by JGMC
(Los Angeles)
Turkish Angora ??
Sick stray, dirty, no whiskers, and took him in, tried to find him a home but at 7 months, nothing, so he warmed our hearts by sneezing on the mirrors, jumping and missing the couch, we were hooked.
Until recently I've been taking him to the vet telling him is he not gaining weight and he has actually looks like he lost weight and had lost couple of oz. from a year before.
Then someone mentioned he looked like a cross breed of a Turkish Angora or Main Coon. I looked it up, he has a lot of fur in between his paw pads. He is about 7 pounds at 4ish years old (not sure of age) Eats in small portions and very finicky. Very small head. But he does not like water at all but likes to be on my back (not by my own own choice) and watch me do things and wants to be right there.
Since he was my only cat at the time I didn't know his fur was soft and silky but everyone who had pet him would comment how unusually soft he is.
JGMC
He is a great looking cat. He looks special. But he is almost certainly not a TA. The thing is though, what does a TA look like? Are we talking about the Real TA in Turkey or the selectively bred TA in the West? It is quite complicated but thanks for posting.
Here’s Haku’s pic, not sure it got included in the previous comment I made. (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Qd8SZ8DwXyw/UBAC6UxWH3I/AAAAAAAAAXE/u2ZZQc4EYEI/s800/Haku.jpg)
I took this picture exactly two months ago. I’m almost sure this is not purebred. So here’s Haku, a TA wannabe!
He’s got pointy ears, reddish rings around the tail and legs, and a nice reddish mask in the shape of a rhombus.
He likes water, so no problem bathing him, and he might sneak into the shower scaring his owners.
When playing he acts like a dog, asking you to play with the ball or his mouse by bringing one of these close to your foot which he taps to call your attention, after one launches his toy he will bring it back to play again.
He’s also a great problem solver, and he eventually includes his owners in his “equations” by using them to reach higher spots.
If cat is Angora it should trace back to relatives from Turkey… if origin is unknown, it is probably not Angora, but ”look like” cat. This red tabby in the picture doesn’t look like Angora from Turkey, but more to western bred cat.
We won’t know are these Angoras or not, unless we do DNA test.
Mostly likely they are just mixed breeds.
dead ringer for my Simon also a stay found him under a bush in front yard he was about 5 or 6 months old.