{"video_id":"fp_NKgqGziCS9","title":"Yvonne Week - Meet the Cats","channel":"FP Exclusives","show":"FP Exclusives","published_at":"2024-12-27T19:46:00.025Z","duration_s":1227,"segments":[{"start_s":0.0,"end_s":2.402,"text":"Yvonne: Hey guys, welcome back to Floatplane Exclusives. 2 00:00:02.435 --> 00:00:04.170 This week we're going to meet my cats. 3 00:00:04.204 --> 00:00:07.273 So if you watched the behind the scenes extras of another video, 4 00:00:07.273 --> 00:00:11.778 I think you saw me coming home with two new cats? And it's these guys right here. 5 00:00:11.778 --> 00:00:16.316 So we're actually up to five cats now, which seems crazy, and kind of is; 6 00:00:16.316 --> 00:00:18.785 but hey, it's one per person, so it can't be that crazy yet. 7 00:00:19.886 --> 00:00:22.722 Yvonne: This is Panda over here, and this is Missy. 8 00:00:22.756 --> 00:00:27.360 So the way they happened actually is we have a neighbor that lives behind us, 9 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:29.195 and she messaged us being like, hey guys, 10 00:00:29.229 --> 00:00:34.234 like my neighbor just got a cat in her shed and it gave birth to six kittens, 11 00:00:34.234 --> 00:00:35.368 and they don't know what to do. 12 00:00:35.402 --> 00:00:36.369 Like, can you please help us? 13 00:00:36.636 --> 00:00:40.607 So we went over there and sure enough, these guys were so tiny. 14 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.510 We didn't know if they were four weeks old, five weeks old, 15 00:00:43.510 --> 00:00:46.913 or kind of what they were; so we tried to figure that out 16 00:00:46.946 --> 00:00:50.950 based on what their face shapes look like, and how many teeth they had, and things like that. 17 00:00:50.984 --> 00:00:51.651 This is Panda. 18 00:00:51.885 --> 00:00:52.719 Hi Panda! 19 00:00:52.952 --> 00:00:53.920 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 20 00:00:53.953 --> 00:00:57.190 Yvonne: And yeah, and then we just ended up falling in love with them. 21 00:00:57.223 --> 00:01:01.161 And then of course you have to get two when you get new cats. 22 00:01:01.227 --> 00:01:02.262 Sammy: You can't leave one alone. 23 00:01:02.562 --> 00:01:03.063 Yvonne: No. 24 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.399 Yvonne: But part of the reason we got two is because we already had three cats; 25 00:01:06.399 --> 00:01:08.501 and we wanted to make sure that they had buddies, 26 00:01:08.501 --> 00:01:10.437 and somebody that they were comfortable playing with. 27 00:01:10.470 --> 00:01:12.772 And we didn't want them to get bullied by the bigger adult cats. 28 00:01:12.806 --> 00:01:13.239 Sammy: Mhmm. 29 00:01:13.273 --> 00:01:16.209 Yvonne: So yeah, this way they always have each other, and they do stick together a lot. 30 00:01:16.242 --> 00:01:18.078 Yvonne: I don't know what kind of cat he is. 31 00:01:18.078 --> 00:01:22.182 So the mom was a calico cat; she was black, with orange and white spots. 32 00:01:22.482 --> 00:01:25.251 He looks kind of like a Siamese or a rag doll. 33 00:01:25.285 --> 00:01:27.087 And we didn't think he was going to keep his blue eyes. 34 00:01:27.087 --> 00:01:29.823 So apparently cats are always born with blue eyes, 35 00:01:29.823 --> 00:01:33.526 but around the six or seven or eight week mark, they change color. 36 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:34.094 Sammy: For real? 37 00:01:34.127 --> 00:01:36.763 Yvonne: Yeah, but his never changed; so his, his is still blue. 38 00:01:36.763 --> 00:01:39.199 I don't think he's a rag doll, cause apparently when you pick up a rag doll 39 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:41.968 they're just supposed to be like really limp, and he's not. 40 00:01:42.202 --> 00:01:44.037 So I wonder if he's more like a Siamese? 41 00:01:44.070 --> 00:01:45.738 Yvonne: Oh man, he's so spoiled now. 42 00:01:45.738 --> 00:01:48.741 So when we first got them, they ate and drank whatever. 43 00:01:48.908 --> 00:01:53.113 Um, but now he's learned from our other cats where once- 44 00:01:53.113 --> 00:01:54.981 The minute we turn on the sink, he comes running. 45 00:01:55.014 --> 00:01:55.348 Sammy: Oh. 46 00:01:55.415 --> 00:01:58.351 Yvonne: And he only drinks from the sink now, and he's not the brightest cat, 47 00:01:58.351 --> 00:02:00.520 so he only knows how to drink from the sink one way. 48 00:02:00.553 --> 00:02:01.421 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 49 00:02:01.421 --> 00:02:03.990 Yvonne: Her name is Missy; so she- 50 00:02:04.023 --> 00:02:06.960 Okay, I did not know the orange cat was a meme? 51 00:02:06.993 --> 00:02:07.494 Sammy: Yeah. 52 00:02:07.494 --> 00:02:09.362 Yvonne: At all, until I met Missy; 53 00:02:09.395 --> 00:02:12.832 and then I was explaining her behavior to some of my friends and, 54 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:14.334 and then they told me about it. 55 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:16.469 I was like, that is totally her... 56 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:17.704 Sammy: Orange cat energy. 57 00:02:17.737 --> 00:02:18.171 Yvonne: Yeah. 58 00:02:18.204 --> 00:02:21.674 Um, so when we saw all six kittens, 59 00:02:21.975 --> 00:02:24.277 um, we actually had a really hard time picking. 60 00:02:24.544 --> 00:02:26.980 A lot of people will pick cats based on their looks, 61 00:02:27.347 --> 00:02:30.483 but we like to pick cats based on their personality actually. 62 00:02:30.717 --> 00:02:33.820 Oh wait, right; I was talking about the mom and the, the kittens; sorry. 63 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:35.455 I got, I got distracted. 64 00:02:35.588 --> 00:02:36.556 They're too cute. 65 00:02:36.623 --> 00:02:40.860 Um, apparently, people don't know this, but look how different they look; 66 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.629 and this is very different than the mom, 67 00:02:42.662 --> 00:02:45.031 and very different than the other kittens in the pack too. 68 00:02:45.031 --> 00:02:46.499 Um, or in the litter. 69 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:53.606 Apparently, a cat can be impregnated by multiple dads during the same birth. 70 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:54.107 Sammy: Really? 71 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:56.776 Yvonne: So yeah, so that's why you have such different looking cats. 72 00:02:57.110 --> 00:03:02.248 Yvonne: So this is Missy, and we called her Socks at first before she had an official name; 73 00:03:02.282 --> 00:03:05.018 because of all the white, all the white that she has. 74 00:03:05.051 --> 00:03:08.221 She is extremely friendly, extremely needy. 75 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:11.324 In the middle of the night she'll come and sleep next to me, 76 00:03:11.391 --> 00:03:13.793 and like lay like a scarf over my neck. Sammy: Hahaha. 77 00:03:14.661 --> 00:03:17.263 Yvonne: Um, she's very playful, very affectionate. 78 00:03:17.497 --> 00:03:18.865 Sammy: How old are they? 79 00:03:18.898 --> 00:03:21.768 Yvonne: So they're probably about 10 weeks now? We're- 80 00:03:21.768 --> 00:03:22.101 Sammy: *unintelligible* 81 00:03:22.101 --> 00:03:27.473 Yvonne: Yeah, so we, we did manage to actually nail their um- 82 00:03:27.674 --> 00:03:30.577 Not to the exact day, but to the week, how old they were; 83 00:03:30.610 --> 00:03:32.779 because we brought them into the vet to confirm. 84 00:03:32.946 --> 00:03:33.479 Sammy: Yeah. 85 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:37.083 Yvonne: And yeah, so I don't know. 86 00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:40.553 Um, I feel like we're the house that takes in strays now; 87 00:03:40.553 --> 00:03:42.655 because our last two cats were strays too. 88 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:45.124 Sammy: Which one is like the most social? 89 00:03:45.291 --> 00:03:46.459 Yvonne: Oh, she is. 90 00:03:46.492 --> 00:03:47.160 Sammy: Hahaha. Yvonne: Yeah. 91 00:03:47.193 --> 00:03:51.731 Yvonne: And what's funny is I would have expected kittens, um, to, 92 00:03:51.764 --> 00:03:53.967 come into a house like this with other cats and be scared; 93 00:03:54.133 --> 00:03:57.604 but they came in and they were just like, nope, we don't care about anything. 94 00:03:57.904 --> 00:03:59.038 We're going to do our thing. 95 00:03:59.572 --> 00:04:02.342 And uh, they've kind of taken over the house. Sammy: Hahahaha. 96 00:04:03.343 --> 00:04:05.245 Yvonne: I thought there would be like this power struggle, 97 00:04:05.812 --> 00:04:09.315 and they would be at the bottom of the food chain, but like no, not at all; 98 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:13.753 they just don't care, they just walk up to the adult cats and they're just in their faces. 99 00:04:13.786 --> 00:04:14.420 Sammy: Hahahaha. 100 00:04:15.021 --> 00:04:18.458 Sammy: Do you think that's like them not knowing? Or it's just, they actually just don't care? 101 00:04:18.658 --> 00:04:19.359 Yvonne: I don't know. 102 00:04:19.492 --> 00:04:20.360 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 103 00:04:22.629 --> 00:04:23.229 Sammy: So cute. 104 00:04:24.364 --> 00:04:26.099 Yvonne: They love ping pong balls. 105 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:27.400 Sammy: Hahahaha. 106 00:04:27.467 --> 00:04:31.771 Yeah, um, they especially love ping pong balls on um, on the stairs. 107 00:04:33.006 --> 00:04:35.508 And so we'll be at the bottom of the stairs, I'll show you after; 108 00:04:35.508 --> 00:04:37.577 we'll be at the bottom of the stairs and we'll throw the ping pong ball up, 109 00:04:37.577 --> 00:04:39.112 and then it bounces a little bit. 110 00:04:39.112 --> 00:04:42.849 And so they love chasing it down the stairs and then it drops all the way down, 111 00:04:42.882 --> 00:04:43.950 and then we toss it back up for them. 112 00:04:44.484 --> 00:04:46.219 Yvonne: Here, yeah, if you want to toss it to them. 113 00:04:51.858 --> 00:04:55.495 Yvonne: So these guys are pretty awake right now, but they do spend a lot of their time sleeping. 