Tiny Tiger Cat

by Terry
(Schoharie New York)

Tiny tiger cat, watch out boys! I have been in a household where there have been cats since I was tiny, I am a farm gal so having a cat around was like having cows in the pasture. Two years ago, two cats show up on my front porch, not unusual because I live very near to the road, one large black and white male and one small silver gray female. Needless to say I kept both.

SURPRISE the female gets pregnant and has 7 kittens , so I take care of them and look for homes. All find homes but the smallest one,we kept, we thought it was a male and Named him Hemi. Hemi didn't grow and stayed tiny, at six months I take Hemi to the vet and confirm Hemi is an Emmy and will always be tiny and now fixed.

She is a beautiful gray,tiger with black stripes. Tiny, soft, ball of furry if she has to share me, and loves to chase the three altered males in the household. Sometimes the chase becomes a fight and she beats up the black and white male , Buddy who is about 14 lbs. of cat. Max, Jake , join Buddy also live in fear of her.

Emmy can be sooo sweet and loving, but turns in a flash and is tearing out after the boys. I have never seen this kind of behavior, I have had cats that never got along with each other but lived together in a shaky peace.

But Emmy is one of a kind and will wake up out of a sound sleep to spit and hiss at the boys if they walk near me. Is she all mine and not willing to share ??? I can't figure her out. If anyone has any ideas I am interested in reading them, I have a chow she chases from time to time, explain that.! I love them all, my kids love them all, But my Emmy is one of a Kind.
Terry