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Pachino
Location: Houston, Texas, USA
Pachino is named after the town in Sicily where my great-grandmother was from. She is very active and loves biting fingers, and sometimes she would probably like to jump through the window to chase squirrels outside. She also loves playing with our other cat, Regis.
Author: Tom “The Kittenmaster” Cooper
Tom is the owner of 4 amazing cats, and using the Daily Kitten he provides a place for cat and kitten lovers to share the love for their own cats and kittens.
I just love Pachino’s sweet face. What a cutie!
POUNCE! i got here second.
I know isn’t it darling
~Italiano Fuzz~
We don’t call animals fuzzballs are italiano fuzz
what an insult to a beatiful creature
What a beautiful face. Be careful if you have screens on your windows my stinkers knocked the screen out to explore the great outdoors. Luckily I was on the ground floor and they got so spooked by the unknown they hid under the bush at the base of the window until I rescued them.
Susan, you’re absolutely right. One of my little buggers tore out a window screen to get out of the house the first time I tried to keep her indoors. She was a stray I had been caring for outside until the weather got too cold. Of course, now, if I opened the door and tried to shove her out, she wouldn’t go.
Pachino, what a beautiful baby you are. “Che bella gatto.”
Thank goodness they didn’t scatter. Having mine knock out a screen has been one of my big fears. My Braveheart is 16 pounds of muscle and loves to push on the screens. If he ever succeeded I’m afraid he would run fast and far. Since most of my 16 babies were feral, if they get scared they run and hide and will not come when called. If I’m going to be busy I lower the windows so they can sniff the fresh air, but not really get any momentum.
.I used my favorite glue that works just about on anything to run a line of glue around the metal track. This way chubba bubba Domino all 22 lbs of him couldn’t push it out. The glue works on everything except paper as it is too thick. The name of it E6000 it can be found in the craft section of Wal Mart and at Michael’s.
i used to sell that stuff at a craft store i worked at. best glue EVER! 🙂
I love that glue and have sung its praises since the first time I used it. I used it on a glass “fish bowl” to glue faceted beads on it. I told the person in Michael’s what I was going to do and what did she recommend? She handed me the E6000 and I have been happy since. I used to use the line of Aleen’s glues but needed 6 different glues and this one does it all. I should get paid for the testimonials!
ah how cute is she i love her i what her
OOO…thanks for that info. Punky, my “little” 13 lb monster fuzzbutt likes to escape thru the screen in the diningroom window once in a while and I live on a third floor. He doesn’t go far, just around to the front of the building to the steps to wait for me to come get him, but it still scares the begeebers out of me…I live right beside a VERY busy road
There are expandable window screens that you can put in front of the screens that come with your windows. The screening material is aluminum and quite firm. They can be obtained from Home stores like Lowes and Home Depot and you can order them from Walter Drake online. They have a metal frame and expand to fit the window side to side. You close the window to touch their top and they cannot be pushed out. I have used them in a vertical position also with sliding windows. All you need to keep them from closing is a piece of dowel rod to put into the track of the screen. I started using them when my daughter and son in law came to live with us with their cat who used to try to jump through windows at the birds. Now I use them for our cats even though they are not as industrious as hers is.
Here’s a link to Aubuchon Hardware. They have the expandable screens in a lot of sizes. They’re not even expensive, although you can’t put a price on the safety of a kitty.
I live in an apartment and I don’t know if they would let us use something like that.
To Susan these are not permanently installed. The just slip in and out of the window. Check them at this link: http://search.hardwarestore.com/?query=adjustable+window+screen&x=0&y=0
Show the picture to your landlord, but they do not mar the window or frame in any way. Hope this helps.
Sounds like a great answer to the dilemma. I like it because then I could move them around as needed, and only have to buy a few. It would also save my screens from the claw holes.
Just one of the many reasons I love this site.
Hello Elene!!
I love this site as well. I just got home and went right to TDK. I called my sister on my cell, and we talked a long time, before I actually came home from work.
How are the kitties????
Hi BB. Hope work wasn’t to hard on your back today. Does your sister live nearby? I don’t have a sister, although my cousin in Toronto is as close as a sister and best friend.
Kitties are fine===no vomiting today, which makes it even better.
Hey Elene,
My back is okay. I was very tired today so it dragged on…..
My dear older sis lives in NJ, the town next to where I was born. There was a sis between us that passed away in ’99. I’m so glad you have your cousin! What a blessing!
