Hello
I just posted an introduction elsewhere and would like to ask about the following and would be so grateful for any wisdom or insight on this:
I have a female tortoiseshell/tabby with white on chest and mitts. She was born April 27, 2006. She is oh soooo very sweet and melts in everyone's arms as though she turns into liquid silk when picked up and goes almost limp in her relaxation even though she looks and acts just fine and plays very energetically and climbs everywhere when someone isn't holding her. But her fur is of a kind I personally have never felt in my life of having cats. She has longer kind kind of like a Maine Coon cat and has that kind of face shape, but the fur is unusually soft, cottony, luxurious, almost like an angora rabbit. Touching it and rubbing it is almost addictive as it's like touching a velvet cloud. I wish I could describe it better....Anyway...does this sound like something normal? I love it, but was wondering if it indicated something abnormal that was hidden. She seems really healthy and has caught up with her siblings in size. She lost weight and didn't gain well the first few days after birth and I had to supplement some of her feedings with KMR to give her the strength to fight for her own teat on her momma and to grow healthily. If someone can let me know why they think she has this kind of fur and what causes it or if it's just a genetically normal thing in some cats, that would be great! None of the rest of the kitties here have this kind of fur. She is one of 6 kitties and she is so different from all the rest. Her mother is a torbie who has since been spayed.
Thank you!
Linda L in North Texas
I just posted an introduction elsewhere and would like to ask about the following and would be so grateful for any wisdom or insight on this:
I have a female tortoiseshell/tabby with white on chest and mitts. She was born April 27, 2006. She is oh soooo very sweet and melts in everyone's arms as though she turns into liquid silk when picked up and goes almost limp in her relaxation even though she looks and acts just fine and plays very energetically and climbs everywhere when someone isn't holding her. But her fur is of a kind I personally have never felt in my life of having cats. She has longer kind kind of like a Maine Coon cat and has that kind of face shape, but the fur is unusually soft, cottony, luxurious, almost like an angora rabbit. Touching it and rubbing it is almost addictive as it's like touching a velvet cloud. I wish I could describe it better....Anyway...does this sound like something normal? I love it, but was wondering if it indicated something abnormal that was hidden. She seems really healthy and has caught up with her siblings in size. She lost weight and didn't gain well the first few days after birth and I had to supplement some of her feedings with KMR to give her the strength to fight for her own teat on her momma and to grow healthily. If someone can let me know why they think she has this kind of fur and what causes it or if it's just a genetically normal thing in some cats, that would be great! None of the rest of the kitties here have this kind of fur. She is one of 6 kitties and she is so different from all the rest. Her mother is a torbie who has since been spayed.
Thank you!
Linda L in North Texas
