| Meet the Feline Nine |
| These nine fearless felines share their home with Siberian Huskies and humans (well, five are actually fearless, two have the poop scared out of them if a sibe so much as looks at them, and the other two couldn't care less if the dogs lived or died). What strange breed of cat would deign to do this? Check them out for yourself.... Go straight to Page 2 Go back to Photo Gallery |
Name: Elk (a.k.a. Elkster, Grandpa)
Age: 14 years
Sex: neutered M
Breed: Ragdoll / ?
Littermate: Macha
Color: black and white tuxedo
Eyes: bright yellow
Personality: as laid back as you can get while still having a pulse. Sweet. Nurturing.
Tolerant to the extreme.
Duties: UN Peacekeeper. Lap Fungus.
Quirks: throwing up hairballs in the water bowls, and only in the water bowls.
Elk's Catster page
Elk has been battling diabetes and SIBO for two years, but manages to never hate us
for having to stick him with needles and lancets three times a day every day.
Age: 14 years
Sex: neutered M
Breed: Ragdoll / ?
Littermate: Macha
Color: black and white tuxedo
Eyes: bright yellow
Personality: as laid back as you can get while still having a pulse. Sweet. Nurturing.
Tolerant to the extreme.
Duties: UN Peacekeeper. Lap Fungus.
Quirks: throwing up hairballs in the water bowls, and only in the water bowls.
Elk's Catster page
Elk has been battling diabetes and SIBO for two years, but manages to never hate us
for having to stick him with needles and lancets three times a day every day.
Name: Rhiannon Macha (a.k.a. Mocha, Grandma)
Age: 14 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: silver classic tabby / ?
Littermate: Black Elk
Color: silver tabby / white
Eyes: bright yellow
Personality: high strung, maternal, vocal, tolerant.
Duties: mothering every young cat who's come in
Quirks: biggest, loudest purr you've ever heard (and she's only 7 lbs); teleportation whenever its
time for her meds (or so it seems)
Macha's Catster page
Macha has been battling asthma and cardiomyopathy for several years, but is doing well. She lets
us know that she's not too keen on taking her pills twice a day, but she won't have us killed for it.
And for that, we are sincerely grateful.
Age: 14 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: silver classic tabby / ?
Littermate: Black Elk
Color: silver tabby / white
Eyes: bright yellow
Personality: high strung, maternal, vocal, tolerant.
Duties: mothering every young cat who's come in
Quirks: biggest, loudest purr you've ever heard (and she's only 7 lbs); teleportation whenever its
time for her meds (or so it seems)
Macha's Catster page
Macha has been battling asthma and cardiomyopathy for several years, but is doing well. She lets
us know that she's not too keen on taking her pills twice a day, but she won't have us killed for it.
And for that, we are sincerely grateful.
Name: Sebastian Malkuth (a.k.a. Poly, Sebastard)
Age: 14 years
Sex: neutered M
Breed: American Shorthair / ?
Littermates: Cerridwen, Oberon (over the Bridge)
Color: grey on grey tabby
Eyes: gold
Personality: Mr. Tough Guy; hates everyone but Raven; is a total mush-ball of love with Raven
Duties: Alpha Male of the household, including the dogs who are scared to death of him
Quirks: stealing office supplies and wandering around the house with them in his mouth (and
meowing at the same time)
Sebastian's Catster page
Sebastard (so-called by the vet office staff because of his tendency to bite them) has had some
behavioral issues since we rescued him from a feral colony in New Orleans.
Age: 14 years
Sex: neutered M
Breed: American Shorthair / ?
Littermates: Cerridwen, Oberon (over the Bridge)
Color: grey on grey tabby
Eyes: gold
Personality: Mr. Tough Guy; hates everyone but Raven; is a total mush-ball of love with Raven
Duties: Alpha Male of the household, including the dogs who are scared to death of him
Quirks: stealing office supplies and wandering around the house with them in his mouth (and
meowing at the same time)
Sebastian's Catster page
Sebastard (so-called by the vet office staff because of his tendency to bite them) has had some
behavioral issues since we rescued him from a feral colony in New Orleans.
