We're getting a new kitty! ;D
http://exoticcatzrus.com/newpups.aspx (http://exoticcatzrus.com/newpups.aspx)
She'll be ready to come home the end of August.
very cool!
Is that a minx bread?
I dislike cats (yes, hate me now), but the one cat I would own is a Savannah Cat. Servel and domestic short hair [thumbsup] Looks like a mini cheetah.
Anyhow.......
pictures on that website are cool. I love different looking cats [beer]
they be a shite load of free ones on craigslist
love'n on them is all the same, be they freebies of store bought
They're a cross between domestic cats, bobcats, and African jungle cats.
Should be interesting.
I've been looking on CL for a couple weeks now, and nothing offered made me go "aaaawwww".
mr blue eyes..... aaaaaawwwwwwwwww
[laugh]
I gots me a real Bob cat [laugh]
that cat has too many fingers
Why do you have to pay $700 for breeding rights if you're already paid $400 to buy the cat?
Congrats and good luck.
As a cat hater, that thing even has me thinking about a "mini-leopard" for a pet.
That's a pretty sweet cat.
please tell me it will be fixed..... or if not, indoor only.
Please tell me you're not letting them chop off the cat's tail to make it look cool.
>:(
Quote from: erkishhorde on July 30, 2009, 08:58:50 PM
Why do you have to pay $700 for breeding rights if you're already paid $400 to buy the cat?
works the same way with dogs from some breeders
Quote from: Bun-bun on July 30, 2009, 05:41:42 PM
They're a cross between domestic cats, bobcats, and African jungle cats.
Should be interesting.
How big is that thing gonna get? Cat size, Bobcat size, hunt down and eat your children size?
They are beautiful. When I purchase my Chartreux years ago, I only bought the cat but the breeder maintained the "rights" to breed him once and I got a kitten for his "services". Unfortunately, the first time I left him for breeding, he and the female became best friends and would sit side by side watching tv but never did anything else. [roll]
Quote from: erkishhorde on July 30, 2009, 08:58:50 PM
Why do you have to pay $700 for breeding rights if you're already paid $400 to buy the cat?
$700 total, not 400+700. They do this because you can make money off of breeding them. Designer cats are slowly starting to catch up with the whole designer dog thing. At least with the general public. Many of these cats are highly intelligent. You can teach them commands, they like to be walked. Many of them like to play in water. Check out this breeder, they have some really cool cats if you have a small fortune.
http://www.savannahcatbreed.com/ (http://www.savannahcatbreed.com/)
(I'm not sure if I even agree with the creation of some of these breeds since you have to take wild creatures out of their natural habitat to breed them with domestics. I'd love a bengal or savannah, but I've yet to find one from a shelter.)
Bun-bun, looks like you are gonna have one rad kitty. I've never heard of this type of cat so thanks for giving me a new subject to research. [thumbsup]
I shall now call you cat-cat.
So... buying breeding rights automatically gives your pet a make the beast with two backs buddy of the same pedigree anytime you want? Am I understanding this correctly? I'm just curious.
I'm slightly confused by your question because of the wording, but here is a stab at the answer:
This is my understanding of how it works, I may be wrong. Many "purebreed" animals out there are registered with some sort of breeding organization. Usually these organizations are set up to guard the integrity of the breed. If you buy one of these creatures there are usually two types of contracts involved. A pet contract that says you aren't going to breed the animal again and many of them have a clause where you agree to have the animal fixed.
The other type is a breeder contract. That usually means that you have intentions of breeding the animal down the road. In theory that means you have the potential to make money off owning the animal. The person you buy the animal from usually charges more to get their "cut" of that potential profit. You usually also have to pay more to register the animal with whatever organization you choose. It "helps" control the number of people that might just try and get their hands on a few of these animals just to make a profit. With no real interest on the overall breed or the individual animals needs. They are supposed to be safe guards I guess.
Scumbags still will go and import animals from other countries or do whatever they can to get their hands on some. Then they set up operations that just pump animals out for a profit, with no interest in selective breeding etc. Most people have heard the term puppy mill before.
Now not every breeder has things set up like this. I just know this because of the research I did when I was looking into my puppy. I found it to generally be the same with the people that breed fancy/exotic/whatever cats.
Quote from: Rufus120 on July 31, 2009, 11:24:41 AM
I'm slightly confused by your question because of the wording, but here is a stab at the answer:
This is my understanding of how it works, I may be wrong. Many "purebreed" animals out there are registered with some sort of breeding organization. Usually these organizations are set up to guard the integrity of the breed. If you buy one of these creatures there are usually two types of contracts involved. A pet contract that says you aren't going to breed the animal again and many of them have a clause where you agree to have the animal fixed.
The other type is a breeder contract. That usually means that you have intentions of breeding the animal down the road. In theory that means you have the potential to make money off owning the animal. The person you buy the animal from usually charges more to get their "cut" of that potential profit. You usually also have to pay more to register the animal with whatever organization you choose. It "helps" control the number of people that might just try and get their hands on a few of these animals just to make a profit. With no real interest on the overall breed or the individual animals needs. They are supposed to be safe guards I guess.
Basically correct. I would add that some(even most) breeders are interested in improving the breed, not just making a buck. The idea is that the animals that conform more closely to breed standard should be bred, while the ones that have a feature that is considered undesireable should be fixed and sold as pets at a lesser price.
Yes, this will be an indoor only cat.
Supposedly, they reach 20+ pounds, and 18-24" at the shoulder, but they are slow to get their full growth, and will grow continually for the first three years. Males are bigger than females, and this is a female, so I doubt that any of the neighbors kids are in danger(tho there are a couple I wouldn't mind seeing get et.).
The tail is already docked. They don't chop it off. a day or two after birth, a string is tightened around the tail and left overnight. This cuts off bloodflow, and the tail dies and drops off a couple weeks later. There are a lot worse things done for cosmetic reasons, on humans and animals(anyone here circumcised?).
Any suggestions on a name?
Clarence.
Quote from: Bun-bun on July 31, 2009, 01:54:35 PM
(anyone here circumcised?).
Any suggestions on a name?
I want my foreskin back
Cheetara ;)
New pic(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2545/3824729296_4ba2a6b791.jpg)
Four weeks old now.
Her name will be Liwa (Leewuh).
It means beautiful in the Yoruba language.
Awwwhhh... [thumbsup]
What a cutey!!
What a cutie!!! Will be waiting for more pictures and stories!
Leewuh means "confused" in Yoruba [laugh]
very cute kitty [thumbsup]
;D
(http://yuu.smugmug.com/photos/621734335_GRFCo-O.jpg)
- Ok Sci Fi nerds, name the source of that bastardized quote
Quote from: bobspapa on August 16, 2009, 03:16:30 PM
Leewuh means "confused" in Yoruba [laugh]
That'l work too. ;D
Quote from: yuu on August 16, 2009, 04:44:00 PM
;D
(http://yuu.smugmug.com/photos/621734335_GRFCo-O.jpg)
- Ok Sci Fi nerds, name the source of that bastardized quote
2001:A Space Odyssey?