Stray Cat Dilemma Advice Please

by Freda (Texas) I have a stray cat dilemma. What should I do? I bought 2 nice American Shorthair cats about 8 years ago. In the meantime, I have taken in 3 stray cats. I guess I couldn’t help it. They were so nice and I needed to help them. They stayed. The trouble …

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Sphynx Cat

Sphynx cats can have oily skin which smells unless bathed regularly

Photo: © skithund This page is divided into sections for technical reasons with links to the following page. Introduction The Sphynx cat looked unnatural and rather peculiar, I thought. I also thought that this cat breed was ugly and I couldn’t see the point of the breed. But I discovered that when you meet, …

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Sterling Cat

by Michael (London, UK) The sterling cat must have been named after its silvery appearance (“sterling silver”). The coat colour is impressively luxurious. It is described by the cat fancy as chinchilla, silver or golden shaded. The cat itself is a “traditional type Persian”. Is this rare breed a traditional chinchilla Persian cat and …

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Snowshoe Cat

Appearance Breeding History Breeders, Clubs, Standard Introduction This breed of cat is a deliberate hybridization of the Siamese and the American Bicolor cats (American shorthair cats with the white spotting factor). The breed began in 1960 in Philadelphia, USA, when Dorothy Hinds Daugherty of Kensing Cattery, noticed that three Siamese kittens in a litter …

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Snow and Silver Bengal Cats

by Michael (London) Snow Bengal Cat – photo copyright Helmi Flick What is the difference between Snow and Silver Bengal cats? The underlying answer is in the genetics together with a subtle difference in appearance. Snow Bengals have a ground or base color that are varying shades of cream, ivory or light tan instead …

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