Sophie's getting lovely e-mails from all over the World so we're sharing some of them here. We're both loving them, so please keep them coming!!
Here's 2 kitties who are potty training like Sophie. They're Soleil & Lune all the way from Singapore!!
Well Ian has told you how i got to be Ben's brother so I will tell you the rest. I am only 10 weeks old right now but I am getting bigger everyday and I love to eat canned cat food. I eat three whole meals a day and probably could eat more if they let me. When i first came to the house there was already a big white cat there and he was pretty scary so I hid for the first day.
My first ride i was scared though and hid under the seat but from then on i am fine. I love to sleep on a real bed and like to suckle Ian's ears. I love to play and have lots of energy. Ian & Vicki bought me a huge climber over 6 feet high and I love to play on it with Ben and sometimes i will take a nap in the tube in the middle. Anyway I am pretty tired now and must go to sleep its almost 3:00 am here and Ian's going to bed .
Oliver
Oliver's gonna be trouble!!
. There's also some cute photo's of Tasha and Bella who live with Ian's mum, Iris. They all live at Niagara on the Lake, Ontario, Canada. 
He has a lot of little quirks. Like a lot of cats on your site he sleeps on his own duvet on top of a dresser. As far as his dislikes - he doesn't like to be touched or picked up when there are other cats around like Tasha or Bella, we think it embarasses him. He also has nightmares we think. As he can be sound asleep then just rocket up and away like something scared him. 
She gets a little skittish around visitors she doesnt recognize though. And unlike Ben she hates to be in the car. she cries constantly when being driven to the vet.
Look how cute this itty bitty kittie is.....it's Shea from Australia!! awwwwww..........
Updated August 2007
Sophie's had a message from 2 itty bitty, teeny weeny kitties Chester & Henri who live in the USA. It's amazing that they could write as they're only 2 months old - look how cute they are!!!! Awwwwwwwwwwwww........................
Chester & Henri now have their own website - check out the gorgeous photo, lets hope there's lots more! http://www.freewebs.com/webgirl8/athomewiththekittens.htm
Dear Sophie and Angie,
We also like to play with our cat dancer, which is a delightfully shiny wire with little roll things on the end. we is not sure what they is, buts they is making us delightfully crazy, but we's is sure its is not catnips! we is having terrible grammars, please excooz us... oopsie, we is being called by mama, wes begs of you a goodbye!
We got a really amazing e-mail from Maeve who has 2 bengal cats, sister and brother Isis (same name Sophie started out with! ) and Ares. Even weirder than the name coincidence is the way Isis really looks like Sophie! See for yourself below, they could be twins! ...............
Isis
Isis and Ares - what a pair of cuties!!!!
Ares showing his 'devil' side!!!
Ares & Isis were born 8th August 2004 - I can't believe they are 2 1/2 already. They are brother and sister and came from a litter of three, their sister is an incredibly beautiful silver bengal who was sold months before she was even conceived!!
They came from a fabulous breeder in cheshire "Thomastar", we named them Isis after the Egyptian High Goddess and Ares the Greek God of War (how accurate their names turned out to be , and the breeders kept their names so they are Thomastar Isis & Thomastar Ares.
They were my 30th birthday present from my partner, and we chose Bengals for two reasons, firstly they are probably the most stunning cats I have seen, and also because we just loved the stories from other owners of their incredible personalities. We knew we would be constantly surprised by them.
They are outside cats - we have catflaps and they come and go as they please, although this is what we had always planned, it turns out that with two of them it's not really a choice........if we had them in I dread to think what life would be like - they are so active it's untrue. They are incredibly curious, most of the neighbours know them as they pop in and out if they leave windows/doors open and have a tendancy to chase people's dogs around their gardens or sit for hours on their sheds/rooftops watching them! However they are also real homebody's - they come when they are called regardless of where they are and if we come home after dark you will often get out of the car to find them sat on the pavement waiting to walk down the road with you which causes great amusement to anyone else around. 
Their favourite treat is ham - but will eat anything; pasta, chinese, cheese and marmite!? Although we have now stopped them literally stealing the food from your plate!!
