Thread: Things I've noticed about my MC kitten...

Originally Posted by Englishman

Hi All,
Things I've noticed about my little MC boy:
He loves his food.
He's very good at using the litter tray, but really hunkers down and tries to submerge his back end in the litter. Then he covers it all up very nicely and bounces out to start playing. His fluffy little butt then leaves wee or poo prints for a couple of minutes until he goes in for clean-up. I've learned not to pick him up for a cuddle within 5 to 10 minutes of him having a wee or poo. With any luck, as his little legs get longer, he'll be able to get more distance between the litter and his butt.
He's a chewer. Computer mice, paper, boxes, their new cat tree, and unfortunately my fingers and toes.
He's growing like a weed. He's lost that "light as a feather" kitten mass and now feels like a solid little lump.
He's GORGEOUS.

Blimey, we've had our kitten Neo for two weeks - he's 8 weeks old now - and I could have written all the above myself!

Sorry to hear about Bob, that's a fantastic age, I bet he's left a massive hole in your heart.

Englishman, Welcome to MCF! Sully sounds like a spunky MC boy! I am glad to hear he is getting along so well with Abby. I have a only MC and two beagles. I also have Ginger microchiped, I do not know how common it is in the US but I hope if she ever gets loose, they check fro it. Now when I let the Beagles out she hops in line and tries to run out the door with them, she thinks she is a dog! Litter box hygiene does get better with time, Ginger got a lot more baths when she was a tiny kitten, not so many now. She does a good job of keeping her bottom cleaned. I am sorry to hear about Bob, it sounds like the good ol boy had a nice long life! Love the pictures, Sully is a beautiful kitten!

A quick Sully update. He's growing every day and getting more and more adventurous and playful. I'm gradually getting him to stop chewing on hands and fingers, but apparently my toes under the duvet proved irresistible the other night and I woke up with a start has he tried to bite them off. He likes to sleep on the bed, and will bring a toy with him which he later plays with in the middle of the night when he wakes up bored. He's the same size as Abigail pretty much, and she's chasing him around with a slightly closed left eye - I think she got a little bit kitty-punched. They are getting on great - chasing and wrestling. She has had the odd little serious nip at him, but she's not getting through his thick fluff to cause any damage.
Now for the latest pictures.

Just love that second photo,all sweet innocence.....xxx

Sully is adorable. Don't you just love waking up to toys in the bed??? Baxter brings the toys, Buzz attacks our feet. Crazy, but I keep thinking about a third. MCs are definitely addictive!!!

Aww, he's gorgeous - is he clumsy?! I ask because he's a very similar age to Beau; while Dixie is quite athletic and lithe, he stomps around the house knocking things over and bumping into things lol. He also does something which I've only ever seen my previous Ragdolls do - which gets referred to by owners as the 'Ragdoll flop' - that is, rather than lie down he just falls over lol. He did this on the computer keyboard yesterday and I lost what I was doing! He wasn't bothered, just laid there waiting for his belly to be tickled.

Originally Posted by PandK

Aww, he's gorgeous - is he clumsy?! I ask because he's a very similar age to Beau; while Dixie is quite athletic and lithe, he stomps around the house knocking things over and bumping into things lol. He also does something which I've only ever seen my previous Ragdolls do - which gets referred to by owners as the 'Ragdoll flop' - that is, rather than lie down he just falls over lol. He did this on the computer keyboard yesterday and I lost what I was doing! He wasn't bothered, just laid there waiting for his belly to be tickled.

Yes he is clumsy. Just this morning I'd left the toilet seat up in the bathroom as I was sealing a drip on the boiler and throwing the tissue down the loo after wiping the pipe to find the leaking joint. I left the room for one minute and came back to water all over the floor. WTF? I thought, then found a very soggy Sully in the front bedroom. He'd fallen in the loo. Could have been much, much worse.
He's fallen off the coffee table and kitchen counters, he's been cleaning himself and rolled backwards off chairs. He does tend to flop over instead of lie down gracefully like a normal cat. I wouldn't swap him for the world. I've never seen a more playful kitten - he can't walk past a toy and not have five minutes fighting with it. He loves to be picked up and cuddled, he likes having his belly rubbed and his purr has a funny little up-note at the end. He's started to chirrup to himself when noodling around investigating stuff, and he has to be involved in whatever I'm doing, as if he's trying to learn how to clean his water fountain etc. Fantastic little animal.