An ‘ordinary’ random-bred (moggy) cat that was being fostered by Brianna Walton in the US gave birth to a litter of kittens one of whom Brianna named Gracie. She was fond of Gracie and decided to adopt her. And then strangely, when Gracie was five weeks old, she started to lose her fur. She …
Here are 10 selected, fine photographs of the unusual but popular Lykoi cat. I hope you like them. You can click on the images to go to a new page where you will see a larger image and some words about this breed (for deesktop only). I am indebted to Sarah Hartwell for the …
Lykoi cats and kittens are all the rage at the moment. They look different. They look like werewolves some people say. It’s because they have a genetic mutation which gives them sparse hair cover. They are half way between a hairless Sphynx and a normal cat and have the face of a Sphynx. They …
This is 2-year-old Lobo a Lykoi cat, commonly called the werewolf cat, and his buddy, Dobby, who is a Sphynx. The latter is hairless and the former is half-hairless. You have to like hairlessness to like the appearance of these cats whose photographs were taken for their Instagram webpage (sphynx_dobby_lykoi_lobo) by Martin Potgieter who …
This is a good picture of a Lykoi Cat or Wolf Cat. I improved the image quality a bit. It comes from the Sahasrara Cattery in Austria I believe. The picture is on their Facebook page. The woman who breeds them calls the cat, ‘My little wolverine sweetheart’ combined with a ton of sweet …
There is an individual living in Stratford, Oklahoma, USA who in my opinion is trying to scam the public (or let’s say knowingly mislead them) into believing that they are buying a rare and valuable Lykoi cat when they are actually getting something quite different and much less valuable. This does not surprise me …
The first breeder of the well publicised Werewolf cat (Lykoi breed) negligently let the foundation male Lykoi cat die of hypothermia while in her care. This is only one aspect of the unseemly story of the origins of this intriguing new breed of purebred cat. Sarah Hartwell of Messybeast.com has gathered together information on …
This video may interest people who are interested in the cat breeds. The Lykoi seems to be one of the semi-hairless cats and has been around, somewhere for I while I suspect until a breeder got hold of one and decided to create a new cat breed. That is how it works a lot …
