy the peace!

Cookie & Co.

Walter came to sit with Cookieand Tamapion next to her

Then Zumzum and Mieszk !

Lovely Cookie 6 -- Strong Core

I think that Cookie is a Princess who happened to be born on the streets.
Her nature is delicate, classy, "never worked a day in my life", "oh, what are you feeding me, I'm not eating that cheap stuff!"
but then being born in Sparkhill changed that.

She had to be strong.

She had to live outside in the rain. Find food, secure a real home for herself.

so there is a strength, and stubborn in her.

She recruited Danny (made friends with him) on the streets,
and although she wanted to live with him, he wasn't ready for a full-time cat.
We met her, and she talked to us, and told us she wanted a home.
I think about her sleeping in the dumpster and it breaks my heart to think she had to sleep there.
She deserves a fluffy bed fit for a princess.
Or even better, A LAP!

I am so glad she found us.
I am so glad she is in our lives.

Every time I looked at her, I would be reminded about how strong will will take you somewhere is life.
Look at this little girl! She made it happen!

Lovely Cookie 4 -- Classy

Even though Cookie lived on the streets,
she was such a classy delicate lady.

She would not eat if there were other (Pushier) cats near her food.
And she was REALLY picky.
So we would have to give her particular flavors of Felix or Sheva,
and she would eat on top of the kitchen bin, away from all her greedy brothers.

So she would jump up on the bin, and start "Eughhhhh"ing for food,
and if we gave her the wrong food, she would just go off.

She wouldn't just eat anything, even if it was People Chicken or People Fish.
She did eat mackerel sometimes, but not all the time.

Ex-strays tend to be eaters like there's no tomorrow, but somehow she was always picky.

She would not be mean to anybody, she would avoid Hime (chasing her for fun) , or Pazzy (sometimes hits everybody).
 But once,
Walter, in his crabby mood, he hit Mieszky who was near him (always happens)
he also hit Cookie, who was also nearby.
She hit him back without blinking an eye!
It was like, "Hey! Watch it! "

"I like and respect Cookie"

Walter was pushing his boundaries, and he never hit her since.
He knows, she is not to be pushed around.

Lovely Cookie 3 -- When Zum was born

When Zumzum came, it was a big change for everyone.
People told us, "oh cats get jealous of babies".
Not really.

I remember when we brought Zum home from the hospital when she was 5 days old.
Cookie came to look what was in the car seat, and she looked so scared!
She's never seen a creature like that!!!

I think all the cats except for Paz, who may have seen the next door's baby, were surprised!

But they all got used to Zum.

Cookie always takes opportunity to enjoy my lap

She would sit downstairs with Shane on his lap while I was upstairs with Zum.
She would come see me, and sleep next to me and Zum. And of course she took advantage of me when I was downstairs enjoying my Alone Time during Zum's nap.



Zum's first real word, other than "Baa!" (which is Boo! in Japanese)  was "Pazzy".
She started saying that in January, 2015, when she was 13 months old.

She called all the cats "Pazzy".
Then around March 2015, when Zum was 15 months old, she started saying, "Cookie".

I would read her the cat book, and she started pointing at tortoiseshell cats in the book, and say,
"Coo-Kie".
She also pointed at the little "Tama" Doll, and said, "Cookie".

Cookie treated Zumzum equally like us, and would say, "Erghhhhh!" to her when Zum came to her.

I taught Zum to scratch her chin couple of months ago, and Zum would scratch her chin, and Cookie would tilt her head, and say, "Erghhhhh!", for approval.

I think Zum really enjoyed growing up with her cat brothers and sisters.