Isis:
Small and perfectly formed is Ice, she's a contradiction of a cat - haughty, and heaven forbid anyone try to pick her up and cuddle her - yet will follow me around all day chatting and yowling, appears immediately we set foot in the garden and sleeps in the evening on my partners legs and at night on me.. She really is tiny, about a third of the size and weight of her brother now, tiny pointy face and huge ears, she's like a small child to deal with jumping about playing one minute, seriously sulking the next! She is also the hunter of the two - you name it she's caught it...
The first summer we had them she emptied a neighbours ornamental fishpond, extremely embarassing and she has a real fondness for frogs - preferably live, in the wet season we spend alot of time trying to catch and save them before she gets bored. She'll also pick at her food but happily leave nothing but head and tail of the mice she catches?? She tolerates her brother, but typical female will push and push until she starts a fight and then it's like having two tasmanian devils in the house!! Oh and of course it's never her fault.
Ares:
He's the bruiser of the family - big, solid muscle and you can hear him galloping through the house like a small horse. He's much more affectionate, doesn't mind cuddles and loves to sit on the kitchen surfaces with his head buried in your chest headbutting you for hours - sleeps
on your chest under your chin in the evening, but will not tolerate anyone in the same room as him when he's sleeping at night. He'll climb anything and loves to jump from one house to the next - 8-10 feet is the furthest we've seen him leap so far - not good for the heart!
We learnt early that this was to be his thing. The first weekend I left them with their Dad they were about 3 months old and poor dad ended up climbing a 30 foot tree at 9 in the morning, hungover. He'd got up but hadn't quite worked out how to get down - fortunately he has that covered now (safe to say he spent the rest of that weekend inside!!). He's not a hunter but he thinks he's a prize fighter - his size has confused him and he'll take anyone on - unfortunately it's meant numerous trips to the vet and lot's of TCP (he's knows now that at £50 a time - he's more likely to get field treatment from me !!!). But it's given him this wonderful street cat look - stunningly beautiful but if you look closely he's scarred and has the odd nick from his ear missing!! He's quieter - tends to chirp rather than yowl - and is affectionally compared to David Beckham - the voice doesn't quite live up to the look!!
So that's them in brief!? We wouldn't be without them now - and to be honest I can't imagine ever having anything other than Bengals - they really are incredible fun, if tiring, noisy and sometimes clearly insane! I can't say whether they've got better or worse with time - the first 6 months they would attack everything that moved which included leaping under the duvet and ripping feet to shreds in the middle of the night - not appreciated - and literally swiping steaks and chops from peoples plates before running at high speed for freedom. Now they are less aggressive,
but definitely madder, more active real personalities... more hunting, or stealing...... we've had soft toys, nets, rope and branches in the house and they get cleverer by the minute... But then I guess you know all about that with yours!!
****I've received an e-mail re the use of 'tcp' on kitties wounds, apparently you should not use this particular treatment as tcp is toxic to cats. Here's a good link to the Cat's Protection leaflet on first aid for cats: http://www.cats.org.uk/catcare/leaflets/555_first_aid_for_cats.pdf
*****Updated March 2007. Oshe is a big boy!
Here's a cute brother & sister Chloe & Dom. They had a bad start but now they're 2 very happy kitties!
Hi Sophie (and Angie)
My name is Chloe Marie. My human mom (Kim) found your site and we wanted to make your acquaintance. I was born in June 2006 along with my brother Dom. We lived outside the house of a friend of my human dad’s (Alan) with many other cats/kittens. Our cat mom was an outside cat born the previous summer. There were only two of us in the litter. We were very sick with all the kitty illnesses (malnourishment, ear mites, fleas and a respiratory infection).
My human mom has wanted a kitten for some time and finally convinced my human dad to let her have one. He stated that he wanted a female kitten and only one. So one day in Sept, they went to their friend’s house and went on a cat search. She found my brother Dom first but continued searching for a girl. Then she found me. The rest of the kittens were either black or tiger-striped tabby. We were one of the only white kittens. The following week, they came back to get me with a carrier. When they put the carrier in the yard and were searching for me, Dom went into the carrier to lie down. It was sad that they weren’t initially going to take him since he seemed to want to come but they were set on a female. So I was taken away that day and my brother was not.
As soon as we got home, I was immediately given a bath to get rid of as many fleas as possible. There were so many fleas that they all crawled to my face. My human mom then picked them off of me (how gross!!!). I went to the vet the next day and was given antibiotics, ear mite drops and eye cream. I was 12 weeks old and only weighed 1 pound 4 ounces. I got better after the first week and was allowed to explore the house and meet my big brother Blackie, the dog of the house.
