➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

Ziggy's donkey ears. He's around 14-15 weeks now.

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OMG!! Those ears sure are huge!!

He kinda looks like a fennec fox

And he looks like he is going to be HUGE so I bet he grows into them eventually.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Ziggy's donkey ears. He's around 14-15 weeks now.

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@debid

See the resemblance?

 

[debid]

OMG!! Those ears sure are huge!!

He kinda looks like a fennec fox

And he looks like he is going to be HUGE so I bet he grows into them eventually.

That fox is ADORABLE!

There are some cat breeds where they've selected for big ears. And being a shelter cat, it's always possible that he's the product of an accidental breeding of a purebred something with a feral. There's no telling. But if he grows into them, he would be a very large cat, indeed.

We'll see. He's still putting on weight at a 2#/month rate and his birth date was estimated when he was 5 weeks old so I think it's reasonably accurate.

 

[ShrekDawg]

That fox is ADORABLE!

There are some cat breeds where they've selected for big ears. And being a shelter cat, it's always possible that he's the product of an accidental breeding of a purebred something with a feral. There's no telling. But if he grows into them, he would be a very large cat, indeed.

We'll see. He's still putting on weight at a 2#/month rate and his birth date was estimated when he was 5 weeks old so I think it's reasonably accurate.

Isn’t it!? I love them! Some people keep them and other foxes as pets lol

I didn’t realize there were breeds that selected for them. That’s possible. Although he does look like a tabby. I bet he is just going to be a big boy!!! LOL

And oh wow that is a lot of weight! He’s growing fast!

How big is he now? Like 6, 8 pounds?

 

[ShrekDawg]

Luna had HUGE whiskers as a kitten and I thought she would never grow into them cause she was also TINY but she finally did lol they’re still rather huge on her though and she’s still pretty small haha

 

[ShrekDawg]

At Cracker Barrel. Love this place. And I am starving because I have been up since about 7:30 and never went back to sleep.



Cause I started using the phone.

 

[debid]

Isn’t it!? I love them! Some people keep them and other foxes as pets lol

I didn’t realize there were breeds that selected for them. That’s possible. Although he does look like a tabby. I bet he is just going to be a big boy!!! LOL

And oh wow that is a lot of weight! He’s growing fast!

How big is he now? Like 6, 8 pounds?

He's 5 1/2 now so he'll be 6 - 7# by the time he reaches 4 months. According to Google, a 4 month old domestic shorthair "should weigh between 4 and 5#" so just a bit above the normal range.

I like to read and I was curious about the donkey ears...

I learned:
Tabby isn't a breed, it's just a fur pattern. Being mackerel tabby (that's the official name for his tiger stripes) means at least one parent was mackerel tabby but it doesn't tell us what the other parent looked like. And mackerel tabby is the most common pattern in the feral population as that is the cat wild type.

And then there is the fact that his shelter paperwork listed him as "mixed breed" rather than "domestic shorthair". It's apparently meaningful although I didn't know enough to ask at the time. "Mixed breed" is what they put when the cat has breed-identifying features or half the parentage is a known pedigree. Otherwise, they use "domestic (coat length)" as a catch-all term.

 

[ShrekDawg]

He's 5 1/2 now so he'll be 6 - 7# by the time he reaches 4 months. According to Google, a 4 month old domestic shorthair "should weigh between 4 and 5#" so just a bit above the normal range.

I like to read and I was curious about the donkey ears...

I learned:
Tabby isn't a breed, it's just a fur pattern. Being mackerel tabby (that's the official name for his tiger stripes) means at least one parent was mackerel tabby but it doesn't tell us what the other parent looked like. And mackerel tabby is the most common pattern in the feral population as that is the cat wild type.

And then there is the fact that his shelter paperwork listed him as "mixed breed" rather than "domestic shorthair". It's apparently meaningful although I didn't know enough to ask at the time. "Mixed breed" is what they put when the cat has breed-identifying features or half the parentage is a known pedigree. Otherwise, they use "domestic (coat length)" as a catch-all term.

Oh wow he really is going to be a big boy!! That seems huge for a kitten haha

He’s already almost Luna’s since at only a few months old

Oh wow that is all really interesting! Thanks for all the info. I didn’t realize there were different types of tabbies or that mixed breed meant anything specific. Thought it meant they didn’t know but it seems with cats it means they do know something? So different than dogs I suppose. I wonder if you could call them and ask? They might still have his records maybe.

 

[debid]

Oh wow he really is going to be a big boy!! That seems huge for a kitten haha

He’s already almost Luna’s since at only a few months old

Oh wow that is all really interesting! Thanks for all the info. I didn’t realize there were different types of tabbies or that mixed breed meant anything specific. Thought it meant they didn’t know but it seems with cats it means they do know something? So different than dogs I suppose. I wonder if you could call them and ask? They might still have his records maybe.

The problem is that he wasn't taken in where we got him. He was transported by a rescue group from a shelter in Louisiana. The shelter here just gave basic health-related information and an estimated age, nothing approaching a complete history from the other place. I got most of that information by sleuthing.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Better to know and deal with whatever they say than to stress and worry! I haven’t heard what is wrong with your knee but I got a knee pillow you put between your legs when you sleep and it relieved the pain in my knees. Only had to use it a few nights and it was problem solved. Just a suggestion.

I have symptomatic bipartite patella, basically the fibrous connection keeping my two kneecap pieces together was damaged and causes pain whenever it’s bent.