{"id":5861,"date":"2023-01-23T05:14:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:14:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5861"},"modified":"2023-01-23T05:14:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T13:14:50","slug":"meowy-monday-do-you-have-a-favorite-cat-style-or-purrsonality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5861","title":{"rendered":"Meowy Monday \u2013 Do You Have a Favorite Cat Style or Purrsonality?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"What is it about cats that you love so much? I think most of us will say \u201ceverything.\u201d But I also believe that over the years we develop a special appreciation for certain types of cats. Well, you probably know people who breed Persians or Sphinx or Maine coon cats. You have friends who always adopt short-hair cats or calicos. Most of us have\"\" had a variety of styles and colors and types of cats. I know I have\u2014Siamese types, tabbies, calicos, Manx, torties, a white odd-eye cat we adopted as a kitten from a friend, a snowshoe type cat I found in our woodpile, a couple of purebred cats (Himalayan and Persian), and several others. So what is my cat style?<\/p>\n

\"\"I fall pretty quickly for a cat or a kitten that looks me in the eyes and purrs. That\u2019s how I picked Lily from a litter of three. And I\u2019m so glad I did. But I do believe I\u2019m now living with my absolute purrfect style and type and purrsonality in a cat\u2014a sweet medium-long-hair calico with \"\"cattitude.<\/p>\n

Olivia was rescued from meager beginnings. She was exposed to ringworm as a kitten and had to be treated with baths for weeks by the time she came to me. I chose her from a photograph\u2014it was 2020, after all. And am I ever in love with this precious, precocious being. She\u2019s a smart of as a whip, sweet and sassy girl.<\/p>\n

In honor of Olivia and my precious Lily who crossed over the rainbow bridge way too soon, and Max (the woodpile cat who never quite adjusted to being a pet\u2014but did the best he could), and Katy, how I adored that gentle Himalayan, and all of the others cats I\u2019ve loved with all my heart, I dedicate this quote. I hope you will enjoy, ponder, and appreciate it. (No, I didn\u2019t write it, but wish I had.)<\/p>\n

Cats are not just cats, they\u2019re sanity,<\/p>\n

they\u2019re happiness, they\u2019re teachers<\/p>\n

and therapists and best friends.<\/p>\n

I might add, cats provide the best entertainment and comfort ever.<\/p>\n

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