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KITTEN ALERT Introducing Atticus

1.2K views 42 replies 26 participants last post by  TonyG  
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Introducing Atticus who arrived with me on Saturday, isn’t he pretty? 😊 He’s a 15 week old red and white mackerel Maine Coon and being a year almost to the day since I lost my Rosso, it’s exciting and a bit daunting having a kitten in the house again but he’s absolutely lovely

I didn’t intend being without a cat for so long (not counting the 100s of cats I’ve visited since in my capacity of cat sitter) but wanted to wait for the right one to come along, he’s from traditional US/UK lines which was what I was looking for as it seems the breed has been mostly overtaken by the Russian types which people seem to prefer now but I prefer the sweeter look…. but boy does he have a gob on him as I discovered at 5am this morning when he decided it was time for me to wake up!!!!

He’s still a little shy but eating and using the litter tray, playing like a mad thing and chasing boinks around like there is no tomorrow, it’s been less that 24 hours since he arrived so I’m happy with his progress, the photos are from a couple of weeks ago cos I haven’t had time to do a proper photoshoot yet but hopefully I will be around much more now and will be sharing his progress
 
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Oh wow... congratulations on your new addition, Atticus is absolutely stunning
I think we all forget how manic kittens can be!! (but oh so much fun)
Looking forward to seeing him grow up with you 🤗 :love:
 
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Hello and welcome little Atticus ( love the name, my favourite character To kill a mokingbird ) xx
Mine too ❤ favourite character in favourite book and film, he has a lot to live up to bless him!!! 😄

We had bit of a rocky night, Atticus was very unsettled and meowing loudly for periods and it’s a bit of a fine balance in trying to reassure him but also trying to get him to settle down cos he doesn’t fully trust me yet to comfort him
He spent most of the night on my bed with me tho keeping an eye on me sleeping, well trying to!!! Ate 4 portions of food 🙀 so I’ve now learnt how much I must put down overnight and when I did finally give in and got up around 5 I went into the other room to make a cuppa and he was wailing at the top of his voice bless him, it was a little distressing to hear 🥹
I came back and scooped him up for a cuddle session on the bed and he started purring his little heart out bless him ❤❤
Got a quiet day ahead so I can spend plenty of time with him today… we’ll get there I’m sure 😊
 
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We had a fantastic day yesterday, he totally came out of his shell and was feeling much more confident, I only have to look at him and he starts purring bless him, i went to bed early about 10 and not a peep out of him all night, just woke up to find him curled up besides me 😊 What a good boy ❤ I’m sure the shenanigans will start soon

Boy he can eat tho, the amount of grub that he’s putting away is scary!!!!

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