About the month after I’d come home with them, my human parents were visiting their friend’s where I came from. Dom was hanging around the front porch. He was not looking too good. He still had all the ailments that I had. He was noticeably smaller and skinner than I was. My human mom looked at him and said to my human dad “Look at how much smaller and skinner he is then Chloe. He needs to come home with us”. Being the soft hearted person my human dad is he agreed that Dom needed to come home with us before the weather got too bad, so Dom came home that next week. He too had to get a bath and go to the vet to get the same treatment as I did. I really wanted to see he but he had to be isolated in the bedroom for a week. Once we met again it was just like old times (just with more food, toys and less cold).
Now Dom has far surpassed me in size and weight. We are now 8 months old and I weigh about 6 & 1/2 pounds where he weighs about 9 pounds. We like to talk a lot and make sure we let everyone know when we want something. We are always ready to play with our sparkly stick.
I am not sure what breed mix we are except that we have some Siamese (blue eyes with grey paws, ears and tail) but we have stripes on our legs. Our cat mom is a pail colored tiger striped/spotted cat. We think that from some research that she looks very much like the Bengal breed cats. Our cat dad looks very much like a Snow Bengal (like the one on your ‘friends’ page). If you have an idea as to what we might be, let us know.
We have started to get more color in our coats. I have a lot of stripes and swirls on my body (like my cat mom) but I am cream with light tan marks. Dom is still mainly cream but has faint stripes all over his body
We love reading about your toilet training adventures and wish you would be our friend. We have attached some pictures of us so that you can see what he look like.
Meow for now,
Chloe (and Dom)
We've got an e-mail from Dusty who really loves cats - all five of them!! Imagine 5 Sophie's, crikey I'd be worn out!! So here's 5 lovely bundles of fun: Punky, Bonzo, Tubby, Scarface & Dakota from Milford, Massachusetts USA!
WOW you are beautiful, I must admit. I am Dusty and I am not a cat, but Ilove them so much. I have 5 and my bf has one and I had one for 2 years with my ex but he kept one and I kept one.
The order is, Punky, he's a male & was flea and worm infested when I got him....but he's healthy and tomcat-ish as ever! He's about 6 years old now.....he even plays fetch with paper balls!
Bonzo's my oldest living kitty. She's 17 or so years old. She has something in her eye, not exactly a cataract but she's partially blind in that eye, I love her so much!!!
My cat Tubby is next. She's grey and white but acts like a bengal and she sleeps so funny all twisted up like that! I call her tubby cuz when we got her she was so fat her belly touched the floor cuz her little legs were so short. I rescued her...a woman took her from a farm and then couldn't afford to get her fixed up, fleas, worms, etc...and said her husband was going to kill this innocent poor thing....so I loved her like no other!
Scarface was born the same time as punky. They aren't the same litter but 2 momma's had litters together 2 days apart and they've been together ever since. Same condition as punk, fleas worms poor things! She's my special kitty, she plays with water and shiny things you leave on the couch like coins, scissors (we don't leave them anymore) and keys.
The last is Dakota. Dakota was kinda a rescue also. There's a special story to her though. My friend owned Dakota and she had a litter of beautiful kittens, one male. I took him home happy and healthy....and unfortunately one day he got out late at night (he was all black like his mommy) and some human, in too big of a rush to pay attention, got him. He was less than a year old, it was heartbreaking. I had just fallen in love with him and he was taken from me. But it all worked out for the best though because a year or two later my friend had to move and couldn't take Dakota with her! So she asked me if I could keep an eye on her 'til she moved into a different place or found a permanent home. Well needless to say I told my mom and dad 'please it was Prides mommy', they said ok and we kept Dakota too!
I really am blessed with these loves of my life. Every one of them has a way of making my day so much better! I'm very impressed with your website and I'm so glad to see others have such a love for cats as I do. Thanks for sharing your days with me Sophie and Angie! Hope you enjoy my cat stories!
DustyRain
ps I also have 2 dogs, so it's not just a cat thing! hehe I love all animals.
