lol my family had a chihuahua that did something like that only she placed it at our feet

Cats are cool. I have two "Traditional Persians" (that's the original breed who still has a snout) sneaking around my apartment and they've trained me very well :/ The white one is very talkative and has different sounds (not just "meow") to tell me exactly what he wants (open that cupboard, hug me, time for food, I want to play, etc). He's babbling the whole day (if he's not asleep)... *mhrmbmrr* *mrmrmrmr* *meek* *muuuhr* *moohh* I've never seen a cat like this before :D

The calico one is a little beast! You HAVE to pet her when she comes, but you're not allowed to touch her if she's not in the mood (good luck brushing her -.-). She's mostly running away from me if she thinks I'm going to pick her up (what I do whenever she's too lazy to run away :P), but she's always following me wherever I go. She simply doesn't like to be cuddled. But she wants to play and investigate things all the time. For example, she's still trying to catch the cursor on the screen when she's hopping on my desk. She never gives up...

I lost one of mine just last night. He was between 16 and 19 years old (since he was a stray who'd been taken to a shelter, we weren't certain of his age) and it turned out he had terminal kidney disease. He went so fast :(

You have two very beautiful cats there :-)
I'm sorry for your loss :-(
I recently lost my big boy Max to complications with diabetes. Remember fondly the happy moments with him.

Peace to you

=( I am very sorry too. It is so hard to lose a fur baby. Like trentonlf said remember the good times. And know he had the best home and love he could have!
Very beautiful! ! I could stare at their pictures all day!

My little Gizmo is starting to turn into a talker. and like yours there are so many different meow sounds. He stares at me and makes all these unique noises and expect me to learn his language now!! Since I am not learning quick enough for him he will paw my foot and make a few different sound and then run to what he wants. He is trying the noise then show technique to make me learn quicker.

First, so sorry for your losses. I've lost many beloved pets through the years, and it's always hard.

But, my current girl-cat, Cassie is the only cat I've ever had or heard of who actually reinacts events - with props.
Event 1: I woke up one morning and jumped out of bed because there was a big, black, hairy spider on my pillow! Cassie saw the whole thing. The next morning, I heard her coming up the stairs and giving that "come look at what I caught" yowl that they do... Anyway, she brought me a giant rubber spider that was left sitting around after a recent Halloween party we had thrown!
Event 2: I came home from work one day, and several stuffed animals from our guest room were at the bottom of the stairs. I guessed that a cat had done that, but they had never done that before. I put them back where they belonged and found them again later that evening at the bottom of the stairs. Knowing that Cassie had tried to tell me things before, I asked my husband if he had gotten mad at any of the cats recently (at the time I believe we had 3, including an older cat we had adopted who was not a pleasant being). And of course, yes, he had gotten impatient with the old cat and thrown her - he says just a couple of feet across the room, but I still suspect he threw her down the stairs, because Cassie, the guardian, told me so. And yes, I'm still married to that guy, but have warned him that animal injuries will not be forgiven...

Anyway, Cassie is obviously very smart. She also has an OCD problem (licks all the hair off her belly), probably because she is so smart and is stuck being a house cat with not enough to do. I have recently found that a pheromone collar for calming has helped her tremendously, though.

That could be an allergy problem. Tuna and grains being the most common.

It could also be a flea bite allergy. My cat does the same thing if a flea bites her. She is an indoor cat but sometimes someone brings a flea in from the yard. It is a lot more rare now because I spray the yard with insecticide + IGR.

Came across this funny pic :)

I have one that woke me up in the middle of the night by tapping my face only for it to jump to my nighstand than to the floor... kinda like it was saying "hey look what I can do!"

They may be annoying at times but it's hard not to love them.

Cats.....man´s best friends :P

My wife and I just got a cat and I am learning how true that is...

Carlo (the white one from the pics I posted) does the same. But in his case it's because of stress. He's... very "sensitive". He goes completely berserk every time I do a bit of house cleaning (figthing the broom, running across the whole appartement without taking a break, kicking the water bucket with his hind paws, ...) and after an hour or so, he starts licking his belly -.- The same happens if I have visitors he doesn't know (after one or two hours he starts to accept them). He's hiding behind the couch or under the bed and starts licking again... Or if I have a new toy for him. He's extremly excited and immediately starts to play with it, but after a while he sits directly next to his new toy and licks off his hair.

It got better when I started to treat him a bit like a baby, holding him in my arms, whispering calming words, cuddling him... He still licks his belly some time later, but not that extensive. So the bald spot got a bit smaller and even has some flimsy hair now.

Thanks for your concern about my Cassie's belly-licking problem. It is definitely stress-related, like I said, she has OCD, and the vet has confirmed that. For the last year or so I've been putting pheromone collars on her at the vet's recommendation, and her belly hair has now grown back. In addition, her entire personality has changed; she is much, much more affectionate, and doesn't hide anymore when people come over. I adopted her along with her brother, who is very large, and has always sort of bullied her. Since wearing the collars, she has ceased to be intimidated by him, even stealing his place on my lap almost constantly. Now I have to worry about him and his fragile male ego...

The pheromone collars are called NurtureCalm, and are a good, natural way to deal with this kind of cat - I highly recommend them, especially if you are considering Prozac or any other anti-depressent for an anxious cat. She has changed from a shy, nervous, but loving cat into a gregarious, happy one.

Our Bombay has similar issues with getting anxious or scared around other cats. Might give one of those collars a try to see if it helps. Thanks for the info on it :-)