@MaxPaws My first cat since my childhood was an Aby and it was his fault (lol) that I ended up with so many cats - he just totally chrmed me with his intelligence and loving ways. I was made up when I discovered I could get the same cat but with long hair. I lost him just 2 months before his 17th birthday and it hurt like mad, but losing Harry's mother was the hardest - she was my soul mate in every way and I absolutely adored her.
@feorag Very sorry for your loss. I recently lost my Abyssinian after 14 years, and HE was the happiest cat I've ever known. He loved EVERYbody he ever met, and purred at least 70% of his waking hours. I've lived with dozens of cats in my life, and known countless more of all types, and mine was truly one of a kind. But I suspect I'm not the only one to say that about my beloved best buddy. I am looking into getting a Somali to share my next 14 years (and hopefully longer).
Here's a bit more for you...after the last of our cats passed on, Harry and Teddy were the two Somalis that caught my eye the most. Along with Turkish Angora, they are my fave cats (we have 1 of each).
@Dethancooper Thank you so much for that - it was a lovely thing to say and for me to read. He was the kitten i never intended to keep - someone had been waiting for a male of that colour from me for over a year, so he was bookmarked for her.
However............ he was a single kitten and in his mother's eyes, boring. So she carried him into our bed every night from the day he was born. He didn't thrive like other kittens and so I had to top him up with a bottle.
This is one of my fave Somali vids of all time. And I'm sure Harry is giving St.Peter a good time chasing hosepipes at the Rainbow bridge. Thank you for sharing him with us all.
Very sweet, my cat's name is Harry too!
catrondel 6 months ago
Cute!
Keranna1234 7 months ago
@feorag I'm right with ya there...
MaxPaws 1 year ago
Harry was her double and that was why he was so special to me as well.
For months after I lost his mother I would catch a glimpse of Harry and my heart would lift because I thought it was Sorcha!
Losing him was losing her all over again - so very hard!
feorag 1 year ago
@MaxPaws My first cat since my childhood was an Aby and it was his fault (lol) that I ended up with so many cats - he just totally chrmed me with his intelligence and loving ways. I was made up when I discovered I could get the same cat but with long hair. I lost him just 2 months before his 17th birthday and it hurt like mad, but losing Harry's mother was the hardest - she was my soul mate in every way and I absolutely adored her.
feorag 1 year ago
@feorag Very sorry for your loss. I recently lost my Abyssinian after 14 years, and HE was the happiest cat I've ever known. He loved EVERYbody he ever met, and purred at least 70% of his waking hours. I've lived with dozens of cats in my life, and known countless more of all types, and mine was truly one of a kind. But I suspect I'm not the only one to say that about my beloved best buddy. I am looking into getting a Somali to share my next 14 years (and hopefully longer).
MaxPaws 1 year ago
Here's a bit more for you...after the last of our cats passed on, Harry and Teddy were the two Somalis that caught my eye the most. Along with Turkish Angora, they are my fave cats (we have 1 of each).
=^..^=
Dethancooper 1 year ago
He remained the smallest kitten we had ever bred until he was about 9 months old and then he just grew and grew.
Parting with single kittens is very hard, but there was no way that I could ever have parted with him - he was just so very special.
feorag 1 year ago
@Dethancooper Thank you so much for that - it was a lovely thing to say and for me to read. He was the kitten i never intended to keep - someone had been waiting for a male of that colour from me for over a year, so he was bookmarked for her.
However............ he was a single kitten and in his mother's eyes, boring. So she carried him into our bed every night from the day he was born. He didn't thrive like other kittens and so I had to top him up with a bottle.
feorag 1 year ago
This is one of my fave Somali vids of all time. And I'm sure Harry is giving St.Peter a good time chasing hosepipes at the Rainbow bridge. Thank you for sharing him with us all.
xxoo
Dethancooper 1 year ago