A-Ko takes her name from the very cute, highly destructive Japanese
schoolgirl/superhero in the animated movie, Project A-Ko. Being a
typical girl cat, she came to our house and took it by storm. The
two elderly gentleman cats who lived here at the time never had a chance.
A-Ko is a good mouser, much to her Mom's dismay. At present she on a diet, and
requests that anyone who's listening send food.
Indiana Jones joined our family in
October 1999 after psychically luring Butterfly into the Albuquerque Animal Humane
adoption booth at PetSmart, even though she meant to go to Sam's instead. Indy
is the first kitten we've had in our home in many years, and he's a good
playmate for A-Ko. He's a smart cat and is not afraid of anything in the world.
He spends his days terrorizing A-ko and plotting ways to eat a bird without getting
caught. Indy is the only cat we know who had to be quarantined until his bubonic
plague results came back (negative, thank you). Watch out or he'll steal your
eyeglasses right off your face!
Indy escaped from the house in May of 2005 while Gryphon & Butterfly were out of town and a pet sitter was keeping watch. We looked everywhere, posted flyers, and offered a reward, but he never returned to us, and Phineas misses him dearly.
Phineas Fogg* is the newest feline member of our family. He loves the other cats and the dog,
he's very affectionate, and he has a purr big enough for a cat twice his size. If Kiki is on your shoulder when you pick up Phineas, she will whisper "Gimme a kiss?" to him over and over, hoping (we think) for a chance to bite him. Because of his coloring and his large size (over 8 pounds at 6 months of age), we think Phineas has a Maine Coon Cat somewhere in his family tree.
* Yes, I know the explorer's name was Phileas. Unfortunately, it seems that very few other people know that. I got tired of people laughing and making fun when I told them I was thinking of naming our kitten Phileas, and decided to call him Phineas instead. People know that name, and I figure he can be Phileas's cousin. ;D