At what age can you tell about the length of a kittens coat?

Luke · 30-09-2006, 11:12 PM

As the title says-what age can you tell what type of coat (length) a kitten is going to have?
Was just speaking to the aunt with the kittens (she hadn't intended to talk about them-call was in relation to something else.), sne she was saying how at this stage (just over two weeks) the kittens seem quite plush coated/fluffy..AND that she saw a rather large ginger longhaired tom hanging around the house, possible he was th father not the perceived stray ginge with half a tail as apparentlly they were seeing him alot a bit aback, anyway i digress.
So what stage can you tell about coat lengths?

EmmaG · 30-09-2006, 11:15 PM

Not totally sure, I believe some cats like the main coons get their full coat when they reach maturity (12-18 months)

dinahsmum · 01-10-2006, 10:15 AM

Chester's coat is longer than I first envisaged. He's not long haired by any means but his coat is silky and, as I mentioned before, he has a very full tail and great 'trousers'. He's not quite 6 months and his coat is still developing. You wouldn't have predicted his luxuriance at seeing him as a little 'un.

Edit: hmm - that got me thinking. Here's a pic of Ches when he came home - (7 weeks +). You can see his demi-fluffiness, can't you?

Luke · 01-10-2006, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by dinahsmum

Chester's coat is longer than I first envisaged. He's not long haired by any means but his coat is silky and, as I mentioned before, he has a very full tail and great 'trousers'. He's not quite 6 months and his coat is still developing. You wouldn't have predicted his luxuriance at seeing him as a little 'un.

Edit: hmm - that got me thinking. Here's a pic of Ches when he came home - (7 weeks +). You can see his demi-fluffiness, can't you?

Firstly, gorgeous picture! Secondly, i think this may be how the kittens will be-to me, they wouldn't look as if they would be fully longhaired..but its more of a dense coat coming through, shaggy bits in places, tail quite 'bottle brush' like...

dandysmom · 01-10-2006, 08:49 PM

Luke, I Googled this last night, with no success!! Guess you just have to wait and see........

random · 01-10-2006, 11:09 PM

Luke all mine came with long fluffy coats, now they have semi long silky coats.

Tuckers coat is longer than his sisters, but hers is thicker.

The black girls are both semi long and very silky and sleek, but Jennie has a fluffy undercoat and Vitaani doesn't.

Kiara is typical Siamese.

I should think you will get some idea from about 20 weeks Luke, that is about the time mine lost their 'fluffyness', which was quite longer than what they have now.

Kazz · 02-10-2006, 12:56 AM

Cleo's coat is very like DM's Ches's so dense and soft its gorgeous to touch, Osz's coat was alway thin no depth to it at all.
I would think you can tell a long coat coat at about 7-8 weeks not sure about semi though

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