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BIRMAN CATS : You Like ?
 | Birman Cat photos by the Oz Piano man. (more below) We're NOT breeders No cats for sale here... But our felines were among the first (1998) ever to get their pictures published on the internet - and back then, they indeed became world famous within days! Ahhh... the Power of the web  |
Sadly, both of our lovely Birmans are now deceased...
After a suitable period of mourning however, we cat fanciers decided it was time to experience the joys of cat ownership once more.
So a new bundle of domestic unpredictability has arrived. We're in the process of "bonding"
with a rather more boisterous creature - this one a representative of the Bengal Cat line.
Bonding? No probs with that here... despite her being one incredibly high speed animal.
Simply streaks thru the house at supersonic speeds and yet, will instantly revert to snuggling in one's lap.
Weird! A 2 speed cat this one; She's either On or Off.
Can't decide whether to name her Flash or Snooze!!!
Did I say "unpredictable"? Unlike our Birmans she sleeps NIGHTS. Wonderful . . . . . . .
Can you imagine; A cat not interested in carousing with the neighborhood riffraff? Stays on the bed 9.30 pm to 6 am when a quick visit to the garden is sufficient to satisfy the first of natures calls. Another later on means Hey, Yay no Litter Tray!!!
Purrfect!
But this page was a dedication to those beautiful Birman Cats
and we have fond recent memories with one of them, at least, surviving for 14 years - our privilege to have him for most of those.
So here they are : Two Birmans that were proudly owned by OzPianoman and family in Melbourne, Australia.
Of course, we never really own cats - do we?
Someone once said: "You Own a Dog - you FEED a cat !"
Can't argue with that.
Cat Names
T.S. Eliot apparently said: "Naming a cat is a difficult matter - You may think I'm mad as a hatter when I tell you a cat must have three different names " Won't argue that either... Birman Cats get "Puss" and "Kitty Kitty" too!
But our "RaoulCat" created his own name in fact -
Click pics ONCE to enlarge- Double Click to shrinkAged 3, walks into the house, gives it the tentative once over, sits at the foot of the stairs, looks me square in the eye and lets out a long plaintive 'RAOUULLL'... in the key of G flat.
His sister - well, half sister anyway - same father, different litter, born a week apart...
Are they related we wonder? 42nd cousins in the cat world perhaps? She eventually got "Chloe".
Despite the warm, cozy cats photo
she didn't like him a whole lot and frequently boxed his ears.We acquired our Birmans when a young Turkish business couple found themseves TOO busy to look after 3 yr olds named "Muetzin" & "Seetosh".
Sorry mate ... names like that simply won't do around here!A famous and valuable painting in a landmark Melbourne pub is the good looking, rather shapely female "Chloe" ... a name we thought eminently suited our little lady.
She must have used up all of her 9 cat lives early on, because good ol' RaoulCat has outlived her by seven years now. We only had our Clobo for two years before she got bumped off by some thug in a hit run...
By the way... the "stretched out cat" photo is our real live ChloeCat -
not a posed photo, not a picture of a deadun That's just how she liked to sleep!
Since Mrs Pianoman got her digital camera - plants, animals, pelicans, seagulls, goldfish are all fair game ...and Christine just won't leave poor old RaoulCat alone. Should be about 4000 shots of him by now I reckon!
Here's a cute one to finish...
OzP says : |
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