A Michael Broad Blog
This is the extraordinary face of a male hairless cat. I have never seen a feline face like it. Although the hairless cats often look very strange. It’s the hairlessness combined with the selective breeding. The breeders try and make their cats look ever stranger to attract attention, and they succeed. This cat has …
I can see the connection as anybody else can. The question has been prompted by the famous Great Sphinx of Giza because of the name “Sphinx” which is not dissimilar to the name of this hairless cat. That’s as far as the connection goes. I’ve never seen this said except on this website, namely …
Sphynx cats do not come from Egypt. There could not be a worse place for a hairless cat.
A gangly, grey Don Sphynx is obsessed with cake topped with chocolate but the owner is horrified.
This is harsh proof that, legally, domestic cats are still ‘owned’ by people and they are still assets to be seized by bailiffs when a person refuses to settle his debts. At least in Russia! Russians like their fancy cats. They have their own hairless cat, the Don Sphynx. It looks like the American …
Introduction First things first; this breed of cat is not related to the better known Sphynx (aka “Canadian Hairless”, “Moon Cat” and “Moonstone Cat”). This cat is native to Russia. The Donsky follows the Sphynx in terms of date of origin (1966 for Sphynx and 1987 for Donsky). OK, the Don Sphynx (aka “Don …
