Mountain View Cattle Company
Our Cats - Click on the thumbnail photo for a larger view.
House cats:
| Prince: Blue-eyed white deaf. Prince appears to be mostly Siamese. An elegant cat that was totally feral when we adopted him from the local shelter after seeing his photo run for weeks in the paper. Nobody wanted a wild deaf cat no matter how pretty - except us. Taming Prince took several years (and LOTS of cooked liver!) 6 years later, he plays with us and enjoys petting. Prince is delicate physically (a bad disc in his back) and needs a lot of TLC. He has the interesting habit of using his paws to pick his cat food out of the bowl and eat it - from his paw! He drinks water the same way - dips his paws and licks the water off. |
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| Cassi: Yellow-eyed white deaf. Cassi hears noises at certain pitches only - such as oven timers and alarm clocks. She spent several months at a shelter. We walked into a PetSmart to buy hamster food and spotted her right away; she was depressed and non-responsive to the bustle around her. She was half-starved and had a terrible coat so nobody wanted her. We took her home and were amazed at the speed she adapted to the other cats. She is a playful and loving pet, and grateful to be home. Now about 5 years old, she has just come through surgery to remove large bladder stones. She was very brave through it all. Cassi is our "copycat", learning to do what the other cats do: scratching like Angel on the post (ears pinned); sitting in the same spots and in the same poses as the other cats. She drinks water from a dripping faucet (and demands a "drip" often!). See Cassi's page. for more photos and info. |
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| Raja: Odd-eyed white cat - 1 blue eye & 1 gold. Adopted in February 2005 from a local animal rescue group. She was less than 2 years old and had already raised two sets of kittens. Raja is deaf on the blue eye side. Her coat is so soft! Super sweet and loving kitty. VERY active and playful. Interesting habits: 1) eating vegetables (swiss chard, green beans, coleslaw) and fruit (peaches, applesauce, fruit cocktail); 2) Watching TV! She watches so often we sent her photo in to KOMO and she was featured on the morning news! See her "star" photos here. |
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| Sara: Sweet black and white cat. Sara somewhow arrived at Shelton's Kitten Rescue with her 4 kittens (10-days old) with two broken hind legs. Veterinarian inserted pins (small ones and a large one) to stabilize her bones and she raised her kittens with casts on her legs. Poor baby. We learned about her and adopted her as soon as we were told she was ready to go home on July 26, 2005. Now fully recovered and very busy. See Sara's page for more photos of this brave, sweet cat. |
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| Oscar: Adorable orange tabby. Adopted from a shelter in 2006. A plain orange cat - we thought no one would want him. And he looked enough like Spider to be his "kid". A loving and playful cat. The last kitten raised by Spider, he is following in "Uncle Spidey's" footsteps. At just over one year old (born July 4, 2006), Oscar is raising Elsa and Bruiser - and doing a good job too! |
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| Bruiser: Totally deaf. Adopted August 2007. Very fluffy. Bruiser goes "limp" when you pick him up - we suspect he is part Ragdoll. This poor little waif was rescued and taken to Shelton's Kitten Rescue. He was dirty, needed hernia surgery, and was covered in fleas and ear mites. NOW see how gorgeous! |
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| Elsa: Adopted August 2007. Lovely ACTIVE tortishell kitten who is Bruiser's best friend - kittens really need a pal their own age. Elsa is an absolute love and tons of fun. She is so small right now she goes right under the couches and the coffee table. She's growing fast though! |
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Barn cats: our barn cats are really "house cats" with a big back yard. They are locked in our big barn at night for safety (the dog can keep them safe from coyotes, stray cats and raccoons but not from cars). Plenty of food, water, beds and a BIG "box". In fact they all regularly trot back to the barn all day to use the box instead of the "great outdoors". They mouse around the barns, flower beds, and vegetable garden. That's about it. Mostly they sleep!
| Missi: Ex-feral cat, rescued after being hit by a county road mower as a tiny kitten (picked right out of the grass). Her tail was shortened to 4 inches. She is the smallest cat we have, but is very protective of her turf & herself. Missi takes no guff from cats or dogs, even at 7 lbs. Missi likes to go with us when we walk to the creek. A 1/2 mile round trip is a long way on little legs! If the neighbors can see her hopping along in the grass, they must think we have a Jack Russell terrier (or maybe a guinea pig). Since she doesn't get along with any other cats, she has her own "apartment" in the barn shop at night (complete with heating pad, box and a window with a view). |
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| Mina: Dainty FERAL calico adopted at 8 weeks to keep Missi company. It was a couple years before we realized that Mina is ALSO nearly deaf. Only after we had Prince and Angel did we recognize the signs: shyness, ignoring people and noises, easily startled. She followed Joe everywhere until his death in 2006. She is lost without him. After 10 years we do pet Mina now and then, but she is VERY shy. She likes to mouse in the gardens and around the buildings, but never goes far from the barns. The dog protects her in the day, and we "shoo" her into the barn at night. It would be too stressful on shy Mina to move into the house, so we all keep an eye on her and she does what she wants to. |
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Taz: Enormous gray male. No photo does justice to the "pearly" shine to his coat - every gray hair has a "frosted" tip. Taz somehow came up with an "oriental" bow as his greeting: he literally marches up to people (and dogs!) and without bending his knees taps his head on the ground (between the ears)! As a kitten he used to come at a run and somersault in for a tummy rub. Guess he got too fat for somersaults. Taz specializes in climbing trees and fence post sitting (why did the cat climb the post - to sit on the top and purr, of course!). He runs up and down trees like a gray squirrel. A super mouser. |
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Turtle: A tortishell. All bronze, black and gray. Doesn't look much like her littermate Taz. But they share the same loving disposition. Turtle & Taz were adopted from an Indian reservation. Turtle never goes very far - she likes to bask in the sun - and when there's no sun she sleeps on the warm "boot box" in the barn. She's just totally sweet and adorable and that's her "job". With her markings, she always looks worried - but she's not. She also does the "tummy roll". Very shy (unlike Taz) so nobody but us ever sees her. She doesn't do much except eat, sleep and "think". Well, SOMEBODY has to think around here! |
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