Life in the sea of blue cats.: seanan

Life in the sea of blue cats.

So, as many of you have ascertained from this month's welcome post, I have a new member of my feline family: Thomas, a blue classic tabby and white Maine Coon. Like Alice, he hails from Seattle's fantastic Pinecoon Cattery, courtesy of Betsy Tinney. He and Alice actually share a mother, the sweet-natured and endlessly tolerant Arial (yes, like the font), although they have different fathers. Thomas joined the family on Sunday afternoon, heralded by a rather epic amount of hissing from my pre-existing cats, Lilly and Alice.

Thomas, it should be noted, has really not participated in the hissing. He's a goofy, sweet little blue boy, and he starts purring when I get within three feet of him. That is, when he's not racing through the house like a kitten possessed, sinuous blue tail flying out behind him like a flag, losing traction on the hardwood floor, and slamming into the nearest available wall. Yes. He does this a lot.

Lilly and Alice remain dubious of our new family member, but they're starting to warm to him. Lilly was grooming him yesterday (she is the lickingest cat alive), and he and Alice slept on my chest last night, together. Given that he's likely to weigh more than she does when he grows up, this may become a lot less endearing really, really soon. Then again, they eliminate the need for a space heater, so hey. All three of them spent last night's episode of Glee hanging out, purring loudly, and being cute. I have the cutest cats in the entire world. And all my cats are blue.

This brings me to two Maine Coons and one classic Siamese, which strikes me as a good place to stop, since going any further takes me into crazy cat lady territory. Besides, I'm already pretty sure that, if they wanted to, they could take me.

Kitten!

(No, there are not yet kitten pictures available. Yes, there will be kitten pictures...eventually. Making pictures uploadable is a long, manual process, and I'm getting ready for this weekend's Orycon Guest of Honor slot, integrating a new cat into my household, and trying to finish a book. Asking me for kitten pictures only reduces my desire to deal with formatting them. So please show mercy, and don't ask?)

gorgeousgary

November 11 2010, 01:43:28 UTC 6 years ago

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Kitty!

Congrats on the new addition to the family!

So, what are you going to do with the $$ you'll be saving on your heating bills? 8-)

angel_vixen

November 11 2010, 02:31:21 UTC 6 years ago

You made me think of this:

Throw on another cat, honey...

AngelVixen :-)

seanan_mcguire

6 years ago

kyra_neko_rei

November 11 2010, 01:44:44 UTC 6 years ago

KITTEN!!!!!!

November 11 2010, 16:52:28 UTC 6 years ago

Yes!

dharawal

November 11 2010, 01:52:45 UTC 6 years ago

Sounds lovely, I'm glad they have warmed to him, sadly when I brought Bucky home six years ago my two existing cats first spat and hissed at him and then just proceeded to ignore him.

It's been that way ever since, they have never played together, or snuggled up together, I often think I should get Bucky a kitten of his own, because he must get lonely.

The other two will snuggle up with each other (being litter sisters) but wont come within three feet of Bucky.

November 11 2010, 16:59:22 UTC 6 years ago

Aww, that's sad. :(

tezmillertm

November 11 2010, 02:07:43 UTC 6 years ago

Hopefully all three cats won't sleep on your chest at the same time. If you find yourself coughing up furballs from your lungs, you know who to blame ;-)

P.S. Has Thomas fursploded yet, or is he still a baby?

November 11 2010, 16:59:31 UTC 6 years ago

He's still a baby.

keristor

dr_zrfq

November 11 2010, 03:10:06 UTC 6 years ago

Cartoon kitten!!

November 11 2010, 16:59:44 UTC 6 years ago

Very much like.

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November 11 2010, 16:59:52 UTC 6 years ago

He's fabulous.

notalwaysweak

November 11 2010, 05:40:36 UTC 6 years ago

Yay for kitties! Three is a good number. I have three and have decided to stop there because a) council regulations and b) my mother say I can't have any more.

November 11 2010, 16:59:59 UTC 6 years ago

Good reasons, really.

hasufin

November 11 2010, 06:04:58 UTC 6 years ago

1) I have noticed that kittens do seem to careen into walls a very great deal. I wonder how smart they would have otherwise been?

2) I tend to say that our three cats mean that we are at cat-pacity.

3) I am somewhat jealous that you have three cats who like each other. The best I can thus far hope from our three is that they will share the bed and pointedly ignore one another.

November 11 2010, 17:00:12 UTC 6 years ago

They're getting along really well. It's wonderful.

aryana_filker

November 11 2010, 08:48:18 UTC 6 years ago

Welcome to a wonderful new home, Thomas! Yay, kittens!

November 11 2010, 17:00:30 UTC 6 years ago

He's a good boy.

la_marquise_de_

November 11 2010, 13:02:32 UTC 6 years ago

He sounds adorable. I hope they all settle down together well.

November 11 2010, 17:00:38 UTC 6 years ago

They really seem to be!

ladymondegreen

November 11 2010, 15:23:10 UTC 6 years ago

I haz a puffy blue kitten nephew!

November 11 2010, 17:00:44 UTC 6 years ago

Yup.

November 11 2010, 17:00:59 UTC 6 years ago

That's good. I'm glad she has you firmly in paw.

vettecat

November 11 2010, 16:00:48 UTC 6 years ago

Awwwwwwwww! Happy new-kitten day!

November 11 2010, 17:01:06 UTC 6 years ago

Thank you!

all_ephemera

November 11 2010, 16:19:52 UTC 6 years ago

I can't wait until there are pictures! I've been following along with comments on your Twitter, getting increasingly excited about a kitten named Thomas. I love my cats (both girls) but for some reason there is something about boy cats that just clicks. They love you so hard!

November 11 2010, 17:01:16 UTC 6 years ago

He is DEFINITELY a lover.

pyre006

November 12 2010, 17:56:57 UTC 6 years ago

congratulations on your new kitten ^-^

November 18 2010, 15:30:55 UTC 6 years ago

stakebait

November 12 2010, 20:19:31 UTC 6 years ago

Mew!

November 18 2010, 15:31:01 UTC 6 years ago

Mow!

trialia

November 16 2010, 03:46:24 UTC 6 years ago

How old is Thomas, out of interest? :D

November 18 2010, 15:32:14 UTC 6 years ago

Born July 15th, eighteen weeks old today.

baka_kit

November 23 2010, 08:24:51 UTC 6 years ago

Belated congratulations!

And have you updated your life insurance to cover you in case of Death by Floof?

My cousin and her husband recently rescued a Maine Coon kitten. According to the vet, he's only 8 weeks old, but he's a lot bigger than any of my roomies' twelve week old fosters.

November 23 2010, 21:16:17 UTC 6 years ago

No, but I've already seen a reduction in my heating bills!

Thomas is already bigger than Lilly.

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