For those of you who've been following the IBKC awhile, you'll remember this fluffy fellow, Fergus Mayfield. Martha, his mother, was kind enough to send some recent (and beautiful) pics and a little blurb on her boy.
Here's what she had to say...
We just moved to a new home (the first day was traumatic but after that Fergus settled in ok) so he and his brother are learning new routines, places to sleep (current favorite is under a lamp), and new things to see out in the yard from the windows. He “hunts” birds from the back windows and is very interested in a very large Maine coon that lives next door. Fergus is such a great cat, I can’t even tell you how glad we are that we added him to our lives. He gets in trouble to be sure (he is obsessed with eating any scrap of paper or cardboard in the house!) but he is still the snuggliest most loving cat ever. He lets you rub his belly forwards, backwards, and any way you like. He is still tiny (in our experience with cats) at only 8.5 pounds. Every night it’s like he’s trying to win a cutest-fluffiest-cat contest all over again.
Thanks so much for the update, Martha. It's so nice seeing the lovely little boy again!
You've seen the "after"... now here's the "before".... a couple of pics of the little lad from IBKC archives....
Fergus was a bit before my time reading but my what a handsome big guy he is... ;)
ReplyDeleteHe was a lovely kitten too! Hugs and cuddles to the big guy!
Oh good heavens! Fergus seeing your beautiful face again just melts my heart....and as an 8 pounder you are still an itty bitty bundle of floof.
ReplyDeleteOh he's such a cutie, he's gotten so fluffy it's amazing.
ReplyDeleteawwww...Am in LOVE with the little guy..He is soooooooooo gorgeous and was such a goooorgeous tiny kitty..what a lucky momma he has...loads of tons of zillons of snuggles and kisses to you Fergus....
ReplyDeleteFergus is a beautiful kitty. Look at all of that fur he has!! He's beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteOh, what a handsome, lion-esque young man he's grown up to be!
ReplyDeleteEven at 8 pounds he appears to be a big guy with the floof and the adult expression.
ReplyDeleteHe's very beautiful.
WHOS A BEAUTIFUL BOY ??
ReplyDeleteFERGUS IS!
Now that's a gorgeous fella. Definitely leonine as Lily says. I love the long-haired tabby boys!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous kitty!! Ear Floof to spare, and whiskers from here to beyond!!
ReplyDeleteOh, Fergus was one of my favorites! He is so gorgeous now. Glad to hear he's doing so well and so well-loved.
ReplyDeleteAw, grown-up-Fergus-on-blanket! He looks so happy. And, as others have mentioned, that is some truly impressive ear floof. Thanks, Martha!
ReplyDeleteThat pic of him yawning is one of my faves! Glad to hear he's doing well.
ReplyDeletewhat a beaut!
ReplyDeleteOh how I remember that yawning photo of Fergus. And the mischief he was getting into with his sibling at the time. He's become a handsome heartbreaker of a grown-up kitty!
ReplyDeleteHe has been one of my faves and I am glad to see he grew into his floof!
ReplyDeleteSo handsome and content...thanks to Martha for the update and the gorgeous photos. Sigh
He was adorbs! And now look at him - so regal and handsome! Gorgeous. :)
ReplyDeleteThis litter was before I started following along and that kitten pic of Fergus yawning made me just laugh out loud...such a qt!!! Love the "all growed up" pic too!
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That's Fergus - following a path all his own! What a character - and so handsome, too! Thanks for the update, Martha. Please pass along my snorgles to Fergus!
ReplyDeleteOMG, he's a ferociously good lookin' young man now!
ReplyDeleteMartha, that's not eating cardboard... it's post modern cardboard deconstruction! It's an art form!! Really! Would an engineer lie? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHXBL6bzAR4)
Hey now! He is a real beauty! How old would he be now? He looks like he should be big because of the floof, but 8 pounds really isn't that much, perfect for snorgling, I'm sure!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for your lovely comments everyone! Everyone remarks on Fergus' ear floof and his super fluffy belly. He feels no need to have his fur all smooth and in order. :)
ReplyDeleteHe's gorgeous, now and as a kitten! Fergus rocks-- obviously a happy boy, too. Lucky him, lucky you!
ReplyDeleteOh, my, Fergus, you handsome devil, you!
ReplyDeleteMartha, thank you so much for sharing this update. I can just imagine him tummy-up, making it clear to anybody and everybody that this belly isn't going to rub itself, you know.
Oh my goodness Fergus! I am in love!
ReplyDeleteDEAR Laurie, please pass this on to DEAR Martha: YOU know how fond all of us out here get to the IBK; well, it transfers to their new forever families too. Fergus was the favorite of us all, floofy little guy he was and I can see that under your adoration and nurturing he's become an elegant, self-possessed exquisite example of pussycatness. For your care of him, Martha, THANK YOU (and for sending update pix? YOU ROCK!!)
ReplyDeleteWe've never seen Fergus before ~ but wot a lovely fella he is. He was a cute bay and now he's a cute mancat!
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty boy. Funny that he's small, because he looks like he's at least part Maine Coon to me (the floof, the ear tufts). Then again it might just be a different strain of longhair. Love his contented smile in the sun.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen such gorgeous ear-hair before!
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