Booger the Cat's Nap Spot

You've reached the home page of Booger, a Domestic Shorthair mixed-breed cat belonging to Julie Ziring. Booger, or Big Booger as he is sometimes called, is a large, shy, all-white male cat with expressive eyes. We often call him a large white, just like the movie pig, Babe. Here are his vital statistics:

Booger is really a beautiful cat.
Here is a picture of him, this
was taken in 1993.

Why Booger is Shy

If you came to visit Booger, he would run away. He is afraid of strangers, new places, and unknown things. This is because he has been completely deaf since birth. Congenital deafness is a common problem among all-white cats. He doesn't let his deafness interfere with letting those around him enjoy their hearing - he can meow, growl, yowl, and hiss as well as any cat (albeit not quite as consistently).

Why Booger Weighs Fifteen Pounds

Ever since kittenhood, Booger has loved to eat. He enjoys cat food of all kinds, and a few kinds of human food. Years ago, when Booger lived with two other cats, he would often consume their food as well as his own. Nowadays, Booger shares the house with Kumari, a much smaller pure-bred cat, and he often snarfs down her food before she can! Booger also has an apparant dislike of any physical activity that does not involve snarfing food.

For Internet surfers who share his enjoyment of feline fare, Booger has collected some links to companies that make some of his favorites. Some of these firms are new to the web, so...

• Hill's Pet Nutrition - makers of Science Diet animal foods including the Feline Maintenance Light that Booger is supposed to be eating.
• Purina - Booger likes all canned cat foods, including those by this company.
• Nestlé - maker of Fancy Feast and other fine animal foods.
• The Iams Company - makers of delicious cat foods that give Booger gas

Booger wanted to include Purina and Kal-Kan companies on this list, but their home pages are access-protected!

Booger's Accomplishments

Booger's proudest accomplishment is getting his picture into the 365 Cats A Year calendar twice. He got his picture into the 1992 calendar on October 31 (for Halloween), and his picture appears in the 1996 on November 3. These calendars are published by Workman Publishing.

How did Booger get his Name?

Booger is named after a character in the 1984 movie Revenge of the Nerds. (The actor who played the character "Booger" in the movie later appeared on the television show "Moonlighting" as Herbert Viola. He was the boyfriend of Agnes DePesto, which is the name of a cat Booger once lived with 88-92.)

Booger's Likes and Dislikes

Booger is pretty finicky.

Likes	Dislikes
Sleeping	Going to the Vet
Eating	Sudden disturbances
Car rides	Visiting new places
cleaning his coat	Siamese cats
hurling up hairballs	using the litterbox
sneaking outside	Yoshi the Iguana
cat treats	citrus fruits (oranges, etc)
being vacuumed	Kumari the Somali
Julie	Neal

Booger is ashamed to live in the same town as Linda Tripp. He would hiss at her if he saw her (and if he wasn't sleeping at the time).

Around people he knows, Booger is basically a good-natured, friendly cat. Around other cats he is a real booger!

Some more Cat-related links

AcmePet Guide to Cats on the Internet

Why Cats Paint - site about cat artists

Digital Postcard from CyberCathouse - send a kitty postcard

The eXcite WWW index "Cats" section

The Bad Kitty! humor page (quite relevant for Booger)

The CATalyze cat analysis site

The Tcat Project and Worldwide Cat Map (in Japan)

Some B.Kliban cartoon images