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So I adopted a 5 year old cat from a shelter where she was given up because she didn't do well sharing attention with other cats at her last home. I took her home and she's been so friendly and affectionate and has puppy energy even though she's a cat! I've put her on a diet to help her shed a couple pounds to get her down to her recommended weight. I have no idea what her background is but I just mailed in a DNA test to learn more about her health risks and I think they will also tell me about her background?
The question: Is her very shiny coat a result of some genetic thing from a distant relative or is this just what a super healthy coat should look like? I tried to get some photos. I've had cats before with healthy, shiny coats but hers is almost beyond that. It's super hard to take photos of cuz it kind of shines white and you can't really even see her patterns when she's in the sun. She's also ridiculously soft and doesn't shed much. I've never had a cat that is this soft and I love that she doesn't really shed because all of my previous cats shed like crazy so it's a nice change haha!
The DNA test is going to take 6-8 weeks to process and I'm just curious about this in the mean time because I wanted to get her on better food (I continued feeding her purina simply as the shelter told me her last owners fed her that) but if her coat is an indicator of health or that the food is a good match I would just keep her on the same dry food. She gets wet food as well and if her diet from outward appearances seems to be working I don't wanna switch it up too much!
Other info: I'm not sure if it helps (incase the shiny coat might be related to a genetic thing/is not just dietary) but her eyes are golden/green depending on the light. Her fur is reddish brown with stripes and each piece of fur is like banded/striped as well. The bottoms of her paws are pitch black fur/pads, she is very curious, observant and intelligent and loves to play but I'm needing to relearn how to play with her cuz she figures out the game and then gets bored. For example she won't respond to laser pointer after she figured it out and actively seems annoyed when I try to get her interested in it haha.
Other random things: She's more talkative than any cat I've had and tends to vocalize more with cute little chirps and trills than anything else. She makes air biscuits a ton (never had a cat that makes air biscuits so I'm excited) and she also does this weird tail vibration type wag when she's excited or happy which I've never had a cat that does that so intensely as a happy thing? She's extremely social and independent and likes to follow me around and will sometimes herd me to the thing she wants.
I don't know about cat breeds and I'm not sure if this info helpful in determining if her coat could be a genetic thing or luck with her current diet? If the shine is a genetic thing is there a word for this type of coat texture to describe it better than super shiny? I appreciate any help anyways and I apologize if this is a stupid question haha.
Here are a few pics!
The question: Is her very shiny coat a result of some genetic thing from a distant relative or is this just what a super healthy coat should look like? I tried to get some photos. I've had cats before with healthy, shiny coats but hers is almost beyond that. It's super hard to take photos of cuz it kind of shines white and you can't really even see her patterns when she's in the sun. She's also ridiculously soft and doesn't shed much. I've never had a cat that is this soft and I love that she doesn't really shed because all of my previous cats shed like crazy so it's a nice change haha!
The DNA test is going to take 6-8 weeks to process and I'm just curious about this in the mean time because I wanted to get her on better food (I continued feeding her purina simply as the shelter told me her last owners fed her that) but if her coat is an indicator of health or that the food is a good match I would just keep her on the same dry food. She gets wet food as well and if her diet from outward appearances seems to be working I don't wanna switch it up too much!
Other info: I'm not sure if it helps (incase the shiny coat might be related to a genetic thing/is not just dietary) but her eyes are golden/green depending on the light. Her fur is reddish brown with stripes and each piece of fur is like banded/striped as well. The bottoms of her paws are pitch black fur/pads, she is very curious, observant and intelligent and loves to play but I'm needing to relearn how to play with her cuz she figures out the game and then gets bored. For example she won't respond to laser pointer after she figured it out and actively seems annoyed when I try to get her interested in it haha.
Other random things: She's more talkative than any cat I've had and tends to vocalize more with cute little chirps and trills than anything else. She makes air biscuits a ton (never had a cat that makes air biscuits so I'm excited) and she also does this weird tail vibration type wag when she's excited or happy which I've never had a cat that does that so intensely as a happy thing? She's extremely social and independent and likes to follow me around and will sometimes herd me to the thing she wants.
I don't know about cat breeds and I'm not sure if this info helpful in determining if her coat could be a genetic thing or luck with her current diet? If the shine is a genetic thing is there a word for this type of coat texture to describe it better than super shiny? I appreciate any help anyways and I apologize if this is a stupid question haha.
Here are a few pics!
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