Trying to figure out her breed.

[michaalves23]

We recently got this little angel from someone who was moving away, and we've been trying to figure out what breed she is. It would be great if someone would help us out! Shes adjusted well to us except that she's still a little hesitant to use her little box.

156639_10152183028920533_1708213383_n.jpg

• michaalves23
• Dec 6, 2012

407693_10152182344675533_877924419_n.jpg

• michaalves23
• Dec 6, 2012

photo (1).PNG

• michaalves23
• Dec 6, 2012

 

[blueyedgirl5946]

I don't know what breed she is, but she is definitely a beautiful cat. Congratulations.

 

[sohni]

That is some very interesting photography. The settings really show her off. I'd assume she is a domestic longhair if she has no papers, but she is certainly a striking example.

 

[redvelvetone]

Beautiful cat. 

Really stunning

If she has no papers she's most likely a domestic longhair, but still quite a lovely example

Is she deaf by any chance? (some white cats with blue eyes are)

 

[spiderplant]

She's absolutely beautiful!  Do you know what litter the people who had her before used?  Is she declawed?  That, or health problems/the stress of a change of environment and family, could explain her hesitancy to use her litter boxes.

 

[michaalves23]

Thanks, everyone! Over here you can never find a cat with papers, and even if its possible to get them, people don't bother. But she's beautiful, isnt she?

She's not deaf, infact she hears even the slightest noise!

I'm using the same litter as her previous owners did, she's not declawed and she's pretty healthy. The only thing is shes got really short legs, Kinda like a munchkin cat!

 

[Willowy]

Is she spayed? If not, she might be marking to attract males.

Try an unscented, scoopable (sand-like) clay litter. This is the kind most cats prefer. If you can get some Cat Attract litter or additive, that should help as well. And make sure her box is kept somewhere non-scary (not next to the furnace or other noisy appliance) and well-lit, as far away from her food as possible.

 

[michaalves23]

She's not spayed, she just doesnt use the litter at all .We are using the same stuff the previous owner did, but including the litter box. But I think she had a problem there, because she would hate using the box if another cat did. Is it possible that she's still getting the other cats smell?

 

[sohni]

An unspayed female will urinate in what we would call inappropriate places just the same as an un-neutered male will. She may be marking her territory, or signalling to male cats that she is ready to mate.

 

[orientalslave]

Spaying will also remove the risk of pyometra (serious often fatal and always expensive infection of the uterus) and give some protection against breast cancer.  The more times she calls the less protection from spaying, so the sooner the better.

 

[missymotus]

Agree with OS and Sohni, hopefully you'll get her spayed ASAP

 

[spiderplant]

Please please please have this cat spayed.  She's at risk for many life threatening conditions, as the others have suggested, and she will continue to have territorial marking.  As someone who has adopted a female cat who was spayed late(by me) and later lost to mammory cancer.. please have her spayed.  It's cheap and it will benefit both of you.