A Michael Broad Blog
This is a Pixie-bob from the Legend Tales breeder. They have been breeding the Pixie-bob since 1996. They call the cat breed ‘the Golden Retriever of Cats’. That must mean the Pixie-bob likes playing fetch. Some cats do. I have a page on the breed which you can read by clicking here. It is …
The topic of bobcat x domestic cat hybrids is somewhat complicated. Because of the interest in wild cat hybrids, there was a time in the late 1900s when there was a bit of a rush to turn out new wild cat hybrid breeds. This resulted in claims that some breeds were genuine wild hybrids …
Trying to take out a patent on a cat breed is interesting and very strange at the same time. I have never heard of it before. What are Patents? Think of devices and machines and not animals for a start off. Apple, the world’s biggest company, have been doing battle with Samsung over claims …
It so happens that this polyfooted mackerel tabby cat is a Pixie-bob, er.. or an American Bobtail! Is this a mackerel tabby coat or a spotted tabby coat? Lying down the coat is striped. Standing up the coat is spotted. Is the coat silver, grey or grey brown? You can see how it gets …
Pixie-bob cat – Bear – Photo copyright © Helmi Flick
Above: ‘Proud Foot’- Pixie bob cat photo ©copyright Helmi Flick Introduction This cat is meant to look wild1, as wild as possible it seems but it is entirely domestic – there are no wildcat genes. The coat, although a tabby one should look like a wild cat tabby coat and not the refined, enhanced, …
