• Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech
Stories from SWNS
Advertisement
  • Home
  • News
    The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

    The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

    How to find safe non-gamstop casino games

    How to find safe non-gamstop casino games

    Conservation zoos ‘have powerful potential to reverse extinction’

    Conservation zoos ‘have powerful potential to reverse extinction’

    Royal Navy aviators raising cash to rescue stray puppy

    Royal Navy aviators raising cash to rescue stray puppy

    “I got a new haircut – now I look exactly like Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings”

    “I got a new haircut – now I look exactly like Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings”

    £6.8billion turtle-shaped floating city unveiled

    £6.8billion turtle-shaped floating city unveiled

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Why Is Cloud Storage Migration Best Left To Professionals?

    Why Is Cloud Storage Migration Best Left To Professionals?

    How Tech Is Empowering Small Businesses And The Economy 

    How Tech Is Empowering Small Businesses And The Economy 

    The Technology Behind Forex Trading – And its Wider Impact

    The Technology Behind Forex Trading – And its Wider Impact

    Must-Have iPad Accessories At PITAKA Black Friday Sale Event

    Must-Have iPad Accessories At PITAKA Black Friday Sale Event

    How To Select The Best Lead Generation Software For Your Business: Our Top Tips

    How To Select The Best Lead Generation Software For Your Business: Our Top Tips

    Best Technologies in the Gambling Industry That Are Worth Your Attention

    Best Technologies in the Gambling Industry That Are Worth Your Attention

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

    The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

    How to find safe non-gamstop casino games

    How to find safe non-gamstop casino games

    Conservation zoos ‘have powerful potential to reverse extinction’

    Conservation zoos ‘have powerful potential to reverse extinction’

    Royal Navy aviators raising cash to rescue stray puppy

    Royal Navy aviators raising cash to rescue stray puppy

    “I got a new haircut – now I look exactly like Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings”

    “I got a new haircut – now I look exactly like Frodo Baggins from Lord of the Rings”

    £6.8billion turtle-shaped floating city unveiled

    £6.8billion turtle-shaped floating city unveiled

    Trending Tags

    • Trump Inauguration
    • United Stated
    • White House
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
  • Business
  • Life
    • Celebrity
  • Tech
    Why Is Cloud Storage Migration Best Left To Professionals?

    Why Is Cloud Storage Migration Best Left To Professionals?

    How Tech Is Empowering Small Businesses And The Economy 

    How Tech Is Empowering Small Businesses And The Economy 

    The Technology Behind Forex Trading – And its Wider Impact

    The Technology Behind Forex Trading – And its Wider Impact

    Must-Have iPad Accessories At PITAKA Black Friday Sale Event

    Must-Have iPad Accessories At PITAKA Black Friday Sale Event

    How To Select The Best Lead Generation Software For Your Business: Our Top Tips

    How To Select The Best Lead Generation Software For Your Business: Our Top Tips

    Best Technologies in the Gambling Industry That Are Worth Your Attention

    Best Technologies in the Gambling Industry That Are Worth Your Attention

    Trending Tags

    • Nintendo Switch
    • CES 2017
    • Playstation 4 Pro
    • Mark Zuckerberg
  • Review

    The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gameplay on the Nintendo Switch

    Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun Review

    macOS Sierra review: Mac users get a modest update this year

    Hands on: Samsung Galaxy A5 2017 review

    The Last Guardian Playstation 4 Game review

    Intel Core i7-7700K ‘Kaby Lake’ review

No Result
View All Result
Stories from SWNS
No Result
View All Result
Home News

World’s most mellow cat spends her days chilling out with a dozen reptiles – 12 lizards and four tortoises

Shanti Das by Shanti Das
June 7, 2018
in News
0
World’s most mellow cat spends her days chilling out with a dozen reptiles – 12 lizards and four tortoises
0
SHARES
270
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Meet the chilled-out cat that spends its days cuddling 12 scaly housemates – four tortoises and eight lizards.

Olive, ten, has grown up around exotic bearded dragons and doesn’t bat an eyelid when they come out to play.

Owner Ali Kirkpatrick, 51, says Olive was born without natural feline instincts and prefers living in harmony with Lenny, Pixie, Ellie-Mae, Penny, Rango, Cosset, Emmet and Nugget.

The relaxed cat also shares an abode with red foot tortoises Mango and Clementine, Russian tortoises Sadie and Smoky, birds Baloo and Bijou and dachshund Sherman, six.

Meet the world’s most mellow cat who spends her days cuddling her twelve scaly housemates made up of eight lizards and four tortoises.

Olive loves nothing more than cuddling up beneath a heat lamp with male dragon Lenny and rubs against his rough exterior to groom and scratch.

Ali, of Wellington, Ohio, says she was reluctant to introduce Olive to her late dragon Luigi back in 2008, but soon realized it was a match made in heaven.

Ali said: “Luigi was a rescue and I really loved him.

“Around the same time, I got a kitten named Olive.

“I was concerned about them being together so I kept them separate for a long time.

“But Olive was a really mellow cat, nothing spooked her.

“One day we had a mouse in our house and Olive just sat there watching it.

