If, by the name of this blog post, you were hoping to see pictures of our beloved Fran dressed up in a cute winter human-esque coat, I am sorry to disappoint!
This blog features no clothes. However, it does feature lots of cute Franklin pictures so please keep reading ;)
Franklin, being a Ragdoll, has silky fur that, as he grows older, will get longer and fluffier. What John and I did not realize when adopting him was that Franklin will actually grow a winter coat, unlike big brother Kap who is a shorthair and, as the name implies, has short fur year-round.
I noticed over the last few months that Franklin's fur was growing slowly. When he is a full-fledge adult, which for Ragdolls will be about three-four years old, he will always have a decently long coat. For now as a kitten his fur will be shorter and only grow a bit longer for a quarter of the year.
During the colder season (which isn't that cold in LA, I know, but still, the premise of the seasons changing stays the same) Ragdoll cats will grow a longer, thicker coat. This, as stated by Ragdoll Care, is to ensure they stay warm during the winter cold season. In spring, they will shed that coat and have a shorter, thinner coat for the hot summer months.
John first noticed Franklin's fur growing what we had thought was "abnormally" because his feet hair was getting incredibly long-- to the point where we worried he wouldn't be able to walk correctly because he would be slipping and sliding all over our wood floors.
With a little research, we discovered that some cats have toe tuffs. And, most surprisingly of all, we discovered that cats don't just have whiskers on their face... they have them on their paws and legs too!
According to the article Should You Trim The Fur On Cat's Paws? the answer is no. "The fur between paws is growing to help cats be more silent and isolate them from cold and other functions," the article says. And as you wouldn't cut the whiskers on your cat's face, you should not cut the whiskers growing anywhere else on their body.
As Franklin's fur grows through the winter season and his life overall, it is good to know that his toe been fluff is natural. All John and I need to do to help Fran is make sure he is groomed, which is a huge relief to know that we do not need to worry about cutting his toe tuffs ourselves, or pay to take him to a cat groomer.
Trying to cut a cat's claws is hard enough. I can't imagine trying to get Franklin to sit still long enough to cut toe tuffs.
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"Meow meow!" -Franklin Tiger
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