Meet My Boys

 Meet Pop-eye; he is our oldest and most reserved.  He has the face and spirit of a lion.  He loves when daddy plays rough with him and holds him on his back.   He is a sweetheart of a cat who loves to be pet, but doesn't want to cuddle.   He does have the habit of walking on your face while you're sleeping to tell you he wants petted.  His favorite toys are his tinsel balls, his fox and raccoon and his mouse from mom.  He plays fetch, hide and seek, tag and loves the laser pointer where we can make him dizzy because he will run around in circles.  Pop-eye was rescued from the wild when he was a small kitten, he got his name because his eyes were too big for his tiny head, and they popped out.  That is no longer the case.

Second in our happy home is Falcor. He was also a rescue from the wild of the Outer Banks.  When he came to our home he was very sick with worms, but we got him all fixed and better.  He is my trouble maker, getting into all kinds of mischief.  His favorite pastime is looking out the window at the birds and other things that might catch his fancy.  He is a total love bug and loves to cuddle.  Once you begin to pet him, his motor is going and he will purr for hours.  This fat man comes when you call his name.  He loves sleeping in either the bathtub, or the bathroom sink.  When I am in the bath, he likes to push my razor into the water and try to fish it back out.  He has fallen in once or twice.   Falcor tends to be shy around new people but will warm up to you especially if you pet him.  If there is something on the coffee table or anywhere within his reach that means he is allowed to play with it.  He is a cat that can hold a grudge, if I go away for the weekend he will avoid me for at least a day.  And don't get him mad or he will fart on your pillow!

Lastly we have Orion.  He is the baby of the family and by far the softest, he feels like a little bunny.  He came into our lives because I seen him in Petsmart, and I fell in love with him.   His nick-name is skitters because he used to skitter away from us in the first months that we had him.  We think he was abused by previous owners before he ended up at the shelter based on his reactions to us when we got him.  He still skitters when he is startled, but he is beginning to warm up to us and loves to held close and tight.  He bonded great with the other cats, but mostly with Falcor.  They are inseparable.  He is a quiet kitten, but also my destructive kitten, I need to keep the toilet paper and paper towels out of reach or else I will come home to shredded paper everywhere.  He is such a kind, sweetheart of a kitten.  He is a playful kitten when he thinks that no one is looking, but once he realizes that he is being watched he stops and runs away. He likes to sleep on pillows in the corner where he feels the safest.  When he is not on a pillow or following behind Falcor he is off exploring new hiding places and making us try to find him.   I hope in time he will open up to us more and become more relaxed.

These are my beautiful boys who teach me something different each day.   With the different personality of our cats we can see different aspects in our own lives.  Come with me on a journey through life learning from the joys of owning 3 special cats.