Scottish Fold cats and kittens from the Purrfect Folds Cattery

Testimonies 2009 - November

HULA , ALOHA, LILLY AND ZELDA

Our new additions seem to be doing well,although a little shy. We have them in their safe room for a few days so to become familiar with us and their new environment! Will introduce to their sisters slowly so not to overload them with too muich too soon. OKB once again we are thrilled!! Love Lynne Addy and Carly will talk

Arrived safely!!! So precious...they are very tired!!! Meee too!!!LOL will also send pics soon . We can't wait to watch all 5 play together :) Thank You ad will talk soon!

our sweet lilly

Hula loves to cuddle

Hula and Zelda are great together! Teasing her big sister.

Ahhhh!

CHARLIE

Suzanne, just a quick note to tell you how much we love Charlie! He is a lot of fun; he makes us laugh all the time. He's getting really big, but he's still a kitten at times. He is not cuddly at all, but he likes being around people and is especially sweet when he wants us to get up in the morning....which is earlier now that the time has changed!

charlie in nov

One day last week a dog chased him high up into a tree, but we got up on a ladder and got him to jump into a laundry basket, and we got him down. He's a smart kitty and trusts us.

We saw Chloe, his sister, in Tampa a couple of weeks ago, when we went to visit Matt and Michaile, and she is doing well. She is smaller than Charlie, and she is a sweet girl, and she and Emmy are getting along well and enjoying each other's company. They have recently moved into a new house and they are adjusting well.

My only question is...with the holidays coming...how are we going to keep him out of the Christmas tree?

Hope all is well there!

Barbara

HARLEY AND STELLA

Hi Suzanne,

Thanks for the follow up e-mail the other day. The kittens (Harley & Stella) are doing great and I think that was further confirmed last night from Stella. She decided to sleep with us last night and I have never heard a cat (or her previously) purr as loud as she did…..wow. Harley’s cold has gone and I’ve handed the keys to the house over to them since they are now the rulers of our domain J

Rachel has compiled some images for you of the pair for your enjoyment (I’ve noted some descriptive below)

IMG 0359: At first we thought it was the couch but we quickly learned that they really love the blanket to the right of them. It should show up in other images.

MG 0365: I think that image speaks for itself

IMG 0372: Gas fireplace and our favorite blanket. Life is tough

IMG 0376: Close up of Stella

IMG 0384: Believe it or not but Harley was actually asleep in that position.

IMG 0394: Full bellies and some TV with Mom (Rachel).

IMG 0397: Ummmm….staged?! J

Regards,

Michael

So the little girl is coming out of her shell pretty quickly. I think her brother's interactions have encouraged her to do so. We'll definitely make sure to give them as much attention as possible for the initial transition period (not that I really need to force my wife to do that) :)

Only one little mishap and that was what we assumed an initial freak out pee on our bed (the girl). Since then she has been following her brother's lead and using the kitty litter.

The boy loves getting under my chin.

So the boy is super friendly. The girl is a little cautious but my wife loves them. Is there anything we should be wary of when getting them used to the environment over the next few days?

We have used our bedroom as there safe room?

DAVINCI, SEBASTIAN AND SYLVESTER

Boys are HUGE since I sent last set of pictures to you!!!

Sylvester ONLY likes me when he wants the boogies out of his nose & eyes (and boy does he call me at the top of his lungs when he wants this done) – otherwise he still gives me dirty looks - but lets me pet him when he walks by close enough for me to reach out and pet him – he might be very slowly coming around!!!

Davinci listens the BEST when told NO (like getting off the table when we are eating) – unlike Sebastian who stares at us and does it anyway!!!

Davinci continues to pick on and terrorize his 4 year older sister Trouble – and I mean he hunts her down and makes life miserable for her – and ONLY her……..he really like to pounce on her and pin her down in corners and I can’t for the life of me figure out why???

All 3 Boys LOVE spending lazy days out on the screened back porch watching Squirrels & Lizards and chasing Black Ants!! They can spend the Whole entire Day out there…….

Sebastian is my bed buddy – he sleeps with me at the foot of the bed all night long.

