# A cat! I have a cat! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 23, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840 "2016-11-23T21:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/1 "2016-11-23T21:32:42Z")
My wife and I have adopted a beautiful cat. His name is Ghost. He’s 6-7 months old, and already freakin’ huge! [![](https://i.imgur.com/btHeL5E.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/btHeL5E.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/sqpmpe9.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/sqpmpe9.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/j4LQBeY.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/j4LQBeY.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/zmGpbX2.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/zmGpbX2.jpg) [![](https://i.imgur.com/7ZRzK9y.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/7ZRzK9y.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/2 "2016-11-23T21:41:18Z")
You sure that’s a house cat? Looks more like a small snow leopard! ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/3 "2016-11-23T21:45:08Z")
nice looking kitty and huge! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/4 "2016-11-23T22:01:29Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > You sure that’s a house cat? Looks more like a small snow leopard! Yeah, either it is older than 6 months or one day it will devour you in your sleep. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/5 "2016-11-23T22:02:31Z")
As opposed to after we die on the couch, like the rest of us mad cat people. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/6 "2016-11-23T23:28:54Z")
I like the picture where the kitty is peeping out from under the spread! He’s beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/7 "2016-11-23T23:39:34Z")
That’s terrific, Mr. Rik. Here’s to many good years with Ghost. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/8 "2016-11-23T23:44:07Z")
He’s beautiful! May you have many happy times together! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/9 "2016-11-23T23:44:44Z")
Here’s another of Ghost in one of his favorite spots. I like this one because the natural morning light from the window opposite meant no flash to cause redeye 🙂 [![](https://i.imgur.com/fH13BuR.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/fH13BuR.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/10 "2016-11-23T23:46:53Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Yeah, either it is older than 6 months or one day it will devour you in your sleep. > [@Chimera](#): > > As opposed to after we die on the couch, like the rest of us mad cat people. 😛 So an old cat fancier died alone and his cats fed off his remains. Several neighbours sued his estate because their property values declined (a truly stupid case in which I represented the estate), and his own children sued the city for not looking in on him enough (another truly stupid case that I was not directly involved in). I figured the cats were the smartest of all of them. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2016, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/11 "2016-11-23T23:49:13Z")
> [@Mister\_Rik](#): > > Here’s another of Ghost in one of his favorite spots. I like this one because the natural morning light from the window opposite meant no flash to cause redeye 🙂 > > [Imgur: The magic of the Internet](http://i.imgur.com/fH13BuR.jpg) Too cute. Way too cute. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/12 "2016-11-24T00:54:24Z")
He is gorgeous! And large. My cats Max, Tikva, and EC (and I) salute you! ---
**Author:** ![Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/13 "2016-11-24T01:16:44Z")
I see a little Siamese. Does he have a voice? ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/14 "2016-11-24T02:04:50Z")
He’s a colorpoint. That’s why he has blue eyes. He’s a Tabby colorpoint of some sort. Those colorpoints (paws especially) will probably get darker as he gets older. A white cat with blue eyes is usually deaf, but a colorpoint is usually born white, and blue eyes are natural (no deafness or other problems). Their colorpoints darken as they grow. A “colorpoint” is basically anything that isn’t a traditional Siamese, but has Tabby stripes, or Tortioseshell patches, or something, on its points. I had a Tortie-point once. This guy looks like he is half Maine Coon, but I’ve never had a male Siamese/colorpoint. And there are longhair colorpoints. They used to be called Himalayans, but that was when they came only in traditional Siamese colors. Now they are called “longhair colorpoints.” ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/15 "2016-11-24T02:09:01Z")
Boy, he’s a stunner! Congrats on your new overlord. Chipped, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/16 "2016-11-24T02:45:04Z")
That is one BIG cat. Especially for his age. He’s so cute, though! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/17 "2016-11-24T02:55:13Z")
What a gorgeous canine overlord! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/18 "2016-11-24T02:57:13Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > What a gorgeous canine overlord! Feline. But yeah. They’ll learn. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/19 "2016-11-24T02:59:18Z")
> [@Waxwinged](#): > > What a gorgeous canine overlord! > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Feline. But yeah. They’ll learn. I took that to mean this cat is big enough to be overlord to a dog. Maybe I’m wrong. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840/20 "2016-11-24T03:06:15Z")
Instead of doing what I should be doing, I have been Googling images of Tabby colorpoints, and it seems to be typical for them to have almost white paws, and prominent stripes on their tails. Seem to be a few big boys out there, but I would not be shocked if Ghost has a Maine Coon somewhere, in spite of the “Cherokee princess” thing about so many cats being part Maine Coon. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-cat-i-have-a-cat/772840.md?page=2)