Ive never had a 'normal' cat. ;-)
I'm a Leo and a descendant of Druids, why would I? Cats are power, not just familiars.
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Look at the Bronze Mau, and my pics of Tiki. Yes, she is a Mackerel Tabby...but far more...
They say, she can't have Mau in her as it's a protected breed, but she does. She has all of the traits and physical signs of Mau being in her blood. She has the spots, the chirping and prancing, the belly pouch, the extreme muscles for her size and her speed when she wants to is off the charts.
Even how she is sitting right now, is a non-cat-like stance for any other breed. She's a gorgeous musclebound freak of a cat that I love.
That she came into my life randomly on a Friday the 13th. means nothing...right?
It's called "Well Met".
When she chirps, I hear her and I chirp back. We chat. When she wakes me up, I ask her why. It isn't always food. Most people have lost the ability over the centuries to listen to animals and actually hear them. To feel what they feel.
Example: my brother and I don't get on, but his pitt bull and I do. I was at the house the other day...his dog barreled downstairs to where I was in the basement working on the computers, just to slobber all over me and be petted. He didn't want to leave. That is 100 pounds of truth. He knows I'm a good one.
Fear begets fear.
I've jumped in the corral with excited horses who didn't know me..who also didn't kill me. They could have crushed me or stomped me in seconds, but they didn't. I believe in the Druid power of my ancestors that is not of power for it's own sake, but of symbiosis with Nature.
Most sane things want honest love and affection, animals are no different.