114 00:04:55.495 --> 00:04:58.965 They seem to have adjusted to our schedule though, they seem to sleep whenever we're not home; 115 00:04:58.965 --> 00:05:02.935 and then the minute we come home, they kind of awake or awaken and come see us. 116 00:05:03.002 --> 00:05:04.237 They're very social. 117 00:05:04.270 --> 00:05:07.307 That's one of the benefits I think of having kids, is socializing cats. 118 00:05:07.340 --> 00:05:10.009 So I actually used to be more of a dog person? 119 00:05:10.043 --> 00:05:10.443 Sammy: Yeah? 120 00:05:10.443 --> 00:05:13.279 Yvonne: Um, but I think that was because I had never really had cats, 121 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.581 or experienced really social cats. 122 00:05:15.615 --> 00:05:19.452 And I think, um, kind of like dogs, where you can have good dogs and bad dogs, 123 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.789 it really comes down to the owner and how well they've trained them, and socialize them, 124 00:05:22.789 --> 00:05:25.958 and things like that; but we got cats and now I'm, I'm like, 125 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:26.959 Sammy: Hahahaha. 126 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:27.660 Yvonne: I'm converted. 127 00:05:27.694 --> 00:05:28.795 Sammy and Yvonne: *Laughs* 128 00:05:28.861 --> 00:05:31.164 Yvonne: Um, cause they can be so social. 129 00:05:31.197 --> 00:05:33.666 And the kids, they'll just like pick them up, hold them, whatever. 130 00:05:33.666 --> 00:05:36.502 Like you should see my daughter, she just like picks up our really big cat 131 00:05:36.502 --> 00:05:37.970 and just like rolls on the ground with him. 132 00:05:37.970 --> 00:05:39.839 Like she'll wrestle him, which is really funny; 133 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:41.307 and he tolerates it, he loves it. 134 00:05:41.341 --> 00:05:42.575 He starts purring all the time. 135 00:05:42.709 --> 00:05:44.877 So I don't know if most people know, but purring, 136 00:05:45.111 --> 00:05:48.715 like that rumbling noise that they make is a sign that they're happy, or content; 137 00:05:48.715 --> 00:05:52.618 but sometimes they can actually do it when they're scared and they're trying to self-soothe, 138 00:05:52.652 --> 00:05:53.653 or if they have an injury. 139 00:05:53.653 --> 00:05:54.354 Sammy: Oh, really? 140 00:05:54.354 --> 00:05:54.754 Yvonne: Yeah. 141 00:05:55.521 --> 00:05:58.057 Yvonne: Um, but yeah, just interesting cat facts. 142 00:05:58.157 --> 00:06:03.896 Oh, so their tail and their body language can give away a lot of how they're feeling. 143 00:06:04.364 --> 00:06:06.366 So right now they're very curious. 144 00:06:07.967 --> 00:06:09.402 Sammy: They kinda just been staring at me all day. 145 00:06:09.869 --> 00:06:10.503 Yvonne: Yeah. 146 00:06:10.503 --> 00:06:13.639 And, uh, they also do this thing when they um, when they're happy; 147 00:06:13.673 --> 00:06:17.443 my vet calls it the \"I love you eyes\", where they'll, they'll close their eyes a little bit 148 00:06:17.443 --> 00:06:18.878 and they'll really slowly blink. 149 00:06:18.945 --> 00:06:19.412 Sammy: Oh yeah. 150 00:06:19.412 --> 00:06:22.415 Yvonne: And, and that's apparently them communicating that they really like you 151 00:06:22.448 --> 00:06:23.316 and are comfortable with you. 152 00:06:23.316 --> 00:06:25.017 And you're supposed to, she does it back to the cats; 153 00:06:25.084 --> 00:06:27.620 so we've been practicing doing that with our cats too. 154 00:06:28.020 --> 00:06:30.456 Yvonne: Uh, their tail gives away a lot of how they feel. 155 00:06:30.490 --> 00:06:35.094 So, um, when they're, when they're actually wagging their tail back and forth; 156 00:06:35.128 --> 00:06:37.730 they're, it's not like a dog; they're not happy. 157 00:06:38.398 --> 00:06:41.134 They're usually like agitated and it'll like flick like this. 158 00:06:41.367 --> 00:06:45.705 Um, but when it's like kind of like a question mark, like she was doing this now, 159 00:06:45.738 --> 00:06:48.808 it just means they're like content or curious or whatever. 160 00:06:49.308 --> 00:06:53.446 Um, when their tails get really puffy, it's usually because they're scared 161 00:06:53.479 --> 00:06:57.784 or they're um, trying to appear really big to somebody else. 162 00:06:58.384 --> 00:06:59.419 To scare them away. 163 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:04.457 Um, they'll also hiss when they're trying to communicate. 164 00:07:04.791 --> 00:07:08.094 They do talk too, like they'll meow, and they have different types of meowing; 165 00:07:08.694 --> 00:07:12.432 but they don't do it very often, usually when they want attention. 166 00:07:12.465 --> 00:07:17.036 Like if we're not, if we haven't been a home a lot or they're trying to get in somewhere, 167 00:07:17.069 --> 00:07:19.238 like if the door is closed, they'll meow a lot. 168 00:07:19.605 --> 00:07:20.072 Sammy: Yeah. 169 00:07:20.106 --> 00:07:21.774 Yvonne: So you might see it, because I've closed this door; 170 00:07:21.774 --> 00:07:23.709 but usually it would be if they were locked on that side. 171 00:07:23.709 --> 00:07:24.544 Missy: *Meowing* 172 00:07:24.577 --> 00:07:25.411 Yvonne: Oh, there we go. 173 00:07:25.411 --> 00:07:26.646 Sammy: Hahahaha. Yvonne: Did you hear that one? 174 00:07:27.146 --> 00:07:30.383 Yvonne: So usually they would meow when they're on that side and I'm in here, 175 00:07:30.416 --> 00:07:32.118 and I'm not letting them in, and they're trying to get in. 176 00:07:34.454 --> 00:07:36.722 Yvonne: Can you hear? Oh, hey. 177 00:07:36.756 --> 00:07:37.990 Sammy: Oh, hahahahahaha. 178 00:07:39.158 --> 00:07:41.894 Yvonne: Um, they do usually like to be around us. 179 00:07:41.928 --> 00:07:42.695 Um, I think- 180 00:07:42.695 --> 00:07:44.664 Sammy: It's cause I'm here probably. 181 00:07:44.697 --> 00:07:48.034 Yvonne: Actually, I think it might be because they just heard Linus come down. 182 00:07:48.067 --> 00:07:48.901 Sammy: Oooh. 183 00:07:48.935 --> 00:07:49.635 Yvonne: Yeah. 184 00:07:49.836 --> 00:07:52.371 Um, but these guys like, 185 00:07:52.405 --> 00:07:57.810 I know he just kind of ran away when I tried to pet him, but they are very, very social. 186 00:07:57.944 --> 00:08:02.782 Um, every time we come home, all five cats kind of come running down the stairs to like greet us. 187 00:08:02.949 --> 00:08:06.719 And when I say social, some cats want to just be around you. 188 00:08:06.752 --> 00:08:07.854 It doesn't matter what you're doing. 189 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.889 They might not want to be touched, but they want to be around you. 190 00:08:09.889 --> 00:08:12.158 And some cats are very, very affectionate. 191 00:08:12.792 --> 00:08:15.862 Uh, one thing we try to teach our kittens to do very early on- 192 00:08:15.862 --> 00:08:16.429 Panda: *Meows*. 193 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:17.730 Yvonne: Oh, I know. 194 00:08:18.097 --> 00:08:19.031 is um- 195 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:20.733 Hey hey hey. 196 00:08:20.933 --> 00:08:22.134 So when we get kittens- 197 00:08:22.168 --> 00:08:23.469 Panda: *Meows*. Yvonne: No, no, no. 198 00:08:24.303 --> 00:08:26.506 Yvonne: Um, we teach them to be held. 199 00:08:26.539 --> 00:08:28.574 Um, and we don't let go of them; 200 00:08:28.774 --> 00:08:31.677 because when they get older and bigger, if they fight you, 201 00:08:31.711 --> 00:08:33.980 they can actually do some serious damage. 202 00:08:34.013 --> 00:08:36.682 So we train them when they're young to once you're held, 203 00:08:36.682 --> 00:08:38.351 you don't get down until we put you down. 204 00:08:38.851 --> 00:08:41.153 Yvonne: Hi, and our kids are really good with that. 205 00:08:42.021 --> 00:08:43.055 Sammy: *unintelligible* 206 00:08:44.156 --> 00:08:46.459 Yvonne: Oh, that's Brownie! Should we let Brownie in? 207 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:49.262 Yvonne: Or is that what you were looking at instead of Linus? 208 00:08:49.295 --> 00:08:50.229 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 209 00:08:50.396 --> 00:08:53.666 Yvonne: Okay, so Brownie here, I'm going to let- Should I let these guys out? 210 00:08:53.766 --> 00:08:54.166 Sammy: Yeah. 211 00:08:54.300 --> 00:08:54.767 Yvonne: Yeah? 212 00:08:55.401 --> 00:08:56.035 Yvonne: Hi Missy. 213 00:08:56.168 --> 00:08:58.204 Yvonne: Well, I want, I wanted to get purring. 214 00:08:58.204 --> 00:09:00.139 She's- She usually purrs a lot. 215 00:09:00.373 --> 00:09:03.876 Yvonne: Um, oh, I guess another thing is a lot of cats don't like their belly rubs. 216 00:09:03.910 --> 00:09:06.879 So sometimes you'll see cats, they'll roll over and expose their belly. 217 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:07.280 Sammy: Yeah. 218 00:09:07.313 --> 00:09:09.549 Yvonne: And they're trying to tell you that they're like comfortable with you. 219 00:09:09.582 --> 00:09:09.982 Sammy: Yeah. 220 00:09:10.182 --> 00:09:12.451 Yvonne: Um, but our cats love belly rubs. 221 00:09:12.552 --> 00:09:12.952 Sammy: Yeah. 222 00:09:12.985 --> 00:09:14.554 Yvonne: Especially him, Brownie; 223 00:09:14.587 --> 00:09:17.890 he'll just come in and he'll just like lay on the floor, flop over. 224 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:19.692 Yeah, okay; I'll let you out. 225 00:09:19.725 --> 00:09:20.459 You can let Brownie in. 226 00:09:22.161 --> 00:09:23.029 Yvonne: There you go. 227 00:09:23.563 --> 00:09:24.063 Sammy: Goodbyee. 228 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:27.199 Yvonne: Hi. 229 00:09:30.436 --> 00:09:31.704 Do you see his paw? 230 00:09:31.704 --> 00:09:32.672 Sammy: Yeah. 231 00:09:33.406 --> 00:09:34.974 Yvonne: That is, he's not the brightest cat. 232 00:09:35.107 --> 00:09:36.242 Yvonne: That's not how you get out. 233 00:09:37.643 --> 00:09:43.015 Yvonne: Um, Brownie and Noodle were cats that were living in our backyard? 234 00:09:43.449 --> 00:09:45.718 So we were doing a lot of landscaping and renovations, 235 00:09:46.319 --> 00:09:49.956 and they were out, just strays living in all of that construction. 