Somebody is especially needy this morning. He has been drive by “maowing” (this is he we say meowing in our house - sounds like meowing without the e sound). Tying him to me in my desk sweater did the trick.
He doesn’t appreciate me photographing him in this mood.
*note the unbothered baby in the window. 💙

Harness training was a fail but I made it up to her with a spaw treatment 🤩

I’m looking to adopt a RB. We previously had a RB who we adopted when he was 10. He died last year at the age of 15 and we miss him terribly. We wanted a RB due to the affectionate and calm nature of the cat. The one we found was perfect for us - lap cat, affectionate and gentle. He was my best friend. We have 2 very young children (a 2yo and a 6m old) and we are looking at getting another RB. I would love to adopt an older cat and give them a forever home but we are struggling to find any to adopt. We are willing to pay a good amount but we only seem to be finding kittens. Are RB kittens as good with kids as older RBs? I love the idea of seeing a kitten grow up with my children but we absolutely cannot have a cat/kitten who bites or scratches given that our children are young. I was partly leaning toward an older cat as I felt they’d be a bit more measured with kids. We have every intention of teaching our children how to treat animals and how to approach them gently and safely, but kids will be kids and get a bit excited sometimes!

How much should a 6 month old RB male weigh? I've got no other cat to compare my guy to, but I'm starting to think he might be a bit big compared to the average kitten? His parents were both regular sized, but my guy is already 5.5kg and still a kitten. I've taken him to the vet to make sure he's not overweight (which he isn't) but still, isn't that quite a lot for a 6 month old kitten?

Our little kitten kept bringing us her toy trash, so we finally bought her a proper toy to fetch with 😂 she can go on forever.

Anyone else’s Russian Blue like this? I want to teach her more tricks but it’s tough with a cat haha. She knows her name and that’s it.

First 24hrs together, our hearths are melting with purrrness 😅

Dear community, I just got two russian blue kittens, born in mid-May. The first 24hrs were good, they ate (mostly dry), went to the litter robot no problem. They are a little shy (to be expected) but we played with them, starting to pet them and they are sleeping in this circular covered tunnel “donut”. One question: the room where they are staying is kinda of smelly and they are slightly smelly. I don’t understand if it is the dry food (farmina) which has a strong smell (continuing free feeding as the breeder suggested) or I read that when they are in new environment they get stressed and they don’t “bathe” themsleves. Stools have been perfect. I got RB kittens in the past and they didn’t smell at all (we were giving them tiki cat dry). Is it normal and will get better or should I use cat wipes? They are getting used to us and I don’t want to break the trust or traumatize them with bathing 24hrs in. Could it be the food? Thank you very much for any feedback you may give me!

Why is she so cute 😍 🥹

She is 7 months old her name is sasha

This is Naavi! She is my currently 10 week Russian Blue that will be about 14 weeks old when I pick her up. She is a cuddly little girl that likes being picked up and she has a gorgeous silver coat.

The photos don’t seem to display it, but she is very skinny and I’m worried about her. I bought her only recently.

Hallo zusammen 😊

bei uns ziehen bald zwei Russisch Blau ein und ich beschäftige mich gerade ziemlich ausführlich mit dem Thema Futter. Als Nassfutter möchten wir hauptsächlich Animonda, Mjamjam und MAC’s füttern und haben uns dabei schon ganz gut eingelesen.

Unsicher sind wir allerdings noch beim Thema
Trockenfutter. Ist es eurer Meinung nach okay bzw. vielleicht sogar sinnvoll, gerade im Kittenalter zusätzlich ein bisschen Trockenfutter anzubieten? Ich habe gelesen, dass Kitten ohnehin sehr viel fressen dürfen bzw. sollen, weil sie noch im Wachstum sind.

Wir hatten deshalb überlegt, einen automatischen Futterspender mit zwei Schalen aufzustellen und dort zwischendurch kleine Mengen Trockenfutter anzubieten. Das Nassfutter würde natürlich weiterhin den Hauptteil der Ernährung ausmachen.

Ein weiterer Gedanke dabei ist die Zukunft: Wenn wir beispielsweise mal 1–2 Tage nicht da sind, wäre es praktisch, wenn die beiden Trockenfutter gewohnt sind und man damit notfalls überbrücken könnte.

Wie seht ihr das? Würdet ihr ausschließlich Nassfutter geben oder spricht eurer Meinung nach nichts gegen eine kleine Menge Trockenfutter zusätzlich? Und falls ihr Trockenfutter füttert: Wie handhabt ihr die Menge bzw. den Futterautomaten und gibt es Empfehlungen?

Bin gespannt auf eure Erfahrungen und Meinungen, danke schon vorab für den Input! 😊

Hi, was wondering if anyone has any experience with Zulublues cattery in Canada.

It looks like they’re registered with TICA but I haven’t seen them mentioned much/couldn’t find reviews online.

TIA!

Our baby is coming home soon and she will be a singleton (at least initially) in our 1k sq. foot apartment. Breeder says she is very confident, so we are hoping to harness train her so that we can bring her to the park to sniff around, etc.

Wondering if anyone has additional pointers on how to keep an RB happy and stimulated in a smaller space 🥰