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| 528.1 |  | MASTER::EPETERSON |  | Thu Mar 26 1987 10:19 | 6 | 
|  |     Dave,
    
    What does the Tortie look like?  You did say that there were 5 females,
    didn't you?
    
    Mairon
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| 528.2 | Dare I ask? | AKOV88::BROWN | The more the merrier! | Thu Mar 26 1987 16:50 | 12 | 
|  |     I'm not looking for another cat, I'm not looking for another cat,
    I'm not....  (if I say it often enough ever _I_ will believe it!).
    
    Okay, for those of us that don't know -- what does a blue/cream
    look like?  What part is blue and what part(s) is(are) cream?  If
    this means they look like a Russian Blue I may be in big trouble,
    tell me it isn't so!  8^)
    
    Where are you?
    
    Jan who_already_has_5_but_doesn't_know_when_to_stop
    
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| 528.3 | where are you? | RHODES::BAUMANN |  | Thu Mar 26 1987 17:08 | 4 | 
|  |     Where are you located?  And are they short haired or long haired?
    
    Laura
    
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| 528.4 |  | PUZZLE::CORDESJA |  | Thu Mar 26 1987 17:38 | 15 | 
|  |     Maybe I can answer some of these questions.  A blue cream is a dilute
    of a tortoiseshell.  So where the tortoiseshell is black and orange,
    the blue cream is grey and tan.  The color can and does fall in
    any pattern on the body.  There is no set pattern of the colors,
    they are all blended together.
    
    Dave has 2 longhair blue creams and 1 shorthair blue cream.  He
    also has a tortoiseshell and a black.  These are all females.
    
    I think Dave is located in Texas but I'm not sure.  If you are thinking
    about getting one of these kittens don't let the location scare
    you off.  Cats can travel very comfortably on most airlines.  A
    little advance planning with ensure a smooth trip.
    
    Jo Ann
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| 528.5 | update | USHS01::MCALLISTER | Mars or Bust!! | Mon Mar 30 1987 13:08 | 25 | 
|  |     Well, one of the kittens had a sex change and became a boy-kitty.
    So the breakdown is
    
    	one blue-cream female with very definite midline marking, longhair.
    Very rich blue coloring...  good cream... most playful.
     
        one blue-cream female with patchy markings, longhair
    Very rich blue color, more red in the cream... largest (currently)
    cream tip on tail
    
        one blue-cream female, more brindled, shorthair
    lighter blue color, small, cute face, cream tip on tail, very people
    oriented.
    
        one tortoiseshell, excellent brindling, female, shorthair
    most adventuresome, first to do everything.
    
        one black male, shorthair, some white hairs
    has white tip on tail, friendliest towards everyone.
    
    These kittens will be very people oriented, rather than cat oriented.
    
    Stories will follow
    
    Dave
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| 528.6 | ? | MASTER::EPETERSON |  | Tue Mar 31 1987 08:24 | 5 | 
|  |     Dave,
    
    What's a brindle?
    
    Marion
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| 528.7 | brindle is ... | USHS01::MCALLISTER | Mars or Bust!! | Tue Mar 31 1987 09:27 | 8 | 
|  |     a brindle pattern, (comes from dog colors, actually) is a very
    inter-mixed multicolor pattern.  In torties, it means that the red
    and black are not in large patches, but rather more mixed together.
    Creates a very different look on the cat.  We had a tortie smoke
    for years and people either thought she was beautiful (most cat
    people, all cat judges who saw her) or ugly.
    
    Dave
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| 528.8 | update | USHS01::MCALLISTER | Mars or Bust!! | Thu Apr 23 1987 09:39 | 28 | 
|  |     Well, it's time to catch you up on the kittens.
    
    Naturally, they were flea ridden and dirty. That was easily taken
    care of, but the discovery of ringworm wasn't as easy to get rid
    of. (Ringworm is a fungus-like organism that lives in the 4-5th
    layer of skin. Imagine a serious case of chickenpox for visual effect,
    but not as serious in young kittens). Off to the vet and medication
    time (which they hate, BTW).
    
    Well, they have cleared up all of their ringworm, now our adults
    have it. They have also gotten past the "eat everything in sight"
    and are moving into the "extremely cute stage", and it's time for
    them to move on to new homes.  3 of them will be travelling up to
    Mass with me to new homes on May 3rd, one has been spoken for down
    here. 4 down and 1 to go...
    
    Most cats don't recognise names until the 14th week, so what we
    call them doesn't matter to the owners, but we have them nicknamed
    Screamer - sounds almost siamese, but definitely tenor.
    Blackie 
    Pretty Girl - we try not to call her PG
    Midline - for her midline seam
    Tortie
    
    Kittens are such great fun... I could go on for hours but my boss
    probably wouldn't like it...
    
    Dave
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| 528.9 | Should I be offended? | GLINKA::GREENE |  | Thu Apr 23 1987 11:54 | 3 | 
|  |     Um, what's wrong with "PG" ???
    
    	PG
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| 528.10 | All in your point of view | USHS01::MCALLISTER | Mars or Bust!! | Thu Apr 23 1987 12:20 | 5 | 
|  |     In some circles it's a slang term for pregnant.
    
    So while not necessarily derogatory, I don't want to tempt fate.
    
    Dave
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| 528.11 |  | NEBVAX::BELFORTE | Never try to out-stubborn a cat! | Thu Apr 23 1987 12:26 | 1 | 
|  | Who is still left?
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| 528.12 |  | USHS01::MCALLISTER | Mars or Bust!! | Thu Apr 23 1987 13:18 | 3 | 
|  |     The blue cream female without the midline seam (longhair).  She
    is the most adventuresome of them all.
    
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