Punky
Bonzo
Tubby
Scarface
Dakota
Now normally D.O.G'S aren't allowed on Sophie's site - however Sophie said this one can, because her name's....................Sophie!! Here she is giving everyone a nice big smile!
Here's a great kittie called Rocky. I asked to feature Rocky here as he's the b3ta cat and the b3ta people kindly featured Sophie in their newsletter when she was silly and fell asleep on the sweetie box
Rob from b3ta said " Rocky's about 7. My wife got him from a cat rescue place, costing us a £50 donation. (Sophie says it was magnificent value for such a handsome cat!!
). He's a fighter, beating up all the local cats, and likes eating mice. He lives in B3ta Towers in Kentish Town, London with my wife and son, and rules our house with an iron paw".If you fancy a laugh visit Robs site http://www.b3ta.co.uk - they're cat fans so obviously very nice people!!
We've got a lovely e-mail from Katie in Alaska!!!! A really nice lady rescued her, now she has a great home with other kitties - yay
Suzanne from Northamptonshire in the UK sent us some lovely photo's of Fudge and Daisy
Fudge
and Daisy.............
I have always been a dog person but when i lost my yellow labrador after 11 yrs my partner sugested a cat. Well im a convert now. Since re-homing Fudge, Daisy has really come out of herself and is affectionate, funny, playfull and very trusting of us now, i have to admit to yearning after a dog but to be honest im now converted to cats.
****Updated March 2007 - Orion's growing up!
Hey Sophie, I wanted my mom to update you on how big I'm getting. The pictures my mom gave you of me were when I was 2 1/2months old, it was SO embarrassing. So here are up to date pictures of me so everyone can see how handsome I reallyam. Also, I like water like you so I made her put a picture of me playing in the bathtub too. I just hope she doesn'tget you to put up anymore embarrassing pictures of me.... Oh, and my mom says I should thank you for letting me be onyour website......So, thanks. See ya later, Orion
Orion has got to be part Bengal, playing with water like this!!
This Orion from California, a gorgeous baby kittie who, like Sophie, is being potty trained!
Hi Sophie, my name is Orion. I'm about 4months old and my mom thinks I'm part Siamese and part snow bengal. You be the judge. She's not sure as I was a rescue cat too. I was taken out of a high kill shelter here in the US (California to be exact) and was only at the rescue shelter a couple of days before my mom and dad picked me up.
I felt right at home the moment I set foot in the house. I sent some pictures of me so you can see how beautiful I am (well at least thats what my mom says). She also says I live up to my name, which means "Hunter". As I always like to hunt anything that moves (even my mom & dad :) ). I like to run and play, and I love mom's curtains (even though she gets mad at me when I play with them). I also help out around the house by doing laundry ( mom says I don't do a very good job, since I pounce everthing) And whenever I see someone sitting in the big comfy chair I HAVE to jump up at lay on them. Like you, I also am learning how to use the toilet with the Litter Kwitter. And mom is getting a little frustrated cause I'll use alternatives if available. But I'm progressing she says.
Hope you have a good week. Maybe we can get together and eat some tuna later. By for now Sophie.
Orion
Here are 2 gorgeous kitties, William (I think it's Felix really but we thought we'd better be formal - he seems that sort of cat!) and Winni, who live together in Florida (Sophie says they're lucky as the weather's better than London!)
Dear Sophie
I am having Mother write this for us as neither Winni nor I know how to type, not that I care to learn. Winni actually demanded that we say Hello to you, as, again, I don't much care. *sigh* I cannot believe I was made to do this.
Sincerely,
William Charles Felix, lll
(aka Felix Monster)
(Mother attached two pictures of us to send to you. I am in the first picture. Winni is in the second wearing two necklaces. Egads! I don't understand why she just couldn't wear just one).
MY TURN MY TUUUUUURRRRNNN!!!!!!
Hey girl!!!!
I'm Winni and I'm really cute and like to wear my mom's jewelry do you wear your mom's jewelry? I like to wear my mom's jewelry. I have a kitty condo which my daddy calls a Kitty Ghetto but mom says no just because it's two boxes and nothing expensive doesn't mean it's a ghetto, do you think it's a ghetto? I don't care if it is I have a scratching post on the inside and and and a hole to climb through and I can sit on it and attack Felix and I love it because I can stand there and be cute and people will love me. Because I'm just so CUTE! Oops....mom is going into the kitchen where the food is so I need to go!
