Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Warm Welcome to Purrs! => Welcome to Newbies :) => Topic started by: Sassybot on February 06, 2014, 10:47:50 AM
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Hi!
Just thought I'd introduce myself before bugging everyone with questions :D
Two weeks ago, me and my partner brought home a little kitten called Frankenstein. He's a complete dude. Proper little hunter who spends most of the day bombing around, stalking us and causing trouble (although at night he comes to me for cuddles :D ).
This evening we are taking him for his first jabs, hopefully he wont eat the vet! His latest thing is chewing on elbows!
Anyway, here's a pic of Frankie. This was taken within an hour of him coming to our home. It's amazing how much he's grown within a week! Not that it matters but I do hope he stays fluffy. His mother was long haired and his fur is longer than any kittens my family has had. AND it's really thick and spikey- looks like he's put his paw in a socket :D
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What a dorgeous little doll :catluv: I'd certainly say he's gonna be a fluffy kit as he is spitting image of me Groucho boy when he were wee :)
:welcome: to Purrs.
How old is the little fella?
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oooo- he's a little cutie, isn't he? :Luv2: :Luv2: :wow: :wow: I'd say he's going to stay a little fluffer too (and yes Rosella - he does have a certain air of the Gorgeous Groucho about him ;D )
Am so glad he's taking his duties as feline terrorist very seriously and also those night-time snoozling duties. Very important those. ;)
Frankie Stein is just adorable. I bet your household is just alight with fun, now he's joined, isn't it? :Luv:
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Thanks for the welcome :)
Frankenstein is such a fluffy weirdo and I'll be glad if he stays that way! When my partner and I first discussed getting a cat we decided our idea one would be a black scruffy fluffy monster and, by chance, thats exactly what we got.
There is a bit of discrepancy as to how old he is. When we first picked him we were told he was 4 weeks old. Then 4 weeks later we went to pick him up. The woman was lovely so I text her to let her know he had settled in and asked, by chance, if she remembered the DoB. The date she gave me would have meant he was only 7 weeks when we got him. She did seem very eager for us to get him although I put that down to her claims that he was a greedy guts. He tried to suckle me for a few days but never really cried for his litter mates. BASICALLY, to cut a long story short he's either 9 or 10 weeks today.
I'm completely in love with him. Since the day we brought him home he has been my shadow. I come back from work and he pounces at me for attention. Just a really cool cat.
Saying that, it would be nice if he would stop biting!! Silly thing gets a bit carried away
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our idea one would be a black scruffy fluffy monster and, by chance, thats exactly what we got.
Ah, there's no "chance" about it - a feline celestial agency arranges these things - a bit like Nanny Mcfeline ;) :evillaugh: The Fates have sent absolute belters to our door over the years. And we tend to get just what we need. :hug:
Our youngest little un was like that - they thought at the shelter that he was around 4 months old, but he was just very underweight and undernourished (not a great start to his life bless him!) but since then we discovered he was in fact only just 3 months. Now of course he's growed and growed and growed, and at just over 7 months old, he's now as big as our 22 month old cat.
Am so pleased he's captured your hearts so totally. That's exactly how it should be. And I bet he feels the same way about his new Mam and Dad Sassybots. ;)
To discourage him from biting, just pull him away firmly but gently and say "No" - if that doesnt work, say "ouch!" - look shocked and hold him up, saying "ouch - no!" He wont take a blind bit of notice, but by then you'll be so busy giggling at the look on his face you won't care. ;)
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Frankenstein is absolutely adorable!
If 'no' and 'ouch' doesn't work, I read said somewhere about blowing in their faces. It does tend to discourage them.
Oh and :welcome: to Purrs!
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:welcome: :welcome: :welcome:
Frankie is gorgeous. I agree with the others about stopping him biting now.
Therea re lots of really useful guides and bits of info in this section of the forum: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/board,43.0.html
This link has load of info on Kittens: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,4790.0.html
This is also a good link: http://www.purrsinourhearts.co.uk/index.php/topic,4931.0.html
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being so young he won't have learnt any manners from his litter mates and mum yet so you will have to bear with it for a bit
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What an adorable little chap :Luv2: ! Black cats are da best ;D
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What a gorgeous little fluff monster! How did he get his name?
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:Luv: Frankie is so adorable we like loads and loads of kitty pictures here so if you could help us out we will be very grateful :evillaugh:
Oh and :welcome: you will love it here
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Frankie is blumming gorgeous, no wonder you fell in love with him. :Luv2:
Mary
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Thanks Guys :)
When he gets too rough we say ouch and stop playing with him. He get's quite confused and then starts purring and trying to lick us better :p
His name! When we went to see him the woman said he was a little girl and we pretty much named him there and then. A week or so later she text me saying she was sorry but she was pretty sure that he was a little boy. For some reason we really struggled with names for a boy. We went to pick him up with a list of names in our heads, Frankenstein being one of them (awesome book, also Red Dwarf reference and I like a band with it in their name). As we waited for our cab the woman asked if we had his name ready so we explained no. She told us her 2 year old called him Frankie. When I asked the little boy why he said that the cat had told him his name was (have to try and spell this phonetically lol) Frank-win-dine!! Seemed like fait to us. He really suits it too :p