how to tell the difference?

[stompin_sarah]

between a long haired kitten and a normal haired kitten??? (kittens that are not pedigree) can anyone help?

[Jac]

Just a guess and dont mean to sound flippant but I would say the hairs longer:?

[charliebubs]

No, it's not as easy as that Jac :) All kittens are born quite fluffy with their baby kitten fur and it is quite hard to tell!!! With Lily (being semi-long-haired) and William (being short haired) I had a hell of a time trying to tell what the kittens were :roll:

[dandysmom]

Interesting, I didn't know that! So, at what age does the adult coat length become noticeable?

[MrsH]

I've only ever had one long-haired cat and to be honest, as a young kitten she seemed no different from our other cats when they were kittens, except that she had very hairy feet underneath! Does that sound daft?

[Jac]

No, it's not as easy as that Jac :) All kittens are born quite fluffy with their baby kitten fur and it is quite hard to tell!!! With Lily (being semi-long-haired) and William (being short haired) I had a hell of a time trying to tell what the kittens were :roll:


I did say it was a guess:oops:

[charliebubs]

Interesting, I didn't know that! So, at what age does the adult coat length become noticeable?

I don't actually know!!!!!! When Lily's babies left at 8 weeks I still wasn't entirely sure :oops: :roll: :?

I know that's not much help.............sorry!!!

[Jess751]

Yeah Im sorta curious too. The daddy to the kittens is a Main Coon so he has the medium hair (longer on the tail and neck but pretty short elsewhere and mom is short haired. Hmmmm...Im curious what they are gonna be.

[mable1718]

oh right i thought they had longer hear from birth