A new kitty twice a week! Yup, we want YOUR cat photos and stories! Click here to find out how your cat can appear on Van City Kitty .
A new kitty twice a week! Yup, we want YOUR cat photos and stories! Click here to find out how your cat can appear on Van City Kitty.
Barrie Barrington is my coffee buddy from my day job at Douglas College, and as soon as I heard about Barrie's new cat Ayberk I knew he had to be a Van City Kitty. Luckily it didn't take much convincing for Barrie to share the story of this awesome kitten:
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Name: Ayberk |
Nickname: Berky
Breed/Colouring: Turkish Van
Hood: Ladner
Habits: Playing like crazy in and out of the water
Hangouts: Under the bed
Other info: We have never had a kitten after twenty years of adopting adult cats. So we decided to get a young one from a breeder. We saw Turkish Van cats at a cat show years ago and decided we would like to make one part of our family. However, no one in Canada breeds them, so we had to look south of the border. Fort Wayne, Indiana was where we found him.
Turkish Vans are a naturally-occurring breed from Turkey and breeders only maintain the breed so they are healthy and hearty.
This breed also likes to play in water and can swim very well due to broad shoulders and strong bodies—very strong. Some say Vans are not cuddly, but this little guy sure snuggles—when he is in the mood. Of course, being a kitten still he is very energetic and, most of the time, hard to pin down. He spends a lot of this energy playing fetch with balls. He returns a ball to the thrower (me) and waits till I toss it again. Almost like a dog.
Are you looking for a (or another) little furry beast to love? Please check out Happy Tails, our weekly segment featuring the BC SPCA and one of the animals they currently have available for adoption. (You may have noticed that many of the Van City Kitties came from the SPCA!) Check back every Saturday for a new Happy Tails segment!
And if you adopted your pet from the SPCA and would like to share your awesome story on Happy Tails, send an email to [email protected] or [email protected].
Check out this video of Ayberk playing in the bathtub! He also squeaks at bubbles and pounces at swans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q0-0Tqkk9w
