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The calico sisters (from left) Muttface (12 months), Copy (7 months), and Saddles (4 months).As you can see, we were unsuccessful in our attempts to trap their stray-cat-mum to send in for neutering.
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arrrgh ... it's not my fault! they decide to be this cute all by themselves!
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They're all beautiful. The one on the left, Muttface, looks like she has Siamese in her. Reminds me of a cat I had as a child. Her name was Callie (I didn't know what to name her. 
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Thank you. 
This coloration is one of my favourites. Callie is a good name ... short for calico! ^^
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You're welcome! Her nose looks a lot like the points. It's very pretty though. 
Yeah, when I was little, I called all calicos Callie because I guess I couldn't say it, so when I got her, she immediately was named that.
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ahhh ... I see quite a few cats and other furries in your gallery! ^^
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Yeah. We love our fur family.
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Do you have any cats now? ^^
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They absolutely are!
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3 of our 5 cats are siblings. One of them is a calico. They ALL fear the calico. She's a sweetie though...at least when she's not calicoey.
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Muttface: "I'll just wait while the kids play..."
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Or "Hey, I'm the oldest! Why didn't I get to play with the keys first!"
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Calico coat colouring is one of my faves! Although, I didn't "select" these cats because of their coat colour! they were just some of the many that their stray-cat-mum gave birth to on our roof and then abandoned over a period of two years.
Thanks for stopping to comment!
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Wlecome! I have a Calico and her daughter who is a tortie shell.
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::runs off to your gallery to look for them:: ... ahhh ... Etna and Cammy! Etna is really lovely!
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Mama Etna is really cuddly also. She is named after the volcano.
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eh? does she have a hot/explosive temper? she looks such a sweetie though!
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She's more gentle. She also cuddles.
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So why is Cammy "the kitten from hell" ?
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When she was littlier, she use to terroize.
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Ahhh ... she bites? acts crazed? we had one like that too! If you think about it seriously, it's kindna silly ... us hulking humans, terrified of baby claws and teeth!!! We used to throw a towelling dishcloth at her to distract her when she was in one of her "moods", then run like hell away! Here's a pic of our baby terrorist ... [link]
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Awww. You got them all to sit on one place together.
Do they ever fight?
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These sisters? Nahhhh ... in fact, these siblings are quite close. Some of our cats don't get along ... then we have to keep them separate in different "kingdoms", each kingdom comprising one room in the house, opening into a secured section of the garden, so that each group of cats can have free-access to both indoor and outdoor.
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"Kingdoms"?
Wow. Sounds like you have an entire cat empire at your house. How many cats do you have may I ask?
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lol... at the moment, the cat population stands at 17; about ten years ago, it reached the high of 36 cats! Then, of course, old age and natural attrition ... so we lost 19 cats in the last decade, including 6 in 2010. In that time, we have had two rabbits and one chinchilla ... all dead now. Our little people were all strays, rescued or abandoned/given-up by their previous owners for whatever reasons.
Our 17 cats now range in age from 12 to 20 years old. Our youngest, eight-year-old Snowball, died recently ... his story is told here [link]
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Awww. I'm sorry about Snowball. He looked like a beautiful cat.
Is there a difference between a manx and a snub-tail cat?
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No difference as far as I know. The Manx cat is so named because it originates on the Isle of Man. Tail-less cats were common on that island as far back as 300 years ago. It is due to a naturally occurring genetic mutation that caused the spine/tail to deform. Here, most of the stray street cats also show the same deformity. I am guessing that the fact that we are also an island-nation has something to do with that.
Manx cats are classified as ...
Rumpy - no tail whatsoever
Riser - stub of cartilage or several vertebrae under the fur, most noticeable when kitten is happy and raising its 'tail'
Stumpy - partial tail, more than a 'riser' but less than 'tailed' (in rare cases kittens are born with kinked tails because of incomplete growth of the tail during development)
Stubby - half tail, or short tail.
Tailed or Longy - complete or near complete tail
Just so you know, I'm not a supporter of the breeding industry.
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I've only met one manx cat in my life so far.
If the cat breeding industry is at all like the dog breeding industry than I don't blame you.
I saw a documentry on how dog owners actually participate in inbreeding which causes the dogs to have severe health issues.
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Yup, same evils. But dogs have it worse, simply because they have been domesticated for many more hundreds of years.
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Thanks When I had that camera, I was pointing it at the cats like all the time. They were quite cool about it mostly, but sometimes ... [link]
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THAT'S A LOT OF CUTE CATS 8D
They look so plyful *w* SO ADORABLE
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Aye, indeed, I do have a lot of cute cats!
Once again, thanks for your lovely comments!
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lol to title and to "Muttface". What a name! But not as bad as what my ex-husband in the 60s named my first male Siamese kitten; aka, "Butthead" or "Turd Brains".
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heehee ... finding appropriate names gets a little more difficult when you have to kittens raining down on you!
Heard that Siamese are highly intelligent cats.
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lol
Well, as to Siamese being highly intelligent cats. I've raised quite a few breeds, and 3 Siamese, and though my first Siamese was very intelligent and very human and like a first human baby to me, my last cat (Umber whom I've spoken many times) was just a feral female kitten when I took her in, and she was the most intelligent and compassionate and human of all 18. So I dunno. As with humans, seems each cat can range from any level of i.q. or personality. Even cats that are taken in as kittens and raised with love, can still be argumentative and aloof, whereas adopting a full grown cat that maybe was abused, could turn out to be very loving. Really not sure how all this works. I just know there is great diversity. But overall, the Siamese breed is intelligent -- and territorial/protective -- was how they were bred to be. I love their looks (especially the ones that have the larger heads, and not the wedge heads with skinny bodies.) But I love all breeds of cats, except not too much the pug noses, just doesn't look healthy, and I know they have problems breathing.
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