# We gotta new kittah! (No pics in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956 "2005-07-03T22:17:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/1 "2005-07-03T22:17:23Z")
We have a new kitten! It is manx (no tail) and has my absolute favourite type of coat - white with specks of tabby randomly spaced. My mother has called it ‘kate’ which I can’t get used to (I can’t help feeling like I’m addressing a human child when I beckon it) My first thought for a name was ‘motorbike’ because within seconds of meeting it it was purring like a motorbike. I got my camera out on that night, and after a few failed attempts to get the damn thing to focus I got the ‘warning - battery exhausted’ message. The spare battery was in another room, and it was late already, so I decided pictures could wait. Then the next time I saw… _kate_ she looked like a sleep-deprived frail old-age cat. She’d had her injections you see, and the vet had made a total mess of administering her ear-medicine. So the stuff was all over the cat’s head. She was not looking her best for photographs. What with my camera’s utter crapness for indoor photography, you might have to wait for pictures. BTW - ten weeks old she is. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/2 "2005-07-03T23:24:53Z")
They’re so cute at that age. My sister has a fondness for the tail-less variety too, although hers actually have little tail stubs. ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/3 "2005-07-04T00:32:10Z")
Kittttttttttttttttttttties! I love kitties!! All my furbabies are grown now so I don’t get kitten love anymore. Awaiting pics, when Kate has had a chance to clean up. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/4 "2005-07-04T03:26:23Z")
Ours range in age from 7 to 12 and we _still_ get kitten love. Every day. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/5 "2005-07-04T05:21:29Z")
You are a brave brave man, my friend. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/6 "2005-07-04T10:25:31Z")
So, you’ve had 12 hours now. Shouldn’t that be enough to procure actual pictures? [whine]_We wanna see kitty pictures!!!_[/whine]. Kitty sounds very cute, by the way. GT ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2005, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/7 "2005-07-04T22:37:05Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > So, you’ve had 12 hours now. Shouldn’t that be enough to procure actual pictures? > > [whine]_We wanna see kitty pictures!!!_[/whine]. > > Kitty sounds very cute, by the way. > > GT This time tomorrow (well this time tomorrow and about half an hour) I will take some pictures. Today I was wearing some very airy tracksuit trousers (because I’d been cycling) and she was trying to climb up the inside… which was _quite_ painfull. She’s very good at footy, using all four paws to dribble the ball round the small room. It’s like watching a manic pinball game. She likes to lick our hair, ears, and noses. She sure does dig in deep in the ears! The first time she did it I scared her away because I couldn’t stop myself from bursting out laughing… seeing this fisheye view of a giant kitten’s head as it licked close to my eye! ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/8 "2005-07-05T23:51:06Z")
[![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1402.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1402.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1406.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1406.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1407.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1407.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1412.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1412.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1414.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1414.jpg) [![](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1417.jpg) ](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v98/lobley/DSCN1417.jpg) Damn thing wouldn’t stay still for a good photo, so the above is the best I could do. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/9 "2005-07-05T23:53:01Z")
Cute! The pictures seemed fine to me. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/10 "2005-07-05T23:53:57Z")
She’s adorable! I love her little paws. Kitties! Ahem. ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/11 "2005-07-06T00:24:06Z")
All together, now: “Awwwwwwwwww…” ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/12 "2005-07-06T00:34:05Z")
> [@Larry Borgia](#): > > The pictures seemed fine to me. I hate using the flash, and in these I pretty much had to. Also I have fairly high standards about my photography and most of these are fairly clinical emotionless pictures of ‘generic inquisitive kitten’. I would have liked to have captured the personality of katie, the happy little kitten who loves her life and her new home, and shows it with her hyperactivity. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/13 "2005-07-06T01:13:59Z")
Actually, I think you got her pretty well. My favorite is the third one where she’s only partly in the picture. Almost looks like she moved too fast for you… And, what’s she playing with in the second photo? Cute kitty… Thanks for sharing the pictures. GT ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/14 "2005-07-06T01:24:14Z")
> [@gardentraveler](#): > > Actually, I think you got her pretty well. My favorite is the third one where she’s only partly in the picture. Almost looks like she moved too fast for you… And, what’s she playing with in the second photo? In the second picture she’s playing with the camera strap. That was half of the problem… the camera being something new to play with. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/15 "2005-07-06T01:31:09Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > In the second picture she’s playing with the camera strap. That was half of the problem… the camera being something new to play with. Well, she definitely looks like she was having fun with it. GT ---
**Author:** ![lorinada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5e925/32.png) [@lorinada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorinada)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/16 "2005-07-06T01:37:01Z")
Awwwwwww! Cuteness overload! I have a kitty who displays manx characteristics, except that instead of having no tail, he has a short, gnarly-ended tail. Our last kitten turned a year old last December, so this kitten fix is long overdue! ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2005, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-gotta-new-kittah-no-pics-in-op/310956/17 "2005-07-06T01:53:21Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > In the second picture she’s playing with the camera strap. That was half of the problem… the camera being something new to play with. Haha - she certainly looks very attached t it. Lovely kit/Kate! 🙂