Her name means beautiful. She practically named herself. I have so many pictures of our cats I want to post more for the Friday Photo. Can you see why we named her Teagan?
Posts Tagged ‘black cat’
Black Cat
Posted by terrepruitt on March 22, 2019
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: beautiful black cat, black cat, Friday Photo, pretty girl, Teagan | 6 Comments »
Rusting Cat
Posted by terrepruitt on March 18, 2019
At the end of last week I was walking down the stairs and my eyes landed on our black cat. I was struck with the thought of how black she is. Then it occurred to me that we have had a lot of rain, a lot of days without hours and hours of sun. I call Teagan my Sunshine Girl because she LOVES to be in the sun. She will go from window/door to window/door to get the most sunshine throughout the day. She will sit in the sun until she is so hot it makes me wonder if it is good for her. When she sits in the sun hour after hour she starts to rust.
Yeah, it’s a real thing. Black cats can “rust”, their black coats start to turn a lighter shade, it becomes somewhat brown. It kinda looks like rust. According to Wiki the black fur pigment is fragile and cats that sit in the sun a lot “rust”. The black fur pigment is called eumelanin. Information on the internet also states that a tyrosine deficiency could cause a black cat’s fur to turn red. If a cat is being fed a nutritious diet of food formulated for cats, this type of deficiency is rare. I am confident that Teagan does not have a tyrosine deficiency, especially since she was so black.
I have noticed her rusting in the past, I think that is why I noticed her total blackness recently. It took me a while to acknowledge she was a deeper black than she usually is. She is always a black cat, but as I said, it just occurred to me that she was very black with hardly any of the brown undertones. I say “was” because the sun has been out for days now and she and her sister are taking advantage of it. With the temperatures warming up to hot (for me) the doors have been open pretty much most of the day for the past few days and both cats have been parked in front of one of them soaking it up. I think Teagan might already be starting to rust.
To me the rust looks like it starts in the undercoat and not at the ends as does a bleaching of human hair in the sun. I could be wrong, but it seems as if the brown is more visible when her fur is brushed one way or the other.
If the cloudy days are gone, then Teagan will continue to rust and get lighter and lighter as the days go by.
Have you noticed a cat rusting?
Posted in Cats, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: black cat, bleached by the sun, eumelanin, rusting cat, sun rust, sunshine, Sunshine Girl, Teagan, tyrpsine deficiency, Wiki | 8 Comments »
A Black Cat For Halloween
Posted by terrepruitt on October 26, 2018
Ha, next Friday will not be October, so here is a Halloween Friday Photo as close to Halloween as I can get since Halloween is next Wednesday. This is a black kitty pillow. It was so cute I wanted a picture. I didn’t even ask the owner if I could take a picture for posting. I am pretty sure she wouldn’t mind!
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Teag Again
Posted by terrepruitt on September 7, 2018
I know I just posted a picture of Teagan LAST Friday, but I was going through some pictures and I found this one. WOW! Now you know why we changed her name from Smokey to Teagan. This was taken in February 2016. So, I guess I do have some good photos of her, just not as many as I have of her sister. And this one – in 2016 – was an anomaly. She wasn’t fond of getting her picture taken. She is getting more used to it now, as I stated last week.
Here is Teagan again for the Friday Photo.
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: beautiful girl, black cat, formerly known as, Friday Photo, shiny coat, silky cat, Smokey, Teagan | 8 Comments »
My Favorite Tea Mug And My Favorite Teagan
Posted by terrepruitt on August 3, 2018
“The Best Things in Life are the people we love, the places we’ve been and the memories we’ve made along the way.”
Yes this might be a blurry Friday Photo, but I love this mug and the cat lying in the background probably wondering why I am taking a photo of a mug!
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: black cat, Friday Photo, photo bomb, tea mug, Teagan, the best things in life | Leave a Comment »
Failed Selfie
Posted by terrepruitt on July 6, 2018
Sometimes I take pictures of the cats and I – selfies – and text them to my husband. Sometimes I do post them elsewhere, but most of the time I just end up with a bunch of pictures of me and a cat. Today they were both too close to the slider for me to get behind them and put the camera in front of us. But I did get a few shots of Teagan’s eye. You can see a bit of my head. Failed selfie.
Today’s Friday Photo: Cat’s eye selfie.
Posted in Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: beautiful girl, black cat, Failed Selfie, Friday Photo, selfies with cats, sending husband love, Teagan, Teagan's eye | 2 Comments »
Teagan Ignoring Me
Posted by terrepruitt on January 26, 2018
Here is our cat before she got annoyed with me trying to take her picture. There are two main reasons I have a lot more pictures of Nessa than I do of Teagan. One, Teagan is black and very difficult to photograph. The lighting has to be right in order for her features to show. And two, she hates it. It used to be that I could NEVER get a shot of her. She just didn’t like it. Nessa doesn’t care. You can be in her face or across the room and she is like, “Whatever.” Or she may not even notice. But Teagan used to have a NO-radar. She could be dead asleep and her NO-radar would wake her up and she would leave. “NO! You are not taking my picture!” She is better now, but she is still difficult to photograph. You might imagine how many far away (so she hopefully wouldn’t notice I was taking a picture) or blurry (because she noticed and is leaving) pictures I have of her. She is beautiful so I would try!
