2011年1月23日日曜日

From Jay-Jay to Mieszko

Our newest and fourth cat , is a sweet Norwegian Forest Cat.
Norwegian Forest Cats look like Lynx, have thick coats that protect them from the severe cold Norway weather, they have strong claws that lets them climb rocks!
Wow! Don't they sound so strong?!

I thought, "what if he is the total dominating macho-man type, beating up Walter and Pazzy, the two boys of this house??"

Hmmm.... maybe not!
His supposedly strong rock-climbing claws
look like bunny feet , furry and cute!

He is 2months younger than Pazzy, little older than Walter, but doesn't seem to be interested in being a manly-male at all.
He previously lived with 2 girl bengal cats.
He also had a sister who chewed his tail when they were kittens so he has a shorter tail than a normal Norwegian Forest Cat. Poor boy!
Maybe that's how he is in touch with his feminine side? His name "Jay-Jay" is a little too fitting for this boy!!

Shane said,
"You always get to pick the names so I'm going to give him a cool name!"
I got no problem with that, as long as it's a good name!


So we tried, "Samson", "Cronos"... all strong, cool, MAN-LY names!
Does he look like "Samson" to you?
Or "Cronos"?
Sorry, but he seemed a bit too wimpy to be these names!
When a cat shows his stomach, it means his defenses are all down, completely trusts you, or is inviting to play (and swipppppe in our cats cases!).


In this boy's case, he loves his tummy stroked and he NEVER, EVER swipes!

And no, he isn't dead, he is sleeping!!
Hahahahaha!





Anybody who sleeps like that, is a trusting, undefensive cat who has a no bad bone in his body!






He quickly adjusted to the family.
The other guys did the usual growling at first, but they soon discovered what a big softie he was!


Plus they were all getting used to adapting a new member into the family by now!!

But what to do about his name?
We wanted to name him something special.

After going through couple of more names, we finally decided to name him "Mieszko" in honor of my husband's friend, who is no longer with us.
He is the reason why we are together and we have this family, so it seemed very fitting.

So Mieszko it was, we call him "Mieszky" for short!

He was very quick to learn his name because he is really smart and he is always listening to what we say. When you talk to him, he is always listening to you , trying to understand....
Which is unusual for a cat, cuz cats usually only pay attention to you whenever they feel like it! Hahaha!
Mieszky has dog-like qualities, loyal and always there for you!

Mieszky is such a good boy!!