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Well, my girlfriend and I just bought a 3 month old kitten. It is a grey/white tabby that runs around all day as if on speed... Currently she is sleeping on my lap (not trying to help me type or eat the cursor anymore) and listening to the Beatles with me. We are thinking of naming her Alexia (I wanted to call her Lexx, but that is not a very girlish name and Cyndi (my gf) wanted to call her Lexus which I think is silly, so Alexia it is!)

Any other cat lovers here?

where are the pictures???

I like cats -- have three of them. I love dogs -- have one of them. Go figure.

I want a 25lb kitty like this one...



...but Roger isn't so keen on the idea.

Ha, again I would post pics but I do not have a digital camera...actually I don't think that I even have a regular camera. Although, I probably could have bought a digital camera with the money I used to buy the cat and all the things you need for a cat (litter box, toys, carrier, etc) as well as the bills soon to come for spaying, shots etc.

hey spiff-kiss your speaker grills goodbye if you get that one-and many other things i would imagine

Danm thats a beautiful creature.Cats are cool,but dogs rule this house 3 of them.I wouldn't have those if it weren't for the wife.

The only pets I have are 2 tarantulas.One is a green bottle blue the other ir a curly hair.They don't eat much and I don't have to take them for walks

Lexxen,

You're not geting out of it that easy. Draw us a picture!

I've got two. I never thought I'd be a cat person, but my ex-girlfriend moved to the UK and they have one of the longest quarantine periods of any country. The thought of these two idiots locked in a travel cage in a warehouse out by the airport somewhere just wasn't okay with me. So she's long gone, and I've got the kids.

Lily turned four this year. She's broken, I think. There was no warranty, so we were forced to keep her. We politely asked the people at the humane society for a cat, but I think they gave us a porpoise or a small baboon instead. She's deeply, deeply troubled.

Miller turns 10 in January. Weighing in at a daunting 17 pounds, she lets Lily walk all over her. She's irritable, but far too gentle to deal with my problem child.

Like I said, I never thought I'd be a cat person. I grew up with dogs, and always saw myself with a "guy's dog". I wouldn't trade these two for the world, though. They're hilarious, and they keep me sane.

Lexx, is this your first time owning a kitten? The next 12-14 months of your life are going to be utter hell.

If I got a dog, I'd love one of these...but alas they can be quite destructive too...


Basenji

Based on temperment, and where I live this is likely the best pet for me...


The whippet. Yeah...it's the same dog the Simpsons have/had. They're friendly, and calm. A perfect dog for a city dweller.

Maybe I should just get a fish bowl.

Horribly cute, ain't they? But they stiiiink.... Sometimes I wish our cats were kittens, but then I remember dealing with the various kittens we've taken care of and had... You're lucky she likes you. I wish our current kitten did, but she's scared to death of us.

Then there's my cat, Kali the Destroyer. All too aptly named, although now Jabba the Hutt would also fit. She's probably pushing about 18 pounds.

My wife's cats (the designations are pre-marriage; two years last week!) are Gypsy, who is a horrendously cute tuxedo cat who loves glaring at people, and Sprite, a black cat who probably weighs almost as much as Kali but is, um, not quite as smart. OK, well, not smart at all. She's also more muscle, where Kali is more blob.

Then there's The Kitten. Who was feral when we caught her, and also way, way underweight. She's maintained her fear of humans, which means that she lets us get close enough to feed her, but that's about it.

Gypsy's the one on my shoulders in my avatar.