What breed of cat is this?

[Farmer Kitty]

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I always thought that when our dog passes I would take my girls to the local shelter. Not! After hearing the stories of stupidness of turning away the adoptors for stupid reasons, I will not subject my girls to that! There is a shelter further away that I would consider. It is to bad that some shelters are that way. It is no wonder some are overflowing so bad. Yes, there are a lot of animals being given up but, these kind of attitudes don't help! Sorry but, it is a subject that gets me!

 

[Kaneke]

I think we all agree that the lovely cat is a mixture of one sort or another

partly depends on the fur

it it's slightly crinkled, has a tendency to mat, and fluffs out like a "bad hair day", there is probably Persian or Himalayan (originally bred from Siamese x Persian) in the cat's background

if the fur instead is very soft and silky and shiny in the sunlight, the cat may have Balinese ancestry --- breeders are still debating whether the long-hair or medium-hair is a mutation, or whether there is some Turkish Angora back in the breeding lines

the white-spotting gene is highly variable ... some breeding lines (those working with Ragdolls for example) have more or less "controlled" it by breeding ... but white spotting particularly on toes, chin, locket, or tail tip, shows that somewhere in there, there was a "ringer" ...

I happen to like the Siamese-cross cats ...

if your cat's voice is quiet "mew" rather than Siamese "myow!"., I would suspect Balinese, since the quieter voice seems to go along with the longer silkier hair

just my 2 cents

Candy

(who preferred the older "equilateral triangle" Siamese to the "acute point" and emaciated-looking Siamese that appear in shows these days)

 

[Kaneke]

oh, as to color -- I can't tell because my monitor gives me odd colors ... but that cat seems to have at least the "blue dilution" gene which leads to a "blue" (closer to gray) cat --- if the cat also exhibits the "chocolate dilution", it would a be lilac or frost point ... and be almost a lavender-pink ...

blue point cats have body fur that is on the "cool" side of cream; lilac point cats tend to have body fur that is glacial white

this talking about purebreds ... the most amazing mixes can come from pet cats ... as varied as EEs ...

 

[asher]

Your pup is cute as can be! Lovely cat as well! Bless you for adopting!

 

[Cara]

Thanks, Penny is a cat-loving lunatic. My old Bloodhound liked cats too, but nowhere near as much as Penny does. She always wants to go and see them in Petsmart and throws a fit if we don't go and look at/smell them LOL I wish her old cat hadn't gone missing, he and the dogs were great friends and he would come walking with us and jump out on them. He liked to wrestle with people too but never used his claws. He was a barn cat that decided he liked humans one day, and I think a coyote or hawk must have caught him. Our next cat is going to be indoors only, unless I convince myself a cat on a leash is a good idea

 

[Katy]

I thought I'd show off one of my barn kitty mixes....I guess he's what they'd call a flame or red point? His name is Beastie Boy.

 

[patandchickens]

Don't dismiss the leash idea -- I've had cats that loved going for a walk on a leash. Of course I have also had cats that would not have Thing One to do with the whole idea. You have to ask the cat what he thinks

Just don't dismiss it out of hand.

Of course, going for a walk with a leashed cat is a lot different than walking a dog. It is more like you are following the cat around in its chosen meander, sniffing this and that and the other thing and studying the lying-on qualities of different patches of ground. It is not generally a goal-oriented activity

(Well, I did have one cat who would pretty much 'heel' and walk along with me, but she was special).

Hope your dog and the cat decide they like each other and you get to take him home,

Pat

 

[Kaneke]

yep

I especially love red-points (every association seems to call them something different) .. the "patriotic" cat, red points, white fur, blue eyes -- LOL

for some reason in cats, the red coat seems also to affect their personalities .. they are quieter, cuddlier, more social

Candy

owned by two half-Siamese-mix half-brothers, Cheddar and Krispy

Cheddar is red mackerel tabby, Krispy is blue-dilute red mackerel tabby w/ lots of white, and a kink in his tail ...

 

[countryboy]

we just get Heinze 57 cats. they make good mousers.

 

[Kaneke]

Cheddar-cat wore a harness from the day we brought him home at 9 weeks ... he was a great leash trained cat -- we took him with us on our summer RV travels

yes, it's a matter of meandering after the cat, though when I was going for walks around here, the cats would always go with me, stay fairly close, up the taxiway and back, no leashes

we didn't take the RV the next summer because of gas price increase, so I haven't had to see if he remembers leash training

(I took a squirt water bottle along initially, to use if necessary ... but it was never necessary)

he is a big cat now ... but still a cuddle bug