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Hello everyone I'm new here, nice to join this beautiful forum I've been lurking for a while and meet you all.
First off: I don't care if my cat is or is not purebreed, partbreed, semibreed, lookalike or nobreed. He is a cat, and he cats extremely well. He has no papers and I know he's considered a domestic long hair. He could be considered a doorknob for all I care he's the best cat I could ever have wished for. I love him and he loves me back.
So, first the pictures, next the questions:
A little backstory: this giant beast you see is now a little short of 11 weeks old and he weights 3.3 lbs. Yep, NOT a tiny kitty. In the pictures on the floor, the tile is 11.8". We adopted (no money involved) him when he was 6 weeks old: I KNOW, too early, I was so pissed off at the previous owners you can't even immagine. Let's say we did not have a say on the matter: it was either us or the local shelter, they were not willing to take the kittens to the vet anytime soon - not even for deworming or for a simple check up - but the little guy has always been happy with us and well taken care for.
So QUESTIONS now!
Previous owners, who wanted to get rid of the kittens as soon as possible, went around saying that papa cat was a purebreed persian and momma cat a persian mix. I saw picture of both of them: the mother looked nothing like a persian, just a very pretty DLH, while the father could have had some persian in him or even be a traditional-type persian. No pedigree whatsoever was shown, but again: I didn't care about having a pedigree cat. I don't even like persians that much.
Anyway, I was wandering: do you guys see ANY persian in him? Because I don't, but I'm no expert and he is my very first cat. I just started informing myself on cat breeds, and he really looks nothing like a persian to me, not even similar to a traditional one, but maybe an expert eye can see something I don't.
Also, how big he really is compared to the "standard" 11 weeks old kitten?
And finally... about his fur. He is now an handsome black smoke colour, but he still has his kitten coat so I was wondering: in your experience, when it changes to his adult coat, will it darken or will it lighten up? Can you tell by those pictures how long is it going to get? And at what age will it change from kitten coat to grown-up coat? I know every cat is different and I just have to wait and enjoy him while he is little (well... let's say not-so-big), but I'm just too curious and I hope that through your experience I could get a little peek on the future
Well that should be all, sorry everyone for the wall of text I hope you enjoy at least the pictures!
First off: I don't care if my cat is or is not purebreed, partbreed, semibreed, lookalike or nobreed. He is a cat, and he cats extremely well. He has no papers and I know he's considered a domestic long hair. He could be considered a doorknob for all I care he's the best cat I could ever have wished for. I love him and he loves me back.
So, first the pictures, next the questions:
A little backstory: this giant beast you see is now a little short of 11 weeks old and he weights 3.3 lbs. Yep, NOT a tiny kitty. In the pictures on the floor, the tile is 11.8". We adopted (no money involved) him when he was 6 weeks old: I KNOW, too early, I was so pissed off at the previous owners you can't even immagine. Let's say we did not have a say on the matter: it was either us or the local shelter, they were not willing to take the kittens to the vet anytime soon - not even for deworming or for a simple check up - but the little guy has always been happy with us and well taken care for.
So QUESTIONS now!
Previous owners, who wanted to get rid of the kittens as soon as possible, went around saying that papa cat was a purebreed persian and momma cat a persian mix. I saw picture of both of them: the mother looked nothing like a persian, just a very pretty DLH, while the father could have had some persian in him or even be a traditional-type persian. No pedigree whatsoever was shown, but again: I didn't care about having a pedigree cat. I don't even like persians that much.
Anyway, I was wandering: do you guys see ANY persian in him? Because I don't, but I'm no expert and he is my very first cat. I just started informing myself on cat breeds, and he really looks nothing like a persian to me, not even similar to a traditional one, but maybe an expert eye can see something I don't.
Also, how big he really is compared to the "standard" 11 weeks old kitten?
And finally... about his fur. He is now an handsome black smoke colour, but he still has his kitten coat so I was wondering: in your experience, when it changes to his adult coat, will it darken or will it lighten up? Can you tell by those pictures how long is it going to get? And at what age will it change from kitten coat to grown-up coat? I know every cat is different and I just have to wait and enjoy him while he is little (well... let's say not-so-big), but I'm just too curious and I hope that through your experience I could get a little peek on the future
Well that should be all, sorry everyone for the wall of text I hope you enjoy at least the pictures!
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