Very happy to hear your babies are fine!
Have a wonderful night and great day tomorrow!!!
Night-night!!!
i
I lived in Florida for a few years and I had a little cat only about 8 pounds. Thankfully I lived on the ground floor, because every so often with out warning she would break the screen out of the window.
I live in an apartment, and I had my Super install sections of baby-gates in the windows — he drilled into the metal window frames, and screwed them directly into those frames. So now my Summer kittles can jump up on the wide window ledges and look (and smell!) outside as much as her little heart desires, with no danger at all. 🙂
I used to live upstairs and one day I came home to see my dog’s front paws hanging outside the window because one of them had broken the screen. Luckily, my cats didn’t get out. Now, I can only open my windows about an inch and a half. One of them still hasn’t figured out that he shouldn’t ‘try to get the birdies’ when the window is closed! 🙂
My cat likes to sit in our screened in windows. he won’t sit in an unscreened one. I just hope he doesn’t break them, You’re right they do fall out easily!
oh you did a good job rescueing those darlings.
A very expressive face! So sweet.
Beautiful
Lovely Little Pachino
be careful or into HM’s
back pack you’ll go!
I understand it is a patented Heinlein Haversack with room for 10,314,424,798,490,535,546,171,949,056 kitties. It has an infinite catnip supply, automated warp conversion litter box and full climate control, adjustable to each kittens preferences.
That number is 6^6 ^6 or 6 to the sixth power, to the sixth power… comes from one of his books…
Very inventive. 😆
I’d like to get one of those warp conversion litter boxes!
Does the backpack go into Gay Deceiver? What a cute kitty face here!
Used to page my kids (pre cell phone days) and sign off with “mom” which is 666 on a numerical pager…
I had help from Stormy while writing that …. LOL
What a doll face. 🙂
A~
Pretty blue eyes and magnificent whiskers, pensive expression. Take care of this little doll cat.
wow, your gran sounds like she has lots of energy, although I think I’d speak to her about the fingers…….;-). Just being silly, that’s quite the beeyoootiful little kitty you have there. Thanks for sharing!
I also thought she meant that gramma liked to bite fingers! Yikes. Pachino is adorable…so so and trusting. Love him forever.
A most adorable baby face. Pachino makes it to the top of my list for being cute, sweet and lovable. She could be a calendar kitten. If you get another male kitten, call him Al. Then you could say you are staff of Al, Pachino & Regis.
Since she has a Regis I would of gone with Kelly for her name.
What a sweet face 🙂
Good news everyone my kitties are feeling better 🙂 this morning i had a bed full of happy loving cats ………..Joy joy 🙂
Great news Brandi Lee. I know how difficult it has been at your house these past few weeks. You must be a very energetic person to handle the pets, pregnant girls, business, household duties, etc. etc. etc. Even in my prime I don’t think I could have done what you have to do on a daily basis.
One day at a time Elene …sometimes one hour at a time LOL besides any other way i would be bored 🙂
25 cats/kittens amazing!
🙂 and I love every one ………
Are they all bengals?
no i have 2 himalayans, 2 maine coons and a domestice shorthair that is all black named sacha 🙂
Yay! Brandi Lee. So glad it wasn’t from the food thing.
thats really good now what did they have like,
chronic Bladder infection, heartworm, brain surgery, flu,
charpal,arthhritis, ear infection, are just not feeling well
my future is to become a vet
What a cutie!
Looks like our cat always does, though, when you get the camera out. It’s like they’re saying “yeah, yeah, when is this going be over with?”
She has the kind of expression that makes you want to stroke her, and never stop?? Cuddle her for us 🙂
SO very cute – going into sugar shock with all that sweetness! 😆
I love the eyeliner that she is wearing!
My hubs just fixed my computer norton settings, and I just got on Catster for the first time, and saw your beautiful site, Mer D. I’m so exited. I’ll finally get to see everyones kitties.
I just peeked at your kitties on catster,I sent them a friends invite. They sure are cute. I’m sorry about your meezer though.
Thank you.
MerD, when you have time you really should post on catster the delightful story of how you found Bobbie Boo. Such a great story. Have you discovered if she is pregnant? I can’t remember when you said you were taking her to the vet.
