Purebred or cross?....cats this time

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Vicky RVN — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 21:02:01 GMT

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you've obviously done your bit by adopting a cpl cat unfortunately we cannot pick up after all the morons who leave them without homes, dont feel guilty about getting a pure breed your as much entitled to as anyone else. or i suppose a comprimise would be to contact the breed rescue folk who are about to see if you could adopt one from them??..

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who are you replying to?

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To Nicky by the looks of it.

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Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:34:40 GMT

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who are you replying to?

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staceyvn — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:47:54 GMT

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Anonymous — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:39:43 GMT

Two pure bred Bengals one i bred myself. One pure bred Ocicat that i bought from a client when i worked London. I don't breed any longer for a number of reasons. I've had moggies and purebreds all my life.

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emmRAR — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:55:51 GMT

I'm still living in the family home, and we have a purebred Birman who is beautiful and gorgeous and lovely but suffers from hairballs! We also have three moggies, one was a rescue kitten years ago, one was from a friend and another I brought home from work at Christmas!

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Helen Freer — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:01:08 GMT

At present I have 4 cats all moggies, one black girl, a black and white boy (my little old man 19/20years), one white and black boy and one torti girl (the baby). The only pure bred cat I have ever had was an ex-breeding queen persian - never again! she loved the outside but hated being groomed. I have come across many breeds of cat runnning a cattery and my favouites include maincoon, burmese and ragdoll but my favourite will alwaysbe a black or ginger cat any time.

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Kim Buckley — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:09:15 GMT

Give me a moggy any day! Especially a ginge

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Dawn Seabrook — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 17:07:53 GMT

At present have 2 moggies both ginger and resuced from work, Thomas's mum was siamese so he is slinky and very vocal but not too siamese looking. George is a fat cat who doesn't really do being around people. I would love a bengal or a british short haired but just couldn't buy a cat knowing how many there are out there in need of homes.

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Nicola Smith — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 09:46:49 GMT

I have a fat moggy at the moment who was stuck in CPL for ages as she hates other cats so cant have any other cats at the moment. I would love a brown burmese or an asian cat though but think would feel guilty buying one knowing the rescues are full. Do live british shorthairs as well, esp the silver tabbys.

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Sal the 1st — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:07:51 GMT

I have at the moment a moggy called Jasper and a blue bengal called Morris - although I love him to bits I probably wouldnt have another bengal through choice - this one is trouble ( a rescue with lots of issues, one of them is aggression over food)

I had a white rex in the past (dont ask what sort of rex because I have no idea except he was bald - born to a DSH and all the other kittens in the litter had hair) he lives with a friend now and is called maggot.

Siamese I have had two Jason and Simon - both very noisy cats

My favourite breed would have to be Maine Coons - I had a blue called 'Blue' ( very original I know!) and a great big black beast called Boris who we think was probably responsible for the 'black cat sightings' in Market Rasen area in the early 90's

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Claire Cameron — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:39:06 GMT

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Want to get syphinx cats - always thought they are an excellent breed for human allergy sufferers!

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GREAT choice of cat. Just remember, you are allergic to a protein in cat saliva not the hair so people aren't guaranteed to not be allergic.

FANTASTIC breed though, I adore them, can't imagine my life without a naked kitty now

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Phrin Vernon RVN — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:53:54 GMT

I have 2 moggies - mother and son. They are as different as night and day (behaviour wise)

Mum is VERY independant - often won't be seen for days at a time, then reappears with some carcass or other - and demading food yesterday! No health problems so far (3.5yrs)

Son is very much a people cat - loves fuss and attention, and just a slow blink from me will bring him running with his purrometer at 110% However he has been lame recently, and vet exam found crepitus (mild) in the hips, and bilateral luxating patellas He is just over 2 yrs old.

His father is unknown, but he is medium to long haired , and HUGE, so wouldn't be surprised if there was a touch of Maine Coone or similar in there somewhere down the line!

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loopylou711 — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:33:16 GMT

We rescued Luka who we were told was a breed but what he is who knows!! Hes blocked up a few times but this is more to do with anxiety and stress than breed!

My girls are moggies!

Knowing how many cats sit in rescue centres, i will rescue everytime!!

Love my babies!!

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BengalcatRVN — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:28:19 GMT

2 bengals. One relatively healthy (she has polops in her ears, which have caused over-production in wax leading to a heamatoma) and thats it. Recent full bloods and urine screen shows a healthy cat who's 10yrs. While the other....

My fav wee boy bengal, Blue eyed snow marble

1. day 1, mum punctured 1 testical sack trip to vets and antibiotics

Should of sold him then really, but kept him as he was the only 1 in the litter.

