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Unbreeds: The Softball Headed Cat

Part of my breed posts are always a guide to finding such breeds as a mix in the shelter. We get hybrid vigor and the traits we want, in a lower cost alternative. But this isn’t always possible. Cat genetics … Continue reading

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What’s in my cat: Paws

While I’ve never deliberately gotten a purebred cat, I’ve actually had at least a dozen different breeds. They simply are not segregated into one cat. So I’ve become something of a student of breeds in my quest for cat understanding. … Continue reading

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Meet the Cornish Rex

There aren’t many cat breeds who can pinpoint the very day they first set paw on Planet Earth. But the Cornish Rex can: July 21, 1950, in Cornwall, England. Kallibunker was not like the British Shorthair kittens in the rest … Continue reading

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