For those of you who ever wondered, here are the HKCs (HunterKillerCats)
The small fluffy one is HKC1, Senior Cat, now 16. I brought her home from a farm with her (now departed) sister when she was just a few weeks old.
The larger tabby is HKC2, now about 13. I wanted a Maine Coon and couldn't afford one. However, a friend of a friend in Buckinghamshire owned a siamese queen who had escaped and been Seen To by a vicar's Maine Coon tom ... and HKC2 was one of 6 resultant offspring. I've always referred to HKC2 as a Tycoon and his mother as a GI Bride. He can take out full-grown squirrels, pheasants, weasels, rabbits, rats and on one hideous occasion also a small snake. He's steadied down in his mature years, thank goodness.
The ginger job is HKC3 - of indeterminate age. He walked in one Christmas nearly 6 years ago and we hadn't the heart to turn him out. He and HKC2 had just one rather bloody-furry fight and thereafter settled down together. Bit of a boys' club really ...
Just to prove they like one another:
Humour me, just one more Cat Photo and then I'll let you off the hook.
This is HKC1 sunning herself:
OK, that's it, thank you for looking. Now you know who I'm going on about when HKCs 1-3 come into conversation.
I'm saving Hoss for another day!
Thanks for your comment on my Parsnips!Must try to find a market.
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for a cat-fix - we are now mogless and dogless, and a little fur in the life makes things so much more interesting!
awww, C, they make a lovely threesome
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They look cute. I wish I could have a cat again!
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely photos - particularly love the last one!
ReplyDeleteLove the last picture - she really looks as though she'd live up to the HKC title in that.
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