Always,
Winni
(aka Winni the Diva Divine)
**Updated January 2007. Panther is growing up!!
This is Panther from Pheonix USA - only 3 months old and cute as a button!
Hi Sophie........Boy what a cutie you are. I am Panther, I am 3 months old and I showed up here last month. The nice lady took me in, and now I have a home. Mom is really great to me. The other kitty who lives here is Moochie, and she does not like me too much. I try to play but she just hisses and bats my head. Oh well, I will keep trying....she will have to get used to me as I am not going anywhere soon. Just to the vet. I am very lucky as I was outside in the hot Arizona sun and was hungry and did not have a lot of hope for a home. But I did a lot of very loud meowing until someone heard me. Yessireee, I am a very lucky kitty. Pleased to make your acquaintance!!!
We have had some really great photo's but here is a particularly special one as it's the beautiful Cleo another Bengal girl from Bengal Cat Rescue the same as Sophie!
Little Bat has written to Sophie to tell us about mum, Wicket and now sadly departed Auntie, Ball. Get it? Bat, Ball & Wicket?! Cute huh!!!!????
Bat
Mum, Wicket
Ball †
Hi Sophie,
I'm Bat and I live with my mum, Wicket and 2 humans, Kate and Tony. We live in Hove by the seaside. I am 6 years old and mum is 12 or 13 (like all ladies, she won't reveal which).
The humans and mum are always telling me off , they say I'm annoying. I don't think I am 
. When I think they've been asleep long enough I help by waking them up, I can't see how that's annoying. Mum tells me off because I try to join in when she's sitting on the humans knees. I'm only 6 and I need some attention!
I am a professional escape artist (well according to the humans!). I do take every opportunity to sneak out if the door is open . When Kate took me to the vets recently I knocked the peg out of the door of the carrying basket , but I didn't get very far due to another humans intervention , then I got told off (again!!!!!).
I don't know why I'm told off as I'm sooooooo cute 
. Kate says I'm not as Angelic as I look and calls me a little Devil, whatever that is!? I love my mum but like all mums she only has so much patience.
I've also sent you a lovely photograph of my Auntie Ball, who went to cat heaven in July and we all miss her.
I will do anything for some ham (even behave!). I also love to help with the gardening and join in playing golf with Tony. I love to chase the white ball things - Tony wants me to bring them back to him (silly person!) but I don't, he must think I'm a dog (or a Bengal!). Did I mention that I liked ham? Or even ham?
Love,
Bat 'ham' Fitzpatrick x
This is a very special e-mail from an old friend of mine, Gilbert. He lives permanently at the Bengal Rescue Centre, so I knew him when I was there, temporarily before moving in with Angie. He's a big boy but not too big for me to sort out, hee, hee, hee.........
Gilbert
Gilbert relaxing!
My little girl Poppy - doesn't she look like me?
Hiya
My Mum says you've been asking about me so thought I'd put paw to keyboard as it were. I've seen your website and think it's great, I think you should have your own blog like me though!
As the full time resident at Bengal Cat Rescue I have to put up with a lot of newbies coming and going, but I have to say you gave me a run for my money. I've never been punched quite as hard by a girl!
I hope you like it in the big city, we're moving house soon to Derbyshire which I'm excited about as I hear there are creatures called Grandparents up there. Now that sounds like fun!!
Take care, I've sent you some pics of me and also Poppy your daughter
Purrs
Gilbert
ps. You have more of a starring role in the 2007 Calendar!
We've had a really sweet e-mail from Eva and her 2 rescue kitties, Wally & Alfie, in Canada - and look at this cute photo of them peacefully sleeping!!!
Dear Sophie & Angie
My boys also love bags. They are a brown tabby named Wallingford but everyone calls him Wally and a ginger/white ball of mischief and love named Alfie. (Named for the film character the one starring Michael Caine, not Jude Law, although he is pretty cute too!). Above is a picture of the two of them. They like to play and hang out together. I like that because I wasn't sure how Wally was going to feel about a new bro. He was 3 when Alfie came into our lives 7 months ago when he was only 5 months old. BTW, they are both rescue kitties but now they have found their forever home with me.
**Updated January 2007 - There's a new addition to the family, a Bengal!! She's been named Poppy and as you can see she's fitting in just fine.
