Squeaks aka Fat Katty, Couldn't catch a gopher if his life depended on it. I think he was doing his afternoon garden inspection when I snapped that shot. He much prefers to "do his business" in the garden mulch instead of the cat box. Which is fine with me!

Squeaks is sort of a rescue. He came to us a couple of years ago when a friend of a friend of a friend was moving and couldn't keep him.
Jail counts as moving - right??? Long story.....

He is an eighteen pound +Maine Coon cat with an enormous vocabulary and attitude to match. But he squeaks when he meows thus the name!

I have a large group of four footed garden supervisors. Can't really call them "helpers" cause, well....they don't.

But they are good company!

Our M.C. had a tiny voice, too. The one we have now talks all the time.

Squeaks is an absolutely lovely cat, Pam. Maine Coon cats are unique in the cat world -- such mellow characters!!

Pam - my Sawyer (aka Squeakers) is also a Maine Coon. I love them and their tiny voices. I thought my Sawyer was a big girl at 13 pounds, but she got into something and just had to get shaved. She looks so tiny without her fur! Poor baby had a "Lion Cut" so she has a huge mane still and bushy tail, but well..... the rest - not pretty. Funny, yes, pretty, no.

Had to do that with a Collie once -- very sorry-looking result...................

Indeed.