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 being what they are, we often find clusters of traits together in mixed breeds, to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mixed breeds’
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. Guessing a given cat’s breed can be difficult when we are evaluating kittens, who tend [...]
What’s in my cat: Ears
One of the joys of picking out a mixed breed cat is figuring out which breeds might have resulted in our unique and wonderful companion. Whether we are able to offer an “open door” policy and take on all comers, or have to carefully match a cat to our needs, knowing what might have gone [...]
Hybrid Vigor
Mixed breed cats are wonderful. There’s usually some surprises going on. While cats of the same breed can vary, mixed breeds can vary, squared. There’s an infinite number of different combinations that can come up. I encourage everyone to try one of these “chaos theory” cats, where we leave our fate up to a bit [...]