236 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:54.293 And so we got them when they were quite a bit older; so they- 237 00:09:54.293 --> 00:09:57.463 Even though they're socialized, they still have some wild in them. 238 00:09:57.597 --> 00:09:58.030 Sammy: Yeah. 239 00:09:58.030 --> 00:10:01.300 Yvonne: And actually our vet thinks, because they don't know what breed these guys are, 240 00:10:01.334 --> 00:10:03.502 but our vet thinks that they are more of a wild breed; 241 00:10:03.536 --> 00:10:06.005 because if you look at their ears, they have like their, 242 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:07.840 their looks are just a little different. 243 00:10:08.107 --> 00:10:08.474 Sammy: Yeah. 244 00:10:08.608 --> 00:10:09.375 Yvonne: Hi! 245 00:10:09.475 --> 00:10:11.010 Yvonne: Oh, it's okay. 246 00:10:12.144 --> 00:10:13.679 They don't like to be locked in anywhere. 247 00:10:15.281 --> 00:10:17.350 Um, they usually roam the whole house. 248 00:10:17.416 --> 00:10:20.453 They're actually really good though about not going outside; 249 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:24.190 I think maybe because they lived outside, and they knew what that was like. 250 00:10:24.190 --> 00:10:26.292 Yvonne: He, you can see he's quite a bit of a bigger cat. 251 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:26.826 Sammy: Yeah. 252 00:10:26.993 --> 00:10:28.961 Yvonne: Do you see him rubbing his face on things? 253 00:10:28.995 --> 00:10:29.395 Sammy: Yeah. 254 00:10:29.428 --> 00:10:30.229 Yvonne: Oh, there you go. 255 00:10:30.997 --> 00:10:35.234 Yvonne: Now he's purring; I don't know if you can hear him, but he just- 256 00:10:35.267 --> 00:10:37.503 This is what I mean by he just like rolls around, 257 00:10:37.536 --> 00:10:40.172 and exposes his belly, and he's purring now. 258 00:10:41.107 --> 00:10:42.775 Yvonne: It's okay. You're fine. 259 00:10:43.909 --> 00:10:44.910 Sammy: How old is Brownie? 260 00:10:45.244 --> 00:10:47.146 Yvonne: Uh, so we think Brownie is two years old. 261 00:10:47.413 --> 00:10:48.114 Sammy: Two? Okay. 262 00:10:48.147 --> 00:10:48.714 Yvonne: Yeah. 263 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:51.751 Yvonne: But because we got him so much older than the little kittens, 264 00:10:51.917 --> 00:10:54.620 so when they're kittens, they develop really fast 265 00:10:54.654 --> 00:10:56.255 and you can kind of see differences week to week; 266 00:10:56.389 --> 00:11:00.292 but once they, once they get to adulthood really- Like they get to adulthood really quickly, 267 00:11:00.292 --> 00:11:03.295 and it can be really hard to tell the age difference at that point. 268 00:11:03.329 --> 00:11:03.763 Sammy: Yeah. 269 00:11:03.763 --> 00:11:06.766 Yvonne: And so we got them quite a lot older, so it was harder to tell, 270 00:11:06.766 --> 00:11:09.101 but that's what we think, we think he's two. 271 00:11:09.268 --> 00:11:11.137 The kids picked Brownie and Noodle's name. 272 00:11:11.303 --> 00:11:13.005 So Noodle is his pair, his brother. 273 00:11:13.072 --> 00:11:13.606 Sammy: Yeah. 274 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.543 Yvonne: We actually found the- What we believed to be the dad as well. 275 00:11:17.576 --> 00:11:18.144 Sammy: Oh really? 276 00:11:18.177 --> 00:11:18.711 Yvonne: Yeah. 277 00:11:18.744 --> 00:11:23.649 Yvonne: But we couldn't keep him because, uh at least we thought we couldn't keep him. 278 00:11:24.083 --> 00:11:26.852 But if we had known that we were going to be a five cat household, I guess we could have, 279 00:11:27.353 --> 00:11:29.088 but we thought it would be too many at the time. 280 00:11:29.755 --> 00:11:34.193 Um, but he was a real sweetheart and our vet told, told us that um, 281 00:11:34.193 --> 00:11:36.162 she thought he would be no problem getting adopted. 282 00:11:37.930 --> 00:11:38.931 Sammy: Do you plan to get more cats? 283 00:11:39.165 --> 00:11:39.932 Yvonne: Oh no. 284 00:11:40.032 --> 00:11:40.700 Sammy: Hahahaha. 285 00:11:40.833 --> 00:11:44.670 Yvonne: But honestly, after these guys we, we didn't plan to get more either. 286 00:11:44.704 --> 00:11:47.006 And then, and then the two new kittens happened. 287 00:11:47.006 --> 00:11:49.675 Look, at some point we have to stop adopting strays. 288 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:51.243 Yvonne: Yeah. 289 00:11:51.243 --> 00:11:53.045 Sammy: Is there anything uh, cool about Brownie? 290 00:11:53.713 --> 00:11:54.580 Brownie: *Long meow*. 291 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:56.348 Brownie: *Long meow*. 292 00:11:56.782 --> 00:12:00.119 Yvonne: That is his unhappy, \"I want to get out\" noise. 293 00:12:00.853 --> 00:12:05.825 Um, Brownie is the kind of cat that doesn't necessarily like to be picked up. 294 00:12:05.891 --> 00:12:10.763 but what he really enjoys doing is he likes marking his scent on places; 295 00:12:10.796 --> 00:12:13.466 so you'll notice he'll go around and he'll put his face 296 00:12:13.466 --> 00:12:15.334 and he'll just like rub it against things. 297 00:12:15.367 --> 00:12:16.435 I don't know if he's going to do it right now. 298 00:12:16.435 --> 00:12:17.336 Yvonne: There you go, do you see that? 299 00:12:17.403 --> 00:12:17.870 Sammy: Oh. 300 00:12:17.870 --> 00:12:19.505 Yvonne: Like he rubs his entire body. 301 00:12:19.538 --> 00:12:23.242 So when you're walking, so he's rubbing against my side right now. 302 00:12:23.375 --> 00:12:25.978 So when you're walking or just doing things like just sitting here, 303 00:12:26.145 --> 00:12:28.848 he'll just come up and push on you; and that's his way of showing affection. 304 00:12:29.281 --> 00:12:31.751 He doesn't as much, as the kittens- 305 00:12:31.751 --> 00:12:33.052 Like the kittens, if I'm just sitting here, 306 00:12:33.052 --> 00:12:34.987 they'll come and they'll sit in my lap and they'll fall asleep. 307 00:12:35.221 --> 00:12:40.092 Um, Brownie, he likes to just kind of be near you, and just rub himself on you. 308 00:12:40.493 --> 00:12:45.164 Brownie is just a really social, but in a different kind of way cat. 309 00:12:45.397 --> 00:12:47.633 Brownie: *Taps door*. Yvonne: Um, hi. 310 00:12:48.734 --> 00:12:49.602 Sammy: I think he really wants to go. 311 00:12:49.835 --> 00:12:51.437 Yvonne: Yeah, okay; I'm going to let him go. 312 00:12:51.804 --> 00:12:53.339 Do you want to see anything else about Brownie? 313 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:57.309 Sammy: Uh, is there anything like I guess, we should know about Brownie, I guess? 314 00:12:57.443 --> 00:13:01.213 Yvonne: Um well, he got named Brownie because he was really sweet, so- 315 00:13:01.213 --> 00:13:01.680 Sammy: Oh, hahahahaha. 316 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:03.482 Yvonne: That was really soft and sweet. 317 00:13:03.716 --> 00:13:04.617 Sammy: Oooh. 318 00:13:04.984 --> 00:13:07.753 Sammy: I thought it was because he had a more like, brownish color. 319 00:13:07.887 --> 00:13:09.555 Yvonne: Oh, well that, that too. 320 00:13:09.588 --> 00:13:10.556 Sammy: Hahahaha. 321 00:13:10.589 --> 00:13:12.992 Yvonne: So our, yeah, our cats named Noodle and Brownie; 322 00:13:13.025 --> 00:13:17.963 so they named Noodle, \"Noodle\" because he literally lays like a, like a limp noodle. 323 00:13:17.997 --> 00:13:21.367 Yeah, um, and then Brownie was just the complete opposite. 324 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:23.035 It seems like every time we get cats, 325 00:13:23.202 --> 00:13:26.972 we always get one that is like super sweet and affectionate like Brownie, 326 00:13:26.972 --> 00:13:30.009 and then we get one like Noodle, which is more shy; 327 00:13:30.376 --> 00:13:31.877 and I wonder if it's because he's a bully. 328 00:13:31.911 --> 00:13:33.179 Sammy and Yvonne: *Laughs*. 329 00:13:34.013 --> 00:13:36.715 Yvonne: Yeah, I think he's a pretty big cat. 330 00:13:37.383 --> 00:13:38.284 Yvonne: Can you hear him purring? 331 00:13:38.284 --> 00:13:38.751 Sammy: Yeah. 332 00:13:38.784 --> 00:13:39.952 Yvonne: Yeah, hi. 333 00:13:40.119 --> 00:13:43.956 Uh so yeah, he loves his face touched; I know some cats don't like that. 334 00:13:44.023 --> 00:13:46.559 And he likes his belly rubs. 335 00:13:47.660 --> 00:13:48.260 Yvonne: Hi. 336 00:13:48.961 --> 00:13:50.129 Are you being camera shy? 337 00:13:51.263 --> 00:13:51.864 Okay. 338 00:13:52.064 --> 00:13:53.799 Yeah, can you see the tips of his ears? 339 00:13:53.933 --> 00:13:57.036 How they have like the little tufts of fur? or his face? Sammy: Yeah. 340 00:13:57.236 --> 00:13:57.703 Yvonne: Yeah. 341 00:13:58.904 --> 00:14:02.675 Yvonne: Oh yeah, so what he was doing just now, that's called making biscuits. 342 00:14:02.708 --> 00:14:06.645 Um, I had a friend once that had never been around cats before, 343 00:14:06.645 --> 00:14:09.048 and she was laying on the couch, and the cat came over 344 00:14:09.048 --> 00:14:10.749 and started like making biscuits on her chest; 345 00:14:10.749 --> 00:14:12.585 so that's where they're like kneading with their claws. 346 00:14:12.651 --> 00:14:15.654 And she was like, Oh my goodness this cat hates me, it's scratching me. 347 00:14:15.688 --> 00:14:20.459 But actually making biscuits is them being happy, and enjoying you, and liking you. 348 00:14:20.492 --> 00:14:23.696 Um, when they're kittens, it comes from stimulating milk production 349 00:14:23.729 --> 00:14:24.196 Sammy: Ooooh. 350 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:26.098 Yvonne: when they're, when they need their moms. 351 00:14:26.498 --> 00:14:27.900 Yvonne: Okay, there we go. 352 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.236 Um, I am not going to try to capture Noodle. 353 00:14:30.269 --> 00:14:34.506 He does not like to be captured, but I'm sure we'll see him around too. 354 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.507 Yvonne: Do you want to come for- 355 00:14:35.574 --> 00:14:36.508 Come look for him? 356 00:14:36.542 --> 00:14:38.477 And I don't know where Dash is, we'll look for her. 357 00:14:38.777 --> 00:14:39.745 Yvonne: Oh yeah, that's Noodle. 358 00:14:40.846 --> 00:14:43.682 Uh, he's probably going to scoot away the minute we go downstairs though. 359 00:14:43.716 --> 00:14:44.416 Girl: Hi Missy. 360 00:14:44.984 --> 00:14:46.252 Sammy: Noodle's very content. 361 00:14:47.086 --> 00:14:48.721 Yvonne: Uh, sort of. 362 00:14:48.754 --> 00:14:49.822 Yvonne: He's a limp Noodle. 