Mountain View Cattle Company
The Cats - Click on the thumbnail photo for a larger view.
House cats:
| 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 a gorgeous boy and still acting like a kitten. |
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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 a "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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| Elsa: Adopted August 2007. Lovely ACTIVE tortishell who is close friends with Bruiser and Oscar. Elsa is an absolute love and tons of fun. She is now a dainty young cat with an amazing black marble coat. She never seems to be alone - very sociable with other cats. |
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| Kris: Adopted October 2007. Orange manx with neurological problems, most likely the result of being hit by a car. He has trouble seeing and trouble walking in a straight line. A loving and fun pet nevertheless. All grown up but plays in his own little world like a little kitten still. Very handsome. |
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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. Oscar is raising Elsa and Bruiser - and doing a good job too! |
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| 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 about 4 inches. She is the smallest cat but is very tough. In her younger days she would hike to the creek with her people (1/4 mile each way). Now a senior cat. |
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| 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 - he was there a long time with no takers. Taming Prince took several years (and LOTS of cooked liver!) He will now play and enjoys being petted. 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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| 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 (2 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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Barn cats: the barn cats are really "house cats" with a big back yard. They are locked in our big barn at night for safety. 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!
| Mina: Dainty FERAL calico adopted at 8 weeks. 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. |
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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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