Updated photos of my Ziggy kitten

I've had Ziggy, my wire haired kitten, for 4 weeks. He's still fighting off the last of the sinus/eye infection but is overall looking so good. He's a doll--has stolen my heart completely.

Ziggy--grass stained chin and all:

Ziggy is absolutely adorable! He is picture puffect
Can't wait to see more of his handsome face

He is adorable. I'm so thankful he found his way into your heart and home, where he will always be safe and loved . Sending get-well-soon vibes out to him!

He has such gorgeous eyes. What a great picture!

What a gorgeous little muffin man he is!

Aw! I've never personally seen a wire haired cat before, only in pictures. He looks adorable!

Thanks for the nice comments! I know Ziggy isn't beautiful, like his sister, who is a GORGEOUS wire haired specimen who born smooth, but he is just SO DARN CUTE! He has the cutest facial expressions and moves around like a little lion cub. Everyone who meets him is smitten. And that coat--just like lamb's with a few coarser hairs mixed in. I just love to pet him!

Here's a close up of his full sister (10 mos older) that was taken yesterday. I love her "eye liner."

Oh cool, your Frisk is a brown tabbly with white, too! Gotta love 'em. Sheba is classic brown tabby with white and Ziggy is a brown mackerel tabby with white. Their mom is blue tabby with white and Daddy is a tuxedo. Both of my kits have their mom's eyes, but Ziggy really takes after his dad otherwise. I think he will be a big boy--already 8.2 pounds and just turned 7 mos this week! Sheba is petite like her mom--8 pounds and is 17 mos old.

Cally

AWE! What a cutie!

he is very adorable. I have a Ziggy too!

What an absolute darling baby!

A wire haired cat?! That is unique! I've never seen one, and I'm going to google them right now! You have a special kitty and he really is cute! Kittens just have to grow into themselves. Stuart had an odd look about him the first week I had him. I didn't even take pictures of him

Ok I looked them up! There aren't many pictures of them! They must be somewhat rare?? They are cute though!!!!! Very interesting, and how you would breed a cat to look like that is beyond me.

Hey this kind of looks like a grown up Ziggy!!!!


See he's going to be just darling!

I think that cat is probably related somehow. The story goes: A barncat in New England had a litter with a spontaneously wired kitten in the 60's. The family contacted a cat breeder in their town and she bought the wired male and another female out of that litter for $50. That was the first breeding pair and all wirehairs have descended from them. They are fairly rare, and only about 40% of each litter produces a kitten with good "wire." Ziggy has excellent wire (his pedigreed name is "Happy 2B Nappy") but he has a kink tail, so is rendered useless for show or breeding (lucky us!!!!)

Both of Ziggy's parents are grand champions. His mother was spayed after Ziggy's birth as 2 litters, with 2 c-sections only produced 3 live kittens (2 of which were wired) and 2 stillborns. She is now living a life of leisure in New Mexico. The dad is still at my neighbor's and is a lovely boy.

I'm a "rescued pet lover" at heart, but these little wirehairs have stolen my heart completely. Here's a photo of Ziggy and Sheba (brother and sister/smooth v wired) wrestling:


And one of Ziggy with his fur mouse. Check out those huge feet (a familial trait):

They are BOTH adorable