HouseOfPurrfection

I never thought that another cat could cool Pooka’s hostile jets, but it’s actually happened. His name is Preacher, and he’s been a force to be reckoned with for the past 18 months of the 26 months of his life. Preacher started showing dominant tendencies before he was a year old, jumping on the backs [...]

There are several pairs of cats in the HOP that don’t like one another: Zoe and Pooka, Brava and Pooka, Bruce and Pixie, and Bruce and Mars. So, quite frequently, hissing and growling can be heard at any given time when one of these pairs of cats comes in close proximity of each other. Usually [...]

I’ve posted before about how Muli loves lying next to my feet when I’m reading a book. When I read, I sit in my computer chair and prop my legs up on my bed. Oddly enough he won’t come and sit on my lap, which would be expected. Instead, he’ll cuddle up next to my [...]

Most of my cats grew up hearing my voice. As I hand-raised them, I’d talk to them, as we humans tend to do, in a way adults talk to babies or children. As the cats got older I didn’t change my voice. Those adorable faces easily bring out the maternal tendencies. I still talk to [...]

Litter mates, Pasha and Omar, are two of the sweetest cats in the HOP. They rarely snuggle together, however, which makes this photo so special. Pasha’s a good snuggler with several of the other cats, he’s very nurturing, and Omar usually makes a good pillow. So, it’s really a mystery that this doesn’t occur more [...]

Well, I’ve definitely been posting lots about feline behavior lately, and today’s post is no exception. Over the years I’ve lived with my current clowder, I’ve noticed a particular behavior exhibited by several of my cats, which at first, was very confusing. We place a towel underneath the gravity feeder and water bowl in the [...]

I wrote a post earlier about the shocking occurrence of finding Zoe and Pooka, two mortal enemies, sleeping together and how I couldn’t explain such odd behavior. Well, it seems as if the word spread about how fun it is to confuse the humans in the HOP, and I’ve now caught two more cats acting [...]

To say that cats are mysterious creatures is understandable; however, to say that they are a bit crazy would also be understandable. The behavior I caught with my digital camera just this morning helps to bolster my argument that cats are indeed a bit crazy. Here, two mortal enemies cuddle as if bosom buddies in [...]

Juga and Jewel, the two cats that share the back bedroom, unbelievably respect all my stuff in that room. The back bedroom is a craft and sewing room, and I’ve got lots of paper, fabric, ribbon, pins, pens, and scrapbooking supplies lying around on three, big tables. Of course, I’m organized, but at the end [...]

For years Zoe has obsessively groomed the area on her belly and between her legs to the point where she looks as if she was shaved. Actually, she does quite a nice job of keeping it very neat. We’ve even nicknamed her exposed tummy her ‘little cow udders’ since her globble hangs low. She began [...]