A Furry Purry Update

As I’m being pestered left, right and centre for updates on my furry buggers, I figured I should probably blog about them. Plus I know some of you only come here for the pictures :P

Fudge settled in rather rapidly, which surprised me given the situation we rescued him from. I expected him to be timid, like Hex, but is in actual fact a little terror. He is incredibly energetic, and loves to pick on Hex then squeal bloody murder trying to pretend he’s the victim. Just last Saturday he was launching from Karl onto Hex’s head as we were lying in bed (lazy lie-in!)

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Hex has given Fudge the “I’m boss-cat” smackdown, although I’m not sure how long that hierarchy will last given Fudge’s nature. It wasn’t long before they were sharing snuggles in all of the favourite sleeping spots though, and I have many a cute photograph of the pair of them dozing together.

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The funniest part of having them together is how they do things at feeding time. Now that Fudge is out and about roaming the house, I feed them both together side by side. Hex has his pouch of adult food, and Fudge gets half a pouch of kitten food. Except that it doesn’t really work like that, because after about 3 bites they swap over, literally synchronised as if there’s some sort of mental signal between them both. They eat a bit more, and then swap back. This often goes on until they’ve both polished off the contents of the plate and Fudge has more than doubled in size.

Talking of which, Fudge is now over 800g which is double the weight he was when we got him. He’ll be coming up for his next check-up shortly, during which he’ll hopefully be given his vaccinations and flea treatment (although neither of them are showing signs of scratching, which is great). I really couldn’t have wished for a better relationship between Hex and Fudge, and he’s made a brilliant addition to our home :)

49 Comments

  1. I’m so happy that Hex and Fudge are getting along so well! Fudge has that mischievous about him, so I’m not at all surprised by his antics.

    I can’t wait ’til I can have cats of my own.

  2. He’s simply adorable ^_^

  3. Too cute!!!! I want to get a friend for Xoie, but sadly, dogs require way more daily maintainance than cats do, and there’s no way I could handle two right now.

  4. Aww! They’re so cute together! I wish I could have a cat. But unfortunately, my whole family and myself included are allergic to cats. :(

    I’m glad Fudge settled in good. I read your other entry about where you rescued him from. It’s so sad, but fortunately for him he has a good home now.

    Fudge looks like he’s a mischievious kitty! Poor Hex! XD

  5. Omg, they’re sooo cute!

    God, last night two foxes got hold of a cat and all I could hear was screetching. The poor cat, :'( I’m not quite sure how it is, but I know there was lots of blood. FUCKING FOXES *shoots*

  6. His big blue eyes are so cute.

  7. <33333333333333

  8. That first picture of Fudge is adorable! <3 His little tiny paw. :3

  9. It’s so great that Fudge has gotten a happy ending. Hex and Fudge are so cute; and I think they make quite the pair! :D

  10. Oh, my goodness. Those are the cutest pair of felines ever :) It’s great that Hex has a friend now, and that things have worked out for little Fudge!

    My gran’s two dogs do the exact same thing when they’re having dinner! It must be an animal pair-type thing? :P

  11. You’ve become a cat lady, for sure. :'(

  12. It is embarrassing that I had to pull out my unit converter to figure out how much 800 grams was…but that’s great news. ^^ They’re adorable. Fudge has cute eyes.

  13. Hee hee, kittens are like that Jem. I am so glad that he is doing ok. He is so cute. Thanks for letting us see him & Hex.

  14. Oh Fudge is cute as. What a gorgeous face.

  15. Those are some very adorable cats .
    This reminds me of my cat when we first got him…I miss those days!

  16. Aww, snuggling kitties. Fudge is getting big really fast :P His face and his little pink paws are adorable.

    And I love black cats! Hex is so richly black that I didn’t even notice he was in the second photo until I viewed the un-cropped photo.

  17. Awww…. Fudge is so cute. *proceeds to stare for eons at pictures*. Especially the second picture … erm wait! Isn’t it the same picture?