Two really great cats from Essex have got in touch, Summer and Chockie - cute names for very cute cats!
I am Summer, a 2 year old Abyssinian, and I have a sister, Chockie, (Burmese) who is getting on a bit. Our mum is doing a bit of research as the whole family would love another cat to make our home complete. All of the family are quite keen on the idea of a Bengal and after seeing your site I can understand why... Sophie is almost as good looking as me.
I worry tho, because I have read that Bengals are very territorial, but if Chockie and I are already established cats would that make a difference , do you think?
I am desperate for someone to play with, all Chockie wants to do these days is play with shoe laces, feathers and sleep, Mum is hoping if we have a new baby I will leave Chockie in peace. I am hoping that a new baby would mean someone to chase up and down the stairs (and to chase me back) Someone to splash when Mum leaves the tap running and best of all, someone who will come out walkies with us over the marshes where we live. Chockie is so boring now...she just runs along next to Mum, instead of climbing the trees and hunting, like she used to !
I will keep popping in to see you almost every day, if you are updating every day !
love
SUMMER
We've heard from some young kitties in Norway, Josefine & Pippi - she's glad to see they're all snuggled up together so they're not cold!
Their mum Eli Therese said "I found you sleeping on a sweetie pillow on my stumbling around on the Internet, and you captured my interest, you are such a sweet cat, and if I hadn't had one already, I might have considered taking one of your breed . I've attach a picture of Josefine and her sister Pippi, they are 9 months old now and a bit handful, but very adorable though.. I'll be glad if you add them to your friends album"....
I've had an e-mail from Cadderly & Kelly in Kentucky, USA. I'm a bit confused by the strange grey fluffy thing that's in the photo with lovely Cadderly, apparently it's an 'Ashes' whatever that is!
Hello!
I (Cadderly) and my loving mom (Kelly) have stumbled upon your site, quite literally, and I must say I am impressed. I immediately started talking my mommie into making one for me! Though I'm not as rare as you, I do like to be spoilt. *kittie laugh* I'll keep you updated on how it goes. I live in the U.S, Kentucky to be exact. I'm a little over a year. I've been with Kelly since I was a little kitten, she found me on the street when I was quite unhealthy and sick and nursed me to health! I've been training her since then She gives me lots of attention and love I must admit, and I her. I have a wonderful friend that she got for us, Ashes. She's a chinchilla! and only a baby so I have to be very careful with her.
Kelly here, I quite enjoyed looking at your site, and it has inspired me to make one for my baby Cadderly, (as well as some prodding from him). I thought it would be nice to send you some pictures of him, and Ashes. I would love to know more about Sophie, Bengals are so pretty, I'll have to look into them here I might just get one and make it a family of three! Or four if you include me, He he. I hope she's doing much better after all her vet visits! Cadderly loves to travel, I take him with me on every trip to Ohio, or further down in Kentucky to see family. Everyone loves him so much. And no matter were I take him he takes the role as king of the house. Anyway I hope to hear back from you, and Cadderly as well!
-Kelly-
-Cadderly-
Sophie thinks this is great! A photo of another pretty Bengal and her half sister who live in Haverhill, Suffolk, East Anglia. Here's Millie & Chloe!
Millie and Chloe would like to say "hello", they love Sophie's website and would dearly love to be friends!
Millie is now nearly 6 years old, she was unwanted as a Bengal as she carries the long hair gene (as you can see!) Millie lives with her older half-sister Chloe who is her favourite play mate.
Millie enjoys trying to surf the internet by walking across the keyboard and she also adores plastic bags!
We've heard from a kittie in Texas called Tiggeroo, who lives with loads and loads of other kitties & sent a photo of SweetieCat - "I am also attaching a picture of my sister, SweetieCat, who is not a Bengal, but she looks kinda like you anyway!" They also sent a photo of a d.o.g. but we didn't put it on here - we don't want to frighten the cats that visit
Snoozy Tiggeroo
Wild SweetieCat
We live in a noisy place, too! It is called Texas! There is a train track just down the block and a firehouse across the street from us and also a welding shop. SweetieCat likes to go over there and visit with the firemen and the welder. I don't. I stay home or I go out in the field behind my house. I have a lifelong quest to kill a mockingbird. I am very literary (and literal). It's slow this time of year, cuz they are not mating and laying eggs and stuff like that. But soon as spring comes, they start hanging around in my back yard shouting, "Watch it, Tiggeroo!" "We've got our eye on you!" and stuff like that! They recognize me, and they are familiar with my life's work, so every time I go outside in the spring, they swoop down on me and peck me on the head! 
