Milo is a blue Selkirk Rex. Blue is the name of his color, and Selkirk Rex is his breed. When parents like his have kittens, about half are curly and about half are straight-haired like a normal cat. So in developing the curly breed we say he is a "Nonstandard". However, he is definitely a Selkirk Rex, even though he looks almost exactly like a British Shorthair except his tail is a bit long and his shape is just slightly less cobby. He's going to be beautiful-- with his father's sleek thick light colored fur and his mother's intelligence.
Milo is the guy who always comes to peep into the dishwasher when I'm putting up the dishes. He has a fascination with that dishwasher and sort of listens to it run. He lets me bathe him gently. We sometimes find him sleeping on the foot of the bed when we wake up in the morning. And he to my office to explore and be petted. Occasionally, he wants to see some place he cannot reach-- the bathroom dressing table, inside the shower stall where Gracie and Arthur's 'big cat' litter box is, etc. I help him out in getting to places that one day he will eventually be able to reach on his own. He's a little bit shy and hides when company comes over. He loves to play around my quilting area and tussles around in the quilting strips or watches the sewing machine intently.
We'd like to get to know someone who would like to have Milo as a permanent family member, an indoor cat who will be neutered and current on his shots when he comes to you. If you ever decide you cannot keep him, then we would like to have him back because we want him to have a great life. He's so precious, sweet and cuddly.
If he takes after the Brit side of the family, he'll be an aloof king of the house, presiding over everyone and everything, calling the shots and letting you know when he will permit you to pet him. Actually, his father Arthur is a bit more easygoing and approachable, even coming in to remind me when it is bedtime so he can take his post at the foot of the bed until we fall asleep. Arthur is intrigued by toes. He wants to lay by them. He wants to lick them. And it tickles. Thus far, Milo has not developed his father's fascination, although Dudley likes toes.
(Our previous Brit, Shadow, was a bit of a curmudgeon in his elder years and would whip his tail around spatting in displeasure--- either just for fun or if he was offended because the water bowl was not quite fresh enough. Any number of things would merit his indignation. But it led to running a tight ship just as he liked it around here.)
Milo is named after my great-great uncle Milo Johnson, who had a brother named Dudley also. But we've held off on registering the litter so his new family can give him a different name if they prefer. His champion bloodlines on both sides of the family are just amazing, and he has some famous ancestors. He is of course trained to use the litterbox, current on his shots and will come to you disease-free and neutered. We would like to find a family for him who is settled down and can make a committment to a pet for 15 years, and we'd be especially happy if he could end up in a home with one of his brothers or another cat so they could be companions. Please contact me at 918-696-3175 if you would be interested in becoming his 'forever' family.
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