They are a lovely pair. Are they siblings FP? I'm guessing they are. Are they similar in size. Often females are smaller but it's difficult to tell in that photo.
Harvey was always much bigger than Alfie. Even though Alfie was a fair old lump of cat.
Post by Berry McPaper-cuts on Jan 15, 2018 16:44:51 GMT
They definitely have the same Ma but not sure whether she had more than one partner resulting in the big difference. As kittens they were the same size but now Boris is bigger.His shoulders are very powerful. When I collected them I was expecting to come home with Katya but the seller persuaded me to take Boris too. I was introduced to his uncle who was the spitting image of him! Boris charmed his way into our lives.
Yes cat genetics can be complex. I definitely think Harvey and Alf had the same father. Sadly he was also their uncle which has had consequences. More for Alfie than Harvey. Alfie had a heart murmur and we now know he only ever had one functioning kidney. Harvey has an irregular heart beat and a problem with his hips which we think is congenital. I didn't know their parentage when I bought them but I think I would still have taken them anyway. Once I'd clapped eyes on Alf I was done for lol.
Katya and Boris are really lovely. Not sure I've ever seen cats quite like it.
Stanley Johnson was on The Wright Stuff this morning, and he told the story of how he was in Mexico with his then wife, who was heavily pregnant. They needed to get back to New York for the birth and planned to go via Greyhound coach. He had met and befriended a Russian Mexican pilot (?) who insisted on flying them back as the birth was imminent. Stanley was so grateful he told him they would name the baby after him, enter Boris lo1! It would have been Doris if he had been a girl. lol