Davinci wakes me up EVERY morning at 3:30 or 4:00am – this is when he wants and demands LOVE!!! He will crawl under the covers with me and tickle my body with his whiskers while he is walking around under the covers and if this does not wake me up – he wraps his body around my head on my pillow and sticks his nose in my ear so his VERY LOUD purring will wake me up!!!

Very Funny thing to see them ALL 3 line up while I am cleaning the litter box to see who is going to be the first one to christen it the minute that I finish cleaning it???? Where does this come from???

ALL 3 BOYS are scavengers – they LOVE human food – we don’t try to give it to them but if it falls on the floor while we are cooking and we are NOT fast enough to pick it up – there is war war 3 between them to see who gets it first – DAVINCI generally wins this battle!!! For some weird reason they also like Lexy’s Special Hypo Allergenic Dog Food!!!

Well enough for now……., hope to have an update for you again after Christmas & New Years!!

Take Care & Happy Holidays from The Miami Boys and their Human CompanionsJ

MCTAVISH AND MAZY

Yes, we did, although it was just the two of us. We get to see our son and the grandchildren at Christmas.

Progress, progress! We can approach and/or pick up either cat now, but neither will yet just come to us and want petting. As you will see from the photos, Mazy thinks Nick makes a nice pillow - and this morning she spent about an hour sleeping in my lap.

McTavish won't do that. McTavish is an independent little rascal, but has yet to offer teeth to us. Mazy will chew - not in anger - just playing. Everyone who sees them falls in love with them.

In one of the photos, you'll notice McTavish has discovered the birds and the squirrel! It must be deep in the genetic nature -
he quivered all over at his first sight of them and could I have heard it, he was probably also chattering!

Mazy's other habit impacts McTavish more than us! Several times a day when they are resting, she will cuddle up to him or on top of him and knead away while her mouth is fixed on his neck for 15 minutes or more at a time. Most of the time he just tolerates her, but once in a while he rears up and says "Enough!!" Should this be of any concern?

I could chatter on about them for a long time, but will attach the photos so you can see how they look now. Last Thursday Mazy weighed
2.6 and McTavish was 4 lbs even. I doubt that Mazy will ever weigh more than 5 lbs, but with the way McTavish eats, he'll probably hit 10!! I think on the registration papers Mazy's second name choice should be Purrfectfolds Miss Little Bit!

Best regards!
Joan

Yes, afraid so far our day revolves around them!!

>Glad the jealousy card is
>working, stubborn
>little girl. Are you giving her the syringes of meds??

Well, this morning we seem to have lost all the ground we've gained. What must they talk about during the night that makes them so skittish the next morning!! We allowed them out of the room for the first time yesterday. Of course,ightail was the first out and nosed around for several minutes. Nick wound up carrying Mazy out to where McTavish was. Whole thing lasted only about 10 minutes before both scurried back into "their" room.

About how much wet food should they be getting per day? I realized I'd run out of the Friskies last night and opened a can we had gotten from PetCo - one of the organic chicken things. It seems easier for Mazy to eat - McTavish will eat ANYTHING and then try to polish off her's.

Doesn't seem like a whole week since we picked them up. They are adorable to watch!!

Since we are going to be boarding them over Christmas, we are taking them out tomorrow to be introduced to the vet where they will stay. Even though it is so far away, I think we're going to use the vet the Snyders are so crazy about.

The two pics this time, I call "climb every mountain"!!! Nick didn't appreciate my humor!!!

You can see from the pics that McTavish's eye is not completely cured yet, but this morning it looks even better - although I'm puzzled over the lethargy.

Hope your week has been as fun as ours!!

not the sweet angels that you
>had at home!

These were sweet angels at home!!??? McTavish, maybe, but Mazy is a wild child and instigates most of the roughhousing!!

But I've won Mazy's heart!! With bribery, jealousy, and a sock-covered wiggling toe!! I can put my hands on her about 6 out of every 10 times I try, and she no longer struggles to get away if I pet her. But neither one likes to be picked up. I was hoping for at least one lap cap, but it's early days yet.

They greet us as we come out of our bedroom now - I know it's cupboard love - but they will condescend to butt and twine for a few minutes before demanding their breakfast.

