It's Caturday- Post some cats (vol 3)
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8bit said:
Sadly we lost our little girl on Wednesday. She was diagnosed back in February with the same, rare form of gastric lymphoma that we lost her brother to last year. She had other complications as well and had been managing pretty well with the cocktail of meds from the vet but on Monday she went downhill very rapidly. The vet gave her some injections to try and see if she just needed a boost to get back on her food and regular medication but it didn't work. We took her back on Wednesday morning hoping there was something more that could be done but unfortunately we had to make the call to say goodbye.
Sleep well Sasha, thanks for all the joy and love you gave us these past 12 and a half years. You were the sweetest-natured soul. You are missed terribly.
RIP Sasha. "Shake dreams from your hair, my pretty child, my sweet oneSleep well Sasha, thanks for all the joy and love you gave us these past 12 and a half years. You were the sweetest-natured soul. You are missed terribly.
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I struggle with that in the same way I struggle with some pedigree dogs…more about wanting a lifestyle accessory than being an animal lover.
There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
Chris Stott said:
I struggle with that in the same way I struggle with some pedigree dogs…more about wanting a lifestyle accessory than being an animal lover.
There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
^^^This.There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
Breeding like that is horribly cruel to the animal. There is no way that poor bugger can keep itself clean in all those folds of skin and it will almost certainly have problems.
Chris Stott said:
I struggle with that in the same way I struggle with some pedigree dogs…more about wanting a lifestyle accessory than being an animal lover.
There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
It's a cross between a Sphynx and a Munchkin, both of which are very healthy breeds. I've seen this pic alot today, this one does seem to be very extreme looking and I don't really see many other similar examples. I'm hoping it's just a bit of a one off, most pedigree standards of dogs and cats are moving away from anything that could cause medical issues in the breed.There are 1,000 of ordinary kitties in rescue centres that need a home (and would be free), yet people are prepared to pay ridiculous sums of money for something like the above.
C5_Steve said:
It's a cross between a Sphynx and a Munchkin, both of which are very healthy breeds. I've seen this pic alot today, this one does seem to be very extreme looking and I don't really see many other similar examples. I'm hoping it's just a bit of a one off, most pedigree standards of dogs and cats are moving away from anything that could cause medical issues in the breed.
A ‘munchkin’ isn’t a healthy breed… it’s a deformity that breeders deliberately perpetuate. Cats that suffer from it can have other serious deformities (eg; spinal), which aren’t so ‘cute’. Likely many kittens don’t just have the ahort leg deformity and are destroyed. Just so someone can have a ‘cute’ cat.
Chris Stott said:
A ‘munchkin’ isn’t a healthy breed… it’s a deformity that breeders deliberately perpetuate. Cats that suffer from it can have other serious deformities (eg; spinal), which aren’t so ‘cute’. Likely many kittens don’t just have the ahort leg deformity and are destroyed.
Just so someone can have a ‘cute’ cat.
It's not quite that simple. A true Munchkin has the genetic defect that causes dwarfism, so yes there are sometimes health issues linked with that but it doesn't mean they automatically have those issues you've mentioned, certainly not spinal deformities. It's the same as a dachshund or corgi, overbreeding to accentuate a certain trait that is unhealthy will cause issues but the Munchkin breed isn't really old enough to draw significant data on illness across a long enough period. There are hundreds of loads of owners who've had them and never had any health issues at all. Just so someone can have a ‘cute’ cat.
There are many other breeds of dog and cat that are more susceptible to certain issues due to their breeding (German Shepherds and hip dysplasia, Scottish Folds and arthritis due to weak cartilage etc).
To be clear, I'm not an advocate of breeding any animal to obtain a look that makes it appealing to people at the detriment of its welfare, but when I started researching hairless cats I did a lot of reading on certain genetic mutations, cross-breeding and health issues to make sure I wasn't getting into something where an animal was made to look a certain way for us. At the end of the day all pedigree cats and dogs have had selective breeding for their appearance.
As I said in my first comment, I do hope that picture is a one off and we don't see anyone trying to create that breed because there would be a number of issues, not lease the fact it looks like a ball sack.
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