# Happy follow-up to my other kitten thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2010, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509 "2010-06-17T03:34:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/21 "2010-06-17T22:30:26Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > They are adorably cute… but I wouldn’t be able to tell them apart! LOL Are there ANY differences in them? I was thinking the same thing, but it looks like one of them has darker bands around his front legs, and the other has a bit more white along the sides of his muzzle. > [@Nobody](#): > > Since we named their brother Jamie, I’m thinking of naming them Adam and Grant. I think my wife’s on board with this. Or, since they’re both redheads, Adam and Cary. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/22 "2010-06-17T23:12:54Z")
Squee! Cute baby kitties! I’ll give you a tip: Don’t feed them right away when you get up. That reduces (but may not eliminate) the amount of early-morning pestering for food that you’ll get from them. > [@Nobody](#): > > Since we named their brother Jamie, I’m thinking of naming them Adam and Grant. I think my wife’s on board with this. Those are great names! I’m glad there’s somebody else who likes Grant better than Tory, too… You can’t name one of them Cary, because they’re both boys. I would solve the problem of looking alike by getting different-colored collars for them. They won’t like the collars at first, but they will get used to them. And then they’ll have some readily visible ID if they ever run off. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2010, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/23 "2010-06-17T23:33:13Z")
That’s a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/24 "2010-06-18T00:09:49Z")
> [@Anne\_Neville](#): > > You can’t name one of them Cary, because they’re both boys. Tell that to [this guy](http://i33.tinypic.com/t8r9ew.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/25 "2010-06-18T00:15:06Z")
Very cute kittens! I want one! I have two _cats_, but now I want kittens! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/26 "2010-06-18T00:23:23Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Here they are [Kittens](http://img651.imageshack.us/i/kittens.jpg/) Aww, they look like a friend’s cat, Cheetos, did when he was a little thing like that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/27 "2010-06-18T02:56:37Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Tell that to [this guy](http://i33.tinypic.com/t8r9ew.jpg). But then he wouldn’t have the Mythbusters theme. ETA: Blue and green collars might look nice with the orange fur (assuming you don’t have some kind of color-blindness that means you couldn’t tell those apart). ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/28 "2010-06-18T13:31:43Z")
> [@Magiver](#): > > The advantage of 2 cats is that they entertain each other. > > so sayeth a former cat servant. Ha! That’s what I thought. Then I found what really happens is that they team up to create more mischief than just one cat could ever do. So sayeth a guy who adopted two orange tabby kittens last spring! ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/29 "2010-06-18T13:59:04Z")
They are so beautiful! I love orange tabbies. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/30 "2010-06-18T19:49:02Z")
Sadly, I liked their brother a lot better because he and I really bonded together. He’d follow me around if I moved from one room to another. When I’d be typing on my computer he’d climb on me then lay down while I scratched him and he’d purr. And in the mornings when I woke up he was usually against the back of my legs. The orange cats are fine, but they spend most of their time in the windowsill or behind our couch. They’re fun to play with but aren’t as affectionate. But my wife thinks they’re gorgeous and they do just about anything together. Last night they even used the cat box together :dubious: . I’ve never seen two cats so bonded together. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/31 "2010-06-18T20:11:35Z")
Give it some time: they just got there. You may be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/32 "2010-06-18T21:19:14Z")
Yeah. I’m trying to give them lots of love and affection but after a few seconds of petting and scratching them they usually just get up and walk away. They’re not use to being picked up and held, so I’m working on that. One of them will let me hold him for a few seconds before getting fidgety, but the other doesn’t like it at all. When I go into the bathroom and shut the door they cry because they want in, so that’s sweet. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/33 "2010-06-18T21:23:52Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Sadly, I liked their brother a lot better because he and I really bonded together. He’d follow me around if I moved from one room to another. When I’d be typing on my computer he’d climb on me then lay down while I scratched him and he’d purr. And in the mornings when I woke up he was usually against the back of my legs. Give it time. Cats can be trained to be affectionate toward humans. Reward the behaviors you want to see. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/34 "2010-06-18T22:14:33Z")
Oh, I’m definitely doing that. In fact, I see both of them right now. Guess I’m off to offer some loving to them. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/35 "2010-06-18T23:42:53Z")
It is so nice that you have found your kittehs. Raise them well and with wuv. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/36 "2010-06-19T00:39:02Z")
We are :). ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/37 "2010-06-19T09:57:40Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > Yeah. I’m trying to give them lots of love and affection but after a few seconds of petting and scratching them they usually just get up and walk away. They’re not use to being picked up and held, so I’m working on that. One of them will let me hold him for a few seconds before getting fidgety, but the other doesn’t like it at all. When I go into the bathroom and shut the door they cry because they want in, so that’s sweet. They do get more affectionate when they get a bit older, as a general rule. Right now they are full of ZOOM and have to get into all sorts of mischief. And now you know, you’re not allowed to shut the door. When I use the bathroom at home, I usually have at least one and usually all three Bodoni kitties checking in on me. Sometimes they want to be petted, sometimes they want a sink drink, sometimes they just want to make sure that I don’t melt down the bathtub drain. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/38 "2010-06-19T10:09:09Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > And now you know, you’re not allowed to shut the door. When I use the bathroom at home, I usually have at least one and usually all three Bodoni kitties checking in on me. Sometimes they want to be petted, sometimes they want a sink drink, sometimes they just want to make sure that I don’t melt down the bathtub drain. Heh, when Jamie was alive he’d just sit by the door patiently waiting for me to get out. I have a dog, a cocker spaniel, who most times will sniff and snort under the door until I get out. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/39 "2010-06-19T16:42:44Z")
Our new cat lies down across the threshold of the door when I’m in the bathroom. It’s like she’s guarding me against some unknown evil. “Thou shalt not pass!” It’s cute. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2010, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-follow-up-to-my-other-kitten-thread/543509/40 "2010-06-19T20:15:09Z")
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