Friday Catblogging

New to me, this is a Geoffroy cat.

The most common cat in South America, it has grey, spotted, to pure black, coat, and is quite a survivor, I find in looking on the Geoffroy Cat info site atBluePlanet.

The site doesn't allow use of its photos, but you will enjoy a visit to Big Cat Rescue, Tampa FL, where you can see this rescued pure black Geoffroy Cat.

DOB 5/1/93

Arrived at Big Cat Rescue 7/19/94

We had been following his story from birth and chased him through his second owner, who sent him along to Big Cat Rescue with three Bengals on 7/19/94. He arrived taped up in a cardboard box. The fury from within the box made opening it a death defying act. As with many exotic cats, the smaller they are, the more fierce they can be. Everyone says that she "looks just like a domestic cat" but careful study of her size and shape shows that she is indeed a wild cat. It wasn’t until we went to have her neutered that we discovered that she had fooled all three of his owners; Nico is a female.