Cats Cats The cats Meow Thread

[brewmaster15]

Leo is a climber too..

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No where near as chill as his older bro..Dante.

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[brewmaster15]

Going over the Halloween list here..

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Blackcat.... check!
Pumpkin.......check!

Just need some candy and we are good to go.

[Charlyc11]

This month we added a new family member. To keep Penny company.

This is Tory Girl

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And this is Penny

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[brewmaster15]

This month we added a new family member. To keep Penny company.

This is Tory Girl

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And this is Penny

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They are beautiful Kitties! Congratulations Chuck! Tory Girl is a real beauty!!
al

[Charlyc11]

This a really cute one, at least Bonnie tolerates her. She had 8 puppies before we got her so she knows the drill.

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[ravvlet]

In addition to starting our first discus this month, we also are adding a second cat to the family!

…who I haven’t taken proper photos of, so here’s one from his previous owner:

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[brewmaster15]

In addition to starting our first discus this month, we also are adding a second cat to the family!

…who I haven’t taken proper photos of, so here’s one from his previous owner:

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Awe cute kitty! I have always heard that Sphinx Cats were on the difficult side to care for. Prone to to skin issues, health issues and needing frequent baths. Theres also temperature regulation I think. Its alot of work to care for a sphinx! Is she as social as they say sphinx are and a talker? My Boy Dante is the most vocal cat I have ever had and a royal luv bug purr machine.. leo,our orange tabby is the friendliest cat even with strangers but he literally never purrs except if he is nursing/kneeding mode...then he softly purrs.

[ravvlet]

He is ridiculously friendly. He’s sweet with the kids and hasn’t hissed once at anything. I don’t think he has a mean bone in his body.

They definitely smell weird, need frequent baths and nail trims, as well as ear and eye cleaning. They also have bad teeth, especially for a cat. We wanted a cat who would be smaller than our current kitty and very laid back and gregarious, and he’s definitely all of those things. My partner and I agreed that if we ever got another cat, we’d definitely want another sphynx!

Sadly we found out yesterday at his first vet appointment that he has a heart murmur, so he is going in for an ECG Tuesday to assess if it’s safe to put him under for his neuter and dental cleaning. We are very hopeful that it’s just a murmur and not HCM, which is one of the genetic issues these cats are prone to. He was owned by someone who had imported him from Ukraine with the intent to breed him, but ended up deciding to retire from breeding to focus on her family. His parents were screened for HCM and are both negative, but I haven’t received copies of their testing yet so that’s all hearsay as far as I am concerned.

If anyone reads this and wants a sphynx, please go through a reputable breeder and understand there will likely be a wait list - most of the ones here have a two year or more wait for kittens. We knew getting an older guy from a breeder who probably shouldn’t be breeding (he should have been screened for heart issues at his first year appointment, and every year after, and he really needed dental cleaning) and knew he would likely have health issues. Don’t take that risk if you aren’t prepared for the consequences.

Oh, and his name is Oscar! My kids won’t let me name him Salmonella (he looks like raw chicken to me)! Keep your fingers and toes crossed for this guy. He really needs to be able to be put under for the neuter and dental - his teeth are bordering on needing extractions, and no amount of tooth brushing now can fix that. To be fair to his previous family, sometimes even brushing can’t fix genetics; he may have just inherited bad teeth. We also obviously would like to neuter to prevent certain types of cancers and make his litter box smell less unpleasant, haha.

He has a heated cat bed he adores and we have been trying to find good sweaters that are tiny enough for him- he’s too small even for the extra small sizes!

[Charlyc11]

That's my cat fish on the bottom.

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[brewmaster15]

Thats Cute Chuck, we have to watch the closets here.. They are always getting into them,

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[Charlyc11]

That's only the emergency towels so doesn't matter much if she get in there.

[ravvlet]

Good news; Oscar’s heart is fine. They think the murmur could be something that will resolve itself, and we will be monitoring it, but his ECG was normal, so he was neutered yesterday! He’s doing great and has been playing with the kids all morning.

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[brewmaster15]

Good news; Oscar’s heart is fine. They think the murmur could be something that will resolve itself, and we will be monitoring it, but his ECG was normal, so he was neutered yesterday! He’s doing great and has been playing with the kids all morning.

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Thats great! One of my previous kitties, Darwin, had one as a kitten.. he lived 14 years with it. It did get less with time and often the vet could not hear his at all.

ps.. I rotated your image.

[ravvlet]

Haha, thanks. I keep forgetting to edit first. I’m always on my phone or an iPad as I do most of my work on there, and they seem to all count as mobile devices when it comes to uploading images!

Man, I don’t know about yall but I’ve never had any luck slowing down a cat who has been neutered. They sent us home with a sedative but I hate to use it. I’ve just been monitoring him and keeping him in our guest bathroom when I can’t watch him, but he seems totally fine, and his surgery area looks good.

[Charlyc11]

She is a fish lover also.

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