I think Bobbie Boo is preggers, she should have gone into heat again on Thursday, and no signs of it. SHe was running loose for about 3 days while in heat, so it is no suprise, I just hoped she wasn’t. I can’t bring myself to have them terminated. Maybe she will only have one and I will get to keep it! 😉
I had to go buy food today at petsmart, how scary is that…. I know that they have removed all the bad food, but it seems that everyday somthing new is added to the list everyday. Losing one kittty this year is enough, I don’t want to lose any more. I will not buy wet food. I have been giving them cooked chicken, ham… whatever I have as supplements to their normal crunchies. Bought Bobbie some kitten food, I chose the meow mix variety, they had nothing listed on the recall lists, (and no wheat gluten in the ingredients). If I even have one kitty throw up, out it goes! *oops, steps off soapbox*
MerD,
Your cats are gorgeous! What happened to your YoYo that he only lived a few years??
Short story – I lost her to fatty liver disease, had a bad vet. Longer story I posted on Thurs / Fri. this week. I do hope to get all their stories up at some point. Thanks for asking!
PS. Hope your back is feeling well today! 🙂
What pretty blue eyes she has. My wife loves her pink nose
Darling
awww what a sweetheart
One of the cutest kitties I have ever seen on this page!
I have never seen such a cute, onery looking face. You just know she is saying, “ok, now just let me go so I can run over….”
I love this site…makes my heart feel good.
I’d like to suggest that your USA fans with cat and/or dog family go to itchmo.com and sign up for their recall alerts, and recommending doing so to their friends. Hill’s M/D dry/wet is on recall today as well as certain of Alpo’s Prime Cuts. IMHO, everyone needs to getting these alerts ASAP and passing it on to their friends.
Thank you for the advice. Just looked at the site and signed up. This is so scary, even the non-recalled could be contaminated, Alpo just recalled after 2+ weeks. I’m sure everyone feels as betrayed as I do.
I sure do.
To these companies it is just a matter of business to us it is our families.
Thanks for the site CatsMeow, I signed up. I am just so disgusted by all of these food contaminants. I’m sure we haven’t heard the last of this yet. I combine several different dry cat foods from different companies(no more Iams)so I’m hoping to dodge the bullet.I hope everyone’s pets continue to be alright.
You’re more than welcome for the site. I have a cat and a dog, and, like you, hoping to dodge bullets. Unfortunately, I haven’t found either Wal-Mart or Food Lion giving notices that the brands left on the shelves have been checked against the recall list. I’m guessing the other grocery stores won’t either, but haven’t been to them. Don’t want to put it writing, do they?. Had a tiff with the Wal-Mart grocery manager over it. Infuriating. Did get an email from Petsmart saying they’d removed all food of whatever brand immediately, which is what all should have done, IMO.
I shop only at Petsmart for exactly this reason. Of all the chains it’s the only one I have seen that seems to really care about the animals.
Would someone please post the link you guys have been talking about about why you will not buy Iams? It’s easy to go OMG THEY’RE SO EVIL but I want to know why before running off blindly.
Never mind. I did a little digging on my own and found the appropriate links.
The Problem
Another Website on the Topic
ASPCA’s take on the subject
Unfortunately, guys, after tooling around on the web a bit, I have no choice but to be suspicious of the activist claims. While it is certainly true that if these claims are true, they’re totally out of line and unacceptable and they need a good swift kick in the wallet to make them stop.
However, PETA is well known for being an extremist fringe group that is often detached from consumer and regulatory reality in its claims and demands. As much as I love my own cats and the cats I work with at Petsmart, PETA’s a bunch of loonies. 😛 Snopes has no information on the subject, and ASPCA suggests that changes have been implemented since these claims were made. Right now, it’s a he-said-she-said that appears to have been true at the time it was made but has since been rectified.
I know you all love your kitties — so do I — but all our kitties deserve the benefit of taking the time to think and investigate claims before haring blindly off into the ZOMG!!!!11111!1!!!!!1111 corner. ^^
Iams? PETA? Claims? Sorry, don’t get what you’re saying here. I was talking about the Menu Foods recall that’s spread to other brands because of whatever is in the wheat gluten, at least that’s taking the blame for now. What are you talking about?
Can anyone out there explain why the FDA, Menu Food, IAMS, Hills, etc Won’t disclose the CHINEESE company supplying the Wheat Gluten! (what are they protecting/ hiding?)
I wonder what other Food products their Wheat gluten is used in for human consumption?)
