Ray's Black Cats - Rosenquist, Nico, Simon & Tiger

Rosy and Nico (curly tail) hanging out in our back yard, Simon and Tiger lounging in the house. Tiger Boy isn't black but he wanted to be included. Max and Aleksei also appear briefly in the background of the closing scene.

Mosquitoes are always bad in September when the outside clip was shot (recorded 9/20/09).

We think Rosenquist and Nico may be brothers from different litters. They started showing up together a couple of years ago and were inseparable while Nico was an adolescent cat. He was about half of Rosys size when we first saw them and initially, we thought Nico was Rosys kitten. We soon found out Rosy was a male and changed his formal name to Rosenquist after the painter James Rosenquist. We can still call him Rosy when we want to.

Nico is a lot more independent now that hes an adult, but they still hang out together on a regular basis and sleep in the same general area during cold nights. They do have quite different personalities Rosy is pretty comfortable with our attention (doesnt like the camera though) and loves to get a good petting. Nico on the other hand is very skittish with us or other humans and will take off if he senses that were focused on him and we get too close. I dont think Ive ever touched him. You can walk close by sometimes as long as you dont make eye contact.

Nico gets into fights with other cats semi-regularly and every few months he turns up with an injured foot or leg. Fortunately, he's been able to recover from these on his own since we're not able to administer medicine to him very easily. We hope he'll eventually get more laid back like Rosenquist who almost never gets into trouble.

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• Cats
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• feral
• street
• cats
• brothers
• rescue

[themasterowns45]

I have a cat just like that he is called waldo! Has white fur on his neck and is black all over!

[RaysBigCats]

@themasterowns45 Cool! Waldo sounds like a handsome boy. It's funny, We have several black cats, Nico, Rosenquist, Elio, Sofia, Sammy, Jazz, and they all have some small area of whit fur. Most have it on their necks like Nico and Rosy here, but Elio has it on his belly.

Thanks for watching and for your comment. Have a great weekend. ~RayDog

[BL4NDY]

Some of them , towards the end there, to be fair, aren;t black.

[RaysBigCats]

@BL4NDY Yeah, it was a stretch calling Simon black although some folks describe him as a black cat - he's the Tuxedo (black & white) at the end. And Tiger (RIP) is a gray cat, although he did have black toe pads and I've been told he's a variation of a Black Tabby.

Thanks for watching & commenting!

[BonBonBatman]

They are all very cute. I enjoyed reading about them in your video description. I like Nico's curly tail :)

[RaysBigCats]

@BonBonBatman Thanks Debbie, we appreciate it! Nico & Rosy are a wonderful pair & Nico is the only cat I know with a curly tail.

Thanks again!

[rufflesworld]

Nico's cool lookin'

[silverpoint16]

What lovely cats. I'm particularly fond of black cats.

[themasterowns45]

@RaysBigCats Thanks have a good weekend yourself I dont suppose you know what breed your cats are? i figure your cats are the same as mine.

[RaysBigCats]

@oEMMA1974 Thanks Emma! Rosenquist would love that - his brother Nico would run away though, ha! Tiger (RIP) & Simon would like it too. It's interesting that Rosy is so comfortable with people and we can't get near Nico - who knows what they've been through in their lives.

Thank you for watching & commenting!

[joyceannpumpkin]

Your cats are so pretty! I lived in Houston, and yes; the mosquitos are the worst!

[celinha1953]

awesome cats

[animallover1978]

those beautiful cats are so blessed to have such great people like you guys to take such good care of them