363 00:14:50.422 --> 00:14:51.757 Yvonne: Uh, this is what I mean by cat- 364 00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:54.126 Uh, kids are really good at socializing pets. 365 00:14:54.326 --> 00:14:56.295 They just like pick them up however. 366 00:14:56.462 --> 00:14:57.096 Yvonne: That's Noodle. 367 00:14:57.129 --> 00:14:59.398 He is, hi! 368 00:15:00.466 --> 00:15:01.901 Do you see him being a limp Noodle? 369 00:15:02.501 --> 00:15:04.904 Yvonne: He's not really doing it very much right now. Sammy: I’m just trying not to scare him 370 00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:09.108 Yvonne: So he is by far our most, our most shy cat. 371 00:15:09.108 --> 00:15:14.113 He's always kind of peripherally nearby, but he, he tolerates the kids. 372 00:15:14.146 --> 00:15:14.580 Hi. 373 00:15:14.613 --> 00:15:17.516 The kids um, picking him up and stuff, 374 00:15:17.549 --> 00:15:19.118 but he actually doesn't like it when Linus and I do it; 375 00:15:19.151 --> 00:15:19.785 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 376 00:15:19.785 --> 00:15:22.087 Yvonne: and I think that's because we have to bring him to the vet. 377 00:15:22.121 --> 00:15:23.422 Girl: It's because he loves me. 378 00:15:23.589 --> 00:15:25.925 Yvonne: So it's usually because we're picking him up, 379 00:15:25.925 --> 00:15:27.426 Yvonne: and putting him in the carrier and taking him away. 380 00:15:27.459 --> 00:15:28.260 Girl: Where's Noodle anyway? 381 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:29.962 Yvonne: Um, and we've had to get- 382 00:15:30.129 --> 00:15:32.564 Do surgery with him; so his eye, 383 00:15:32.631 --> 00:15:35.434 the fur of his eye was sticking into his eye, 384 00:15:35.634 --> 00:15:40.406 and so he had to get surgery to like pull it down, and he had a bunch of stitches and stuff. 385 00:15:40.472 --> 00:15:44.243 And we had to give him medicine for that; so he does not like us picking him up. 386 00:15:44.310 --> 00:15:47.947 I think he associates it with all that bad stuff, whereas they love the kids. 387 00:15:48.414 --> 00:15:49.081 Yvonne: That's Dash. 388 00:15:49.281 --> 00:15:50.783 So this is the ping pong game. 389 00:15:50.916 --> 00:15:51.417 Sammy: *Laughs* 390 00:15:51.417 --> 00:15:53.118 Yvonne: They play with this for hours on end. 391 00:15:57.089 --> 00:15:58.023 Yvonne: Oh, shoot. 392 00:15:58.157 --> 00:16:00.826 Yvonne: Okay, I need to work on my aim, hahahaha. 393 00:16:00.826 --> 00:16:04.697 Yvonne: So Dash gained a ton of weight every time we got new kittens, 394 00:16:05.264 --> 00:16:08.867 because she was getting really territorial about her food and everything. 395 00:16:15.474 --> 00:16:19.878 Yvonne: She's our, the original cat in the household, or the eldest cat in the household. 396 00:16:19.912 --> 00:16:20.646 Yvonne: So she- 397 00:16:20.713 --> 00:16:22.915 Girl: She's the first female cat we've ever had. 398 00:16:22.948 --> 00:16:26.118 Yvonne: Yeah, so she came as a pair as well. 399 00:16:26.151 --> 00:16:32.391 Um, and her, her sibling, his name was Shadow; 400 00:16:32.424 --> 00:16:36.061 but he's the one that our nanny put in the dryer and died. 401 00:16:36.762 --> 00:16:39.131 Um, yeah; very, very sad. 402 00:16:39.164 --> 00:16:39.565 Sammy: Yeah. 403 00:16:39.665 --> 00:16:44.737 Yvonne: And then uh, and then she, she loves being an only cat; 404 00:16:44.737 --> 00:16:48.640 but unfortunately, too bad for her we're a multi-cat household now. 405 00:16:48.874 --> 00:16:49.908 Sammy: Very lively household. 406 00:16:50.576 --> 00:16:55.280 Yvonne: Yes, between the kids and the cats, it's pretty busy here all the time. 407 00:16:55.681 --> 00:16:58.684 Yvonne: Um, yeah so Dash, that's one thing that's really special about Dash, 408 00:16:58.684 --> 00:17:03.355 is she'll walk and then she'll wait, and then she'll turn back and look at you or meow at you; 409 00:17:03.355 --> 00:17:06.158 and then she'll walk a little bit more, and she expects you to follow her. 410 00:17:06.225 --> 00:17:09.028 Um, and she does that when she wants attention usually. 411 00:17:09.028 --> 00:17:13.098 Yvonne: And usually she's leading you to the cat tree over there that we built ages ago; 412 00:17:13.198 --> 00:17:14.867 and that's usually where she wants to play. 413 00:17:15.501 --> 00:17:19.004 So Linus and I actually built this cat tree, it's completely custom. 414 00:17:19.838 --> 00:17:23.275 Um, it happened very early on, probably like 20 years ago? And we still have it, 415 00:17:23.275 --> 00:17:25.277 and we just recarpet it every so often. 416 00:17:25.277 --> 00:17:27.679 Girl: And we had Rumble and Rocket when we built it. 417 00:17:27.679 --> 00:17:31.283 Yvonne: Rumble and Rocket were Linus's and my original children, cats. 418 00:17:31.316 --> 00:17:31.917 Yvonne and Sammy: *Laughs*. 419 00:17:32.317 --> 00:17:34.286 Yvonne: Um, but unfortunately they got outside. 420 00:17:34.486 --> 00:17:38.190 Uh, so they were Bengal cats and they were really smart, and they knew how to open doors. 421 00:17:38.190 --> 00:17:41.026 Yvonne: So they would hang on the door handle, and if the door wasn't locked 422 00:17:41.093 --> 00:17:43.762 which Linus forgot all the time, um they would get out, 423 00:17:43.962 --> 00:17:46.465 and then we just lost them from being outdoor cats. 424 00:17:46.532 --> 00:17:49.034 We lived in a neighborhood that had a lot of coyotes and things like that. 425 00:17:49.068 --> 00:17:49.468 Sammy: Mmm. 426 00:17:49.501 --> 00:17:50.102 Girl: Coyotes? 427 00:17:50.135 --> 00:17:50.702 Yvonne: Yeah. 428 00:17:50.736 --> 00:17:51.770 Girl: It had coyotes? 429 00:17:51.804 --> 00:17:54.373 Yvonne: Yeah, so now our cats are not allowed outside. 430 00:17:54.406 --> 00:17:56.308 We, we don't want to lose any more animals. 431 00:17:56.408 --> 00:17:57.876 Yvonne: I feel like when you play with cats, 432 00:17:57.910 --> 00:17:59.645 you have to be really careful with their claws. 433 00:17:59.678 --> 00:18:02.581 So you can actually train them to be more gentle with their claws. 434 00:18:02.581 --> 00:18:05.017 Um, and that's something we try to do with our cats; 435 00:18:05.050 --> 00:18:08.187 so the way you do that is our cats really love attention, 436 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:11.290 and so anytime they accidentally use their claws to hurt us, 437 00:18:11.457 --> 00:18:13.058 we give them a little hiss like \"Tsss\", 438 00:18:13.092 --> 00:18:15.427 and then we walk away from them and ignore them. 439 00:18:15.427 --> 00:18:17.496 And it actually works really well. 440 00:18:18.097 --> 00:18:21.233 So these guys, even though they use their claws sometimes; 441 00:18:21.233 --> 00:18:22.801 whenever they're playing with us, 442 00:18:23.001 --> 00:18:24.937 like whenever I'm using my fingers to play with them, 443 00:18:24.970 --> 00:18:26.672 they tend to retract all of their claws. 444 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:30.309 Anyway, the reason we built our own cat tree was because of the height; 445 00:18:30.342 --> 00:18:31.276 like, look how big it is. 446 00:18:31.310 --> 00:18:34.780 It would have been incredibly expensive, but we just made it with like, um- 447 00:18:35.447 --> 00:18:35.948 Girl: Cardboard? 448 00:18:36.081 --> 00:18:37.816 Yvonne: No, it's not made of cardboard; it's made of wood. Girl: Wood. 449 00:18:37.983 --> 00:18:38.450 Yvonne: Yeah. 450 00:18:39.084 --> 00:18:41.920 Sammy: I think I saw, uh, it was like Dennis was here? 451 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.455 Yvonne: Yeah, Dennis helped us recarpet it. 452 00:18:43.555 --> 00:18:44.156 Sammy: Hahaha. 453 00:18:44.189 --> 00:18:44.656 Yvonne: \"Helped\". 454 00:18:44.823 --> 00:18:45.958 Sammy and Yvonne: Hahahahaha. 455 00:18:46.024 --> 00:18:47.025 Girl: You really made that? 456 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:49.661 Yvonne: Yeah, we made it; so we bought, we went to end of the roll, 457 00:18:49.695 --> 00:18:52.264 Yvonne: where they sell like all the last bits of carpet, and then we just bought whatever. 458 00:18:52.264 --> 00:18:54.032 Linus (Faraway): Dennis did almost nothing! 459 00:18:54.166 --> 00:18:56.068 Yvonne: Yeah, Linus said Dennis did almost nothing. 460 00:18:56.735 --> 00:19:00.706 Yvonne: All of the cats love the cat tree; so, it was a good investment. 461 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.274 Yvonne: Hi! 462 00:19:02.474 --> 00:19:05.711 Back when Linus and I had time to do other things. 463 00:19:08.013 --> 00:19:13.051 Yvonne: So these guys, these new guys and Brownie actually tolerate- Girl: They're kinda getting along. 464 00:19:13.085 --> 00:19:15.287 Yvonne: Yeah, they tolerate each other and kind of get along now. 465 00:19:15.287 --> 00:19:18.790 Yvonne: Um, I'd say it probably takes a full year before they actually 466 00:19:18.824 --> 00:19:20.893 properly acclimatize and become friends. 467 00:19:21.093 --> 00:19:23.695 Yvonne: She, she's the one that I was saying gets really fat; 468 00:19:23.729 --> 00:19:26.932 so you can see right now, she's actually- Oh, and she likes to roll over like that. 469 00:19:26.999 --> 00:19:29.568 I don't know if you can see her, but she just did like a somersault. 470 00:19:30.502 --> 00:19:33.105 Um yeah, so she loves bum scratches; 471 00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:35.574 and when you give her bum scratches and she's on all fours, 472 00:19:35.574 --> 00:19:39.144 she'll like roll over face-floor to get her bum scratches. 473 00:19:39.778 --> 00:19:42.114 Um, and she's the one that gains a lot of weight 474 00:19:42.114 --> 00:19:44.516 and gets really territorial when other cats come in; 475 00:19:44.516 --> 00:19:48.754 and so she's still a little bit, uh, she's still got a little extra right now. 476 00:19:48.887 --> 00:19:51.456 you can tell when she's starting to get comfortable with the other cats, 477 00:19:51.456 --> 00:19:53.859 or less territorial, because she starts losing that weight. 