CatsMeow — that was in response to the several TDK’ers who refuse to buy IAMS over claims of cruelty.
Andi, that explains it. Had me confused. Guess you entered the wrong thread.
Pixel Lives, it may be because it’s purchased from China by an American supplier to be distributed here, I’ve read. Gracious, someone may want to hold the supplier responsible for purchasing it in the first place. Its name will be discovered eventually and added to the law suits, I’d guess.
Heard from a Ragdoll breeder friend that she knows a breeder whose vet is trying to save her two mama cats that were sickened by the food. Vet had to do C-section on one and one kitten is alive, but they doubt it will live as it’s a preemie. The other one is pregnant. So sad.
It’s touch and go with the mamas. They’re very sick. Even though Menu Foods will have to pay for this horror (the tests proved that contaminate was in the food), and, perhaps, the value of champion cats and potential of the kittens, if the mamas die, these cats are family and can’t be replaced, just like others feel who love and care for their pets and have seen them die from the food they were fed, their hearts are breaking.
Guess I’m a little too simple-minded. This is from an article at The Huffington Post yesterday:
Del Monte Foods has confirmed that the melamine-tainted wheat gluten used in several of its recalled pet food products was supplied as a “food grade” additive, raising the likelihood that contaminated wheat gluten might have entered the human food supply.
“Yes, it is food grade,” Del Monte spokesperson Melissa Murphy-Brown wrote in reply to an e-mail query.
So is it in human food? The agency whose job it is to tell us … won’t tell us.
Stephen F. Sundlof, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine said the FDA is not aware of any contaminated gluten that went into human food but said he could not confirm this “with 100 percent certainty.” Wheat gluten is a common food additive used as a thickener, dough conditioner, and meat substitute. It is widely used as an additive in commercial bakery items and special purpose flours.
The FDA announced today that it has traced the contaminated wheat gluten to a single processor, Xuzhou Anying Biological Technology of Peixian, China, but has not released the name of the U.S. distributor who supplied the product to Del Monte, Menu Foods, Nestle Purina, and Hills Nutritional. [emphasis added]
… Public statements have indicated that the contaminated gluten was distributed by a single U.S. company, but since the FDA refuses to name the supplier, it is not yet known if this company also supplies human food manufacturers. It is also not yet known if Xuzhou Anying sells direct to food manufacturers in the U.S. or abroad.
If FDA won’t release the name of the distributor, how do we find out if this is in human food, and which food? People are wondering if their food is contaminated and the government will not let them know?
She is way too cute! Very nice way to take a break from writing a paper for my human resouces class…..due tomorrow and do you think I’m even close to being finished….NOT! and that’s on top of an information systems paper due tomorrow also that isn’t even started yet…..argh….where did the week go? 🙂
Well Kathy it is nearly 6:00 pm. Will you be pulling an all nighter? Again? 😕
Her face has human qualities! What an extraordinary looking face, very beautiful.
What perfect markings you have, Pachino.
I’ll say what everyone has.. What a pretty face! Such lovely aqua eyes..
🙂
I absolutely LOVE her sweet face! She’s beautiful with gorgeous facial markings! 🙂
What a doll, Do you know what pachino means in Italian? Little one ! I know because I’m FBI “`(Full blooded Italian)
Hi Bettina,
May I ask what part of Italy are you from? I think I’m from the northern part. My great grandma’s name was Coco.
Well I was born in Brooklyn,New york, but both sets of grandparents were born in Italy,I’m FBI but born in the good old USA.
Hi Bettina,
I kinda figured you were born here, like me. I was born in Arkansas. My great grandparents were from Italy. I don’t even think the town they came from, exists anymore. Anyway, welcome to tdk, nice chatting with you.
Such beautiful eyes! Are they green or blue? And the way the brown & orange hair frames her face is just perfect. Lovely!
Attsa’ one juicy sweet pussycat you gotta’ there, sheza nicea’ one ! Capish ?
Hey pisano you said one bigga mouthful.
what a pretty little girl. she has a face like my Ariel, but the only expression she makes looks like a glare, or this look of “if you don’t pick me up right this second im gonna leap on you”. her daughter does that to. they used to do it so often i had to warn people that i had attack cats.
What is a bigamist….. An Italian Fog!
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! GORGEOUS!! I WANT ONE JUST LIKE HER 🙁
She is one beautiful purrball
Pachino is such a cutie! She reminds me of my Misty, when she was little. Hugs and head scratches to Pachino.
