My friend wants those cats that are all small and look like kittens. I think that it is gross and wrong. Does anyone know of the breed? I want to read up on it and convince him not to get one. so sick, thanks.
Cats that look like kittens, breed?
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Why is it sick? It's not like the cats are abused in any way to get to that point. It's a feature of the breed.
By your reasoning any miniature pet is "sick"
Now, if your friend wanted one for a bonsai kitty, then you can go ahead and protest.
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I breed hairless cats, they're a freak of nature, but they're so damn cool...
As long as the breeding of a creature doesn't produce an animal that suffers or causes hereditary problems (ie: hip dysplasia in dogs, overbites, back problems, etc) I don't see why not. Virtually every domestic animal in existence has been bred to match ideals we've developed.
Is your friend looking @ the mini persians?
As long as the breeding of a creature doesn't produce an animal that suffers or causes hereditary problems (ie: hip dysplasia in dogs, overbites, back problems, etc) I don't see why not. Virtually every domestic animal in existence has been bred to match ideals we've developed.
Is your friend looking @ the mini persians?
I think its kinda sick.. I mean, there must have been some weird genetic breeding going on to get cats like that.
Not sick, it's genetics at work. My GF breeds/shows dogs for a living. She has about eight dogs of the same breed, but all show very different characteristics. One is short and thin, one very stout in the upper chest, one taller and thin, one very small and stout of chest, etc. She did not breed to get any of these characteristics, she just chose the one that she liked as a puppy. Dog breeders have a very careful eye for seeing how a dog is going to develop, even newborns. Now say I took the short and thin one and bred it with the small and stout one. The puppies have a good chance of taking on the characteristics of those two. But genetic diversity makes it that I might end up with a bunch of tall, thin puppies, too.
If I cross breeds (which we don't, but I'm hypothesizing) I create even more chance for diversity. Problems, too. But careful breeders within breeds look to avoid those problems. They aren't mad scientists saying "Let's cross a dauschand with a rottweiler."
If I continue to take the smallest dog and breed it (outside of the bloodline) with the smallest dog I can find, there is a higher probability that I will have even smaller dogs over time and generations.
My GF's boss breeds dogs, too. But she has chosen to breed with other dogs with health problems. And a lot of her animals have the same problems. She chose to breed merely for looks and not for health of the dogs. And that, I feel, is sick.
--Christopher
BTW - Is it a Munchkin Cat you are thinking of? These are cats with small legs and kitten like looks.
--Christopher
--Christopher
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I wouldn't mind getting one of those cats that look like leapards (sp?) they're pretty cool looking.
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