Bookie's granddaughter Larissa

This is Larissa, a seal tortie and white, with the trademark Bookie blaze & blue eyes, a multi-great-granddaughter of hers.

We love to say that all of her personalities are sweet when she's not being full of tortitude! Her nicknames are "fluffdoodle", "Larissa lumpkincurl" and "huggy-kissy girl".

OMG she is precious!!! What a beautiful girl!!!

Awwww! She has curly ears! LOL we don't have them here in NZ

What a neat looking kitty!

Originally posted by Mom of 10 Cats
OMG she is precious!!! What a beautiful girl!!!

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Thank you, she is something else...just like her greatgram <G>.

Originally posted by WellingtonCats
Awwww! She has curly ears! LOL we don't have them here in NZ

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Ah...but they are in Australia now as I recall...maybe you'll get to see one at a show?

Pat she has the most gorgeous face! With those curled ears, are they prone to any type of ear problems?

Thanks Hissy

My vet back East felt that with the convolutions she observed in their ears, the inner ear canal was more narrow, with poorer air flow...and many (not all) Curls do produce a dark brownish wax (which many vets mistake for ear mites, when it's not). Breeders advise pet owners to make checking their ears once a week, part of the grooming routine...but stress it is very important, not to try swabbing down into the ear canal...using a cleanser such as Nolvasan Otic should be by moistening a q-tip and swabbing the outer area of the ear. Signs of an infection or problem to consult your vet on are reddedned ears, lots of head shaking or pawing at ears, "swishy" sounds when they shake their head...a lot of which also sounds like mites, but in Curls, usually just means they've got a wax build-up and/or infection..yeast is one result I've seen.

Then there are variations in tightness of the Curl, ear height and width of ear base. One goal for breeders of Curls is for a nice wide open ear base.

What an excellent kitty

She is a beautiful cat. What exact breed is she?

Originally posted by HopeHacker
She is a beautiful cat. What exact breed is she?

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Thanks, she is a pet quality American Curl, many generations my breeding...from my last litter born in my home, and is now about 5 years old.

Well, I think she's the most beautiful American Curl, I've ever seen, not that I've seen that many, but I did look them up on the net once. She's is the prettiest one I've ever seen.

Originally posted by HopeHacker
Well, I think she's the most beautiful American Curl, I've ever seen, not that I've seen that many, but I did look them up on the net once. She's is the prettiest one I've ever seen.

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Thank you! When I was breeding, I produced some of the earlier colorpoint Curls...in seal, cream lynx point, and my favorite...lilac lynx point.

Aww she's beautiful!

Originally posted by Sicycat
Aww she's beautiful!

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Thank you, to use a very old fashioned term, she's a pillbug! Sweet one minute and huffy the next...if you call her "oh you huggy kissy girl" she will cheek rub you and give you niffs...she is smart, but just seems to have more than one "cat" living in there <G>.