CATS OF CROATIA (edited)

Many people who know me know that I am a big cat lover. So, I was in for a very happy surprise when we got to Dubrovnik. There were many stray cats roaming around the city. After a while, I started naming the cats that I saw and tried to remember where I saw them, so I could keep track of them better. There are six cats that live just outside our apartment that we stayed in (my names for them are Sun, Gracie, Fritz, Snickerdoodle, Pumpkin, and Callie) Although most of them are shy around humans, Sun comes out every morning for a game of chase-and-eat-the-blade-of-grass. It is a very exciting sport where a human pulls up a large stem of grass, and waves it in front of the cat. The cat then pounces on the blade of grass, and in Sun's case, eat it. In a town nearby Dubrovnik (we call it Old Town for some reason) there is a family of a mother and two really cute kittens. They are about three months old, and their eyes are just starting to change from blue to green. The mother is very loving and protective of them, like a mother should be, and she has developed a taste for chicken, which we found out when my grandmother came to

SPRINKLES EATS CHICKEN IN OLD TOWN

visit, cut up some chicken, and we fed it to random stray cats. The mother cat is Sprinkles, and the kittens are Shadow and Cookie. There are many people in Old Town who feed and protect this family, praise the mother, and play with the kittens, who attract the attention of nearly everyone walking by. They are doing well in their home, and they have many humans looking out for them.

Fritz lying in the shade

Me petting Lexy

Sun lying below the steps

Cat in Old Town

Old cat lying down in Old Town seeking attention

Cat names Moon eats potato chips in Dubrovnik

Cat lying next to restaurant table near the ocean

Close-up of the same cat near the ocean

Sprinkles with Cookie and Shadow

Sunny, Fritz, Snickerdoodle, and Callie together in our backyard

Cat on bench in Old Town

Sprinkles watching Cookie and Shadow play

Cookie lying under an abandoned chair

Old black-and-white cat in Dubrovnik

Cat, Creme Puff III outside the grocery store

Cat, Ginger washing herself

Cat in Dubrovnik

Four cats near a beach in Old Town

Cat resting under table

3 kittens sleeping together

Sun eating a fish

Sprinkles, Cookie, and Shadow

Me petting Sun during our last day in Dubrovnik




11 CAT FACTS:

1. The average domestic cat lives to be about 13. The oldest cat ever was named Lucy at 39 years.                                    
2. All kittens are born with blue eyes, which change color around 3 months of age.                                                                                                            
3. The heaviest cat ever weighed 46 pounds.                                                                                                                            
4. Almost all calico and tortoiseshell cats are female.                                                                                                        
5. Cats respond better to 2-syllable names that end in -ie.                                                                                                       
6. Cats tend to like female humans better because of their higher-pitched voices.                                                                    
7. The first breed of domesticated cat was the egyptian mau.                                                                                                     
8. Cats sleep 16 hours a day on average.                                                                                                                                     
9.  Indoor cats tend to live longer than outdoor cats.         
10. It is a myth that cats and dogs are natural enemies.
11. Black cats are adopted less because of that stupid thing that people say they are bad luck.