Cats

All the felines of CheyAut Ranch are important members of our family. As such, they are all
strictly indoors, and all are spayed/neutered. At our next house we will be building them an
outdoor enclosure that they can go into through a kitty door, so they they can safely enjoy
the great outdoors without danger.

Grem Lynne was born in 1996. She is very skittish, and hides
from all strangers. In fact, most people would never know we
have her! I've had her since she was 6 weeks old, so I know
she was never abused. I'm not sure why she is so scared of
people; however, she LOVES Craig and I, and comes out for
us to pet her at night when everything is quiet and settled.

Hollow is short for Halloween, because that is the time that I
found him as a stray. He must have had a home before, as he is
VERY sweet and loving. I found him in 1998, and gained some
of his trust by feeding. Not enough to touch him though, so I
rented a trap, with the intention of neutering him then
re-releasing him. But the release part never happened, as I fell
in love with this sweetie :)

I saw Lexiva at the adoption center in Petsmart in
2004, but he wasn't with the other kitties. I soon
learned he was sick with an URI, so was going back
to the pound, where he would most likely be PTS
due to the high volume of healthy cats they had. I
called them and got permission to adopt him, got
him healthy, and have a very fun (though rather
round!) kitty to love on :)

Lyric was also adopted from the AzHS via Petsmart.
I got her as a kitten in 2004. I had always wanted a
black longhaired kitty, but was being picky on
purrsonality (as I want friendly, people-oriented
kitties). I wasn't really looking for another kitty,
but she fit what I wanted to a T, so I couldn't
resist! Lyric is definately the Princess here!

After I had to put my first kitty to sleep in 2004, a
friend of mine had heard about a litter of kittens
brought to the vet where her friend works to be
bottle fed. She decided to get me one of these
kitties, and so entered Q. Q is a funny kitty, as her
tail is abnormally long, and she prefers to play by
herself. She is affectionate, but only when she
wants to be. If she sees Kadian, she makes these
horrible sounds like she is dying... even if he's not
paying any attention to her! We aren't sure why she
hates him!

Craig and I were at Petsmart one day in 2005 when we saw a couple outside with
two adorable kittens. When I commented on them, the couple told us they needed
homes, since they couldn't have them in their apartment. I begged Craig to let me
have the female, but he said we couldn't leave her brother by himself, so both came
home that day! Lynx (the girl) and Jeep (the boy) are both very loving. Lynx LOVES
to lay on me, and Jeep loves to cause trouble!

In 2006 we had a drill team performance at an
animal fair. There were several rescue groups there
trying to find homes for kitties and doggies. I saw
how beautiful Kadian was, and so I had to pet
him... only to find out how incredibly sweet he is!
It took a lot of begging, but Craig gave in :) Kadian
is a sweet and fun loving boy!

I mentioned I found Hollow. Well, that was back
when I lived in a neighborhood. I bought my house
in the coyote-filled desert in 2004. Not a safe place
for a kitty. So I was very shocked in 2006 when I
came home and found a stray in my yard! I meowed
back and forth with him until he felt safe enough to
come to me, and found out he was a total love. I
brought him in and asked Craig if we could keep
him if we found no owner. He said that that kitty
looked like charcoal, so that's how he got his name.
He's really weird: he acts stoned all the time!
Charcoal is so sweet and loving though, you can't
help but smile at him :)

In 2006 a friend at work was given 2 kittens that were found orphaned. They didn't
even have their eyes open yet. So she took them in and bottle fed them. Once they
were old enough to be spayed, she gave the sisters to us. I absolutely adore sleek
black Lilli and pudgy grey Surri. They love to cuddle in bed with me, and also love to
lay in the sink! Surri can usually be found laying in strange positions!

Remember how I got Kadian? The following year
(2007) we did 2 animal fairs in one weekend. At
the second I saw a gorgeous longhair calico. 2
years old, this girl BEGGED everyone to take her
home. I decided to see if anyone took her that
day... nope! So we just had to :) Chameleon (aka
Chami) loves everyone she meets! And she fit in
our house from day one! She KNEW she was meant
to be here :)

Alaska came here June '07. A coworker found her as
a kitten, born 9/06. Then she escaped the house and
got pregnant, having her litter on Father's Day.
Coworker couldn't keep her (landlord found out about
them!) so she and her week old kittens came here to
be fostered. In order of pictures, the 3 boys are:
Domino, Shasta, and Swirl. The 3 girls are Batman
(due to the "mask"), Turtle (because she's a
tortoishell) and Sparrow (due to the "eye patch" and
Capt. Jack Sparrow).