Someday, I'll get lucky, though. It's just a matter of time.
So, you're right about the sleeping. I do a lot of that this time of year. It's really cold right now, so most of us stay inside. There are lots of us. There's me, SweetieCat, my other sister, GreyGirl, Fuzzy (who is also orange) his mommy, Little Mommy, his sister, Spot & Gatti (who is really, really old). Then there are some other cats that got left by their people (who are not purr -sons at all, if you know what I mean!) They are Hobo (orange) Tiger (orange) Little Gray One (self explanatory) and Stranger (grey & white). They don't come in. Our purrson just puts a bowl of food out for them every day. She is trying to find work for them as barn cats.
Then we also got a dog named Amber. I attached a picture of her, too. She is not like our old dog, who knew us for a long time and was always nice to us. Amber is young, and she likes to chase us, but she's learning. Yesterday I took a nap with her in her bed. It was cozy!
Thanks for writing, Sophie! More later!
Tiggeroo
My name is Shadow and I'm 3 Years old. I'm an Auzzie cat and I'm a Chincilla-Persian/Moggie! I love your site. You look kinda like my step-cousin, Jasper, who is a Burmese. I live with my family of humans. There's Mum and four kids named Jessica, Nigel, Natasha and Kirsty. Mum looks after us all. I also see my other step-cousin, Max a lot. He has no tail!
I asked my 'Sis', Jess, to include my pic, it's an older one, when I was two. But I haven't changed!
I look like the cat on the Whiskas box.I used to have a brother, but he died when he was one.
And my cousin, Jasper, she got sick once too. She had a lump on her neck, and one on her back. Her 'Dad' think's she might have what you got, after Jess showed him the site.I think it's great how you have your human, Angie, and I have my family. My family raised me from when we were six weeks old, cauz our Mum died. I have two other brothers, Black Jack and Curly, and two sisters, Rosy and Jump.
Anyways, must go to sleep on some bags,
From Shadow
xox
Sophie was very excited to see this photograph as it's of a 'snow' bengal - she'd heard of them but never seen one! She thinks he's lovely!
So meet Bundy (full name Bundaberg), look at those stunning blue eyes!!
His mum Liz said "It is hard to take pictures of him because he moves so much. He is my biggest happiness. In the mornings, as soon as my alarm goes off, he knows I should be up and wants me to play, so he sits on top of me meowing in my face, like "mum. muuuuum. mum. mum. mum. mum." you can imagine, I'm sure! And if i dont get up straight away, he will start to knock stuff off my bedside table, or gently claw my head to try and drag me out of bed.
When my best friend lived with me, she used to play with him a lot too and we both agreed that so often you would feel really smart when you outsmarted him because it was so difficult, he is just so clever!!!"
Spock and Dracs
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Look at this lovely big boy, Simon, from Seabeck Washington, USA. Randi e-mailed Sophie to tell her about Simons bad start in life. He sure is a gorgeous kittie now!!
"Simon was only 4 weeks old when he was found at the garbage dump. He was so sick we had to wait 2 weeks to adopt him and then he needed lots of care. He had fleas and ear mites and a respiratory infection. Now he's 19 pounds and loves everyone, even visiting dogs!"
Sophie was thrilled to hear from 3 lovely kitties living together in Italy! They're so smart they speak English and write e-mails - wow!!! And all after a bad start in life, but yet again they found someone kind to look after them.
So here's Bettina, Ugo and Gnagno (that Sophie thinks looks like a little bear!):
Bettina
Ugo
Gnagno
Here's a kittie called Heiji who seems to have selected the perfect owner!
He must be about one year and 5 months old. I'm not sure because he came to my house and demanded food and attention when he was a few months old. I took him to the vet, had him bathed (I was embarrassed because the vet didn't seem to believe my story, and the kitty was really dirty!), had him operated, vaccinated and all that stuff. At the beginning everything was perfect, I had a pet! Now I am just a slave.