The Importance of Lap Cats

Valentine's Day has passed by recently, and some people unfortunately didn't have a Valentine to spend the day with. This is where that wonderful furry creature that we own comes in handy. When we are feeling down, that really nice dog, cat, or any other huggable animal we own is always there to comfort us when we are feeling down.

Most people have heard of "lap dogs", but lap cats are also around, though not quite as often. Since cats are very independent, they may not want to hang out quite as much around people as dogs do. Thankfully, I have my very own lap cat, a 4 year old Bengal named Tigger. After one of our cats had died, we were looking for a new cat for a couple years. About every couple months, we fostered a new cat. Finally we found our Mr. Tigger after we was recommended to us from my sister, who worked at Fat Kitty City, a local cat rescue. Ever since then, we had truly enjoyed having this cat around. What can be better than having a warm cat sitting on your lap on a cold day? He happens to look kind of like all these cats:

(From Google Images)

Bengal cats are half Egyptian Mau, and half Asian Leopard Cat. Tigger is only 80% Bengal, and so he was considered undesirable for some people who wanted a show cat, and thus was left behind at Fat Kitty City. This cat has given our family some huge scares plenty of times before. We're pretty sure he was bitten by a rattle snake, at least once. Although it seems as though he is immune to venom since he only had a small bit of swelling where he was bit, and he was all better the next day. He also extremely enjoys hot weather. During the hot summers when it's 100+ degrees outside, he just doesn't want to come inside.