Adopting a Persian

[Lemonademoney]

First post so bear with.

Our beautiful old lady cat died earlier this year at the ripe old age of 20 and the past month I’ve been craving a new cat but wanted ideally to rescue.

There is a one year old male Persian at our local rescue centre who I’m a bit taken with. Husband doesn’t really get it (he’s a bit quirky looking) but I think he’s adorable.

I haven’t owned a Persian before, I’ve had a long haired cat though and am used to grooming etc. But what else should I be aware of? I want to inform myself as much as possible before making a commitment.

He is quite flat faced and reminds me of Gizmo 😂

He's beautiful and those crossed nonchalant paws

I love it. That cat is completely in charge!! 😂😂

He will get very annoyed if you call him grumpy!

My son moved into his own house a month ago and keeps popping in to cuddle the cats. My little girl cat loves him and I think she thinks my son belongs to her. She has been so needy since he left. He said he wants to get a couple of cats. He was looking at Persians, Rag Dolls and Norwegian Forest cats. I've told him I think all of those will need to be kept indoors because there are lots of cats where he lives and the breeds he likes aren't too smart so would probably just sit in the middle of the road waiting to be run over.

Any top tips insurance wise? We’ve got another three weeks of his current insurance so I need to start looking

Tesco are fab!

Thank you, I will take a look