Hi Elise....our cats sound quite similar. Actually just to let you know Freddie in the piccie is still only 6 months old! So he is still a baby, a massive baby but still little. He was quite small at 12 weeks when we got him, but he has grown like mad and he is now huge. He loves his food though. His dad was a golden tipped BSH and was the biggest cat we have seen and his mum is very pretty BSH black tipped. We also got Freddies cousin who is the same age (6 months) but he is the shorthair version, they are extremely different.

Just another note Elise, you mentioned your autistic son, I have 2 of those, life has its challenges doesnt it!! I find my pets to be a real comfort at times, I talk to them all the time. One of my sons (6) carries Freddie around and Fred just puts up with it. Actually we were asked if we wanted to take a cat in to school for "show and tell" and I took Freddie. He laid on a mat in the middle of the room with 30 children around him and just purred.....now not many cats would do that! x

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