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Domestic cat with longest neck

PoC avatarPosted on October 23, 2020 by Michael BroadOctober 23, 2020

Olivia, who was living at Anne Arundel County Animal Care & Control at the time the photograph was taken, has the longest neck of a domestic cat that I have seen. I’m sure that it is entirely natural and not … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Anatomy | Tagged adoption, America, animal shelter, cat anatomy, rare cat, rescue cat, tabby cat | Leave a reply

Rare male black tortoiseshell discovered on streets of Welsh town

PoC avatarPosted on November 1, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 1, 2019

Someone in Wales, UK has become the lucky guardians of a rare male tortoiseshell rescue cat called Cresta who was picked up from the streets of Colony Bay which is a town on the north coast of Wales. The new … Continue reading →

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged rare cat, tortie cats, tortoiseshell cat

All Tortoiseshell Cats Are Feminine

PoC avatarPosted on March 11, 2019 by Michael BroadFebruary 6, 2020

We know that nearly all tortoiseshell cats are female. Dr Morris says that it has been calculated that about one in 200 tortoiseshell cats are males but I’ve also read that one in 3000 is the correct percentage. Let’s say … Continue reading →

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged cat coats, gender, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | Leave a reply

Picture Of A White Serval

PoC avatarPosted on June 11, 2018 by Michael BroadJune 11, 2018

I bumped into this picture of a white serval on Pinterest and was immediately aware that the cat was a serval and being white he had to be extremely rare as this coat type is not mentioned in the best … Continue reading →

Posted in Serval | Tagged african serval, black serval, melanistic serval, rare cat, serval, wild cat species | Leave a reply

One in a million super rare Maine Coon

PoC avatarPosted on January 13, 2017 by Michael BroadJanuary 13, 2017

Three-year-old MezzoMixx is a tortoiseshell Maine Coon with a gorgeous blaze down his nose. Being a breeding male he is exceptionally rare. The degree of rareness is unclear. In the title I have said that he is a one in … Continue reading →

Posted in Maine Coon | Tagged blaze on tortoiseshell cats, calico cat, cat breeder, maine coon cat, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | Leave a reply

How rare are male tortoiseshell cats?

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2014 by Michael BroadJuly 8, 2020

Our dear Sarah Hartwell, Britain’s scientific cat lover, quotes figures of 1 in 1000 to 1 in many thousands with respect to the rareness of the male tortoiseshell cat. She doesn’t have a firm figure and if she doesn’t, there … Continue reading →

Posted in tortoiseshell | Tagged calico, calico cat, cat coats, rare cat, tortoiseshell cat | 15 Replies

Snowshoe Cat

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadJune 5, 2019

Appearance Breeding History Breeders, Clubs, Standard Introduction This breed of cat is a deliberate hybridization of the Siamese and the American Bicolor cats (American shorthair cats with the white spotting factor). The breed began in 1960 in Philadelphia, USA, when … Continue reading →

Posted in Snowshoe Cat | Tagged cat breeds, domestic cat, rare cat, snowshoe cat | 18 Replies

Sokoke

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadJune 5, 2019

Introduction Is the Sokoke the rarest of all domestic cat breeds? Is this breed the missing link in the evolution of the classic tabby pattern in cats? No, I am speculating wildly it seems. Is the breed, in fact, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Sokoke | Tagged domestic cat, rare cat, sokoke cat | 42 Replies

Peterbald

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadSeptember 10, 2020

Flashy *Kahlua* Buggsey   All the Peterbald studio photographs on this page are by Helmi Flick © copyright Helmi Flick – please respect copyright. All the smaller photographs, including the three above, are thumbnails leading to great large format photographs … Continue reading →

Posted in Peterbald | Tagged hybrid cat, Peterbald, peterbald cat, rare cat, russian cat breeds | 10 Replies

Peterbald Cat

PoC avatarPosted on May 25, 2012 by Michael BroadJuly 13, 2012

More on the appearance of this cat. These are my comments made in reference to the TICA breed standard, focusing on the outstanding features as I see it. As I have mentioned elsewhere on this website breed standards are normally … Continue reading →

Posted in Cat Breeds, Peterbald | Tagged Hybrid Cats, peterbald cat, rare cat | Leave a reply

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