Cody is an 8 year-old seal-point Ragdoll who lives with Linda, right next door to my lovely mother-in-law Margaret and sister-in-law Carol. I only met him for the first time this evening and he is so soft, that you can hardly tell if you are touching him. Linda brushes him every day and it really shows; his fur is perfect.

When I asked Linda to tell me stories about him, she mentioned that he responds to lots of whistles with different messages. If someone visits who doesn’t like cats, she tells Cody to get in his bed – and he does!!

But … the best part of the story is that Linda has a stairlift in her house and Cody is very partial to riding up and down on it. I would love to see that!

We have already met Pedro here. Pedro lives with Claire Hampson in North Yorkshire. He just loves this windowsill; I think it’s very considerate of him not to knock the birthday cards off while he stretches out.

For me, this is one of the best-named cats I have featured so far. He belongs to Heather Heaton who lives and works on Merseyside in the UK.

This is what Heather told me: “Hendrix is a one year old Bengal, who loves getting the house up at 3am to hear the birds, and then goes back to bed at 8am”.

HENDRIX!! How cool is that name?

Heather says that he and she are both ‘made up’ to be on A Cat A Day. Well I am too and I hope I receive more pictures and stories about this gorgeous boy as the year goes on.

Attila and Genghis (brilliant names!) were wedding presents from Aurel to her partner. They are sisters and the only way to tell them apart is that Genghis has a white patch on her neck and tummy and is a little bit fatter.

I have tons more photographs and stories about them, so we’ll see them again before I reach the end of the year . . .

Post edited and updated 25 April 2011: FJ

This is Alex Blagona’s cat, Phoebe (my second one, the first belongs to Helena Butterfield). Here is the lowdown on her from Alex:

” Phoebe is 5 years old, and is really quite intelligent.  Able to open doors, cupboards and on one occasion the fridge, Phoebe is good at communicating her mood and demanding attention when it suits her!! “

How relaxed and contented is this cat? Every right-thinking feline knows that a freshly-made bed is just for them. Minou lives with Susie Arnott, who tells me that she is very choosy where she sleeps. I have another gorgeous photograph of her to show you later in the year.

If you don’t speak French, you might not know that ‘Minou’ is the French word for “kitty”. A perfect name, don’t you think?