478 00:19:53.892 --> 00:19:57.796 Girl: Mom, I think Panda is part Siamese; but do you know what Missy is? 479 00:19:57.796 --> 00:19:59.698 Yvonne: No, she's just c.a.t, cat. 480 00:20:01.934 --> 00:20:02.434 Yvonne: Hi. 481 00:20:03.135 --> 00:20:04.236 Linus: I'm surprised they're all hanging out. 482 00:20:04.269 --> 00:20:08.073 Yvonne: Yeah, so yeah, I think almost all the cats except for noodle are here right now; 483 00:20:08.106 --> 00:20:13.011 so the two kittens are up there, and Brownie is inside the cat tree. 484 00:20:13.045 --> 00:20:14.646 Girl: No, he's sitting there. Yvonne: Oh, right there, yeah. 485 00:20:15.047 --> 00:20:19.451 Yvonne: And then dash is being pet here; she gets very jealous, 486 00:20:19.451 --> 00:20:21.286 so she'll meow at you when she wants attention. 487 00:20:21.587 --> 00:20:23.855 Yvonne: Well, thanks for joining me and meeting all of my cats. 488 00:20:23.855 --> 00:20:29.861 Um, if you enjoyed that, Check out the previous Yvonne week videos","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"Yvonne: Hey guys, welcome back to Floatplane Exclusives. 2 00:00:02.435 --> 00:00:04.170 This week we're going to meet my cats. 3 00:00:04.204 --> 00:00:07.273 So if you watched the behind the scenes extras of another video, 4 00:00:07.273 --> 00:00:11.778 I think you saw me coming home with two new cats? And it's these guys right here. 5 00:00:11.778 --> 00:00:16.316 So we're actually up to five cats now, which seems crazy, and kind of is; 6 00:00:16.316 --> 00:00:18.785 but hey, it's one per person, so it can't be that crazy yet. 7 00:00:19.886 --> 00:00:22.722 Yvonne: This is Panda over here, and this is Missy. 8 00:00:22.756 --> 00:00:27.360 So the way they happened actually is we have a neighbor that lives behind us, 9 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:29.195 and she messaged us being like, hey guys, 10 00:00:29.229 --> 00:00:34.234 like my neighbor just got a cat in her shed and it gave birth to six kittens, 11 00:00:34.234 --> 00:00:35.368 and they don't know what to do. 12 00:00:35.402 --> 00:00:36.369 Like, can you please help us? 13 00:00:36.636 --> 00:00:40.607 So we went over there and sure enough, these guys were so tiny. 14 00:00:40.640 --> 00:00:43.510 We didn't know if they were four weeks old, five weeks old, 15 00:00:43.510 --> 00:00:46.913 or kind of what they were; so we tried to figure that out 16 00:00:46.946 --> 00:00:50.950 based on what their face shapes look like, and how many teeth they had, and things like that. 17 00:00:50.984 --> 00:00:51.651 This is Panda. 18 00:00:51.885 --> 00:00:52.719 Hi Panda! 19 00:00:52.952 --> 00:00:53.920 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 20 00:00:53.953 --> 00:00:57.190 Yvonne: And yeah, and then we just ended up falling in love with them. 21 00:00:57.223 --> 00:01:01.161 And then of course you have to get two when you get new cats. 22 00:01:01.227 --> 00:01:02.262 Sammy: You can't leave one alone. 23 00:01:02.562 --> 00:01:03.063 Yvonne: No. 24 00:01:03.229 --> 00:01:06.399 Yvonne: But part of the reason we got two is because we already had three cats; 25 00:01:06.399 --> 00:01:08.501 and we wanted to make sure that they had buddies, 26 00:01:08.501 --> 00:01:10.437 and somebody that they were comfortable playing with. 27 00:01:10.470 --> 00:01:12.772 And we didn't want them to get bullied by the bigger adult cats. 28 00:01:12.806 --> 00:01:13.239 Sammy: Mhmm. 29 00:01:13.273 --> 00:01:16.209 Yvonne: So yeah, this way they always have each other, and they do stick together a lot. 30 00:01:16.242 --> 00:01:18.078 Yvonne: I don't know what kind of cat he is. 31 00:01:18.078 --> 00:01:22.182 So the mom was a calico cat; she was black, with orange and white spots. 32 00:01:22.482 --> 00:01:25.251 He looks kind of like a Siamese or a rag doll. 33 00:01:25.285 --> 00:01:27.087 And we didn't think he was going to keep his blue eyes. 34 00:01:27.087 --> 00:01:29.823 So apparently cats are always born with blue eyes, 35 00:01:29.823 --> 00:01:33.526 but around the six or seven or eight week mark, they change color. 36 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:34.094 Sammy: For real? 37 00:01:34.127 --> 00:01:36.763 Yvonne: Yeah, but his never changed; so his, his is still blue. 38 00:01:36.763 --> 00:01:39.199 I don't think he's a rag doll, cause apparently when you pick up a rag doll 39 00:01:39.199 --> 00:01:41.968 they're just supposed to be like really limp, and he's not. 40 00:01:42.202 --> 00:01:44.037 So I wonder if he's more like a Siamese? 41 00:01:44.070 --> 00:01:45.738 Yvonne: Oh man, he's so spoiled now. 42 00:01:45.738 --> 00:01:48.741 So when we first got them, they ate and drank whatever. 43 00:01:48.908 --> 00:01:53.113 Um, but now he's learned from our other cats where once- 44 00:01:53.113 --> 00:01:54.981 The minute we turn on the sink, he comes running. 45 00:01:55.014 --> 00:01:55.348 Sammy: Oh. 46 00:01:55.415 --> 00:01:58.351 Yvonne: And he only drinks from the sink now, and he's not the brightest cat, 47 00:01:58.351 --> 00:02:00.520 so he only knows how to drink from the sink one way. 48 00:02:00.553 --> 00:02:01.421 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 49 00:02:01.421 --> 00:02:03.990 Yvonne: Her name is Missy; so she- 50 00:02:04.023 --> 00:02:06.960 Okay, I did not know the orange cat was a meme? 51 00:02:06.993 --> 00:02:07.494 Sammy: Yeah. 52 00:02:07.494 --> 00:02:09.362 Yvonne: At all, until I met Missy; 53 00:02:09.395 --> 00:02:12.832 and then I was explaining her behavior to some of my friends and, 54 00:02:13.299 --> 00:02:14.334 and then they told me about it. 55 00:02:14.334 --> 00:02:16.469 I was like, that is totally her... 56 00:02:16.469 --> 00:02:17.704 Sammy: Orange cat energy. 57 00:02:17.737 --> 00:02:18.171 Yvonne: Yeah. 58 00:02:18.204 --> 00:02:21.674 Um, so when we saw all six kittens, 59 00:02:21.975 --> 00:02:24.277 um, we actually had a really hard time picking. 60 00:02:24.544 --> 00:02:26.980 A lot of people will pick cats based on their looks, 61 00:02:27.347 --> 00:02:30.483 but we like to pick cats based on their personality actually. 62 00:02:30.717 --> 00:02:33.820 Oh wait, right; I was talking about the mom and the, the kittens; sorry. 63 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:35.455 I got, I got distracted. 64 00:02:35.588 --> 00:02:36.556 They're too cute. 65 00:02:36.623 --> 00:02:40.860 Um, apparently, people don't know this, but look how different they look; 66 00:02:40.860 --> 00:02:42.629 and this is very different than the mom, 67 00:02:42.662 --> 00:02:45.031 and very different than the other kittens in the pack too. 68 00:02:45.031 --> 00:02:46.499 Um, or in the litter. 69 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:53.606 Apparently, a cat can be impregnated by multiple dads during the same birth. 70 00:02:53.640 --> 00:02:54.107 Sammy: Really? 71 00:02:54.140 --> 00:02:56.776 Yvonne: So yeah, so that's why you have such different looking cats. 72 00:02:57.110 --> 00:03:02.248 Yvonne: So this is Missy, and we called her Socks at first before she had an official name; 73 00:03:02.282 --> 00:03:05.018 because of all the white, all the white that she has. 74 00:03:05.051 --> 00:03:08.221 She is extremely friendly, extremely needy. 75 00:03:08.621 --> 00:03:11.324 In the middle of the night she'll come and sleep next to me, 76 00:03:11.391 --> 00:03:13.793 and like lay like a scarf over my neck. Sammy: Hahaha. 77 00:03:14.661 --> 00:03:17.263 Yvonne: Um, she's very playful, very affectionate. 78 00:03:17.497 --> 00:03:18.865 Sammy: How old are they? 79 00:03:18.898 --> 00:03:21.768 Yvonne: So they're probably about 10 weeks now? We're- 80 00:03:21.768 --> 00:03:22.101 Sammy: *unintelligible* 81 00:03:22.101 --> 00:03:27.473 Yvonne: Yeah, so we, we did manage to actually nail their um- 82 00:03:27.674 --> 00:03:30.577 Not to the exact day, but to the week, how old they were; 83 00:03:30.610 --> 00:03:32.779 because we brought them into the vet to confirm. 84 00:03:32.946 --> 00:03:33.479 Sammy: Yeah. 85 00:03:34.147 --> 00:03:37.083 Yvonne: And yeah, so I don't know. 86 00:03:37.150 --> 00:03:40.553 Um, I feel like we're the house that takes in strays now; 87 00:03:40.553 --> 00:03:42.655 because our last two cats were strays too. 88 00:03:42.655 --> 00:03:45.124 Sammy: Which one is like the most social? 89 00:03:45.291 --> 00:03:46.459 Yvonne: Oh, she is. 90 00:03:46.492 --> 00:03:47.160 Sammy: Hahaha. Yvonne: Yeah. 91 00:03:47.193 --> 00:03:51.731 Yvonne: And what's funny is I would have expected kittens, um, to, 92 00:03:51.764 --> 00:03:53.967 come into a house like this with other cats and be scared; 93 00:03:54.133 --> 00:03:57.604 but they came in and they were just like, nope, we don't care about anything. 94 00:03:57.904 --> 00:03:59.038 We're going to do our thing. 95 00:03:59.572 --> 00:04:02.342 And uh, they've kind of taken over the house. Sammy: Hahahaha. 96 00:04:03.343 --> 00:04:05.245 Yvonne: I thought there would be like this power struggle, 97 00:04:05.812 --> 00:04:09.315 and they would be at the bottom of the food chain, but like no, not at all; 98 00:04:09.349 --> 00:04:13.753 they just don't care, they just walk up to the adult cats and they're just in their faces. 99 00:04:13.786 --> 00:04:14.420 Sammy: Hahahaha. 100 00:04:15.021 --> 00:04:18.458 Sammy: Do you think that's like them not knowing? Or it's just, they actually just don't care? 101 00:04:18.658 --> 00:04:19.359 Yvonne: I don't know. 102 00:04:19.492 --> 00:04:20.360 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 103 00:04:22.629 --> 00:04:23.229 Sammy: So cute. 104 00:04:24.364 --> 00:04:26.099 Yvonne: They love ping pong balls. 105 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:27.400 Sammy: Hahahaha. 106 00:04:27.467 --> 00:04:31.771 Yeah, um, they especially love ping pong balls on um, on the stairs. 107 00:04:33.006 --> 00:04:35.508 And so we'll be at the bottom of the stairs, I'll show you after; 108 00:04:35.508 --> 00:04:37.577 we'll be at the bottom of the stairs and we'll throw the ping pong ball up, 109 00:04:37.577 --> 00:04:39.112 and then it bounces a little bit. 110 00:04:39.112 --> 00:04:42.849 And so they love chasing it down the stairs and then it drops all the way down, 111 00:04:42.882 --> 00:04:43.950 and then we toss it back up for them. 112 00:04:44.484 --> 00:04:46.219 Yvonne: Here, yeah, if you want to toss it to them. 113 00:04:51.858 --> 00:04:55.495 Yvonne: So these guys are pretty awake right now, but they do spend a lot of their time sleeping. 