![]() Hi, I’m Bruce the cat! I was found on a footpath when I was one day old. Back then I was as small and grey as a mouse. A few weeks later, when I opened my eyes, they were blue. When I got bigger, I developed dark points on my paws and face. Lots of people thought I was Siamese! But then something strange happened. I got darker… And darker… And darker! My fluffy grey fur turned sleek and black. And then my eyes changed from blue to green. I’m magic! But really, there’s a scientific explanation behind my amazing changing colour. Kittens are born with blue eyes, but most don’t stay that way. At about four weeks old a kitten’s eyes start to change colour, and they don’t settle into their grown-up colour for about three months. (It might be a bit later for me, because I’m a bit of a late developer.) But what about my coat? Why did I change colour from grey to black? This not only had me stumped, but also my mum, my dad and my vet! I still haven’t been able to find any scientific information about this, but thanks to the internet I am pretty sure I had a condition known as ‘fever coat’.
According to the internet, if the mother cat is sick or stressed during pregnancy, her kittens can be born with fever coat. Fever coat makes the fur appear lighter than it should be for the first weeks or months of a kitten's life. In my case, I changed colour when I shed my kitten coat. So there you have it – the answer to the mystery behind my amazing changing colour! If you have any information about fever coat please let me know in the comments.
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Russ
20/3/2016 01:14:10 pm
You were gorgeous then, and you're gorgeous now, little boy.
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Dorothy Butcher
20/3/2016 03:51:50 pm
Hi Bruce. I've already told you what I know about fever coats, which is pretty much nothing-just that stress or illness in the mama may cause it. I don't think it matters, anyway. You have transformed from being a tiny little grey fluff into being an elegant and handsome young man. Perfect as you are.
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Donna Lusthoff
20/3/2016 08:51:19 pm
Russ said what I was going to. "You were gorgeous then and you're gorgeous now"!!
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Guy De Rudder
21/3/2016 12:04:29 am
From 50 shades of grey to 50 shades of beautiful
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Marilyn Beilstein
17/4/2017 07:37:29 am
I have seen kittens like this. Right
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duck
26/7/2017 09:01:34 am
omg bruce was the cutest little munchkin and grew up to be such a handsome boy! yay bruce!
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Pip OLoughlin
11/2/2018 06:46:37 pm
Bruce, my little Minnie the Minx is just like you but was grey with white & black. She looked like a baby penguin & people were cooing over her amazing colours when she went to the Vet at 9 weeks old. She had snuffles as a wee kitten when I got her & the Vet saod that Mother cat will have passed this on so mother was sick duribg pregnancy.
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Julie
4/4/2020 05:57:43 pm
Hey Pip,
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AuthorHello, my name's Bruce. Mum found me when I was just one day old. She and my dad are keeping me warm and fed with help from my other new human friends. Archives
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