  18. Too cute! They’re both adorable! I’m glad Fudge is settling in well and gaining weight, 800gms is still teeny though! :O

  19. I guess rescued cats adjust pretty quickly to their new home. My parents rescued a cat last year, he was incredibly shy at first, but only a week or two later he turned into a real rascal and harassed our older cat all the time ;)

  20. The food sharing bit is normal, all cats that live together will do this. Hex is a wonderful gentle cat, perfect to take in someone from another litter and his manners and nature will rub off on Fudge. At the moment Fudge is still in mad kitten stage, he will slow down as he gets older though. It is a very positive thing that they share food bowls, it displays trust on both parts and understanding of babies and kittens on Hex’s side.
    They have both done fantastically well Jem, you have done a great job of adding a new cat to your household :) All you have to do now is train Karl lol

  21. Awww! They’re so adorable together! My cats do the food sharing bit as well. I put down one bowl anymore and they just seem to take turns back and forth letting each other eat a bit, then let it settle while the other eats, and then its swap time again. It’s quite cute :D!

  22. They’re gorgeous. :) Why is it always the innocent looking ones that are most devious? :P

  23. Yay for fuzzy pictures! It’s nice to hear that they’re getting along together. I, too, have experienced both the food-switch and the terror-cat situations, but would you really have it any other way? Thanks for the updates :)

  24. They are simply too cute!

  25. This post made me utter many a retarded sound in the category of ‘dawwwwww’ – how can any one person cope with such an overabundance of cute? On a completely unrelated note, we have the same carpet.

  26. the food thing… my dogs do that too…

  27. Adorable! :3

  28. I can’t help but aww :3

  29. Oh my goodness, what an adorable kitten! I have one of my own but I’ll probably be a cat lady and have like 100 one day lol, I love them. That’s awesome that he’s settling in so well, that’s a great sign. :)

  30. To be quite honest with you, I’m thinking that cats may very well look as much like their owners as dogs are said to (and with dogs, this is ALWAYS true) – Fudge’s expression looks a lot like what I imagine you must look like (I am, of course, completely pulling this out of my ass, but he looks like what you sound like you might look like, if that makes any sense at all) ;)

  31. Jem

    06 Jun at 7:34 pm

    Considering Fudge is the cutest thing in the world Alex, I’ll take that as a compliment ;)

  32. Awww. I’m glad that they’re getting along so well. Sometimes adding cats to a household can be trouble. I really don’t see how you can get anything done around the house with two little cuties like that lying around.

  33. Sorry I just had to come by and comment again, I love your cat blogs!
    Hex and Fudge are soo cool, sharing each others food and sleeping spots. They’re homies :P

  34. They’re adorable! I don’t only come around for the photos, but it’s sure a plus. ;)

  35. I’m going to steal your cats. They are so adorable.

  36. Haha, how cute! The picture with them snuggled together…if it weren’t for paragraph above and Hex’s ear, I wouldn’t have known it was him and only would have seen Fudge! Too cute!

  37. They are so cute together, it’s nice to see they get on well!!

  38. Go Jem! I really admire you for saving the kitty! I wish I could follow your steps and bring a kitten into my household, but when I did that last time I found out how allergic I was to cats! That didn’t stop me from having 13 cats at one time in the house. :)

  39. Aww, hes gorgeous!
    He has grown so much. x

  40. Awee. I just love how you’ve really changed these little guys lives!! She/he looks happy and bright!

  41. Aw they look so cute together! Nice photos :)

  42. OMG he is geting so big :) and c so damn cut e:)

  43. and for some reson my net is acting up i cant vew lots of sites right now not even my own so thats why i am on this proxie :)

  44. In my opinion, Fudge is the most adorable kitten ever. =D What a cute pair. I’m sure in another few weeks both of them will be great buddies. XD

  45. he’s so cute! i just got a wolf cub and my dad’s cat really doesn’t like him yet =/ then again she doesnt really like anyone.

  46. You have the cutest tiny kitten. You are so lucky. I wanted to adopt a little tiny kitty, but the pet deposit is $500 here.

  47. They are the cutest pair of kitties!!! Second to only my pair, of course. ;)

    You need to make lolcats with photos of them! I bet you could get some hilarious ones of Fudge. XD

  48. That’s adorable! I love Fudge. I wanna adopt him from you!