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post #1 of 48
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I rescued a cat that a private ranch was going to kill, thinking she was something wild. Anyway, make a long story short, I rescued this beautiful bengal and flew her home, straigh to the vet. She checked out great and got all of her shots. She's overcome most of her timid behavior and has made a fantastic indoor cat. We've got a good size place for her. She was 12 lbs when I got her to the vet 1 year ago. She's been in for some check ups and an ear yeast infection and that's it. She's healthy as can be. The problem is, she is HUGE. Floor to belly, she's right at 13". Her canines measure just shy of 1" . She is very long and obviously tall for a domestic. She has stopped growing and has leveled off at 23.5 lbs. My vet can't tell me what she is. A vet up north of me said she could be an Ocelot/bengal mix. What is she?
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post #2 of 48
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Was going to post another pic... I am out of allowable space on the site.....
post #3 of 48
She is beautiful

To post more pics (slightly larger ones too, which would help in ID) upload them to photobucket or another image hosting site, then post the [IMG ] code here.

Feel free to pm if you need more details on posting pics.
post #4 of 48
Well, from the pix, her face looks like a domestic shorthair. I don't see rounded ears that Bengals are supposed to have. There's some striping at the front of her body, and there are solid spots on her back that look like they belong to an Ocicat rather than a Bengal. Perhaps she is an Ocicat or an Ocicat mix, but we'll leave it to the experts to identify her. She's beautiful though, I love tabbies of any sort
post #5 of 48
Have you posted these pics here before? They look very familiar. I think the cat is a domestic shorthair or a bengal mix. There's something about the markings in her neck that look different than 'regular' moggies/domestics...
post #6 of 48
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I did post them before, but that was when she was just tall and skinny, not a huge domestic. She drawfs my Maine Coon 20 lb "lion"
post #7 of 48
I'd love to see more pictures.

For a female to be that big I think she just about has to be some type of exotic blood in her.

Maybe it would be a good idea to post a couple of good pictures of her in the Breeders forum??
post #8 of 48
She sounds lovely. Bengals are not very big cats, so I wouldn't think that would be a large part of her blood line. Maybe she has a Maine Coon ancestor somewhere, inspite of the short fur!

I noticed your user name and her name. Do you have other kitties named after Chrysler cars? <ggg> I'm a Mopar lady myself. Have never driven anything but a dodge! Started with a Spirit (best car ever made) then a Stratus (eh...) and now an Avenger (love it! ).

Can't wait to see pictures that show her a little better.
post #9 of 48
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Test......

post #10 of 48
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The pic above was when I first captured her from the farm and took her to a motel room the night before we flew home..

Another test pic.. this is her right at 22 lbs this July.
post #11 of 48
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The pics clutter the text. She is just all muscle, as opposed to my fat little Lion Maine Coon. She has incredible biting power, hense the leather chew toys and not the furniture!! She's never drawn blood or even scratched on of us that didn't deserve it from playing! Not bragging, just giving you experts knowledge of her. She has unreal vertical leaps, right from the floor to the top of a full size fridge. She has the standard 5 claw setup. As I mentioned before, the vet measured her canines at just a tic under 25 mm, which is around .900 of an inch. She eats a lot and boy do you have to stay after the kitty litter boxes. She loves it when I fill up the bath tub and she just stands in it... Thats it for now. I'll get some more pics up soon...
post #12 of 48
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Last one for a little while, I snapped one of her upside down so you can see her underside color and marks. Guys, thanks for the help on this mystery gal. Seeya
post #13 of 48
Someone call guiness!

It's funny because she just looks like a HUGE DSH, actually she looks ALLOT like my Tasha just much much bigger!
post #14 of 48
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She sounds lovely. Bengals are not very big cats, so I wouldn't think that would be a large part of her blood line. Maybe she has a Maine Coon ancestor somewhere, inspite of the short fur!
Actually Bengals can be quite large. Males can be 20+ lbs. I think maybe the large size is starting to get bred out as a result of giving greater priority to other physical attributes.

I've never heard of a 20+ lb female of any breed. Unless she was fat or course which Sebring clearly isn't.

She looks fairly Bengalish to my inexpert eye but maybe she's just a freakishly large DSH.

On second look, I'd go with monster DSH.
post #15 of 48
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Actually Bengals can be quite large. Males can be 20+ lbs. I think maybe the large size is starting to get bred out as a result of giving greater priority to other physical attributes.

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I didn't know that. I only know one person with bengals, two rescue cats he adopted when they were adults, and both are around 9 pounds. A male and a female, unrelated.

