Measure Your Kitty's Tail!

Originally Posted by Pami

Easy- 9
Laura- 9
Kiko- 12
Ducky- 13
Tino- 14

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Originally Posted by gemlady

Aristotle's was last measured at 14 inches. It inspired my avatar.

Topaz? She won't let me measure it. Probably 9-10 inches.

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Originally Posted by spudsmom

Siam's is 14", the same as when we measured a few months ago. When he get's "happy tail" it touches his nose, curled over his back. Spud has only a 10" tail. I hope he doesn't have tail envy.

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Wow! I just love a long fluffy tail

LOL @ tail envy, hehe

I wonder if Riley's tail will keep growing with the rest of his body?

Originally Posted by gemlady

Aristotle's was last measured at 14 inches. It inspired my avatar.

Topaz? She won't let me measure it. Probably 9-10 inches.

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topaz looks so MEAN in your siggy.

Will measure tonite. DH was remarking the other day that Charlie should win the "longest tail" award I'm guessing he's well over a foot. What's the prize for the kitty with the longest tail?

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Will measure tonite. DH was remarking the other day that Charlie should win the "longest tail" award

I'm guessing he's well over a foot. What's the prize for the kitty with the longest tail?

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Ahem - I think maybe my Suria will get the longest tail award....

And he's only 8 months!

Will have to measure the crew...

How do you measure kinked tails???

Of the kitties I could find...

Tabitha (11 months old)- 12 inches
Spooky Bear (almost 10 months old) - 11 inches
Spike (4 months old) - 11 inches
and the baby kitties are all between 5-7 inches

Ok after some very strange what are you doing to my tail looks

Magnum & Boomer 12.5"
Scully 12"
Bumper 11"

Fun thread.

I had a hard time measuring Riley too because he thought I was trying to play and that the tape measure was a toy.


Hmm, longest tail prize is a gift from the tcs vbplaza! lol.

Enzo 13
Leya 10

Originally Posted by Renovia

topaz looks so MEAN in your siggy.

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I know. Actually she is annoyed at having the camera in her face.

Originally Posted by Abymummy

Ahem - I think maybe my Suria will get the longest tail award....

And he's only 8 months!

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well, the longest TCs kitty tail belongs to Carmelo the cougar.

Originally Posted by AlleyGirl

Fun thread.

Hmm, longest tail prize is a gift from the tcs vbplaza! lol.

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Guess John wins with Carmelo!

Not fair - we can't count the "wild" cats - only domestic

LOL, Carmelo has an unfair advantage!

The domestic kitty with the longest tail wins

Right now we have a 3-way tie of 14 inches.

If nobody can beat that by tomorrow, then they will all win!

Reyah (2yrs) : 11"
Hera (1yr) : 13"
Thalia (10wks): 9"
Lucy (4yrs) : 8" approx. (definitely did not want her tail measured)
Zoe (2yrs) : 10"

Charlie (10 months old) - 12 3/4 inches

Ling (2 yrs old) - only 8 inches


For a "kinked" tail - add about 1/4 inch

Just curious if the longer tailed cats (12-14 inches) are siamese/oriental or have those breeds in them. Oci's are from aby/siamese so it makes sense for them to have a longer tail.

I remember measuring Spooky's tail long time ago (my rex) - he had about 14-15 inch tail - he was long and tall. The tail was pretty long/whippy too. My first cat, Mitten from nose to tail was 35 inches long (about 12/13 inches was his tail).

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Not fair - we can't count the "wild" cats - only domestic

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But Carmelo isn't wild. He's very tame and loving and downright cute.

If I can get Ari to slow down I'll remeasure his tail to see if it's any longer since I measured it (sometime before April 2006).

Adilah still has to submit hers.

GoldenKitty45....to answer your question.

Siam is a siamese mix. A seal lynx point. Stripey face, legs, tail, with dark points.

Twix (2 yrs.): 11 inches
Kittens (14 wks.): 9 inches

Hm, it look as though the prize of long tailedness is not in my future!!

Seb 12 inches (30.48 cm)
Daphne 10 inches (25.4)

These are approximate Daphne wanted to eat the tape and Seb looked at me like I was insane

How on earth are you guys getting your cats to a) keep their tails still enough to measure and b) not try to swipe at the tape measure? Do you have compliant cats or an accomplice holding them down?

Jaffa is about to have me certified as insane. I think his tail is about 13-14 inches long but I can't be more accurate than that! Mosi's is a bit shorter (but fluffier) so his is probably 11-12 inches.

Originally Posted by urbantigers

How on earth are you guys getting your cats to a) keep their tails still enough to measure and b) not try to swipe at the tape measure? Do you have compliant cats or an accomplice holding them down?

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My cats are definitely not going to be compliant so I will go the 'accomplice' route and my answers will have to wait until Nate is home from work I really do not want to have to take Radar to the vet to have tape measure surgically removed from his intestines, I'm always removing things from that cat's mouth! I know that Radar has a very long tail in comparison to his size, but it probably won't win this competition as he is so small all over, only 7 1/2 lbs!

I held Charlie in my arms; DH measured his tail. Ling was not cooperative so I'm guessing at the 8 inches.