Purrseidon’s Water Obsession

P1120950After we realized that Purrseidon liked water and loved being wet, I started to joke about her being a Labrador Retriever in Kitty costume … Well, I just found this gif and I’ve changed my mind … she would love to snooze in the sun awhile she floated along in the waves … she must actually be an otter!

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Author: foguth

Though Jeanne began her career technical writing, her love of romantic-suspense, whether it be present, future or in an unknown galaxy inspired her to write the novels she wanted to find in bookstores. Since marrying, Jeanne and her husband have lived from the arctic to the tropics, as well as from yacht to off-grid mountain home. She loves using vivid colors and flowing shapes in her oil paintings as well as creating edible landscapes. At present, she is finishing writing the Chatterre Trilogy and working on a new episode for The Sea Purrtector Files. You can always find out what she is working on and/or contact her at: www.jeannefoguth.com.

133 thoughts on “Purrseidon’s Water Obsession”

    1. If you like cats who don’t live ‘inside the box’, then you’d probably like Purrseidon. BTW, she does like boxes, it is the rest that she is very un-cat-like about.

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    1. She is an odd kitten/cat to live with. We grabbed her off the street (she was born to a feral mother) and 4 weeks old, when a dog was trying to shake her to death and often wonder if her love for water is natural for her or if she never learned how a cat is expected to behave as a baby.

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    1. It is difficult to share information about a kitten who loves water and water sports more than I do. I apologize for the slight bit of sarcasm … in ‘real life’ I’m asking Purrseidon, “Are you really, really sure that’s what you want?” Then, shaking my head when she insists.

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    1. She doesn’t particularly like the shore because of the lapping tide, and we only take her to the beach when the waves are relatively calm. As she gets better, perhaps we’ll take her out in larger waves.

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  16. OMC..that is just about the cutest thing we have ever seen. The surprised expression on that otter’s face was priceless. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth and Calista Jo

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  17. i always find cats on a leash very interesting. not the norm. i was looking for my friend Jeanne, i wonder what happened to her? nice to meet you. you are another blogging Jeanne. have a great day! ( :

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    1. Mr. M agrees with Mr. N and thinks there is something really wrong with Purr’s thought process.However, she isn’t the only cat who likes water.

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    1. Purrseidon has to settle for the bathtub in bad weather, too … she can get quite vocal about that, particularly when it’s raining…. we also need to make sure the toilet seat doesn’t get left up….

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  22. We had a dog (Bichon Malti-Poo) who thought he was a cat. He sat like one, climbed, even came close to a purr. So I see nothing wrong with Purrseidon channeling her inner otter! Monkey doesn’t like water no way no how!

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    1. We had friends who had a Bichon – she acted more like a cat that Purrseidon does. I’d previously assumed that was because she had cat friends, now, I’m wondering if it is typical of the breed.

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    1. My sister has 3 Siberians who love water — if you take a shower there, make certain the door is locked!!! I thought it was an anomaly with that breed, until you-know-who kept getting into anything with water…

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    1. LOL, I don’t know why wordpress has that blog stuck in first place, but it is fun to see that otter, even though I always need to scroll down to the new posts.

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    1. Hello back at you, Basil & Co!!!
      I don’t know why that post about my water obsession is stuck on the top of that blog, but I like that otter.
      Purrseidon
      >^.^<

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  30. Oh, we love that video. Yes, we think any kitty would rather float along that chase a ball or sticking the water like a lab. Thanks for the tip about the habaneros. Tom actually grows them, so he will dry and grind one. Does it work with groundhogs too? I can’t even let him wash and cut them the house. They are too strong! Hugs, Janet

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    1. I have never tried habanero on ground hogs, but it’s worth a try – their anatomy is closer to a squirrel’s than a birds… actually, habanero is good for birds because the hot pepper kills worms, etc.

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    1. I’m glad you like the name … we still wonder if we jinxed her into a water obsession by naming her that OR IF we subconsciously realized how much she loved water when we chose the name.

