1/50This is Squish. He’s 5-months-old. Picture: Tara McIntyre
50 of the Territory’s cutest cats: Gallery 3
BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE! We asked our readers to submit pictures of their favourite kitties and were inundated with responses. Check out our picks for Picture Gallery 3 of the NT’s cutest cats. Did your furry friend make the cut?
2/50One time when I came home from school I found Vince sitting like this in the middle of the couch. Picture: Nilan Tamatea
3/50Mayhem is the cutest cat. ‘Please dad, can I have some of your food? Please!!!’ Picture: Amber Chambers, Alice Springs
4/50Ash Chilling on Sunday morning. Picture: Effie D’Arrigo
5/50Koala Newman chilling out after a tough day chasing geckos. Picture: Lindsey Newman
6/50Allycat (Ally) is a 13-year-old Layanese. She is a sassy cat that definitely ‘owns’ her owners. The Vandenberg family adore her. Picture: Cherie
7/50This is Ahri. She is 3-years-old. Picture: Sanna Tagell
8/50Cutest cuddler in the NT. Her name is Ivy. Here she is pictured at six weeks old. She is now three-months-old. Picture: Jane Lant
9/50This is ‘Hitachi’,our five-week-old orphaned rescue kitten, bundled up cosy and warm before sleep! He was found in the engine compartment of a road grader at about five days old and we’ve raised him ever since. Picture: Lori Montgomery
10/50Little Man on a road trip from Kununurra to Darwin. My best bud ha had enough before we got to Timber Creek. Picture: Lydia O’Sullivan
11/50Curiosity killed the cat . This is Pixie, the Princess Cat Diva. Picture: Rona Bartlett
12/50Sherrin the Siamese loves cuddling up to his favourite towel. Picture: Amy Chittick
13/50Andreas D’Arrigo and Ash: ‘I got my eye on you’. Picture: Effie D’Arrigo
14/50This is J.J., an 11-week-old male cat that we adopted from the streets. J is affectionate and lovable. He enjoys playing with my two boys, be it in the cubby house, digging holes or quiet snuggles on the couch. J has also helped my boys’ confidence and is teaching them love and respect for animals. We think J is the cat’s whiskers. Picture: Rose Webb
15/50Princess (black) and Archer (orange) watching TV. Picture: Donna Peace
16/50‘Is she taking pics again?’ Meet Cocobelle. Picture: Salina Khousakool
17/50This is Willow (the dog) and her best mate Max (the cat). They look out for each other andlove cuddling up on cold nights. Picture: Sandy Warner
18/50Cheryl and Toby are out 3-month-old kittens. Picture: Kylie Hewitt
19/50This is Gizmo the cat ,showing off to the ladies (Michelle Christensen and Kirra Nai-Smith). Picture: Kirra
20/50Meet Bubby, our 15-year-old Scottish Fold. He’s a lovely old boy. Picture: Linda King
21/50This is Diesel, holding my hand with her paws. Picture: Penny Battersby
22/50Squiggles Cat is 8-months-old and a wolf in kitten’s clothing. Picture: Elliot Snow
23/50Jax, after he got into trouble for destroying the indoor plant. Picture: Sheridan Keane
24/50This is the majestic Sage, watching over her household humans from her tower. Picture: Chantal May
25/50This is my cat Ellie. She’s a rescue from the RSPCA. She’s a very lively kitty packed full of personality. As you can see she’s also very curious! Picture: Rebecca W
26/50Our cat Hastag has a pretty hard life. Picture: Ellisha Blogg
27/50This is Cat, aged 2-and-a-half, from Fannie Bay. This is Cat’s world and we are all blessed that she allows us to live in it. Picture: Shauna Upton
28/50Panda likes to enjoy her dinner on the island. Picture: Haiyan Luan
29/50The one and only amazing Frog-Cat. Picture: Alex Field
30/50‘Why do you call me Triangle?’ Picture: Annie Rogers
31/50Zelda, as comfortable as ever on her first day home from the shelter. Picture: Lorna Preston
32/50Lola claims her side of the bed. Picture: Karlyanne Sherman
33/50Kitty and Little Kitty love each other so much. Both are a foster fail. Picture: Tharis Van Tilborgh
34/50Muis also enjoys a good uninterrupted catnap. Picture: Amber Maree
35/50This is Shadow Brown. ‘Howdy friends. What’s going on?’ Picture: Peter Brown
36/50Gucci Midnight having a pamper. Picture: Darwin Pet Spa
37/50Chanel Snowflake doing what she does best, being a couch potato. Picture: Grace Nixon
38/50Zekie (blue) aged 7 months and Bentley (chocolate) aged 3-and-a half. Brothers from different mothers. Picture: Jane Withers
39/50Boris, Entei and Stan, my three boys: ‘Excuse me humannnnn. it’s way past dinner time’. Picture: Annemarie Davis
40/50This is Missy. She is 12-years-old. Picture: Nat Palmer
41/50This is Bear. She is a 2-and-a-half year s old. She doesn’t like a lot of people but if she does like you she will give you all her love. Picture: Amber Chambers
42/50Three of the cutest Alice Springs kitties going! Makayla, Jezebel and Tabitha are three sisters, aged 2-and-a-half years old and inseparable. Picture: Katie Stroud
43/50This is Biggle, the cat, with his brother Big Boi, the Muscovy. Picture: Alex Woodward
44/50Onyxia not pleased after her operation. Picture: Melissa Yost
45/50Rescue Kitten Maddi having fun playing in boxes. Picture: Michael Costa
46/50Pash is a chocolate Burmese. She is 12-years-old now but she has never grown out of playing around in paper bags and boxes. Picture: Renee
47/50Buys expensive cat beds, sleeps in the bathroom sink. Picture: Claire Cudini
48/50This is Phoebe. ‘It’s too early to be awake mum’. Picture: Sarah Long
49/50This is Sophie, aged 7, and her best friend Max, aged 4. Max is such a big sook and loves all the cuddles he can get. Picture: Sandy Warner
50/50Meet Ivy, Queen of the castle. Picture: Jane Lant
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