This page is about the foundation dwarf cat breed, the Munchkin. The page was first written in about 2010 and has been added to today. It is now a pretty comprehensive page on this breed which, in general, people have learned to reject because it is built upon an inherited defect due to a genetic …
Update February 2023: this page was first published in around 2007 as I recall. The situation regarding the dwarf cat breed is now more settled. The foundation cat breed for all dwarf cats is the Munchkin. Hybridisation of this cat breed with others has resulted in about a dozen dwarf cat breeds (scroll down this …
Introduction The Kinkalow dwarf cat is a deliberate out-cross (a hybrid) between the founding dwarf cat the Munchkin and an American Curl. An “out-crossing” is a form of breeding when unrelated cats parent the chosen offspring. This is in contrast to “line breeding” when cats that are related are bred. Origin The breed was established …
Munchkin cats are not genetically modified in the conventional meaning of the term. A genetically modified organism (GMO) is an animal, plant, or microbe whose DNA has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. This does not apply to Munchkin cats. The shortened legs of the Munchkin cat are due to a naturally occurring genetic mutation. …
This bicolour, grey-and-white dwarf cat looks as if she was bought from a toyshop. You can imagine this being a plush toy. But I guess you realise that she is real. She’s called Miss Minnie and she’s a Kinkalow, which is a rare dwarf cat hybrid being a cross between a Munchkin and an American …
This is a picture of the chest and forelegs of a Bambino cat and I find it interesting. You would be forgiven for believing that you were not looking at a cat at all but some strange creature from another planet. The anatomy has an abstract appearance. The Bambino is a hairless dwarf cat, as …
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This is a picture of a cute gray-and-white bicolour Kinkalow kitten. It is quite hard to spot this breed unless you are familiar with it. It is all in the ears. The original webpage on which this cat is featured does not refer to this kitten as a Kinkalow but a Munchkin. They are incorrect, …
This video on Twitter gives you a very distinct feel for what it’s like to live with a super-cute long-haired dwarf cat. It’s pretty awesome if you are into cuteness. The breed of cat that we see is probably a Munchkin. You can read about this cat breed by clicking on this link. There’s two …
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The difference between the Bambino and the Sphynx is that the former has short legs due to dwarfism and the latter does not. Other than that they are very similar. In other words the Bambino is both a dwarf cat and a hairless cat while the Sphynx is a hairless cat of normal dimensions and …
A Minuet cat is a Napoleon cat and a Napoleon cat is a dwarf cat, a cross between the founding dwarf cat, the Munchkin and a Persian. I have a full page with good photographs of the Napoleon cat so I won’t go over the same ground here. Please click on this link if you’d …
By ‘standing up’ the questioner is referring to the habit of Munchkin cats to go up on their haunches in what I call the ‘meerkat position’. They rest their body on their feet and not their toes and lift their body into the vertical position. Their strong backs keep them upright. Cats missing a leg …
Yes and no. Munchkin cats are dwarf cats: normally pedigree cats with short legs and normal bodies. The dog equivalent is the Dachshund. This dwarfism in companion animals is caused by an inherited dominant, genetic mutation. Mutations occur all the time in nature which is why humans evolved. Genetic mutations are entirely natural. On the …
He is an adult ginger tabby-and-white who looks like a kitten. In the photo below he is being weighed at the vet’s and the scales record 1.61 kgs which is 3.5 pounds. His guardian says he weighs 1.7 kg (3.74 pounds). He is a miniature cat and his name is Munchie. As you can see …
There is a lot going on genetically with this cat. His name is Squirt. I don’t know who the owner is. But he is a flame pointed (red pointed) Siamese cat as well as being a dwarf cat. That makes him pretty unusual. The cross-eyed characteristic is typical of Siamese cats and I have a …
“A pet is not a fashion statement. I see how lost the animal is without its whiskers. Its welfare is really in danger.” – Dutch veterinarian, Frederieke Schouten The Dutch have a law which makes it illegal to breed animals which are inherently unhealthy. The Germans have the same law. The Dutch rarely enforce the …
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