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    1. Purrseidon loves the water & has her own blog: purrseidon.wordpress.com… She and her elder brother (Mr. M) work as muses to write Xander de Hunter’s Sea Purrtector series. (family-friendly fantasy with a feline 007)

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    1. I’m glad you enjoy our blog. Purrseidon has her own blog (but shares it with her brofur, Mr. M) purrseidon.wordpress.com … they don’t take donations, either.

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  50. Does she KNOW that she is a C-A-T?! Does she have webbed paws?! I think Purrseidon is a merkitty! Or maybe she was a dolphin in a past life. Does she know that she is a C-A-T?! I just can’t imagine being in the water and actually enjoying it!

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    1. Mr. M keeps trying to tell/show Purr how to be a proper cat and we keep telling her she is one… I think she has a unique definition of what a cat it. A friend of mine needs to lock the bathroom door to keep her Bengals out of the tub/shower, and I have heard that breed loves water, like Purr…. We’ve often looked at her dark portions and wondered if one of her ancestors was a Bengal.
      We know which feral her mother was and that her littermate apparently loved water, too (she drown when she was 4 weeks old), which was a motivator for us to grab Purr 2 weeks before we’d planned.

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    1. Wix. Sorry that I didn’t respond previously. Your question was in my spam file.
      Hint for whatever platform you choose: if you want your blog or website to load quickly. make sure your photos are not oversize – I adjust the size of the ones I use to be 8 x 10 or smaller.

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  54. Mee-you Purrseidon sure iss purrty inn her walkin vest!! An shee REELLY likess water Lady Jeanne? Mee tried sum water inn thee tub butt mee NOT a water kat at all. Once thee tub iss emptee tho’; mee luvss to play toyss inn it! Mew mew mew….
    ***paw patsss*** Siddhartha Henry xxx

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    1. LOL, we need to lock the bathroom door and keep the toilet lid closed otherwise we’d have wet pawprints everywhere. A couple times, we’ve almost locked her in the dishwasher and we’ve learned to lock her in the catio when doing laundry … she keeps trying to jump into the washer… it is a very disconcerting obsession.

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    1. She’s smart, but quite uncatish… we adopted her when she was 4 weeks old and Saphera instantly claimed her… this could explain part of that factor, but it could be genetic, too.

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      2. Like Mr. M, Purrseidon was born feral – we needed to convince him to change his lifestyle, but didn’t give baby Purr a choice. Sometimes I wonder if they could be related in some way (it would be impossible for him to be her father, but that doesn’t prohibit other familial relationships.

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      9. Daisy Mae Likes her own food dish. Actually, she has a dish for food, a dish for water and a dish for her ice cubes. She only gets roast beef every-now-and then. Salmon we stopped giving her. Started giving her Ocean Whitefish every-now-and then.

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      10. M and Purr each have their own dish – IMHO, they look the same, but apparently they know which one is theirs. They share a water fountain and kibble dispenser … Purr loves to knock down the food, so often does that for Mr. M.

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      14. Over the years, we’ve lost many pets, but the one I miss the most is Rom. We lost him just a before we sold our house and moved aboard EvenStar to take a sailing sabbatical…. I thought of Rom a lot and imagined how he would have liked living aboard, so when we resettled back on land, I started writing the Sea Purrector series. Thus, Xander de Hunter is based on Rom, and the Siamese on each cover is Rom…. Xander’s boat, Whispurring Winds is just like EvenStar.

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      15. I think we’ll miss our pets no matter what. We had adopted/rescued a kitten and she died within a weeks time. She wasn’t old enough to be flea dipped and what do they do they flea dip her. I think that’s what caused her death but I’m not sure.

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    1. Despite the fact that Purr has now lived with us for 3 years and been consistent about her love of water, I don’t think poor Mr. M will ever be able to understand her obsession. When she prances in and he sees wet fur, the look on his face is priceless.

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      2. For certain, when she was 4 weeks old, and we named her, we had no idea that she’d grow up to love water. Who would expect a cat to do that?!? Purr was born feral, under the neighbor’s porch, and we were planning on claiming her when she was 6 weeks old, but then a littermate drown in a puddle, and a dog managed to grab Purr and was shaking her…. Bottom line, she became a housecat 2 weeks early. At the time, the kids were studying Greek mythology. Somehow, between all those factors, the name Purrseidon stuck.

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