Olive with a tortoise. Meet the world’s most mellow cat who spends her days cuddling her twelve scaly housemates made up of eight lizards and four tortoises.

“She didn’t even move to catch it which is when I first thought she might be okay around Luigi.

“When I first introduced them, Olive sized up Luigi but quickly realized how tough his exterior was and she began to use his scales to scratch her face.

“She is really drawn to them.

“Now I have eight bearded dragons and four tortoises.

“Most people are really amazed by Olive and how calm she is with the dragons. She loves laying with them.

“She particularly loves Lenny.

“I have a heat lamp for the dragons so I guess Olive loves being near them as well because it means warmth for her.

“Some of the dragons were a bit apprehensive of Olive when they were babies but they’ve come to realize that she’s just a piece of the furniture now.

“I also have two birds, Olive just watches them eat. She’s definitely not a normal cat.”

Ali Kirkpatrick, with one of her bearded lizards.

Lizard-lover Ali, an EMT, has kitted out her house to accommodate her passion, building a reptile-friendly outdoor enclosure and engineering a ‘Turtle Room’ in her home.

“We have a wonderful set up for them in the backyard. It’s a 40 by 20foot enclosure that I’ve planted with edible plants and grasses.

“They love it out there in the summer.

“Inside we have two front rooms and one of them I just have the animals’ tanks stacked up. I just love them.”

Ali’s husband sheriff deputy James Kirkpatrick, 47, son Stephen, 29, and stepson Evan, 16, don’t exactly share her reptile passion.

But Ali’s son Kyle, 26, who lives with autism has inherited his mom’s love of animals.

“My husband is very supportive but he doesn’t exactly share my passion.

“He helped me build my enclosures though so he is the strength behind me.

“My son Kyle, he has autism and the animals have been really great for him to express himself.

Meet the world’s most mellow cat who spends her days cuddling her twelve scaly housemates made up of eight lizards and four tortoises.
Meet the world’s most mellow cat who spends her days cuddling her twelve scaly housemates made up of eight lizards and four tortoises.

“He talks to the animals, particularly the birds and it has given him a sense of purpose.

“My other son calls me the crazy turtle lady, in jest of course.”

The mom-of-three documents Olive’s relationship with her housemates on Instagram, but says some of the comments haven’t been so positive.

“Of course people have told me I am putting the dragons in danger but I know Olive inside out.

“Of course you shouldn’t usually put your cat with your reptiles, but Olive is so mellow.

“They love each other’s company.”

To follow Ali on Instagram visit: https://www.instagram.com/alisanimalhouse/

https://stories.swns.com/wp-content/uploads/chilled-out-cat-163684.mp4
Previous Post

Choosing to invest in residential property

Next Post

Teen reckons she found dead MOUSE in her McDonald’s burger

Shanti Das

Shanti Das

Next Post
Teen reckons she found dead MOUSE in her McDonald’s burger

Teen reckons she found dead MOUSE in her McDonald's burger

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Stay Connected test

  • 122 Followers
  • 60k Followers
  • 190k Subscribers
  • 23.8k Followers
  • 99 Subscribers
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

March 5, 2014
The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

The top ten most well-known bingo phrases

January 21, 2014
The horses thunder towards a jump at the Grand National

Amazing racehorse names which never made it

April 23, 2014
HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

HGH Injections Brands: Which Ones Are Best?

January 14, 2019
Chris Fear, 33, outside the Coral betting shop which is refusing to pay out on his 485/1 winning bet

Boycott Coral! Bookmaker faces protest after refusing to pay out on a football fan’s 485/1 bet

184
Women love cheesy chat up lines, a study has revealed

Top 20 cheesy chat-up lines ladies really love

147
Women feel invisible to the opposite sex at the age of 51, researchers found

Women begin feeling invisible to men ‘when they turn 51’

138
UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

UKIP candidate claims Jews murdered each other in the Holocaust in masterplan to create State of Israel

105
Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

March 28, 2023
Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

March 19, 2023
The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

March 16, 2023
6 Benefits of Customs Clearance Services

6 Benefits of Customs Clearance Services

March 10, 2023

Recent News

Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

March 28, 2023
Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

March 19, 2023
The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

The Führer’s Prophecy by Brian Klein 

March 16, 2023
6 Benefits of Customs Clearance Services

6 Benefits of Customs Clearance Services

March 10, 2023
SWNS

SWNS all rights reserved. Copyright 2020

Follow Us

Browse by Category

  • Auto
  • Blog
  • Business
  • Celebrity
  • Gaming
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • News
  • Pictures
  • Property
  • Review
  • Sport
  • SWNS
  • Tech
  • Travel
  • Uncategorized

Recent News

Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

Why are UK mortgage approvals at an all-time low?

March 28, 2023
Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

Mobile gaming vs PC gaming: Which is better for playing casino games?

March 19, 2023
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.

No Result
View All Result
  • Business
  • Life
  • Celebrity
  • Sport
  • Blog
  • Auto
  • Tech

Real Fix is a trading style of South West News Service Limited.
Copyright © 2020 South West News Service Limited.