114 00:04:55.495 --> 00:04:58.965 They seem to have adjusted to our schedule though, they seem to sleep whenever we're not home; 115 00:04:58.965 --> 00:05:02.935 and then the minute we come home, they kind of awake or awaken and come see us. 116 00:05:03.002 --> 00:05:04.237 They're very social. 117 00:05:04.270 --> 00:05:07.307 That's one of the benefits I think of having kids, is socializing cats. 118 00:05:07.340 --> 00:05:10.009 So I actually used to be more of a dog person? 119 00:05:10.043 --> 00:05:10.443 Sammy: Yeah? 120 00:05:10.443 --> 00:05:13.279 Yvonne: Um, but I think that was because I had never really had cats, 121 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.581 or experienced really social cats. 122 00:05:15.615 --> 00:05:19.452 And I think, um, kind of like dogs, where you can have good dogs and bad dogs, 123 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:22.789 it really comes down to the owner and how well they've trained them, and socialize them, 124 00:05:22.789 --> 00:05:25.958 and things like that; but we got cats and now I'm, I'm like, 125 00:05:26.259 --> 00:05:26.959 Sammy: Hahahaha. 126 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:27.660 Yvonne: I'm converted. 127 00:05:27.694 --> 00:05:28.795 Sammy and Yvonne: *Laughs* 128 00:05:28.861 --> 00:05:31.164 Yvonne: Um, cause they can be so social. 129 00:05:31.197 --> 00:05:33.666 And the kids, they'll just like pick them up, hold them, whatever. 130 00:05:33.666 --> 00:05:36.502 Like you should see my daughter, she just like picks up our really big cat 131 00:05:36.502 --> 00:05:37.970 and just like rolls on the ground with him. 132 00:05:37.970 --> 00:05:39.839 Like she'll wrestle him, which is really funny; 133 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:41.307 and he tolerates it, he loves it. 134 00:05:41.341 --> 00:05:42.575 He starts purring all the time. 135 00:05:42.709 --> 00:05:44.877 So I don't know if most people know, but purring, 136 00:05:45.111 --> 00:05:48.715 like that rumbling noise that they make is a sign that they're happy, or content; 137 00:05:48.715 --> 00:05:52.618 but sometimes they can actually do it when they're scared and they're trying to self-soothe, 138 00:05:52.652 --> 00:05:53.653 or if they have an injury. 139 00:05:53.653 --> 00:05:54.354 Sammy: Oh, really? 140 00:05:54.354 --> 00:05:54.754 Yvonne: Yeah. 141 00:05:55.521 --> 00:05:58.057 Yvonne: Um, but yeah, just interesting cat facts. 142 00:05:58.157 --> 00:06:03.896 Oh, so their tail and their body language can give away a lot of how they're feeling. 143 00:06:04.364 --> 00:06:06.366 So right now they're very curious. 144 00:06:07.967 --> 00:06:09.402 Sammy: They kinda just been staring at me all day. 145 00:06:09.869 --> 00:06:10.503 Yvonne: Yeah. 146 00:06:10.503 --> 00:06:13.639 And, uh, they also do this thing when they um, when they're happy; 147 00:06:13.673 --> 00:06:17.443 my vet calls it the \"I love you eyes\", where they'll, they'll close their eyes a little bit 148 00:06:17.443 --> 00:06:18.878 and they'll really slowly blink. 149 00:06:18.945 --> 00:06:19.412 Sammy: Oh yeah. 150 00:06:19.412 --> 00:06:22.415 Yvonne: And, and that's apparently them communicating that they really like you 151 00:06:22.448 --> 00:06:23.316 and are comfortable with you. 152 00:06:23.316 --> 00:06:25.017 And you're supposed to, she does it back to the cats; 153 00:06:25.084 --> 00:06:27.620 so we've been practicing doing that with our cats too. 154 00:06:28.020 --> 00:06:30.456 Yvonne: Uh, their tail gives away a lot of how they feel. 155 00:06:30.490 --> 00:06:35.094 So, um, when they're, when they're actually wagging their tail back and forth; 156 00:06:35.128 --> 00:06:37.730 they're, it's not like a dog; they're not happy. 157 00:06:38.398 --> 00:06:41.134 They're usually like agitated and it'll like flick like this. 158 00:06:41.367 --> 00:06:45.705 Um, but when it's like kind of like a question mark, like she was doing this now, 159 00:06:45.738 --> 00:06:48.808 it just means they're like content or curious or whatever. 160 00:06:49.308 --> 00:06:53.446 Um, when their tails get really puffy, it's usually because they're scared 161 00:06:53.479 --> 00:06:57.784 or they're um, trying to appear really big to somebody else. 162 00:06:58.384 --> 00:06:59.419 To scare them away. 163 00:07:00.420 --> 00:07:04.457 Um, they'll also hiss when they're trying to communicate. 164 00:07:04.791 --> 00:07:08.094 They do talk too, like they'll meow, and they have different types of meowing; 165 00:07:08.694 --> 00:07:12.432 but they don't do it very often, usually when they want attention. 166 00:07:12.465 --> 00:07:17.036 Like if we're not, if we haven't been a home a lot or they're trying to get in somewhere, 167 00:07:17.069 --> 00:07:19.238 like if the door is closed, they'll meow a lot. 168 00:07:19.605 --> 00:07:20.072 Sammy: Yeah. 169 00:07:20.106 --> 00:07:21.774 Yvonne: So you might see it, because I've closed this door; 170 00:07:21.774 --> 00:07:23.709 but usually it would be if they were locked on that side. 171 00:07:23.709 --> 00:07:24.544 Missy: *Meowing* 172 00:07:24.577 --> 00:07:25.411 Yvonne: Oh, there we go. 173 00:07:25.411 --> 00:07:26.646 Sammy: Hahahaha. Yvonne: Did you hear that one? 174 00:07:27.146 --> 00:07:30.383 Yvonne: So usually they would meow when they're on that side and I'm in here, 175 00:07:30.416 --> 00:07:32.118 and I'm not letting them in, and they're trying to get in. 176 00:07:34.454 --> 00:07:36.722 Yvonne: Can you hear? Oh, hey. 177 00:07:36.756 --> 00:07:37.990 Sammy: Oh, hahahahahaha. 178 00:07:39.158 --> 00:07:41.894 Yvonne: Um, they do usually like to be around us. 179 00:07:41.928 --> 00:07:42.695 Um, I think- 180 00:07:42.695 --> 00:07:44.664 Sammy: It's cause I'm here probably. 181 00:07:44.697 --> 00:07:48.034 Yvonne: Actually, I think it might be because they just heard Linus come down. 182 00:07:48.067 --> 00:07:48.901 Sammy: Oooh. 183 00:07:48.935 --> 00:07:49.635 Yvonne: Yeah. 184 00:07:49.836 --> 00:07:52.371 Um, but these guys like, 185 00:07:52.405 --> 00:07:57.810 I know he just kind of ran away when I tried to pet him, but they are very, very social. 186 00:07:57.944 --> 00:08:02.782 Um, every time we come home, all five cats kind of come running down the stairs to like greet us. 187 00:08:02.949 --> 00:08:06.719 And when I say social, some cats want to just be around you. 188 00:08:06.752 --> 00:08:07.854 It doesn't matter what you're doing. 189 00:08:07.920 --> 00:08:09.889 They might not want to be touched, but they want to be around you. 190 00:08:09.889 --> 00:08:12.158 And some cats are very, very affectionate. 191 00:08:12.792 --> 00:08:15.862 Uh, one thing we try to teach our kittens to do very early on- 192 00:08:15.862 --> 00:08:16.429 Panda: *Meows*. 193 00:08:16.629 --> 00:08:17.730 Yvonne: Oh, I know. 194 00:08:18.097 --> 00:08:19.031 is um- 195 00:08:19.899 --> 00:08:20.733 Hey hey hey. 196 00:08:20.933 --> 00:08:22.134 So when we get kittens- 197 00:08:22.168 --> 00:08:23.469 Panda: *Meows*. Yvonne: No, no, no. 198 00:08:24.303 --> 00:08:26.506 Yvonne: Um, we teach them to be held. 199 00:08:26.539 --> 00:08:28.574 Um, and we don't let go of them; 200 00:08:28.774 --> 00:08:31.677 because when they get older and bigger, if they fight you, 201 00:08:31.711 --> 00:08:33.980 they can actually do some serious damage. 202 00:08:34.013 --> 00:08:36.682 So we train them when they're young to once you're held, 203 00:08:36.682 --> 00:08:38.351 you don't get down until we put you down. 204 00:08:38.851 --> 00:08:41.153 Yvonne: Hi, and our kids are really good with that. 205 00:08:42.021 --> 00:08:43.055 Sammy: *unintelligible* 206 00:08:44.156 --> 00:08:46.459 Yvonne: Oh, that's Brownie! Should we let Brownie in? 207 00:08:46.959 --> 00:08:49.262 Yvonne: Or is that what you were looking at instead of Linus? 208 00:08:49.295 --> 00:08:50.229 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 209 00:08:50.396 --> 00:08:53.666 Yvonne: Okay, so Brownie here, I'm going to let- Should I let these guys out? 210 00:08:53.766 --> 00:08:54.166 Sammy: Yeah. 211 00:08:54.300 --> 00:08:54.767 Yvonne: Yeah? 212 00:08:55.401 --> 00:08:56.035 Yvonne: Hi Missy. 213 00:08:56.168 --> 00:08:58.204 Yvonne: Well, I want, I wanted to get purring. 214 00:08:58.204 --> 00:09:00.139 She's- She usually purrs a lot. 215 00:09:00.373 --> 00:09:03.876 Yvonne: Um, oh, I guess another thing is a lot of cats don't like their belly rubs. 216 00:09:03.910 --> 00:09:06.879 So sometimes you'll see cats, they'll roll over and expose their belly. 217 00:09:06.879 --> 00:09:07.280 Sammy: Yeah. 218 00:09:07.313 --> 00:09:09.549 Yvonne: And they're trying to tell you that they're like comfortable with you. 219 00:09:09.582 --> 00:09:09.982 Sammy: Yeah. 220 00:09:10.182 --> 00:09:12.451 Yvonne: Um, but our cats love belly rubs. 221 00:09:12.552 --> 00:09:12.952 Sammy: Yeah. 222 00:09:12.985 --> 00:09:14.554 Yvonne: Especially him, Brownie; 223 00:09:14.587 --> 00:09:17.890 he'll just come in and he'll just like lay on the floor, flop over. 224 00:09:18.090 --> 00:09:19.692 Yeah, okay; I'll let you out. 225 00:09:19.725 --> 00:09:20.459 You can let Brownie in. 226 00:09:22.161 --> 00:09:23.029 Yvonne: There you go. 227 00:09:23.563 --> 00:09:24.063 Sammy: Goodbyee. 228 00:09:26.699 --> 00:09:27.199 Yvonne: Hi. 229 00:09:30.436 --> 00:09:31.704 Do you see his paw? 230 00:09:31.704 --> 00:09:32.672 Sammy: Yeah. 231 00:09:33.406 --> 00:09:34.974 Yvonne: That is, he's not the brightest cat. 232 00:09:35.107 --> 00:09:36.242 Yvonne: That's not how you get out. 233 00:09:37.643 --> 00:09:43.015 Yvonne: Um, Brownie and Noodle were cats that were living in our backyard? 234 00:09:43.449 --> 00:09:45.718 So we were doing a lot of landscaping and renovations, 235 00:09:46.319 --> 00:09:49.956 and they were out, just strays living in all of that construction. 