Thanks for the very warm welcome everyone! I am amazed, I go to bed and then there's three pages on my thread - I can see I am going to like it here, I talk LOADS too! :rock:
I have many, many photos of the boys, having a smart phone makes these things so easy now!
Tinkerbelle, I thought about a Norwegian Forest Cat when I was looking for Drifter, they're also lovely! I think that they have much more pixie faces that Maine Coons, who tend to look a bit blunter and more wild. Some Maine Coons look very wild indeed, but Drifter has more of a "sweetheart" face as they call it in America! I think Norwegians have less of a reputation for being thick too! Drifter is on a diet as he got hooked on a new cat food and put on 3lb in a month - not ideal! The vets are usually happy with him at about 17lb, he's very tall and rangy so weight gain goes straight to his belly. The main problem with the runny butt was that he kept standing in it in the litter box, and with his very hairy feet it lead to me chasing him around with a cloth! He did get dunked in the bath a few times too.
gemcherub, he really does forget he's eating! He has an attention span of about 10 seconds. It's easiest to see when you try and play with him. Dangle a rod toy infront of him and he will hold up his paw and bat it twice, then, still with his paw raised, you see his eyes glaze over, and he looks at something else while the toy slaps him in the face. As I said, bless him....
Janie, I confess to being pretty computer literate, I used to work on computer helpdesks back in the day though I've moved onto macs now, hence why I know bulletin board code for photos! I don't have to worry about cat flaps with Drifter, as he's too scared of the outside world to go outside for more than a couple of minutes a day (his house is his castle), but I do have a reinforced cat tower!
Drifter is funny for a cat his size. When he purrs he sounds as low as Barry White, then when he miaows - Julian Clary. Waffle has many different miaows, depending on what he's trying to get you to do at the time!
Thanks to everyone who said hello! I will talk more, but I've a date with a pile of vegetables to chop up for a hot pot! x