We've Chosen Our Kitten!

[Stacey]

Hey kitty lovers

I posted on this forum ages ago because I'd been reading a lot of the threads. We decided months and months ago that we were going to get a Maine Coon when we moved in together. We (me and my boyfriend, Dave) are both animal lovers and Dave, who is not normally a cat lover, really fell for the Maine Coon breed.

We found our breeder way back before Christmas. She's lovely and is really dedicated to her animals which we felt was really important. She's been answering our questions and giving us regular updates since before the kittens even arrived! She had two litters at the end of January and we went a week ago to choose/have a look at them all. There were ten in total. (I know lots of breeders don't let you meet the kittens until after they've had their first vaccinations but she said as we didn't have any other pets it was okay).

We had an awesome time meeting them, their mums, their dads and all the other Maine Coons in the family.

We settled on a little red tabby boy and he's going to be called Teddy.

We're not moving in together until mid-May so he'll be with the breeder for an extra couple of weeks but that's okay because we know she's taking good care of him. We just want him with us asap and think about him constantly! It's crazy!

Anyway, my posts aren't normally this crazy but I'm just so excited and I really hope some of you on here can help me out as we go through the process of preparing for his arrival and with any problems we may have.

I don't have any uploadable photos just now - they're all on my camera! We're going to see him again in a couple of weeks

Does anyone have any top tips for first time MC owners?