Hair?...but I thought we were hairless.....

Yes, Sphynx do have hair! Here is an excerpt from the Cat Fanciers' Association:


COAT/SKIN: the appearance of this cat is one of hairlessness. Short, fine hair may be present on the feet, outer edges of the ears, the tail, and the scrotum. The bridge of the nose should be normally coated. The remainder of the body can range from completely hairless to a covering of soft peach-like fuzz whose length does not interfere with the appearance of hairlessness. This coat/skin texture creates a feeling of resistance when stroking the cat. Wrinkled skin is desirable, particularly around the muzzle, between the ears, and around the shoulders. There are usually no whiskers but if whiskers are present they are short and sparse.

Reggie has the hairy ears in the family as you can see!!!

Marley's ears are as smooth as they come, with practically no hair unless you look very closely.

In addition, Reggie has the peach-like fuzz that the CFA talks about. He really does feel like a fuzzy peach, although a lot warmer! Marley's coat is barely noticeable unless you look with a magnifying glass! He is not as soft as Reggie, but still has a very beautiful "coat"!

Let's just say that when you are half asleep and a kitty jumps on the bed to snuggle, you know who it is just by feeling the ears or petting their hairless bodies!!!

Saturday Caturday...

Marley and Reggie are so photogenic when they want to be. Here are two pictures I took with the sun as my aid. Have a great weekend!!!

Our New Condo

I bit the bullet and bought my already spoiled cats a big kitty tree/condo. I wasn't going to buy it until after the move in a couple of weeks to avoid having to move it twice, but...

It was on sale for $17 off at Petsmart (although I don't think they carry it online) and it was the one I was going to buy anyways, so here it is! Marley and Reggie immediately took to it and had fun romping on it last night and right now as I type this Marley is relaxing in the cubby hole part. I particularly liked this one because it has two platforms perfect for sleeping and they can both fit, if they want, on one platform. It is pretty sturdy and I doubt they can knock it over, but I put my 15lb free weights on the bottom just in case!

Go Trojans!

Marley: Our Mom is sorry she couldn't post more today, but she has been very busy with work today!!!

Also, she is very much looking forward to the USC football game tonight! If you didn't know she is a huge fan and has been attending football games for almost 20 years now! So after work she is going to some place called a "bar" to drink some stuff (not water) and eat greasy food, or so she thinks! She better come home first though and clean our litter box and give my little brother food or else he'll freak out!

Reggie: My surgery went fine yesterday, or so they tell me; I don't remember too much. All I know is that when I got picked up I was very hungry and had to wait about 40 minutes until we got home and my mom fed me. Marley didn't even know I was gone and only sniffed me a couple of times last night....I was very hyper last night, but also very loving - I kept jumping on everyone's laps to get rub downs. It was nice to have a full tummy again and to be back in my comfy apartment!

Ravenous Reggie...

Just about 90 minutes ago I dropped off Reggie at the vet's office for his, um, "procedure". As you know he couldn't have food after midnight last night, so needless to say he was very H-U-N-G-R-Y this morning. Every time I would head towards the kitchen he would take off sprinting ahead of me and was waiting in there with his pathetic, but oh-so-cute, meow asking for his breakfast....

He meowed the entire car ride over, but as soon as we arrived at the vet's and he saw four dogs also there to be dropped off for their "procedures", he was quiet as a mouse.

I know he will be well taken care of today and I even left one of his blankets with him so that he has something to snuggle with.

Here are some pictures of Reggie, doing what he does best, E-A-T-I-N-G. Try to contain your laughter in the first picture. That was one the breeder took and sent to us before we adopted him. I should have known what I was getting myself into!

"I just can't get enough of this yummy dry stuff!"

"Hey, this is my food Marley, move over!"

"Finally, I have the food all to myself!"

Our Gizzy Quilt Arrived!!!

Reggie: Yesterday our Gizzy quilt arrived!!! But of course before Mom could open it she had to feed me because it was almost 6:00pm and I was hungry!!! So after I scarfed up my food my mom put it down on the ground and we proceeded to sniff away.

Later that evening I took a nap on it and then this morning Marley lounged on it in our condo.

Thank you Lynne and Millie for our beautiful and comfortable quilt!!

Also, I know many of you out there found us from the Cat Blogosphere, so welcome and we hope you'll visit us when you get the chance! We really are a lot of fun....

PS: My mom keeps mentioning that I can't have food after midnight tonight and that after tomorrow part of my anatomy will be gone...hmmm....not quite sure what that means, but if she thinks I'm not getting breakfast tomorrow morning, she's crazy!

Mancat Monday

Well, someone told my mom that I am officially a mancat since I am over 1 year old now! So, I guess that means I get to participate in Mancat Mondays! Since you guys have only known me as a mancat, here are some pictures in my younger years....errr....younger months!

Doing what I do best! Sleeping away the day in the kitty condo!

I love getting on top of the kitchen table because it is a high pub table - my beans didn't like this at first but they have given up. As long as I don't start jumping up on the kitchen counters they can deal!

I like to get into everything as you already know. (Don't worry, I'm not as big as a paper bag! This bag is actually one of the smaller paper bags for the wine that my beans love to drink)

Here I am looking all handsome in the sunshine

This is one of the famous massages that I often get. As you can tell I totally love them!