236 00:09:50.690 --> 00:09:54.293 And so we got them when they were quite a bit older; so they- 237 00:09:54.293 --> 00:09:57.463 Even though they're socialized, they still have some wild in them. 238 00:09:57.597 --> 00:09:58.030 Sammy: Yeah. 239 00:09:58.030 --> 00:10:01.300 Yvonne: And actually our vet thinks, because they don't know what breed these guys are, 240 00:10:01.334 --> 00:10:03.502 but our vet thinks that they are more of a wild breed; 241 00:10:03.536 --> 00:10:06.005 because if you look at their ears, they have like their, 242 00:10:06.372 --> 00:10:07.840 their looks are just a little different. 243 00:10:08.107 --> 00:10:08.474 Sammy: Yeah. 244 00:10:08.608 --> 00:10:09.375 Yvonne: Hi! 245 00:10:09.475 --> 00:10:11.010 Yvonne: Oh, it's okay. 246 00:10:12.144 --> 00:10:13.679 They don't like to be locked in anywhere. 247 00:10:15.281 --> 00:10:17.350 Um, they usually roam the whole house. 248 00:10:17.416 --> 00:10:20.453 They're actually really good though about not going outside; 249 00:10:20.620 --> 00:10:24.190 I think maybe because they lived outside, and they knew what that was like. 250 00:10:24.190 --> 00:10:26.292 Yvonne: He, you can see he's quite a bit of a bigger cat. 251 00:10:26.459 --> 00:10:26.826 Sammy: Yeah. 252 00:10:26.993 --> 00:10:28.961 Yvonne: Do you see him rubbing his face on things? 253 00:10:28.995 --> 00:10:29.395 Sammy: Yeah. 254 00:10:29.428 --> 00:10:30.229 Yvonne: Oh, there you go. 255 00:10:30.997 --> 00:10:35.234 Yvonne: Now he's purring; I don't know if you can hear him, but he just- 256 00:10:35.267 --> 00:10:37.503 This is what I mean by he just like rolls around, 257 00:10:37.536 --> 00:10:40.172 and exposes his belly, and he's purring now. 258 00:10:41.107 --> 00:10:42.775 Yvonne: It's okay. You're fine. 259 00:10:43.909 --> 00:10:44.910 Sammy: How old is Brownie? 260 00:10:45.244 --> 00:10:47.146 Yvonne: Uh, so we think Brownie is two years old. 261 00:10:47.413 --> 00:10:48.114 Sammy: Two? Okay. 262 00:10:48.147 --> 00:10:48.714 Yvonne: Yeah. 263 00:10:48.748 --> 00:10:51.751 Yvonne: But because we got him so much older than the little kittens, 264 00:10:51.917 --> 00:10:54.620 so when they're kittens, they develop really fast 265 00:10:54.654 --> 00:10:56.255 and you can kind of see differences week to week; 266 00:10:56.389 --> 00:11:00.292 but once they, once they get to adulthood really- Like they get to adulthood really quickly, 267 00:11:00.292 --> 00:11:03.295 and it can be really hard to tell the age difference at that point. 268 00:11:03.329 --> 00:11:03.763 Sammy: Yeah. 269 00:11:03.763 --> 00:11:06.766 Yvonne: And so we got them quite a lot older, so it was harder to tell, 270 00:11:06.766 --> 00:11:09.101 but that's what we think, we think he's two. 271 00:11:09.268 --> 00:11:11.137 The kids picked Brownie and Noodle's name. 272 00:11:11.303 --> 00:11:13.005 So Noodle is his pair, his brother. 273 00:11:13.072 --> 00:11:13.606 Sammy: Yeah. 274 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:17.543 Yvonne: We actually found the- What we believed to be the dad as well. 275 00:11:17.576 --> 00:11:18.144 Sammy: Oh really? 276 00:11:18.177 --> 00:11:18.711 Yvonne: Yeah. 277 00:11:18.744 --> 00:11:23.649 Yvonne: But we couldn't keep him because, uh at least we thought we couldn't keep him. 278 00:11:24.083 --> 00:11:26.852 But if we had known that we were going to be a five cat household, I guess we could have, 279 00:11:27.353 --> 00:11:29.088 but we thought it would be too many at the time. 280 00:11:29.755 --> 00:11:34.193 Um, but he was a real sweetheart and our vet told, told us that um, 281 00:11:34.193 --> 00:11:36.162 she thought he would be no problem getting adopted. 282 00:11:37.930 --> 00:11:38.931 Sammy: Do you plan to get more cats? 283 00:11:39.165 --> 00:11:39.932 Yvonne: Oh no. 284 00:11:40.032 --> 00:11:40.700 Sammy: Hahahaha. 285 00:11:40.833 --> 00:11:44.670 Yvonne: But honestly, after these guys we, we didn't plan to get more either. 286 00:11:44.704 --> 00:11:47.006 And then, and then the two new kittens happened. 287 00:11:47.006 --> 00:11:49.675 Look, at some point we have to stop adopting strays. 288 00:11:50.943 --> 00:11:51.243 Yvonne: Yeah. 289 00:11:51.243 --> 00:11:53.045 Sammy: Is there anything uh, cool about Brownie? 290 00:11:53.713 --> 00:11:54.580 Brownie: *Long meow*. 291 00:11:54.580 --> 00:11:56.348 Brownie: *Long meow*. 292 00:11:56.782 --> 00:12:00.119 Yvonne: That is his unhappy, \"I want to get out\" noise. 293 00:12:00.853 --> 00:12:05.825 Um, Brownie is the kind of cat that doesn't necessarily like to be picked up. 294 00:12:05.891 --> 00:12:10.763 but what he really enjoys doing is he likes marking his scent on places; 295 00:12:10.796 --> 00:12:13.466 so you'll notice he'll go around and he'll put his face 296 00:12:13.466 --> 00:12:15.334 and he'll just like rub it against things. 297 00:12:15.367 --> 00:12:16.435 I don't know if he's going to do it right now. 298 00:12:16.435 --> 00:12:17.336 Yvonne: There you go, do you see that? 299 00:12:17.403 --> 00:12:17.870 Sammy: Oh. 300 00:12:17.870 --> 00:12:19.505 Yvonne: Like he rubs his entire body. 301 00:12:19.538 --> 00:12:23.242 So when you're walking, so he's rubbing against my side right now. 302 00:12:23.375 --> 00:12:25.978 So when you're walking or just doing things like just sitting here, 303 00:12:26.145 --> 00:12:28.848 he'll just come up and push on you; and that's his way of showing affection. 304 00:12:29.281 --> 00:12:31.751 He doesn't as much, as the kittens- 305 00:12:31.751 --> 00:12:33.052 Like the kittens, if I'm just sitting here, 306 00:12:33.052 --> 00:12:34.987 they'll come and they'll sit in my lap and they'll fall asleep. 307 00:12:35.221 --> 00:12:40.092 Um, Brownie, he likes to just kind of be near you, and just rub himself on you. 308 00:12:40.493 --> 00:12:45.164 Brownie is just a really social, but in a different kind of way cat. 309 00:12:45.397 --> 00:12:47.633 Brownie: *Taps door*. Yvonne: Um, hi. 310 00:12:48.734 --> 00:12:49.602 Sammy: I think he really wants to go. 311 00:12:49.835 --> 00:12:51.437 Yvonne: Yeah, okay; I'm going to let him go. 312 00:12:51.804 --> 00:12:53.339 Do you want to see anything else about Brownie? 313 00:12:53.439 --> 00:12:57.309 Sammy: Uh, is there anything like I guess, we should know about Brownie, I guess? 314 00:12:57.443 --> 00:13:01.213 Yvonne: Um well, he got named Brownie because he was really sweet, so- 315 00:13:01.213 --> 00:13:01.680 Sammy: Oh, hahahahaha. 316 00:13:01.680 --> 00:13:03.482 Yvonne: That was really soft and sweet. 317 00:13:03.716 --> 00:13:04.617 Sammy: Oooh. 318 00:13:04.984 --> 00:13:07.753 Sammy: I thought it was because he had a more like, brownish color. 319 00:13:07.887 --> 00:13:09.555 Yvonne: Oh, well that, that too. 320 00:13:09.588 --> 00:13:10.556 Sammy: Hahahaha. 321 00:13:10.589 --> 00:13:12.992 Yvonne: So our, yeah, our cats named Noodle and Brownie; 322 00:13:13.025 --> 00:13:17.963 so they named Noodle, \"Noodle\" because he literally lays like a, like a limp noodle. 323 00:13:17.997 --> 00:13:21.367 Yeah, um, and then Brownie was just the complete opposite. 324 00:13:21.400 --> 00:13:23.035 It seems like every time we get cats, 325 00:13:23.202 --> 00:13:26.972 we always get one that is like super sweet and affectionate like Brownie, 326 00:13:26.972 --> 00:13:30.009 and then we get one like Noodle, which is more shy; 327 00:13:30.376 --> 00:13:31.877 and I wonder if it's because he's a bully. 328 00:13:31.911 --> 00:13:33.179 Sammy and Yvonne: *Laughs*. 329 00:13:34.013 --> 00:13:36.715 Yvonne: Yeah, I think he's a pretty big cat. 330 00:13:37.383 --> 00:13:38.284 Yvonne: Can you hear him purring? 331 00:13:38.284 --> 00:13:38.751 Sammy: Yeah. 332 00:13:38.784 --> 00:13:39.952 Yvonne: Yeah, hi. 333 00:13:40.119 --> 00:13:43.956 Uh so yeah, he loves his face touched; I know some cats don't like that. 334 00:13:44.023 --> 00:13:46.559 And he likes his belly rubs. 335 00:13:47.660 --> 00:13:48.260 Yvonne: Hi. 336 00:13:48.961 --> 00:13:50.129 Are you being camera shy? 337 00:13:51.263 --> 00:13:51.864 Okay. 338 00:13:52.064 --> 00:13:53.799 Yeah, can you see the tips of his ears? 339 00:13:53.933 --> 00:13:57.036 How they have like the little tufts of fur? or his face? Sammy: Yeah. 340 00:13:57.236 --> 00:13:57.703 Yvonne: Yeah. 341 00:13:58.904 --> 00:14:02.675 Yvonne: Oh yeah, so what he was doing just now, that's called making biscuits. 342 00:14:02.708 --> 00:14:06.645 Um, I had a friend once that had never been around cats before, 343 00:14:06.645 --> 00:14:09.048 and she was laying on the couch, and the cat came over 344 00:14:09.048 --> 00:14:10.749 and started like making biscuits on her chest; 345 00:14:10.749 --> 00:14:12.585 so that's where they're like kneading with their claws. 346 00:14:12.651 --> 00:14:15.654 And she was like, Oh my goodness this cat hates me, it's scratching me. 347 00:14:15.688 --> 00:14:20.459 But actually making biscuits is them being happy, and enjoying you, and liking you. 348 00:14:20.492 --> 00:14:23.696 Um, when they're kittens, it comes from stimulating milk production 349 00:14:23.729 --> 00:14:24.196 Sammy: Ooooh. 350 00:14:24.230 --> 00:14:26.098 Yvonne: when they're, when they need their moms. 351 00:14:26.498 --> 00:14:27.900 Yvonne: Okay, there we go. 352 00:14:28.000 --> 00:14:30.236 Um, I am not going to try to capture Noodle. 353 00:14:30.269 --> 00:14:34.506 He does not like to be captured, but I'm sure we'll see him around too. 354 00:14:34.540 --> 00:14:35.507 Yvonne: Do you want to come for- 355 00:14:35.574 --> 00:14:36.508 Come look for him? 356 00:14:36.542 --> 00:14:38.477 And I don't know where Dash is, we'll look for her. 357 00:14:38.777 --> 00:14:39.745 Yvonne: Oh yeah, that's Noodle. 358 00:14:40.846 --> 00:14:43.682 Uh, he's probably going to scoot away the minute we go downstairs though. 359 00:14:43.716 --> 00:14:44.416 Girl: Hi Missy. 360 00:14:44.984 --> 00:14:46.252 Sammy: Noodle's very content. 361 00:14:47.086 --> 00:14:48.721 Yvonne: Uh, sort of. 362 00:14:48.754 --> 00:14:49.822 Yvonne: He's a limp Noodle. 363 00:14:50.422 --> 00:14:51.757 Yvonne: Uh, this is what I mean by cat- 364 00:14:51.790 --> 00:14:54.126 Uh, kids are really good at socializing pets. 365 00:14:54.326 --> 00:14:56.295 They just like pick them up however. 366 00:14:56.462 --> 00:14:57.096 Yvonne: That's Noodle. 367 00:14:57.129 --> 00:14:59.398 He is, hi! 368 00:15:00.466 --> 00:15:01.901 Do you see him being a limp Noodle? 