Wild About Atchoum The New Canadian Celebrity Cat
I’m at the shelter today plus working on a few other projects so our usual shelter spotlight is delayed.
In the meantime I have breaking news: There’s a new celebrity cat heating up the Internet. Atchoum (French for sneezy ) is a Canadian kitty who lives near my hometown of Montreal and my exclusive Q & A with Atchoum’s owner will be published on Catster soon. What makes everyone is so wild about this cat? The arresting soul-piercing stare and out of control furs and whiskers for starters. It’s not his fault he looks weird and wild. He has a rare condition called hypertrichosis which makes his fur grow faster and fuller than normal. His growing legions of fans are lapping it up and wanting more. Fans on Facebook and Instagram has passed a total of 45,000 as of today.
It all began innocently enough last year when Atchoum, a normal looking Persian was adopted as a young kitten.
Then, his fur began to grow. Fast.
Longer and longer…
Wilder and wilder but totally irresistible and I say: more to LOVE. Want to do you think about this special boy?
All images courtesy of Atchoumfan and used by permission
26 Comments
Austin Towers
My, Atchoum is a floofy boy for sure!!
Bev Green
He looks gorgoeus..and I am glad mum is a groomer as I can only imagine the issues if he was not groomed carefully..bless him..:) loves Fozziemum xx
meowmeowmans
Wow, Atchoum is very unique-looking, and handsome!
Cathy Keisha
Hmmm. He looks like—dare I say—A DOG. I wouldn’t want to vacuum his house. MOL! I’m a littlle miffed that normal cats like myself are lucky we have 1000 followers.
Cathy Keisha
Pop sez he looks like Grumpy Cat made it with a dog and he was their off-spring.
Robin
I think he is gorgeous! I hope that the condition doesn’t do him any harm. It does give him something very unique 🙂
Dezi and Lexi
Hims very cute. Don’t tell Nissy hims will be upset dat hims just might not win da lectowal vote and just might not be da mostet famous Canadian kitty. MOL
And ifin dat be persian fur…bless hioms hoomans heart. MOL
Luv ya’
Dezi and Lexi
The Island Cats
Wow! Atchoum is pretty cool! Thanks for introducing us to him.
dawn rae
Adorable! I love these photos so much.
Pawesome Cats
Atchoum is gorgeous – he’s certainly been making news all over the internet!
Sue Brandes
How adorable. Look at that cute face.
da tabbies o trout towne
dood !!! veree nice ta meet ewe….ewe haz one rockin awesum coat …we bet itz kinda hard ta groom huh !!! does yur mom hafta trim it bunches ore due ewe go two de groomerz ??? we bet yur tail floof iz mega kewl !! ♥♥♥
Layla Morgan Wilde
His mom is luckily a groomer.
Annabelle
Those eyes are so stunning and look at those whiskers!
Skeeter and Izzy
Atchoum is BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! We purrs that his condition doesn’t cause any other problems that might affect his health. Even as a little kitten he looked unusual. We hope his success is great and that his peeps put him and his happiness first in all things related to it.
Luvs
Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Twig & Peanut & Romeo >^..^<
Brian Frum
Such a unique cutie!
Tamago
Wow, what a glorious fur! Atchoum is very handsome and kind of reminds me of martial art master, like the one with long beard 🙂
maggie
Cute – he looks like a stuffed doll. I’d like to see a video of him in action.
Hope there aren’t any health problems from his condition.
xxoo
Layla Morgan Wilde
There are a few videos on fb and he’s heatlhy otherwise.
The Swiss Cats
Atchoum looks so funny ! We’re looking forward to knowing him better ! Purrs
Kathryn
He is adorbz and looks quite a bit like an adorbz puppy, too.
Just proves that having a genetic flaw can be really beautiful, like with Bub and Grumpy, too.
Sammy
He’s just plain GORGEOUS……….love his face and his furs are so SOFT looking! I’m sorry it’s due to a medical condition but he’s a doll!
Hugs, Pam and Sam
easy rider
what a cute guy! I’m a fan of this hairstyle, mother nature created it much better than my momma in the wild 80’s with tons of aquanet :o)
Dorothy
He looks very wise, and perhaps a bit impatient with those of us who are less so.
Summer
Atchoum is adorable! I have to say, though, I’m glad I’m not that furry!