McTavish loves anything he can put in his mouth - but after the first one, Mazy refused to eat the GlycoFlex, so I have to crush it in a teaspoon of food to get it down her.

It probably would work better if I did separate them, but I can't bear to do it! They depend on each other for warmth at night, trying to one-up each other, and for "killing!"
I've never been "Halloweened" in my hall before. I know you shouldn't laugh at them, but it sure is hard not to!! Their antics in a paper bag are hilarious, but my camera is not fast enough to catch action shots. But I'm sending the latest ones.

Hope your Thanksgiving was a happy one!

Joan

>how has the weekend gone with the youngsters??

So far, pretty well. It's very interesting to see some of their personality traits and how different they are. I'm sending three pics. The one of them under the table was made Thursday night after we got home. The one of Mazy alone was made Saturday morning. She was the first one "off the floor." The second one of both shows the progress they've made in finding high places in the room. As you can see, they don't like the flash.

We can play the jealously card with them now. If we're petting McTavish, here comes Mazy and tries to push him aside to get her share. She usually flops over on her side and starts kneading whatever she can reach. She does NOT like to be picked up. Most of the time she uses McTavish to knead and keeps it up for many minutes at a time. Sometimes he purrs about it and sometimes it looks like he's trying to kill her. But when he stalks off, here she comes and tackles him, so I guess they're really not hurting each other. But they sure do rough and tumble a lot!! We've never had two kittens at once - and it's been 24 years since we even had one kitten to raise.

They both are
eating well, in fact, as I said, McTavish eats like a hound dog! We have to watch him, or he inhales his and pushes her away and eats the rest of her wet food.

The big cage we had came with a gray fur-type pad which we had left at home in what was to be their room. Also, one of the round small cat beds that had a velvet-type bottom in it. Neither would touch either!! So, tonight we put towels down in the bottom of both. You'd think we had given them the moon and stars! What a tumbling and stretching bout and the last time I looked in they both were asleep on the larger mat.

Today we gave them a larger,covered litter box that had been our 20-year-old cat's. We kept it because we had spent so much money for it. It is big and has a translucent cover for it. McTavish was the first to hit it and acted as though he was digging for moles, turning about so excitedly. And I thought, uh oh, they think this is a new toy box and will start using the room corner somewhere, but he finally got down to business and then came out. Mazy went in very timidly, dug a tiny hole, did her business and got out again. In shot McTavish with a dirty look at her and covered what she failed to cover!

As you can see, I can rant on about them for "pages and pages." But I do believe we are making some progress. Ray Snyder called this afternoon to see if we had brought them home yet - and they are coming to see them Sunday. I had thought we'd have six of your cats in our area, but I see the darling little gray one that was coming to Madison is up for sale again.

I've rambled along enough for one night!! Thank you so much for asking about them!

FIONA AND SKYE

Hi Suzanne.

I hope this message finds you happy and in good health.

I attached a couple of photos of Fiona and Skye. For perspective, the photos of Skye on the windowsill and the one of Fiona in the laundry basket were taken on 8/29. The other photos we're taken on 10/6.

I haven't had the opportunity to take any photos of Rufina as I keep forgetting my camera when I visit my mother-in-law. I can tell you, though, there's almost no kitten left as she appears all cat these days!

So, they are growing like weeds and that has raised a question for us.

Fiona is about 6 lbs right now and very lean while Skye is about 8 lbs and still has a belly. They both have the same availability to food (kitten formula food) and, actually, Fiona is the heavier eater.

So, Q1 is any issue with either of their weight right now?

The other question is behavior/nutritional in origin. Skye basically wants nothing to do with any food other than her cat food (although she will occasionally track down my wife if she's eating a yogurt). Fiona, on the other hand, is like every dog I've ever had. If anything looks like it might possibly be edible, she's on it. The other night, she grabbed a piece of asparagus off Paola's plate and ate it.

So, Q2 is do I need to worry about a kitten that is a "foodie".

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving!

Tom

MS ROXY AND DIRK

Suzanne thought you might like to see Ms Roxy at six months old and Dirk is two years and six months old just two day between their birthdays, also a photo of both of them together they really get along well.

What fun it has been having the two of them.

The first photo is the one I have on my postage stamp everyone love to get them. Don