Teagan is my Friday Photo today!
Posted in Cats, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: best cats, black cat, Friday Photo, Nessa, Teagan | 25 Comments »
It’s A Bird, It’s A Cat, It’s A Dog, It’s A . . .
Posted by terrepruitt on February 20, 2017
Have you ever wanted to fly? Or lie around all day in the sun like a lizard? Or jump six times higher than your height like a cat? Or see what it is like to be the opposite sex? Have you ever imagined any of this? Have you ever just looked over at something and taken a moment to image being that? Have you ever wanted to just see what it would be like? If you could be a bird, dog, cat, boy, or girl for just one day would you? If it was guaranteed that you would be safe and cared for would you want to see what it is like to be a house pet? Would you like to experience – just for a day – being in the body of the opposite sex? I have always been curious about flying. I would be interested in seeing what it was like to be a large bird of prey. And I would love to see how it is to really be a cat. When I asked my husband he said he had never had any desire. I found that very surprising. So it made me wonder. I thought I would ask.
Now, this is not about being happy or unhappy with who and what you are. This is just a do you wonder kind of thing. Have you ever wanted to just be a bird or a cat or a dog or a fish OR – just to see what it was like, not permanently? Would you do it – just for a day or a few hours – if you could? What would you be for a day or a few hours?
Posted in Misc | Tagged: be something else, bird of prey, black cat, fly like a bird, lizard in the sun, Teagan | 2 Comments »
Get That Mouse!
Posted by terrepruitt on October 22, 2015
It has been a little over two months since our cats have been out of confinement. You may have read that we adopted cats in July. Within a week of bringing them home I suspected ringworm, so they were locked in a room until the cultures came back. When the culture came back positive nine days later we had 30 days of pills and confinement ahead of us. Near the end of the round of medicine my husband and I were not sure we could make it. Only because by that 38th day the cats seem to be giving up. They were done with being in one room and they were done with having pills jammed down their throats. We all were done. So when they were cleared to come out we were all happy. So it has been three days over two months and they are still getting used to things. They are just beginning to really run the house, as cats do. Smokey, the black one, does not seem to like her picture taken. As soon as I point my phone at her she turns away. She will stay for a couple of shots, but after a minute she will just get up and walk away or move away. Emmy, the tortoiseshell, is a little bit more tolerant, but not much. Smokey is also very difficult to capture because of her coloring. She is pretty dark. I think of her as all black, but in the sun today she seemed to have a lot of red/chocolate in her. The sun was very bright and I could barely see what I was getting as I was just clicking and clicking. I am surprised at these shots. I thought they were nice so I wanted to share.
Of course, I took more than I have posted, but it is kind of a series of photos, so that is why I have posted so many. You can see how they are both looking at the mouse. Then Emmy looks at me. I have several of these. As I mentioned, I couldn’t really see what I was getting, I was just pressing the button. Smokey’s attention never waivers. Then you see she gets low . . .then she gets a little lower, then . . .a little pounce.
When they were brought into the shelter they weighed in at 9.8 pounds and 8.8 pounds. At the last vet check they came in at 7.44 pounds and 5.5 pounds. Using the hold ’em and weight method, Smokey is back up to 9.8. And Emmy is at 7 pounds. They are much happier and eating better. Plus they have a lot more room to run around. And boy, do they run around. They tear through the house at top speeds. I wish we had something to clock them. They get going so fast!
They are very fun. They want to play a lot. So I am constantly being interrupted to play. They are very good mousers. Smokey is very good at knowing where the mouse will be and she can catch it without having to move a lot. She has slowed down a little bit with having gone from 7.4 pounds to 9.8. Esmeralda is a flier. She is always in the air. All four paws either in a long jump or in a really high pounce. It is amazing. They both would be great hunters.
Well, I know this type of post is far and away from health, wellness, and fitness, but our cats do bring a lot of laughter and joy into our lives. I like to share.
After she got it, she had to roll around with it as cats do. Her trophy. Emmy looks unimpressed!
Show me pictures of your pet! Either e-mail them to me so I can post them, or post a link so we can see them. It is fun to share pictures of our furry family members!
Posted in Cats, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: adopted cats, black cat, confinement, Emmy, Esmeralda, health, mouser, quarantine, ringworm, ringworm medicine, Smokey, tortoiseshell cat | 1 Comment »
