Dos Gatos (the collective nickname)...
Both were part of a litter of kittens dumped behind the Santa Rosa vet's office (by the post office) 6 years ago.
GIZMO, the orange & white tabby male, definitely chose US by reaching his front paw through the cage bars. His back feet look like big old jack rabbit feet. The white markings on his tummy make him look like he's wearing a little white speedo, open front midriff vest, and flip-flops.He's a big mooshing lap love.
His favorite game: "don't touch the floor". He wildly tears around the house leaping from one place to another without touching the floor! Yowling 'REOWWWW' like a banshee ambulance.
Giz's self-appointed jobs include:
*Director of Perimeter Patrol (in the screened pool patio)...'cuz it takes regular patrolling to keep all those cheeky squirrels in line! But secretly he's a big cowardly lion!
*Daily Alarm Clock... jumping back & forth across my body with the occasional 1,000lb force pounce. I try to take the fly swatter to him... but he's slippery.
*Major Meal Monitor... he's a total nag... and he can't tell time (unlike his sister).
His nicknames are The Giz, Gizzer, Gizzy, Buddy, Orange Lion
GERTIE: a very dressy black & white tuxedo femme! She is very shy, very loyal, and SMART as a whip! She is perpetually well dressed for evening, in a white bib, single button black cutaway coat, and tiny white spats.
Gertie is the TRUE hunter of the pair. She's the one who catches lizards, bringing them in the house, imprisoning them in the toes of whatever shoes are laying around... saving them to play with at her later leisure. Gertie is the one who has "pinned" 2 snakes on the patio... guarding them & calling out until Mom comes with the broom & dustpan. Games have to be challenging... she likes to play chinese yo-yo but the game must include her hiding behind the curtains & watching the shadows for the yo-yo cast out.
Gert was a true caregiver to her beloved Daddy (they bonded over shared canteloupe in the mornings
) staying right by his side, always touching him with one paw, the whole time he was sick & dying. We joked that he was the luckiest of men to have a "furry little french maid" as his nurse!!
Gertie understands English fluently... but her preferred human language of love is pigeon French! Her favorite nickname is Mon Belle Chat. THAT softly crooned address is what convinces her to accept my formal invitation to come lay on my stomach in bed to receive her nightly "time-for-brushing-Mom-and-Gertie-time".
Gert & Giz are my best-good-fwiends.
I think she is a seal point persian (not flat face) not sure of her age, she is fixed but I would not be surprised if she pumped some babies out in her day, she is a beauty! She is honary and sits on the back porch and sleeps pretty much all day. No nick names...
