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Today’s Cat Friends featured kitty is a guest post from the lovely Nicole, who has a few blogs you should check out here, here, and here. :) Without further ado, let’s meet Nicole and her Cat Friend, Chase!

Nearly two years ago, I had this thought that it was time for us to bring on a new addition to our family; we already have two other cats. My husband was opposed to it; he felt that it would require more time and money to care for another cat. But I knew once he saw our new baby, he would fall in love too. I searched petfinder just keeping it to our local area and found Chase! He was named Lucky and his bio read how he was found at the local park with a significant cut to his neck that was infected with parasites! We went to the local shelter, which was a kill shelter, however they allowed him to surpass the time-frame because they weren’t full and they felt he would likely be adopted.

one of Chase's first pics!

As you can see, Chase loves his toys, especially balls. He can fetch! He will bring the ball to me and I’ll throw it and he brings it back until he’s tired out. He will also play volleyball and try to block the ball from getting past him when thrown in the air or attempts to catch it. He’s a riot. He is not a cuddly, loving or purr buddy. Nope, he’s my little brat, and I can’t love him more! He’s actually more attached to my husband than me, but I sneak in kisses which really piss him off :).

oh Chase!!

As mentioned, I have two other cats, Woodrow is 14 and Tux is 12. Chase is roughly just over 2 years. He has so much energy and plays to the point where he can become aggressive. In fact, he does not get along with my middle kitty at all. It’s a full time job keeping them apart and having them take turns with food and litter. I think Chase wants to love on Tux but gets mad when Tux wants nothing to do with him. Chase loves sitting in the windowsill and watching the birds and leaves float by. Did I mention he has energy? He’s torn down my living room curtains twice!

Chase loves the curtains!

By the way, we named him Chase because the apartments we were living in, at the time, had that name in it and my husband and I both said it at the same time. The name fits perfectly! Chase definitely believes he is the alpha male, both of my other cats are also males, and to an extent, he is. He positions himself in the hallway so that he can see into almost every room. I love Chase so much. Of course I love my other boys just as much too. Even though Chase tends to be a daddy’s boy, at night, he lays at the top of the couch by me when I’m watching TV and immediately follows me to bed.

I just love my little brat.

Look how regal he is!

little rascal

Thank you, Nicole, for introducing us to lovable Cat Friend, Chase! Stay tuned for more Cat Friends next week.

I’d like to introduce a new series on the blog: Cat Friends! I’ll be profiling my own personal inside cat friends as well as our outside ‘maverick’ cat friends. Maybe I can profile your cat friends too? Leave a comment below with your email address or blog link if you’re interested in introducing your cat friends on Jenojoon!

Our first featured cat friend is Bas (pronounced Boss)! Bas is my very first cat. I’ve had lots of roommates in the past that had cats and I always considered them my friends too, but Bas is the first cat I was able to adopt myself.

Baby Bas on the day I brought him home!

My husband is a huge cat lover (or Crazy Cat Lady as I affectionately call him). He had Mitzy Kitzy Hale as a cat friend growing up. But he wasn’t sure about us adopting a cat before Bas came into our lives. We lived in a rented house where we weren’t ‘really’ supposed to have animals. And he didn’t want to have a litter box in the house. I was sneaky though… and got my way.

Someone (misguided) had dumped a litter of teenage kittens (teenage meaning they weren’t tiny babies, but still very kittenish) at my work. Luckily, I work with a whole bunch of animal lovers and all the kitties got adopted! Bas was the last one left. He was all black and super friendly (not sure how he wasn’t snatched up first!). Everything I’d always wanted in a cat friend!

Bas when he was about 1- so regal!

So to make a long story short(ish), I brought the little black kitty home and David decided his name was Bas (after Bas Ruten- MMA fighter and funny guy). Bas had to sleep in the kitchen the first two nights to make sure he was litter box trained and all that good stuff. Well, he was just a perfect angel! Went in the litter box, not too much scratching, loved to play with ribbons… I could go on.

Bas on his beloved Tuffy

Bas is now about 5 years old and we call him our Plus Size Super Model. He’s super gorgeous, voluptuous, but has a bit of an attitude. ;) He likes his specific snuggle time- on his terms. Mostly he likes to snooze in his ‘tuffy’ or prop himself up on dirty laundry. (not that there’s ever any of that lying around…)

Bas LOVES his sweet greens!

Bas sits on the bathroom counter with me every single morning while I get ready for work. He licks water from the dripping faucet and keeps me company. I love him so much it hurts!

Bas has THE MOST amazing emerald eyes!

Yay for Cat Friends!