A Michael Broad Blog
The American Ringtail is a new and unique breed of cat (this page was written around 2010 and has been updated Sept 2022). Founded in 1998 in the San Francisco Bay Area after a cat rescuer Susan Manley hand raised a kitten that turned out to be unusual. After researching the trait and consulting …
There are two types of well known “cat” with ringed tails. They are both mammals. One is a member of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America. It is a wild animal and it is not a cat but nonetheless it is called a ring-tailed cat. This is because its tail …
By Lili Soeprapto (Netherlands) (28th Oct 2015) Hello Michael. Here a little little story from the Netherlands. My man and myself always had cats. Our beloved ‘guys’ died last year from old age and we were heartbroken. After a while I gave my husband a kitten (Suki) for his birthday and he was over …
A visitor to PoC would like some input on whether his cat carries the American Ringtail genes or indeed whether his cat has a genuine ringtail. The tail is certainly curly or corkscrew. The cat’s name is Pippi and she was adopted with this curly tail. Thank you very much for visiting, asking and …
