He does! Albert just keeps getting bigger and bigger. He is only 9-10 months in the pix and has become so much taller and wider. I'm wondering when his growth will stop. Was Buddy unusually fast with his growth??Looks a bit like my Buddy that is pictured recently upthread. Pretty!
Just wondering whether anyone is familiar with the California Spangled and could guess whether my guy has any Cali Spangled in him. Personality-wise he loves people and getting attention from literally anyone. He's extremely affectionate and runs out for a cuddle session whenever I get home. He's very "talkative" and makes a lot of eye contact. He also responds to his name, and even when he's napping he has to be around people.
** Disclaimer: It doesn't make any difference to me which breed my cat is/isn't, this is just out of curiousity
<snipped>Wow! I don't even know if there ARE any California Spangled cats anymore!
In this months Cat Fancy magazine, the California Spangle was mentioned. I thought, it was a purely domesticated breed, that was created Paul Arnold Casey, Jr. After that, I have no real knowledge about the breed. I do not remember what Cat Fancy said about the breed. I can scan the article and show it to you, if you want.
OK, I can't say it is totally impossible someone might be still breeding a few but even in the 1990s there were only about 200 of them in existence. and they have continued to decrease.
I can't find any breeder, at least, not with Google's help.
They never got full recognition by any cat association,
Any idea why that is? I am just curious.
and basically they got overshadowed by other spotted breeds.
What other breeds? I am sure the Savannah and Bengal, but what other ones?
I have seen one breeder site but it is from the late 1990s with very little on it and one article I found says they could only find one breeder's site which sounds like the same one.
I think, I found that one, is this it: http://www.bestbreedforme.com/cats/cat-breeds/california-spangled/? <snipped>
because his markings are more like broken up stripes. Also, if both parents must pass on the classic tabby gene he wouldn't qualify because his mother had no stripes. Here's another picture that might show what I've explained a little more clearly.