I'm in agreement that Sebring is a very beautiful over sized DSH mackerel tabby!

Very Special Kitty!
post #16 of 48
You really should post some of these pictures in the Breeders Corner forum. We have both Bengal and Ocicat breeders in TCS. They would be able to tell you what feature match or do not match those breeds.
post #17 of 48
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What is a DSH?
post #18 of 48
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What is a DSH?
Domestic Short Hair. The most common breed of cat in the US. Sometimes referred to as a "moggie" or "alley cat" or "just an ordinary cat".

Three of my beauties are DSHs. Coco is a Bengal but she is tiny. 8 1/2 lbs.
post #19 of 48
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Ah... duhh. Thanks
post #20 of 48
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Originally Posted by GoldyCat View Post
You really should post some of these pictures in the Breeders Corner forum. We have both Bengal and Ocicat breeders in TCS. They would be able to tell you what feature match or do not match those breeds.
My curiosity got the best of me. I cross posted this thread over there.
post #21 of 48
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Originally Posted by Mopar92 View Post
The pic above was when I first captured her from the farm and took her to a motel room the night before we flew home..

Another test pic.. this is her right at 22 lbs this July.
I'm no expert, but a couple of things came to mind. First of all she appears to have spots, not stripes that are typically tabby. Then her muzzle is squared off. I don't know what that means, but it's different than most domestic cats.

However, in the human species, there is occasionally a "giant" of unusual size of over 8 feet, usually because of a pituitary growth or tumor. Could this be the case with cats too?

No matter what she is, she is beautiful and very special! I'd like to see some input from Breeder's Corner too.
post #22 of 48
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I started to post it over there... thanks.
post #23 of 48
What a beautiful girl!!! A female cat weighing 22 pounds is huge! Could she be a Savannah cat? I just got a email from the Savannah rescue group that rescued a Savannah in California living off the streets.
post #24 of 48
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Here's an old pic, about 1 year to date. I had just snagged her that day and she was pretty hunckered down but it shows her color and spot detail fairly good... These old pics of her make me a little sad, she was SO skinny, ribs sticking out etc. She's well fed, loved, and excercised and played with here though..
post #25 of 48
Well she has the Tabby M on her forehead. Sometimes mackerel tabby stripes separate into spots, that's where the name comes from, but I have to agree those are spots are pretty distinctive. I have to go back and look at the pics, I think in one shot her spots were more like stripes?

<edit> looking back I see she has some true stripes up around her shoulders. She's fantastic!

Whatever combination made her, she is breathtaking. Does she have a gentle temperament? She looks it.
post #26 of 48
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Originally Posted by Mopar92 View Post
Last one for a little while, I snapped one of her upside down so you can see her underside color and marks. Guys, thanks for the help on this mystery gal. Seeya

Oh My Gosh, just look at that Yummy Tummy! She looks soooooo sweet!

Mopar you are a lucky hoomin'! Well. luck has less to do with it than your compassionate heart. What a rescue coup!
post #27 of 48
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She does not like to play with strings and feather/stick toys. It scares her. She does love to play with her mouse toys and small stuffed dog toys. She can flip them 4-5' in the air. She has become a lap cat and often wants to touch you when she is beside you. She never meows though . She purrs pretty good now. She runs a whole lot. Her rear leg looksa little funny at the top and xrays later revealed he left rear is out of joint and the vet said it can't be put in without a hip replaced. She does not limp, and amazingly, it's not too tender to her. Her name is Sebring because I got her from the town in Sebring Florida. Personally, I think she's a hurricane kitty. You know, ones that escaped when they got hammered 2-3 years ago. The vet said she is about 2-3 years old. She does everything the other cats do,kneeds, purrs, etc. She's letting me pick her up and kiss her, and put her back down. She's gettin' there.
post #28 of 48
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Ok.... enough here... I'm starting to sound like the annoying parent who's little angel never does wrong.... too braggy!! She's in attack mode... watch out stuffed mouse!!


post #29 of 48
You just keep on braggin!...I can't get enough of her. She's so wonderful, and thinking of her story...I can't look at her without getting teary eyed! (in a happy way )
post #30 of 48
She is a beautiful girl! Love the tummy pic.
I had a male DSH that was 22 lbs at his biggest. He was huge, but the biggest lovebug ever. His paw would cover the palm of my hand, his back came up to my knees, and his head was bigger than a softball. The vet said he probably had some Maine Coon in him, but I suspect maybe he was trying to make him more desirable as a keeper. He was shaped much differently from your girl, though.
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