The Joy of Cats

My foster cats are five months old and are called Harpo and Carly. They are both black and white and look pretty cute as they follow each other around the house. Harpo is short hair and Carly is medium haired. Her tail looks like it was stuck on by accident because there is a fine white line between the end of her black rump and black fluffy tail.

Harpo is very aptly named. He is the funniest and the best natured cat you are ever likely to have the opportunity to own; if one can “own” a cat. He watches TV literally, and particularly likes Ovation and National Geographic. He also plays on the computer. He achieves this by jumping on the chair, standing on his two hind legs, and hitting the keys with his paws. His head then goes side to side as he watches the changes on the computer. His is also a flying cat. If you start to play ball with him he will literally leap four feet from wherever he is, flying through the air to get to the ball. And don’t bend down, not even slightly because he will make a flying leap onto your back where he will stay regardless of whether you decide to straighten up or not. And did I mention that he has a fetish! I am not kidding. You cannot let him sleep on the bed with you because you won’t sleep. He starts padding on your upper body (somewhere between you chin and your upper chest), and sucking, and eating your top, and all the while he is purring as loud as a Bengal Tiger. Today I tried to see when he would stop but after 45 minutes I gave up and deposited him in his room

Carly is a very pretty cat and very independent minded. She was part of a litter of kittens that were found at a used car lot. Unfortunately they all died, most likely from drinking anti-freeze. Carly was very sick but managed to pull through after three days in the vet. She is very timid; if you put your hand out to her she will run away (first option) or back up into a corner. But she loves sleeping on your bed. So while you are being devoured by Harpo she has settled on you. She cannot sit by you it has to be on you. If she falls off, she just crawls back up. She will come right up to your face and lick it and you can stroke her. But once you leave the bed all bets are off. Oh! And did I mention that she collects stuff. IF you try to play with her she grabs the object and very briskly, with her tail up in the air, runs off and deposints all the goods in a corner under my bed.

So if anyone out there would like to adopt these two adorable kitties here is their picture. You will need to fill out an application form from Cat Connection as they are the good folks who paid the vet bill and had them fixed.