More cats

In my last post about the cats, I didn't mention the two feral cats who live outside and have adopted us. I call them the Sweet Stripes...brother and sister who had the same mother, but came from different litters. The female is older than the male. Her name is Little Stripey. The mother cat was named Stripey, and this little female looked like her, so she became Little Stripey. Little Stripey actually got bigger than Stripey, and when Stripey died, Little Stripey just became Stripey. The other cat was originally named Stripette, but when we took her to be spayed, we found out she was a he, and he became Striper. Striper and Stripey are very sweet, and love each other very much. They appear on the front porch every morning and evening waiting to be fed, and usually stand with their tails entwined. They are beautiful long-haired cats, and are always impeccably groomed. Usually long haired cats need to be groomed, and I guess they groom each other because their coats are always so shiny and full. They never have any matted fur at all. Because they are feral cats they are very wary of humans, but they have come to trust us and let us pet them. They've both been "fixed" so there is no worry about more kittens. We're firm believers in having pets spayed and neutered.