by Andrea
(Vancouver, WA, USA)
I bought my cat from a Munchkin breeder. The advertisement said: Nonstandard Lynxpoint and White Munchkin Boy.
When I look at pictures of different cats, he looks like he may have Norwegian Forest cat in him, because his ears have lots of hair and he has long hair that comes out of his paws.
He seems small for his age (1 1/2 yrs) but I'm not sure, I think his father was a Napoleon??
He also, has an M on his head like the Maine Coon. Anyway, can anyone help me out?
Andrea
Hi Andrea... thanks for visiting and asking. A non standard Munchkin is a Munchkin cat that is not a dwarf cat.
As you know dwarf cats have short legs but not all Munchkins are born with short legs. In fact about 50% are.
When they are born with normal length legs they are normal looking cats and called "nonstandard".
That means that you boy is Munchkin cat. That is his breed.
Within that breed there are a wide range of coat types. Your boy has lynx points. That means he is a pointed cat in the same way a Siamese is pointed for example but the points are affected by the tabby gene. He has tabby points in effect rather than solid coloured points.
The presence of the tabby gene also produces the classic tabby "M" on the forehead.
I could be miles of the mark but he also seems to have the inhibitor gene producing the smoke appearance coat that I think I can see on his back.
This is a coat in which each hair strand is lighter near the body and darker at the tip of the each hair.
I must say that he is a lovely looking cat. I hope that this helps.
I have moved this page to the Munchkin cats page by the way.
I rescued this kitten and a sibling from a feral Cat and I have never seen anything like him before he is 6 weeks old I think and has an odd meow almost a cherp if that makes sense. any help would be great.
Hi Cathy. He is one of those random bred cats who have exceptional coat markings which are highly unusual. It is a random process and sometimes (very rarely) cats have intriguing coat pattens. A very interesting looking little boy. Treat him as a rare cat.
As for the chirp, that does not surprise me. The meow is a cat-to-human call. Between their own species cats make a range of sounds like the one you have mentioned. My cat is a feral rescue and I raised him from a kitten and he does not meow. He makes squeaks and chirps. I think it is because during his formative weeks he had not human contact.
Thanks for sharing Cathy.
Hello, this is our cat gizmo, a overwhelming common name it seems, he is ten and we wanted to know what breed you think he is? We where told main coon. Thx!!!
Here is another pic
Sorry that second pic was not ours but looks like him. The first pic is gizmo, sorry for saying that.
Hi David, thanks for visiting. Gizmo may have some Maine Coon in him (the original Maine Coons were farm cats) but he is likely to be a beautiful random bred tabby ginger and white cat. He does have some Maine Coon characteristics. However, purebred Maine Coons are a bit different in appearance and also registered with a cat association so it is known for sure that they are Maine Coons. Lovely cat though. Sorry if this disappoints.
Well thank you so much for your fast come back. If i wanted another in the way way future, what would i ask for at a pet store or breeder? A Maincoon’ish breed with Tabby ginger?
You’d look for a Maine Coon mix I guess. There are lots of rescue cats on Petfinder for example which are part true Maine Coon and part random bred cat. Or just go for a nice large random bred semi-longhaired orange tabby and white.
I have a very unusually type. Of cat he is have gray and him mom is black looks as he may have short hair cat idk but I still love him…
Hi Beth. He sounds very interesting. If you have photo please upload it using the button below the comment box. Thanks for sharing.