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Meet Parker and Panther. They are Bombay kitty mutts. I drove from Las Cruces New Mexico to Phoenix to adopt this father/son duo in January of 2014, after their predecessor, Pepper, was killed by a coyote.
Pepper had a starring role in my second novel, Saints & Strangers. He had been given to me and once I experienced the Bombay personality (think a dog in a cat body) I knew I had to have another Bombay--they are very friendly, talkative and will happily go for car rides.
The bottom pic is how Panther spent our ride back from Phoenix.
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Beautiful!! My BFF had a Burmese growing up. The precursor to the Bombay. They're smart, funny and engaging. I'm so sorry about Pepper though :( *sad*
What a gorgeous pair. I haven't heard of Bombay's before.
I was heartbroken over Pepper but don't blame the coyote! I had the VERY wrong idea when I moved to this house that coyotes were nocturnal hunters. So Pepper got to play outside each morning for a short time, until the day he didn't come home and we found him in the desert.
What I really want to mention/recommend here however is a book I just read as research for my next project: Coyote America. It's a fantastic read and they are wonderful, smart animals. And they mostly kill cats and small dogs to protect their territory and its capacity to feed the pack. Their diet consists of mice and rabbits, birds, berries, etc. I will stop now.
But don't blame the coyote!
Parker and Panther look so silky. It must be fun watching them roam around together.
Panther looks - dare I actually say it - like a panther.
Are Parker and Panther perhaps distantly related to Clare from Day Four?
Our cat Ichabod looked like Parker and Panther. He was a large black cat with golden eyes and a sleek coat. However, Ichabod had a tiny patch of white under his chin which we called his t-shirt. When the vet shaved a spot on his leg for an IV, his fur grew back white. Even with diabetes, he lived nearly 20 years.
So sorry to hear about your Pepper. They are all beautiful cats. I love cats.
@Richelle, are you still in Las Cruces? I'm in El Paso. Yes there are coyotes. Nice to have a Reider so close.
Hi @KariV, yes, I am in Las Cruces, near the Bosque State park (where the coyotes roam and howl). It would be cool to get together sometime. I met Sharyn Eckberg out in NH in July. My email is richelleelberg@yahoo.com if you want to link up that way. Thanks all for fawning over my fur babies. :)
Parker and Panther are clearly two smart kitties! What could be more comfy than a basket full of lovely, warm bedding? Plus, they are gorgeous. I had to look up Bombay cats - new to me, but now I know!
I love black cats, and yours are particularly beautiful. We drive through both Las Cruces and El Paso when we go from central Arizona to visit family in southeastern NM. Nice country for coyotes.
Yes, that is definitely a dog look on a cat face.
Coyote America sounds good. I will have to check it out.
Coyotes are the reason our car was evicted from the garage.
So sorry to hear about Pepper, but kudos to you for giving two more cats a good home.
Cool, someone is breeding for smooth, black cats. If I ever decide to buy a cat that looks like the one. Beautiful beasts, Richelle.
While it is true that no outfit is complete without a few pet hairs, black cats hairs are special.
By the way, coyotes are now everywhere, even in Florida. That is about as far from their natural range as you can get. 12 years ago I participated in a count of them on the property of Tampa International Airport. We found the spoor of 64 individuals. Most of our rancher types are now carrying rifles because of them and what they do to gravid cattle.
coyotes are the only animal other than humans who have spread so far and wide and they are in every state in the US accept Hawaii. and when they are hunted as they so often are by ranchers they begin to have much larger litters of puppies. They are smart survivors and our government's campaign against coyotes has contributed to their spread
You just gave me the happiest memory: my first cat, Gert, used to ride on the dashboard. He *loved* the car, and my bank actually bought cat treats just for him because he was the darling of the drive through. On long trips, it was a gas seeing kids in other cars seeing him and getting all silly and cute saying hi. Truckers sometimes, too. Gert was awesome.
And, yeah, he was a boy named Gert. When I adopted him, he was SO young I really didn't know. He didn't mind a bit.
RIP Pepper. Puppy-cats are the best, friendly and doopy and awesome.
I'm going to try and comment again today. I've been enjoying these posts immensely. I loved Joseph's story especially and had a long lovely post in response, but blogger hates me these days.
I'll keep this one short. Beautiful cats and all the pets have been wonderful.
I am not a coyote fan.
I'm loving all these furry friends pictures and stories! I had to comment on this one because your kitties in the laundry basket remind me of my boys.
Zephyr and Quinoa also love the laundry basket (they're especially found of white loads - don't ask me why). I had a laundry basket with a crack, so I retired it and filled it with fleece blankets as a bed for them. They refuse to sleep in it and still sleep in my clean laundry instead. Cats.
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