I've always considered my kitten Jefferson to be a DSH brown tabby, goofy and handsome, but people keep commenting on his coat. He's got tabby marks on his face and stripes on all his legs, but the stripes fade to a ticked pattern on his back. He's 15 weeks old now and 5.5 pounds, already quite muscular. I swear I saw him do a somersault in the living room this afternoon.
Every time we visited the vet for his booster shots, anyone coming into contact with Jeff had to pick him up and show him off to other workers and say "Oh, isn't he cool?!". They spent most of his first visit discussing his parentage. They think he's got some Abyssinian in him, and some of my friends have said the same thing. However, I know he was born in a barn to a feral mother so I have a hard time believing he's got any real breed in him.
Here are some photos of him growing up. What do you think? Could he have some Abyssinian heritage, or is it just some recessive tabby gene?
(Ha, I had to include that picture. I watched him scale up that mattress and then proceed to consider doing something very stupid.)
Every time we visited the vet for his booster shots, anyone coming into contact with Jeff had to pick him up and show him off to other workers and say "Oh, isn't he cool?!". They spent most of his first visit discussing his parentage. They think he's got some Abyssinian in him, and some of my friends have said the same thing. However, I know he was born in a barn to a feral mother so I have a hard time believing he's got any real breed in him.
Here are some photos of him growing up. What do you think? Could he have some Abyssinian heritage, or is it just some recessive tabby gene?
(Ha, I had to include that picture. I watched him scale up that mattress and then proceed to consider doing something very stupid.)