Will this kitty keep their fluffy tail?

[Picky_Piki]

I am potentially adopting a little orange tabby and I had my heart set on a medium hair kitty. The kind where the tail is really fluffy and the body smooth or not incredibly long hair on the body like you'd see with a maine coon or a persian.

- But this kitty has me stumped. His tail is very fluffy but his body is VERY short. He has absolutely no mane and no ear or toe tufts. Is this a medium hair cat's gangly teenage phase? haha. He’s 21 weeks old. Do you think he will lose his fluffy tail?

 

[DreamerRose]

No, I don't think so. What you see is what you get.

 

[verna davies]

The chances are that his tail will remain as fluffy as it is. Lovely kitten.

 

[Picky_Piki]

Thank you!

Isn't it so odd though? To have such a big beautiful fluffy tail but then such short hair on the body.

 

[verna davies]

Enjoy his fluffy tail. Keep posting photos for us to see

 

[GoldyCat]

You may be seeing his summer coat. Many longhair cats shed a lot of the longer fur in warm weather and it grows back in winter. I don't think you're going to lose that floofy tail.

 

[kittywhisper]

He will keep the tail. I think it is just his age and he will grow longer hair as his adult coat grows in. It seems to me that around 5 and 6 months that the shorter long haired kittens that people call medium hair seem to have shorter hair because the kitten fluff is gone but the adult coat has not really grown in yet either. All 3 of my kittens are 5 or 6ish months and they all have thick tails with long hairs, toe fluff or long ear furnishings but their hair looks pretty short otherwise.

I would be interested to what they look like a little down the line as the adult coat comes in more.

 

[kittywhisper]

Here is my crew.

 

[Zara12345]

I am potentially adopting a little orange tabby and I had my heart set on a medium hair kitty. The kind where the tail is really fluffy and the body smooth or not incredibly long hair on the body like you'd see with a maine coon or a persian.

- But this kitty has me stumped. His tail is very fluffy but his body is VERY short. He has absolutely no mane and no ear or toe tufts. Is this a medium hair cat's gangly teenage phase? haha. He’s 21 weeks old. Do you think he will lose his fluffy tail?

Wow this is so intriguing... If it weren't for the tail I would have thought that he's a short haired kitty.
Do you know what his parents are like?

 

[Picky_Piki]

Here is my crew.

Your crew is so cute!! So you got them all pretty close together!? Or are they siblings?

 

[Picky_Piki]

Wow this is so intriguing... If it weren't for the tail I would have thought that he's a short haired kitty.
Do you know what his parents are like?

Right?!
I'll have to ask, I know they know the mom and the brother is a little bit fuzzier than he is. They said when they first came in, they were just giant orange puff balls.

 

[Picky_Piki]

Also I couldn't remember my old login haha but I guess my google on my computer did. HAHA just realized I'm messaging from another account.

 

[kittywhisper]

Your crew is so cute!! So you got them all pretty close together!? Or are they siblings?

They are rescue kittens. I got the first kitten who was the black one at around 13 weeks. I planned on getting two around the same age since kittens do better in pairs. A little over 2 weeks later I got the tabby and white when he was around 12 weeks. I was going to get a different kitten but that one was going to be a long wait because he was not putting on weight and they told me about the tabby and white before he was listed.

After that I started fostering for the rescue. I fostered two kittens about the same age as the black one and ended up foster failing with one of the kittens who is the mostly white one. So they are all close in age but not related.

 

[Picky_Piki]

Brought him home and so these can measure his fluffiness. It's summer and he's 5 1/2 months old at this point.
I'll post more as he gets older!
(I apologize for the booty pic. It just shows his tail fluff the best.)

 

[Picky_Piki]

Update on his hair growth! The photos I've attached are of his summer coat which is shorter than during December/January but still much fluffier than in his kitten photos.

 

[verna davies]

Big fluffy tail.

 

[thefiresidecat]

what a gorgeous floof

 

[Zara12345]

Update on his hair growth! The photos I've attached are of his summer coat which is shorter than during December/January but still much fluffier than in his kitten photos. View attachment 452005View attachment 452005View attachment 452006View attachment 452007View attachment 452008

Oh wow! He's looking gorgeous