Has anyone checked out peta Iams? Scary stuff.
Just did. I will not buy Iams again or any P&G pet product. Horrors of all horrors. I just can’t stand to see that kind of suffering. I am in no mood to watch any more suffering of these poor creatures. Who gave mankind the right to do such horrible things in the name of superiority. These testing torture chambers are just as bad as the infamous puppy and kitten mills.
❓ I am confused, I have not heard of anything like it. How do I get more info?
Found it!
http://www.iamscruelty.com/
Hold it, guys. Check out those claims before you go harin blindly off. I posted a couple of links and it looks like they’re awaiting moderation. PETA’s an extremist fringe group and they make some pretty off-the-wall claims.
I don’t care for PETA anyway, and your right it does require more information than just a single site.
And remember, PETA is the same group that runs a kill shelter and just had some of it’s own people on trial for things that PETA says they are against.
I agree with Andi, don’t trust PETA by themselves, get some outside conformation
She is adorable – such fine symmetrical coloring on her face, but I love her dark blue eyes and tender pink nose!
TDK folk… go to http://www.cuteoverload.com there is a photo of a two day old kitten! Adorable!
Just took a peek…soooo purrecious!
What a beautiful kitty!
She is very active and loves biting fingers, …
The cat, or your grandmother?
Babushka,
Are you a Russian Grandma?
Or Polish grandma, or little old lady? Also the word used for a head scarf.
Today’s funny:
The Judge
A judge asks a defendant to please stand. “You are charged with murdering a school teacher with a chain saw.”
From out in the audience a man shouts, “You lying bastard!”
“Silence in the court!” the judge shouted back. He turns to the defendant again and says, “You are also charged with killing a paperboy with a shovel.”
“You goddamned tightwad!” blurted the spectator.
“Silence in the court!” the judge shouted back. He turns to the defendant again and says, “You are also charged with killing a paperboy with a shovel.”
“You goddamned tightwad!” blurted the spectator.
“Quiet!” yelled the judge. “You are also charged with killing a mailman with an electric drill.”
“You cheap son of a…” the man starts to shout.
The Judge thunders back, “If you don’t tell me the reason for your outbursts right now, I will hold in contempt!”
“I’ve lived next to that lying bastard for ten years now, but do you think he ever had a goddamned tool when I needed to borrow one!”
good one!
Pachino…. You’ve got the litle pink nose and pudgy cheeks tha beg to be hugged!
pink nose pudgy cheeks what more can you want more in a cat take some advice to everyone let your cat come to you and don’t hurt them and love them with everything you got! Me I love my kitten/cat/cat so love yours the people who abuse them don’t if you want something to take your anger out on take it out on the bed are a pillow.
Pachino is so bella!
She looks just like my li’l furbaby, Lola
Wishing you years of love and fun. 🙂
awwwwwwwww what a lil’ cutie!!! be careful she doesn’t jump thru the window…it happened to mine a long time ago but luckily no one was hurt…crazy kitties!
Pachino is adorable 🙂
very cute she a baby doll love her very much
HEY SHE IS VERY VERY CUTE AND LOOKS VERY KISSABLE
So cute! But looks slightly upset!
very pretty little girl kitty.
Awww….. so cute!!
Such a precious little face and lovely blue eyes! Probably best not to let the finger biting continue as when she gets bigger it may not be so cute. Perhaps if you give her a toy to bite instead of fingers, she will learn to associate the toy with biting and not your fingers. May God bless you and this baby always. 🙂
What a gorgeous little baby.
That is so cute, i just want to rip it apart and dip it in strawberry jam and spread it on my toast.
Such pretty blue eyes!!
SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW what a cute kitty…..OH,AND CARLY LOVE I LOVE YOUR COMMENT 🙂 ._.
What a sweet face – sugar overload!!
Beautiful blue eyes in such a pretty face! We had a little one that would nibble, very gently…she knew her limits…we figured it was her way of giving us hugs.
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she is soooooooooooooo cute :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am crying right now! I want a cat like that! I still live at home and i can not have a cat ’till i move out! ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry’ cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry ‘cry!!! See yesterday I went to the pet store with my best friend and she bought a kitten that was 1 month old and I saw one like that one!:)
P.S. I printed off this picture and put it on my wall
THANK YOU!