369 00:15:02.501 --> 00:15:04.904 Yvonne: He's not really doing it very much right now. Sammy: I’m just trying not to scare him 370 00:15:04.970 --> 00:15:09.108 Yvonne: So he is by far our most, our most shy cat. 371 00:15:09.108 --> 00:15:14.113 He's always kind of peripherally nearby, but he, he tolerates the kids. 372 00:15:14.146 --> 00:15:14.580 Hi. 373 00:15:14.613 --> 00:15:17.516 The kids um, picking him up and stuff, 374 00:15:17.549 --> 00:15:19.118 but he actually doesn't like it when Linus and I do it; 375 00:15:19.151 --> 00:15:19.785 Sammy: Hahahahaha. 376 00:15:19.785 --> 00:15:22.087 Yvonne: and I think that's because we have to bring him to the vet. 377 00:15:22.121 --> 00:15:23.422 Girl: It's because he loves me. 378 00:15:23.589 --> 00:15:25.925 Yvonne: So it's usually because we're picking him up, 379 00:15:25.925 --> 00:15:27.426 Yvonne: and putting him in the carrier and taking him away. 380 00:15:27.459 --> 00:15:28.260 Girl: Where's Noodle anyway? 381 00:15:28.260 --> 00:15:29.962 Yvonne: Um, and we've had to get- 382 00:15:30.129 --> 00:15:32.564 Do surgery with him; so his eye, 383 00:15:32.631 --> 00:15:35.434 the fur of his eye was sticking into his eye, 384 00:15:35.634 --> 00:15:40.406 and so he had to get surgery to like pull it down, and he had a bunch of stitches and stuff. 385 00:15:40.472 --> 00:15:44.243 And we had to give him medicine for that; so he does not like us picking him up. 386 00:15:44.310 --> 00:15:47.947 I think he associates it with all that bad stuff, whereas they love the kids. 387 00:15:48.414 --> 00:15:49.081 Yvonne: That's Dash. 388 00:15:49.281 --> 00:15:50.783 So this is the ping pong game. 389 00:15:50.916 --> 00:15:51.417 Sammy: *Laughs* 390 00:15:51.417 --> 00:15:53.118 Yvonne: They play with this for hours on end. 391 00:15:57.089 --> 00:15:58.023 Yvonne: Oh, shoot. 392 00:15:58.157 --> 00:16:00.826 Yvonne: Okay, I need to work on my aim, hahahaha. 393 00:16:00.826 --> 00:16:04.697 Yvonne: So Dash gained a ton of weight every time we got new kittens, 394 00:16:05.264 --> 00:16:08.867 because she was getting really territorial about her food and everything. 395 00:16:15.474 --> 00:16:19.878 Yvonne: She's our, the original cat in the household, or the eldest cat in the household. 396 00:16:19.912 --> 00:16:20.646 Yvonne: So she- 397 00:16:20.713 --> 00:16:22.915 Girl: She's the first female cat we've ever had. 398 00:16:22.948 --> 00:16:26.118 Yvonne: Yeah, so she came as a pair as well. 399 00:16:26.151 --> 00:16:32.391 Um, and her, her sibling, his name was Shadow; 400 00:16:32.424 --> 00:16:36.061 but he's the one that our nanny put in the dryer and died. 401 00:16:36.762 --> 00:16:39.131 Um, yeah; very, very sad. 402 00:16:39.164 --> 00:16:39.565 Sammy: Yeah. 403 00:16:39.665 --> 00:16:44.737 Yvonne: And then uh, and then she, she loves being an only cat; 404 00:16:44.737 --> 00:16:48.640 but unfortunately, too bad for her we're a multi-cat household now. 405 00:16:48.874 --> 00:16:49.908 Sammy: Very lively household. 406 00:16:50.576 --> 00:16:55.280 Yvonne: Yes, between the kids and the cats, it's pretty busy here all the time. 407 00:16:55.681 --> 00:16:58.684 Yvonne: Um, yeah so Dash, that's one thing that's really special about Dash, 408 00:16:58.684 --> 00:17:03.355 is she'll walk and then she'll wait, and then she'll turn back and look at you or meow at you; 409 00:17:03.355 --> 00:17:06.158 and then she'll walk a little bit more, and she expects you to follow her. 410 00:17:06.225 --> 00:17:09.028 Um, and she does that when she wants attention usually. 411 00:17:09.028 --> 00:17:13.098 Yvonne: And usually she's leading you to the cat tree over there that we built ages ago; 412 00:17:13.198 --> 00:17:14.867 and that's usually where she wants to play. 413 00:17:15.501 --> 00:17:19.004 So Linus and I actually built this cat tree, it's completely custom. 414 00:17:19.838 --> 00:17:23.275 Um, it happened very early on, probably like 20 years ago? And we still have it, 415 00:17:23.275 --> 00:17:25.277 and we just recarpet it every so often. 416 00:17:25.277 --> 00:17:27.679 Girl: And we had Rumble and Rocket when we built it. 417 00:17:27.679 --> 00:17:31.283 Yvonne: Rumble and Rocket were Linus's and my original children, cats. 418 00:17:31.316 --> 00:17:31.917 Yvonne and Sammy: *Laughs*. 419 00:17:32.317 --> 00:17:34.286 Yvonne: Um, but unfortunately they got outside. 420 00:17:34.486 --> 00:17:38.190 Uh, so they were Bengal cats and they were really smart, and they knew how to open doors. 421 00:17:38.190 --> 00:17:41.026 Yvonne: So they would hang on the door handle, and if the door wasn't locked 422 00:17:41.093 --> 00:17:43.762 which Linus forgot all the time, um they would get out, 423 00:17:43.962 --> 00:17:46.465 and then we just lost them from being outdoor cats. 424 00:17:46.532 --> 00:17:49.034 We lived in a neighborhood that had a lot of coyotes and things like that. 425 00:17:49.068 --> 00:17:49.468 Sammy: Mmm. 426 00:17:49.501 --> 00:17:50.102 Girl: Coyotes? 427 00:17:50.135 --> 00:17:50.702 Yvonne: Yeah. 428 00:17:50.736 --> 00:17:51.770 Girl: It had coyotes? 429 00:17:51.804 --> 00:17:54.373 Yvonne: Yeah, so now our cats are not allowed outside. 430 00:17:54.406 --> 00:17:56.308 We, we don't want to lose any more animals. 431 00:17:56.408 --> 00:17:57.876 Yvonne: I feel like when you play with cats, 432 00:17:57.910 --> 00:17:59.645 you have to be really careful with their claws. 433 00:17:59.678 --> 00:18:02.581 So you can actually train them to be more gentle with their claws. 434 00:18:02.581 --> 00:18:05.017 Um, and that's something we try to do with our cats; 435 00:18:05.050 --> 00:18:08.187 so the way you do that is our cats really love attention, 436 00:18:08.220 --> 00:18:11.290 and so anytime they accidentally use their claws to hurt us, 437 00:18:11.457 --> 00:18:13.058 we give them a little hiss like \"Tsss\", 438 00:18:13.092 --> 00:18:15.427 and then we walk away from them and ignore them. 439 00:18:15.427 --> 00:18:17.496 And it actually works really well. 440 00:18:18.097 --> 00:18:21.233 So these guys, even though they use their claws sometimes; 441 00:18:21.233 --> 00:18:22.801 whenever they're playing with us, 442 00:18:23.001 --> 00:18:24.937 like whenever I'm using my fingers to play with them, 443 00:18:24.970 --> 00:18:26.672 they tend to retract all of their claws. 444 00:18:27.339 --> 00:18:30.309 Anyway, the reason we built our own cat tree was because of the height; 445 00:18:30.342 --> 00:18:31.276 like, look how big it is. 446 00:18:31.310 --> 00:18:34.780 It would have been incredibly expensive, but we just made it with like, um- 447 00:18:35.447 --> 00:18:35.948 Girl: Cardboard? 448 00:18:36.081 --> 00:18:37.816 Yvonne: No, it's not made of cardboard; it's made of wood. Girl: Wood. 449 00:18:37.983 --> 00:18:38.450 Yvonne: Yeah. 450 00:18:39.084 --> 00:18:41.920 Sammy: I think I saw, uh, it was like Dennis was here? 451 00:18:41.920 --> 00:18:43.455 Yvonne: Yeah, Dennis helped us recarpet it. 452 00:18:43.555 --> 00:18:44.156 Sammy: Hahaha. 453 00:18:44.189 --> 00:18:44.656 Yvonne: \"Helped\". 454 00:18:44.823 --> 00:18:45.958 Sammy and Yvonne: Hahahahaha. 455 00:18:46.024 --> 00:18:47.025 Girl: You really made that? 456 00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:49.661 Yvonne: Yeah, we made it; so we bought, we went to end of the roll, 457 00:18:49.695 --> 00:18:52.264 Yvonne: where they sell like all the last bits of carpet, and then we just bought whatever. 458 00:18:52.264 --> 00:18:54.032 Linus (Faraway): Dennis did almost nothing! 459 00:18:54.166 --> 00:18:56.068 Yvonne: Yeah, Linus said Dennis did almost nothing. 460 00:18:56.735 --> 00:19:00.706 Yvonne: All of the cats love the cat tree; so, it was a good investment. 461 00:19:01.740 --> 00:19:02.274 Yvonne: Hi! 462 00:19:02.474 --> 00:19:05.711 Back when Linus and I had time to do other things. 463 00:19:08.013 --> 00:19:13.051 Yvonne: So these guys, these new guys and Brownie actually tolerate- Girl: They're kinda getting along. 464 00:19:13.085 --> 00:19:15.287 Yvonne: Yeah, they tolerate each other and kind of get along now. 465 00:19:15.287 --> 00:19:18.790 Yvonne: Um, I'd say it probably takes a full year before they actually 466 00:19:18.824 --> 00:19:20.893 properly acclimatize and become friends. 467 00:19:21.093 --> 00:19:23.695 Yvonne: She, she's the one that I was saying gets really fat; 468 00:19:23.729 --> 00:19:26.932 so you can see right now, she's actually- Oh, and she likes to roll over like that. 469 00:19:26.999 --> 00:19:29.568 I don't know if you can see her, but she just did like a somersault. 470 00:19:30.502 --> 00:19:33.105 Um yeah, so she loves bum scratches; 471 00:19:33.105 --> 00:19:35.574 and when you give her bum scratches and she's on all fours, 472 00:19:35.574 --> 00:19:39.144 she'll like roll over face-floor to get her bum scratches. 473 00:19:39.778 --> 00:19:42.114 Um, and she's the one that gains a lot of weight 474 00:19:42.114 --> 00:19:44.516 and gets really territorial when other cats come in; 475 00:19:44.516 --> 00:19:48.754 and so she's still a little bit, uh, she's still got a little extra right now. 476 00:19:48.887 --> 00:19:51.456 you can tell when she's starting to get comfortable with the other cats, 477 00:19:51.456 --> 00:19:53.859 or less territorial, because she starts losing that weight. 478 00:19:53.892 --> 00:19:57.796 Girl: Mom, I think Panda is part Siamese; but do you know what Missy is? 479 00:19:57.796 --> 00:19:59.698 Yvonne: No, she's just c.a.t, cat. 480 00:20:01.934 --> 00:20:02.434 Yvonne: Hi. 481 00:20:03.135 --> 00:20:04.236 Linus: I'm surprised they're all hanging out. 482 00:20:04.269 --> 00:20:08.073 Yvonne: Yeah, so yeah, I think almost all the cats except for noodle are here right now; 483 00:20:08.106 --> 00:20:13.011 so the two kittens are up there, and Brownie is inside the cat tree. 484 00:20:13.045 --> 00:20:14.646 Girl: No, he's sitting there. Yvonne: Oh, right there, yeah. 485 00:20:15.047 --> 00:20:19.451 Yvonne: And then dash is being pet here; she gets very jealous, 486 00:20:19.451 --> 00:20:21.286 so she'll meow at you when she wants attention. 487 00:20:21.587 --> 00:20:23.855 Yvonne: Well, thanks for joining me and meeting all of my cats. 488 00:20:23.855 --> 00:20:29.861 Um, if you enjoyed that, Check out the previous Yvonne week videos"}