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monarch64|1449355831|3958031 said:Emoji is lovely! (Great name!)
Calliecake|1449356831|3958040 said:She is so pretty....those eyes!
Why are black cats not adopted Gypsy?
packrat|1449357007|3958041 said:Superstition is my guess
ETA maybe they're not considered "pretty"? Not as striking as say, a tortoiseshell or a black and white cat w/unique markings?
Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
JoCoJenn|1449358742|3958054 said:Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
Such a pretty kitty, Niel; congrats on finding your new furbaby. Now sparkle up that collar ... some pretty Marquise gems would really complement kitty's eyes.![]()
Niel|1449358822|3958056 said:JoCoJenn|1449358742|3958054 said:Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
Such a pretty kitty, Niel; congrats on finding your new furbaby. Now sparkle up that collar ... some pretty Marquise gems would really complement kitty's eyes.![]()
Ha-ha, I should get her some chrysoberyl to go with those eyes!
Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
Niel|1449342988|3957951 said:Here's one terrible photo
Niel|1449358822|3958056 said:JoCoJenn|1449358742|3958054 said:Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
Such a pretty kitty, Niel; congrats on finding your new furbaby. Now sparkle up that collar ... some pretty Marquise gems would really complement kitty's eyes.![]()
Ha-ha, I should get her some chrysoberyl to go with those eyes!
mochiko42|1449364028|3958093 said:Niel|1449358822|3958056 said:JoCoJenn|1449358742|3958054 said:Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
Such a pretty kitty, Niel; congrats on finding your new furbaby. Now sparkle up that collar ... some pretty Marquise gems would really complement kitty's eyes.![]()
Ha-ha, I should get her some chrysoberyl to go with those eyes!
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Niel|1449353835|3958018 said:Ok last one because my husband got a much better one
missy|1449493345|3958503 said:LOL iLander, I don't think all black cats look the same. Maybe if you look just quickly and superficially but really no they don't.
However I do agree if Emoji is not microchipped already it is a good idea to do that. Though I think most animal rescue groups already have their animals microchipped nowadays anyway but just in case she is not it is a good idea.
Any more pics Niel of your new sweetie? How are your children enjoying her?
iLander|1449464178|3958439 said:I loooooovvveee black cats!![]()
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We've had two in our lives so far, and if we ever want another cat, it will be black.
Somehow, they just seem smarter to me. The last one, Jinkies (as in "Jinkies, Thelma, it's a black cat!") got hit by a car in Mayand we miss him. He understood everything we said, he read our expressions so well, and interacted with us all the time. He was cuddly, and loved DD best (I guess because she picked him out at the humane society). He always pulled off his collar, unless she put it on him, then he would keep it on. Even if it was a hot, weird thing that she knitted for him, he'd wear it. He used to tease one of our dogs, and the other dog couldn't stand him, so they got testy with each other sometimes. Never a fight, just low rumbling on both sides.
We called him the assassin, because he'd kill the yard rats in weird ways: he'd cut out just the heart and leave the carcass, or he'd decapitate the head and trim the fur off neatly like a little collar around it's neck. Once, he just slit a flap into the side of the rat, and you could see the organs. We'd find them around the yard, except for the head which brought into our bedroom!
He actually looked surprised when I got mad.
It was sooo gross!
But he always had extra swagger after he got a rat. He'd come running when you called his name, and would sit or stand for treats. I think he learned that from our dogs. He used to stay only in our yard and seemed to know where the edges were. He liked to watch people go by. Except for the one day he wandered off. I never figured out why he went so far that day.
He was an awesome, epic cat. RIP.
I will always have black cats from now on, all the other cats we'd had before just seemed to be so meh, after the black ones.
I think the bad luck thing started back in the old days, maybe medieval times, before electricity. It was hard to see them, and they could cause you to trip. After that, the superstition just seemed to take over. It's said that they're discriminated against.
I do have one caveat; they really all do look the same. Honestly. I saw a commercial once, with a bunch of black cats, and I could have SWORN any one of them was Jinkies. Be happy you have the little mark on him, but suggest you also have him microchipped.