2. Skin rash down front legs, no known cause

3. Injection site reaction into the muscle, required surgical intervention

4. Struvites in the urine, 2 days later blocked bladder

5. anal gland issues leading to the removel of 1 side

6. IBD type condition, he was on 20mg preds borderline diabetic at one point and still producing di+, finally managed on leukaran/hydrox combination (although he's had a flare up after 2 years)

7. while on high steriods, got random bumps on head, adv by histopaths that they couldn't quite figure out what was going on but the steriods should sort it (but he was on them before the bumps appeared....)

8. Suspected begnine eye tumour type thing, been told not to worry unless the blemish gets bigger and raised.

9. Renal failure found on routine blood test at start of year. Getting worse, scanned, he has a tiny kidney, and a large kidney to compensate. He also has a nice FAT kidney stone in it. Decliend surgury as I've decided to let him enjoy what he has left of life (he's currently lost weight and crea got worse, and needs sedation to get bloods => sed makes kidneys worse and I just can't do that to him)

So now I'm keeping him comfortable and happy until the time comes. He's currently sat on his donut bed and blue blanket but it's scary how skinny he's become this year :( He's only 9 as well! I think that's the list of his issues, other than the needle phobia, his attachment to me, and his strange habit of falling off things for no reason.

Must say, I love Bengals, and although I'm a proper cat person I think my future cats might be Bengals again.

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Doolally — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:12:02 GMT

I've got 2 Selkirk Rex, and a long-haired moggy. They're all great, but the Selkirks are soooo laid back, they take everything in their stride. The girl is a blood donor. The moggy was a stray, and the Selkirk's are ex-breeding stock, the breeder loved them to bits, but the girl lost a litter and the boy didn't really like girls so she rehomed them to me at 18months of age. The boy was blood typed to be a donor (he's B type) but he's got a heart condition so can't be used now. His heart condition is caused by a valve partially obstructing and causes breathlessness and syncope - he's had one scan to diagnose, we're going to do a further scan in a few weeks to find out a bit more. The breeder is devastated(she didn't know he had it, i only found out when he was playing with Da Bird - he'd never exerted himself so much when he was at the breeders!), but there's no proof it's hereditary, the only way to find out would be to scan his parents, but they're both neutered now so the breeder hasn't had them scanned until we know more.

I love the Selkirks, and i'd have another if there were more needing a home. But i do love moggies, so any cat that needs a home would be my choice regardless of breed

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funkyfish — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:50:23 GMT

I have 2 moggies and two pedigrees all are 2nd hand/rescues- 1x La Perm and 1 x Persian.

All are loverly but the two pedigrees are broken, both have major food allergies and environmental allergies. I have to make a home made diet for Brian the La Perm as all he can eat is ocean white fish, rice and sweet potato...... I supplement his diet with Ark Vits ACE High and Viacutan so he gets all he needs.

He cant have any anti diarrhoea meeds or flavoured antibiotics as he is allergic to nearly all protiens and soya! But we love him, he is such a cheeky chap- hyper active and more like a dog then a cat! He loves the dogs and assumes everyone loves him. He sheds a ton of hair though!

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littlehays — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:22:32 GMT

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I've had british Shorthairs and a variety of rescued mogs. My BSH's were purchases, not rescues, but back in the days when I wasn't as clued up about just how many rescues need homes. I absolutely ADORE the breed and would have them again if I was in a position to have another cat but would trawl the breed rescue socieities or take on an ex breeding one who was "surplus to requirements" as they seem to become when they reach middle age rather than going to a breeder for a kitten. Can't beat their big fat munchy faces

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awwww i absolutely love these guys!! really really want one, someday in the future...maybe when my other half comes back from afghan we had a gorgeous one in for a dental the other day, so snuggly!!

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Susan Jackson — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:20:20 GMT

Two of our clients norweigen forests died suddenly they were atopsied and found to have congenital heart disease. haven't seen much else.

Want to get syphinx cats - always thought they are an excellent breed for human allergy sufferers!

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Dippy — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:14:23 GMT

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Elvira — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:28:42 GMT

Six Maine Coons, was breeding them but haven't for a while, show now and again. All bar one female now neutered. HCM is THE disease though I really don't know if it's any more prevalent than in other breeds - it's just that MCs were the first to be studied.

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Carys Thorp — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:27:51 GMT

I have both, two moggies and a siamese. all rescue (all saved from pts!) and although im a moggy person i do love pedigrees aswell but would always rescue first, i go to cat shows and know some fantastic breeders but i hate back yard breeders!

My siamese is very "delicate" and has a sensitive tum, his insurance costs a fortune aswell but i love orientals now

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Sandra Taylor RVN, MBVNA — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:48:54 GMT

I have both, and 2 are rescues.

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Sally Howe — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:40:00 GMT

I've got both, all except one are rescues.

I have a seregeti (Bailey) and a british shorthair (ex breeding cat that the breeder wanted to go to a special home- Tommy)

My crosses includes one that was born with his back legs the wrong way round. (Mittons, Scruff McDuff, Churchill, Felicity fleabag, Flower, Horton,Lilly)