Name: Aine Cerridwen (a.k.a. LoverGirl)
Age: 14 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: Bengal / American Shorthair
Littermates: Sebastian, Oberon (over the Bridge)
Color: every possible color and pattern, but we call her a red torbie (tortoiseshell tabby)
Eyes: peridot green
Personality: adaptable, easy-going, fearless, hyper-affectionate, sun-worshipping,
water-loving, insect-torturing, hippie
Duties: Huntress; general pest control
Quirks: changing the TV to a station showing nothing but static...and then just staring at it
for hours on end. Dipping her toys in water to "cache" them. Having such a deep
raspy voice that we actually refer to it as her "smoker's meow."
Cerridwen's Catster page
Cerridwen was found in City Park, New Orleans in 1993 by jumping into our bag of chips.
Her brothers followed. She is one of the weirdest cats we've even known, and we love her
for it.
Age: 14 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: Bengal / American Shorthair
Littermates: Sebastian, Oberon (over the Bridge)
Color: every possible color and pattern, but we call her a red torbie (tortoiseshell tabby)
Eyes: peridot green
Personality: adaptable, easy-going, fearless, hyper-affectionate, sun-worshipping,
water-loving, insect-torturing, hippie
Duties: Huntress; general pest control
Quirks: changing the TV to a station showing nothing but static...and then just staring at it
for hours on end. Dipping her toys in water to "cache" them. Having such a deep
raspy voice that we actually refer to it as her "smoker's meow."
Cerridwen's Catster page
Cerridwen was found in City Park, New Orleans in 1993 by jumping into our bag of chips.
Her brothers followed. She is one of the weirdest cats we've even known, and we love her
for it.
Name: Laughing Tree (a.k.a Treester)
Age: 13.5 years (but he doesn't know this)
Sex: neutered M
Breed: Burmese / American Shorthair
Family: son of Sebastian and Zada (over the Bridge)
Color: bright flaming orange tabby
Eyes: bronze
Personality: total Peter Pan complex; talkative and loud; demanding; spoiled brat; stereotypical
blonde
Duties: Tree has duties?? Dude, those are for grown ups!
Quirks: this adorable head-tilt, where he cocks his head as far to the side as he can without
falling over and just staring at you
Tree's Catster page
Tree was technically an "oops," but he's the best mistake we've ever been given. The only
orange kitten in a litter of greys (thanks to his tortoiseshell mom), he has stood out ever since.
Age: 13.5 years (but he doesn't know this)
Sex: neutered M
Breed: Burmese / American Shorthair
Family: son of Sebastian and Zada (over the Bridge)
Color: bright flaming orange tabby
Eyes: bronze
Personality: total Peter Pan complex; talkative and loud; demanding; spoiled brat; stereotypical
blonde
Duties: Tree has duties?? Dude, those are for grown ups!
Quirks: this adorable head-tilt, where he cocks his head as far to the side as he can without
falling over and just staring at you
Tree's Catster page
Tree was technically an "oops," but he's the best mistake we've ever been given. The only
orange kitten in a litter of greys (thanks to his tortoiseshell mom), he has stood out ever since.
Name: Pooka (a.k.a. Pook, Lil-tyrant)
Age: 12 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: British Shorthair / ?
Color: brown tabby / white
Eyes: amber
Personality: with people? charming, sweet, affectionate, tolerant. With other cats
and dogs? a tyrannical monster.
Duties: beating the pulp out of the others
Quirks: having a taste for powdered-sugar donuts, flashing a belly so often that she's
become used to seeing the world upside down
Pooka's Catster page
Pooka is a classic Type-A personality, and because of this, she tends to overgroom to
relieve stress (a condition known as psychogenic alopecia). She has the softest fur
you've ever felt, and uses this to full advantage by demanding belly rubs and chin
scratches.
Age: 12 years
Sex: spayed F
Breed: British Shorthair / ?
Color: brown tabby / white
Eyes: amber
Personality: with people? charming, sweet, affectionate, tolerant. With other cats
and dogs? a tyrannical monster.
Duties: beating the pulp out of the others
Quirks: having a taste for powdered-sugar donuts, flashing a belly so often that she's
become used to seeing the world upside down
Pooka's Catster page
Pooka is a classic Type-A personality, and because of this, she tends to overgroom to
relieve stress (a condition known as psychogenic alopecia). She has the softest fur
you've ever felt, and uses this to full advantage by demanding belly rubs and chin
scratches.
