My Lovable Cats
I'm always happy to share photos of my pets - so many of you ask about them. They're all doing excellently, including my growing group of lovable cats.
Here at my farm, I have six felines. Three of them reside in my Winter House - my silver shaded Persian Magnolia, my dilute calico Persian Dahlia, and my brown Persian longhair Lilium. Down at my stable are my two young barn cats, Cinco and Mayo. And, in the greenhouse is Blackie, the only male.
Here are some of the latest photos, enjoy.
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- Magnolia has been with me since January of this year. She has beautiful golden-copper eyes and a friendly disposition.
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- She’s about three years old and so curious – roaming from room to room, upstairs and downstairs, keeping an eye on everything that goes on.
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- Here she is looking out the kitchen door. Perhaps she’s wondering where all the dogs went. Cats have a wider field of vision than humans, but need to be closer to see things in the same detail. Felines have much better night vision than humans too.
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- This beauty is Dahlia. She has captured everyone’s heart here at the farm.
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- Dahlia loves company and attention. She’s the youngest of the Persians at about one year old.
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- Dahlia plays hard and sleeps hard. Kittens six months and older, and adult cats, sleep about 16 to 18 hours a day on average. And, kittens have a similar routine to adult cats, napping throughout the day. They are usually most active at dawn and dusk.
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- The newest to join my Winter House clowder is Lilium. Lilium is about three years old with beautiful facial expressions and markings.
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- Lilium traveled all the way from Doha, the capital city of Qatar in the Middle East. I adopted Lilium and Magnolia through Rock ‘N Rescue, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Bedford Hills, New York, not far from my farm.
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- She fits in so nicely with her new “sisters.” She’s independent, confident, and very friendly.
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- All my cats use PrettyLitter, a special odor controlling, health monitoring gel crystal formula that’s available in clumping and non clumping varieties.
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- Silica gel crystals absorb moisture through millions of micropores, locking in any odors. The crystals are 100-percent natural, mineral-based and safe for cats. In fact, it’s virtually dust-free, which makes it safe for those with respiratory sensitivities. And, it changes color when a cat has a potential health issue.
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- This is Cinco, the Calico. Here she is climbing the stone walls outside my stable.
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- Here’s Mayo, or as she is affectionately called, “May-May.” She will always roll over hoping for a belly rub.
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- Both Cinco and Mayo, stay around the stable complex under the watchful eye of my stable manager, Helen Peparo, and her crew.
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- Calico cats have tricolor coats. The calico cat is commonly 25 to 75-percent white with large orange and black patches. And, calicos are almost exclusively female.
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- Cinco and Mayo were born on March 15, 2024 and arrived here on Cinco de Mayo of the same year. Now at almost a year and a half old, these feline sisters are thriving.
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- Look closely, tabby cats have a distinctive coat pattern and an “M”-shaped marking on the forehead. The pattern can include stripes, dots, lines, flecks, bands, or swirls on the cat’s body, and the cat may also have stripes by its eyes and across its cheeks, back, legs, and tail.
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- These two are never far apart. At the end of the day, or when it is too cold outside, one can find them here in the feed room where they have many toys and beds.
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- And here’s Blackie, my greenhouse cat. Every day he makes his rounds, saying hi to everyone he sees. Blackie loves people and is always ready for a good scratch behind the ears.
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- At night he’s back indoors guarding the greenhouse from any and all small furred intruders.
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- Here he is taking a nap after a long, busy day on the prowl. I’m so glad all my cats are happy and healthy. I hope yours are doing well this summer too.
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