Tiger

There are four cats at TheVeryBestCats: K.C. (the eldest), Tiger (the Mancat of the house), Motor (the kitten) and Smokey (the outside cat). Tiger was adopted when K. C. was the only cat of the house and the Mom and Dad had been used to having more. They went out for a walk and decided to stop by the pet store to see if there were any kittens up for adoption. A foster group had a group of kittens outside the store, including Tiger, and the Mom fell in love with him at once. He went home with them and has been living there happily ever since. He is three years old now and a very happy Mancat. He has lots of fun with his toys and perches and he gets to go out in the back yard when the weather is nice. He has made friends with Smokey, who is living out there now. He is getting used to being Motor's favorite toy. Motor absolutely adores Tiger and wants to play with him all the time. Tiger will play until he gets tired, then he gives Motor a low, throaty growl to tell him that playtime is over for now. If Motor doesn't get the message, then the Mom will put Motor in his room and close the door. The funny thing is that it isn't long at all before Tiger goes over to the door and waits for the Mom to open it again, so playtime can start all over. Tiger has a thing about shoes, especially the Dad's shoes. He will lick them, bite them, bunnykick them and stick his face in them.

                                         Tiger has a thing about shoes.
                                         The very stinkiest ones he will choose.
                                                  He sniffs them and licks them,
                                                  Bites them and kicks them.
                                          His very favorite toys are shoes.

Tiger

This is Tiger asking nicely for a tummy rub.  Tiger was a small feral kitty who decided to live in the hedge at Pumpkin's house.  The Mom heard him crying and put out food for him, which he would come out to eat, but he darted back into the hedge whenever he saw anyone coming.  At last he decided to trust the Mom and let her get close enough to catch him.  She let him go again, because he had a lot of fleas and it was too late that night to bring him in for a bath.  She caught him again on June 7, 2003 and brought him inside.  He took his bath rather calmly, after only brief struggle, and has been part of the family ever since.  Bebe was the first cat to welcome him and they have been the best of friends ever since.  Tiger likes to play with toys and had a favorite stuffed rat which he played with until it became unrecognizable.  One day it disappeared, never to be seen again.  The Mom doesn't know what happened to it, but because Tiger liked to hide it in lots of different places, she suspects that one day he hid it in a wastepaper basket and it got thrown out.  Tiger also likes to pull the towels down from the towel rack.

                                          Tiger used to live in the hedge.
                                          He felt the branches gave him an edge
                                                On any of those
                                                Who would nip his toes.
                                          Mom finally tempted him from the hedge.