Sunday, June 20, 2010

Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

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these are some pictures of her.. is she just a normal kinda cat.. or could she be mixed with something?



because ive never seen a cat like her before really.. ive seen more gingery ones or more white ones..



soo i wondered if my cat could be a mix of any breed?..



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

Just your everyday farm cat but she is gorgouse. Her breed shouldn't matter but Im sure your just asking out of couriosity;p



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

She looks like a short hair cat, a tabby. Just a house cat. She's very cute. Tabbies are usually great cats.



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

She is a normal cat.She doesn't look as if she is mixed with any other cat,so i would go with normal cat.I have cats that are like the they look like mixed breeds but they are domestic long or short haired cats!



Hope this helps!



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

She is a DSH...white and orange tiger.



Domestic Shorthair.



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

i dunno what she is, but she sure is purty -- looks to be well taken care of



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

She is an orange and white domestic short hair.



And cute!



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

A cat like yours would probably be best described as an 'American Shorthair':Cream Tabby with White. This essentially means she is mostly white, with cream splotches over her body, (they are too light to be called 'red') and in the cream splotches you can see a Tabby striped pattern.



American Shorthairs CAN have the 'Van Pattern' that you mentioned above without being a Turkish Van breed - but she has too many splotches on the sides to be considered this. She can also be called a 'bicolor' cat, which is white paired with any other color.



The first link below has a long long list of breed standards for the Cat Fanciers Association, the second link describes bicolor cats and the genetics behind it.



BUT - the important thing to remember is that a lot of our classification of cats is rather arbitrary and based on descriptions like this. Mother nature left to her own devices doesn't make cats fit into narrow categories that we come up with. And that's good for you - non-purebred cats tend to live longer and healthier lives!



Is my cat a regular short-medium hair.. or is she a mix breed..? (pictures included)?

She looks like a perfectly wonderful mixed breed kitty. A Turkish Van has softer, somewhat longer fur. To know if she was a particular breed you'd have to have gotten her from a breeder, or had papers for her.



But she does look really cool, and IMHO there's nothing wrong with mixed breed household pets. My husband and I are owned by 3 such kitties. And we love them all dearly.

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