AM - you are awesome!!
We have four cats...
Skyy is the was the smallest of the three sisters we got when they were only about 6 or so weeks old from the shelter. She was a pound and a half, and the other two were only a bit bigger. They are getting ready to turn 6, but Skyy is still the "toddler". She craves attention, will get in the trash in the bathroom or my office to find something that will crinkle and make noise, until I pay attention to her. She follows me around the house, sleeps glued to my hip. When I go up to bed, she meows in a "lecturing tone" ... if I take too long - in her opinion - to get there. If they run out of food in their dispenser...when it's refilled, she will stuff herself, then come throw it up where I won't miss it.
Bailey looks almost identical to Skyy, (they are both black and white tuxedoes)..and she is usually wherever M is. She sleeps either between his knees or along his side, and will not move unless it's her idea. She's also referred to as the "Blanket Slut", because if I'm tucked under a blankie on the couch and he isn't, she will come lay on the blanket. She has little interest in anyone other than M. If he sleeps past 6:30, she will paw at him to wake him up. Once she gets him up, she will come back and crawl under the top of the covers by me....and goes back to sleep.
Cocoa Puff is the third sister, and she looks like a Maine Coon. She looks like a puff ball, and is called Puff or Puffer usually. She is more aloof, but will sleep under the covers if she's cold..otherwise she's at M's feet. She is the alpha cat of the four. Will clean their faces and ears for them. And watches what they are doing more than participating. She is also the one to let us know when the feeder or water tower is empty. She will paw at the covers (they only seem to empty the darn things in the middle of the night!) usually on M, until he wakes up and goes and fills them up. She's terrified of storms - so am I - and always comes to wherever I am and stays with me until the storm is passed.
Jazzy was my daughter's tuxedo, is a few months older than the other 3 and since her sister went to live with a friend of my son'sabout 3 years ago, she's been a very contented cat. Since she escaped last Christmas and came back on NewYear's Day (a year ago), she has turned into a lap cat and become very clingy. She is usually on my lap when I'm on the computer or in a chair, and sleeps next to Skyy. She will go to anyone who will pay attention to her. She is the only one who likes to be picked up, and likes to be held like a baby with her head on the holder's shoulder.
When we come home, they are all waiting just inside the door for us. Will not eat people food. They line up outside their food/poop room (the bathroom on the top floor-attic), and eat and do their business - one at a time. Puff, Bailey, Jazz, Skyy...in the mornings and in the evenings....always the same way. They come when called. All hate strangers except for Jazz...they will disappear and not come out until company is gone. They will lick a hand to get it to pet them or continue petting. All of them give kisses. Puff and Skyy will pat at and chew on our hair.
The girls have never lived with dogs....but they act more like dogs than cats.
