Castiel, Kitten of Thursday update

[lagilman]

Because CatofSize has been getting so much ink lately, I thought I'd fill you in on the Kitten of Thursday, too.

From his arrival here in the early summer at 2.5 pounds, he's now a solid and squirmy 8-ish pounds. He is also - because I was curious - 14 inches from hindquarters to neck. So assume about 16-17 inches, including the head. That's more or less average for an adult male (keep in mind, he's not a year old, yet).



For those of us who remarked on him having a long tail: we were right. His tail, from base to tip, is 12+ inches. That's almost a full inch longer than usual for males.

He still has a deep-but-squeaky meow, and a tendency to staaaaaaaaaaare.  He also has a purr that would put an idling R8 to shame.

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[http://users.livejournal.com/tesserae_/]

He sounds very similar to my yard kitten, Ziggy, who's now 6 and looks just like your Catiel. Zig has the same very long tail, and he didn't stop growing unttil he was 2; at 4 weeks, he weighed less than a pound, but he's tall as well as long and now weighs 13 lbs. Same pure, too.

Your Kitten of Thursday is a cutie...and best wishes to the other one!

[nomercles.livejournal.com]

I have a cat, Goose, who looks like Cas' twin brother. A friend of mine has one named Frankie. And a third friend has a Tattoo Kitty who might complete the litter. Oh, and there's a Bathsheba in the mix, too. All solid black cats with really similar and unusual bone structure (that facial profile!) and those freakishly long tails.

It got me curious, so I did research. Our cats at least (Cas might be different) are all Oriental Shorthairs. Just thought it was interesting? Care to confirm my theory with Cas? Regardless, he's beautiful.

[lagilman]

Oh yeah, Cas has at least some Oriental blood in him. I can't vouch for the Shorthair part, though, since he's got a pretty long coat )but not long enough to qualify him as a longhair, in my experience).

[isabeau.livejournal.com]

and a tendency to staaaaaaaaaaare

...well, *duh*...

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

When this pic was taken, Pumba was ten months old and ten pounds. He kept growing until 18 months. Fighting weight is 14 pounds with a barrel chest, but no fat, not even enough free skin to scruff. He's 12 inches at the shoulder. The length varies; he's part Slinky. :-)

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

My Newton kitty was also black, and had the extra long tail. He lived a very long life as an indoor kitty. Very quiet and loving. When I see or hear of a longer tailed feline, I know they are getting a good cat.

[neadods.livejournal.com]

I would have loved to have seen the expression on his face when you were measuring him.

[lagilman]

There was a metric ton of twisting and WTF staring, yep.