Our new cat

[gtidriver]

Around a month ago I started looking for a new member to our small family as we had lost our last cat around six months ago. We looked at another Sphynx and decided to try another breed. We picked a Russian Blue from pets4homes. She's 3 years old and we got her from a breeder, she couldn't become pregnant and was bullied by the other cats. She's very timid but very loving. Here is Matilda.

Edited by gtidriver on Thursday 24th October 22:31

Edited by gtidriver on Thursday 24th October 22:32

[Gas1883]

Awww lovely , our woody is meant to be half Russian blue / rag doll

[drd63]

Matilda is beautiful. We lost both of our Burmese (brother and sister) recently. For now we’ve made the tough decision not to get more cats as we intend to do quite a bit of travelling. For now I’ll just share your joy.

[Terminator X]

Beautiful.

TX.

[SlimJim16v]

Matilda is lovely and looks like she's settled in nicely.

[itcaptainslow]

What a lovely cat! Great you've given her a second chance.

[nuyorican]

What a handsome puss.

[gtidriver]

Thank you for the lovely comments. She is so sweet. We also waited to have a couple of holidays to start searching for a new cat.
I really missed having a cat around the house, next year we are looking for another one as Russian Blues like company.

[Simpo Two]

Great choice!

There are also British Blues - a bit chubbier and more dim-looking.

Here's a vintage advert for Sheba which might have sold more cats than cat food (as I recall reading in 'Campaign'!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOncfG3W4uY&ab...

[ChevronB19]

Matilda is beautiful, and it’s great you’ve given her a home after her being bullied.

2 rescue Sphynx incoming in the next week or so. 3 year old brothers from a divorced family.

They’ll join our other 3 year old boy and 12 year old boy (both also Sphynx).

Before I met my wife, who already had the now 12 year old, I wasn’t keen on them, and had always had outdoor moggies (which I still love), but they are amazing wrinkly bat eared psychopaths with a very dog like clinging/I adore you attitude.


Will post some pics when we get them.

Edited by ChevronB19 on Friday 25th October 11:01

Edited by ChevronB19 on Friday 25th October 11:03

[Mercury00]

She's stunning! Congratulations on getting her.

[Marniet]

Such a beautiful wee Cat

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Lovely. My friend has a Russian blue.....Vladimir Purrtin

[QBee]

Given how timid she is, and how she was bullied before, do think caefully before introducing an intruder into the house.

[gtidriver]

QBee said:

Given how timid she is, and how she was bullied before, do think caefully before introducing an intruder into the house.

It won't be till next year. She is becoming more confident everyday, she slept on the bottom of the bed last night instead of under it, she is responding more to her name when i call her, she loves her feathers on a stick that we play with every day, she sits on my lap most evenings and we've just let her venture in the garden for the first time, she had never felt grass before and wasn't too sure.

[gtidriver]

She loves this bed but has kneeded the hell out of it and its looking pretty bad..

[bitchstewie]

Never owned a cat but is 3 years old a typo?

I don't get how a cat can't have been outside for three years

[gtidriver]

She was in a cat enclosure in the breeders garden. Busy roads all around the local area.

[Jasandjules]

So cute. I hate breeders like that, but at least you can give her a loving home.

[gtidriver]

This is Matilda's regular parking spot, my lap. I work from home and she is a proper daddies girly now.