Meet Simba! 4 month old - unsure of coat type

[gdrew22]

Hello! First time cat owner here - I am rescuing this beautiful baby boy Simba - I am unsure of what his coat type might be... He is only 4 months old but he has a beautiful fluffy tail. Can anyone please provide pics if their kitty looked similar and what they look like now? Thanks!

 

[Furballsmom]

Hello! What a handsome little boy!! I'm not an expert with coat types but wanted to take the opportunity to provide this;

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[iPappy]

He looks strikingly like a cat I got in 2007, and just recently lost. He's absolutely beautiful, and if his personality is anything like my boy had, you're in for a long, wonderful life together. I'm only slightly jealous!
I'm not an expert in coat type on cats, but my little guy looked like this as a baby and as an adult, he had a fluffy, long haired coat, but not like a Persian or a Maine Coon. It was more of a "medium" coat type, maybe 2+/- inches long on his body with slightly longer on his ruff/chest, the rear portion of his back legs ("pantaloons"), and tail. It wasn't super long, and wasn't overly difficult to care for, BUT please make sure you get your kitten used to a brush (a pin brush and a metal comb should do) early on, as I didn't with mine and he was not a happy guy when I'd try to brush or comb him. When I got my now 8 year old tortie, I worked with her daily for 5 minutes or so (sometimes once, sometimes twice or more a day) to get her used to the brushing and combing routine. Today, If I bring out the brush and am working on someone else, she hogs her way into my lap and demands her turn! It's really worth the early imprinting effort. A cat that learns early on that brushing is pleasant and a daily part of his routine will never get tangled, and won't learn to hate grooming.
Enjoy your new baby

 

[gdrew22]

He looks strikingly like a cat I got in 2007, and just recently lost. He's absolutely beautiful, and if his personality is anything like my boy had, you're in for a long, wonderful life together. I'm only slightly jealous!
I'm not an expert in coat type on cats, but my little guy looked like this as a baby and as an adult, he had a fluffy, long haired coat, but not like a Persian or a Maine Coon. It was more of a "medium" coat type, maybe 2+/- inches long on his body with slightly longer on his ruff/chest, the rear portion of his back legs ("pantaloons"), and tail. It wasn't super long, and wasn't overly difficult to care for, BUT please make sure you get your kitten used to a brush (a pin brush and a metal comb should do) early on, as I didn't with mine and he was not a happy guy when I'd try to brush or comb him. When I got my now 8 year old tortie, I worked with her daily for 5 minutes or so (sometimes once, sometimes twice or more a day) to get her used to the brushing and combing routine. Today, If I bring out the brush and am working on someone else, she hogs her way into my lap and demands her turn! It's really worth the early imprinting effort. A cat that learns early on that brushing is pleasant and a daily part of his routine will never get tangled, and won't learn to hate grooming.
Enjoy your new baby

Awwww, thank you so much for this! Sorry about your loss - it surely does seem like Simba is very playful and curious! Do you have any pictures of your ginger boy!?

 

[Maria Bayote]

Oh my! Such a beautiful boy!

Welcome to you and Simba! Glad you are here!

 

[iPappy]

Awwww, thank you so much for this! Sorry about your loss - it surely does seem like Simba is very playful and curious! Do you have any pictures of your ginger boy!?

I'll dig around and see what I can come up with!

 

[rubysmama]

Hello and welcome to TCS. Congrats on being a new cat parent. Simba is pawsitively precious.

 

[aliceneko]

Welcome to you and gorgeous Simba!

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Welcome to you and that adorable Simba! I'm only guessing here, but going by that magnificent tail floof, luxurious ear furnishings (the hair in the ears) and his dense chest fur, he's going to have either a dense, rich medium coat, or long coat. LOL, he'd have to go halfway bald to be short haired, now, wouldn't he? Looking forward to watching this little guy grow up!

 

[GemsGem]

Hi and welcome to the site
Simba is one beautiful kitty

 

[tabbytom]

and Simba, on behalf of The Catsite community, a warm

to both of you.

So glad that you’ve joined this wonderful site and you are in the right place for all things cat and this site is loaded with tons of rich resources and you’ll find friendly and helpful cats around and many of our cats are very knowledgeable in cat related stuffs.

Simba is a cute kitty! Dp post more photos of Simba and we have special threads here just for him here in show-me-your-stripes-and-spots-tabby-cats-only.347378 and post-pics-of-calicos-tortieshells-and-orange-cats-here.303458 and many fun threads here in fur-pictures-and-videos-only.29 to showcase what your kitty is up to.

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[strider rose]

gdrew22 hello to you and sweet simba

 

[maggie101]

Hello! First time cat owner here - I am rescuing this beautiful baby boy Simba - I am unsure of what his coat type might be... He is only 4 months old but he has a beautiful fluffy tail. Can anyone please provide pics if their kitty looked similar and what they look like now? Thanks!
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What a beautiful boy!
Welcome!!! gdrew22
I am guessing he will look just like that he gets older. Peaches was found in a hole 5 weeks old. All her colors stayed the same