Andy at one month, four days. No wonder I said “Yes, I’d like to take him home when he’s ready to leave his mommy!”
Andy’s first day at home with me.
Dougy’s favorite place when he was a kitten. He’s three months old here.
Of course, you know the top photo of the kitty brothers at about three and a half months old, perhaps the other two, with Andy always on the left.
A few days ago, it was siblings day on Facebook. That was the inspiration for this Caturday post. Andy and Dougy are linked by genetics and the good fortune to be adopted by someone – me! – who wanted the two to be together once they left their mother.
They were so cute! But nowhere near as elegant as today.
The longer their hair, the prettier they are, but I look forward to the day they get haircuts. If you have show cats, the long hair serves a purpose, but pet Persians are OK with those haircuts. Not only is long hair a grooming challenge for the human, it is a difficult grooming process for the cart.
I can imagine. Are they getting haircuts for the hot weather?
They will in late July – there was a screw up with scheduling. Ordinarily, they’d get one every other month. I do turn on the air conditioning for them on hot days.
I almost burst from all the cuteness! 😻
They were a delight as “babies”!
Oh, so adorable! I still look back at puppy photos too. Unfortunately, I don’t have much of Ms. Zulu when she was a small pup. She was already a bit bigger when we got her too.
It’s easily the most fun time for any companion animal! I didn’t have any photos of Louie the ginger cat as a kitten since I got him at age five. Freckles the grey tabby was only six months old, but I got her at about five months old. I only have one photo of her, poor kitty. (She died after being spayed….)
Oh, that’s so sad about Freckles. My motto is that we can’t tale enough photos of the furries ones.
My smart phone and lap top tend to support that! I agree wholeheartedly!
aren’t they the cutest kittens ever!
That they were! Different than any kittens I ever saw, but cute in their own way.
so cute and adorable
They were! I miss their kitten days, but viewing their videos and photos from then helps.
Always remember those memories.
Sweet memories! Cheers, Doug.
Yes, I enjoyed looking at those again, too!
Irresistible!
The kitten are cute the we have the pleasure to see them grow .Theuy left their momy but they found an attentive protector .
In friendship
Michel
I am their mommy! Ha! Wait a minute, no, I am their slave. I am glad I got to have these two from the earliest possible time. It’s a different experience than adopting an older animal, and one I like!~ (That said, I would probably adopt an older cat or two after they go to kitty heaven because I will be an older man by then. Besides, my experience with shelter pets has been very positive. ) Greetings to Janine! I hope you are having good gardening weather, Michel! We just had circa 20 cm of snow, with strong winds up to 80+ kph! Ugh. As we say here after nasty weather, “Oh well, we can use the moisture!”
They were lovely kittens ! Purrs
I was shocked when I first saw Andy: He was so ugly he was cute! I’d b=never seen a Persian kitty before and I had questions about what kind of animal he was. LOL! Of course, he was so sweet a kitty – he walked right up to me – I lost my heart to him in an instant. Of course, I realized he was a kitten soon enough that same moment. They quickly grew into beautiful kittens, then cats.
They were adorable kittens and they still are now.
They tell me to tell you “Meow!”
You were lucky to know their kitten personalities. I never got the chance with my rescues.
That’s exactly what I like about adopting kittens. On the other hand, my first wto kitties were rescues from a shelter. While both were really great cats, I often wondered how they were as kittens since both were well-behaved cats… That made me wonder why and how they ended in shelters. I would never have given them up for any reason!
Awww so cute!
They know it, too! LOL! Thanks!
Of course they do!
They are adorable boys, Doug! International Cat Care has another photo contest going on. This time they are looking for kitten photos, up to 6 months old.
Something to consider!
I just entered several photos. we’ll see how it goes! Thanks, Lavinia!
They are kittens for ever in our hearts ! 🙂
Yes, that they are, France!
They were adorable then just as today!
Thanks, John!
They were so adorable as kittens! They still are of course but it’s also a treat to see their kitten pictures!
There have been so many new people following Andy and Dougy that I periodically like to replay their kitten years so everyone has a chance to be in on the whole story!
I love these so much! Little kitty toys! Sweet little faces!
They were an unexpected gift at a time I was getting through grieving the death of Louie the ginger cat. If you haven’t looked at the pages under the tagline “surviving retirement with two cats” and followed the links in the one about the origins of Andy and Dougy, you should. It takes you back to the first post that tells how I ended up with the kitty boys. (You and I followed each other recently enough, you may not have had time to explore what’s available on this blog…)
Will do!
Unbearably cute….ooooh! Kisses!
You know you can tell if kitties are blushing if the inside of their ears turns red…? Well, Andy and Dougy appreciate being adored, yet are somehow embarrassed because they are “guy cats”, you know. And Guys get embarrassed when they are called “cute”. (Of course, they are. LOL!)
Yeah it’s a Macho thing. LOL!
LOL! Yeah! As you say, MACHISMO City!
So cute. At first I thought you might have taken up polishing your nails. haha
LOL! I didn’t realize at first that Andy was a kitten, he was so strange looking to my eye. Looking at the initial kitten photos now, I realize Persian kitties just look…um…”different”. No nail polish for me, but I love the look on Dougy’s face in the photo! When my mother was in the care center, that was one of the photos I printed and framed for her so she could have photos of the kitty boys. It’s on my wall now, along with one of Andy taken his first day in the apartment.
What cuties! 😺💕😺
It was impossible to say “no!” when I was asked if I wanted them, though I was still mourning the loss of Louie the ginger cat at the time. I think I was vulnerable for that reason. Of course…they were really cute! LOL!
Sometimes it’s the best thing you can do 😺😺😺😺💕
I have no regrets!