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Tiki

I am here for Friends

About Me

My name is Tiki, but you can call me Turkey-Cat. I'm a little over a year old. I was born in a healthy litter of four. I guess my original owner did not want us, so they put my brothers and sisters in a cardboard box and left us in the ghetto of Winnipeg. I developed a lung infection from being in the cold and I have no sense of balance - that's what happens when you grow up in a box. I spent a lot of time at the Humane Society because I was sick and not a kitten anymore....and I don't like kids so I wasn't too friendly to the families who visited us. Luckily, I was adopted by a nice family who spoils me and lets me sit on the newspaper while they are reading and gives me fancy food that comes in foil packets. In my spare time I like to bird watch, exercise, daydream about the taste of squirrels, lounge around in my fur coat, and knock over various ornaments with my tail. I'm afraid of the colour black and sometimes I chew my claws out of nervousness.

My Interests

Bird watching, playing fetch with sponge balls and then hiding them so that my owners won't find them ever again, daydreaming about the tender taste of squirrels, lounging around in my fur coat, knocking over various ornaments with my tail when you scratch me in the right spot, losing my balance with I jump on the backs of chairs, getting stoned on catnip, eating lettuce when my mom makes salad, making weird noises, eating tinsel off the Christmas tree, chewing on plants when guests are in the house, getting groomed daily, and running on the spot when my litter box has been changed so that I spray kitty litter everywhere - boy, that makes my owners mad but they still think I am cute.

I'd like to meet:

I would certainly like to meet other cats who grew up in boxes in the ghetto. Besides them, I would like to meet some birds and squirrels who will let me chew on them and Gordon the Hairless Cat.

Music:

I like listening to Richard Cheese, Tom Jones, Neil Diamond, the Darkness, etc. Drum n' bass and rap causes me to hide under the bed, as well as those new age "Sounds of the Thunderstorm" CDs. I hate it when people sing to me. I don't use claws, but I will put a paw on their face in hope that they will shut up. I like to exercise by running around the house with my fur standing up on my back to Joe Maphis's Flying Fingers. I like the Alley Dukes too...even though I make Zak Duke's throat close up and sneeze.

Movies:

I don't have the attention span to watch a movie.

Television:

I like to watch documentaries about cats, fish, squirrels, and birds. Sometimes tennis.

Books:

I read the newspaper daily. Well...I actually sit in the middle of the newspaper while my owner tries to read it over breakfast.

Heroes:

Gordon the Hairless Cat, Catwoman, anyone who feeds me out of fancy foil packets, my owners 'cause they don't let me live in a box anymore.

My Blog

A Cat Story from Home

"Purr-fect homecoming for elusive cat" - www.winnipeg.cbc.ca WINNIPEG - A Selkirk woman is celebrating the return of her lost cat  18 years after the pet first disappeared. Leslie Dumas was p...
Posted by Tiki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Questions for you to answer!

1. Who are you? 2. Are we friends? 3. When and how did we meet? 4. How have I affected you? 5. What do you think of me? 6. What's the fondest memory you have of me? 7. How long do yo...
Posted by Tiki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Cardboard box anxiety - I bite my claws

Nail Biting in Cats by: Dr. Nicholas Dodman Cats have a highly ritualized grooming sequence. First, they lick the inside of a front paw and then sweep the saliva-moistened paw first in small and ...
Posted by Tiki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Haircut

Today, there was a lady over to get her hair cut. She's really nice and rescues cats like me. She's always calls me beautiful so I like to jump on the table to appreciate her comments while she gets h...
Posted by Tiki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Excited

The other day there were so many people over. I thought they were visiting me but in actuality, they were admiring my owner's new hardwood floors. After they fed me some fancy food that you squeeze ou...
Posted by Tiki on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST