Snowy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 So I succombed and have been idly browsing for cats for sale around Leicestershire and I came across these: http://www.british-silver-cats.co.uk/ Click on this site and look in the exotics gallery. I'm sorry if anyone has one, but that is not an attractive cat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I must admit I like my good old moggies... Though again when confronted with any animal, I just fall for personality over looks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 see, I'm a sucker for ugly, unattractive animals (not my current gorgeous tabby, I hasten to add!) but I quite like the oddities. However, I would be worried that a cat like that will have breathing problems. I love Siamese, Rex, Burmese etc but I can't bring myself to buy a cat, when there are so many ordinary moggies needing a loving home. I'm looking to adopt a second cat later this year, and it's likely to be the ugliest one in the cat sanctuary on the day that I go there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 It looks like the feline equivalent if a Peke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I was thinking more like a feline version of a hobbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I was thinking more like a feline version of a hobbit. Hey, Frodo and Sam didn't look like this, ok?? I agree with the peke comment though... inter-specie twin thing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I love the British shorthaired silvers. I always wanted a British blue but the silvers are gorgeous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 give me a good old moggie any day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looks like it's been hit in the face with a shovel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I wish people would stop messing with cats' anatomy - it's bad enough that they've done it to dogs and created breeds with all kinds of deformities and health problems. I have two Burmese, but it's a very old breed (pictorial evidence goes back as far as the Middle Ages) and any anatomical differences from a European moggy are mainly adaptations to the warm South-East Asian climate - short fur, slender build and big ears to radiate heat, like fennec foxes. Siamese used to be the same shape as Burmese, until stupid US breeders thought it would be fun to select the ones with the most exaggerated physique, and have taken it to the point where some Siamese kittens are born with hideous skull deformities These people should be hit around the head with a big stick until they look like the poor creatures they create Phew! OK, rant over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Well said Eyren. I could rant on that subject for hours I think they are gorgeous in an ugly sort of way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I wish people would stop messing with cats' anatomy - it's bad enough that they've done it to dogs and created breeds with all kinds of deformities and health problems. i quite agree, that's why id' never go for an animal that's been specially bred. Give me a mongrel cat/dog/bird any day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Quite agree. Our mongrel is the best looking dog I've ever seen . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyren Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I chose Burmese on the basis of their personality - lively and affectionate - not because of their looks. I've had some lovely moggies and cross-breeds in the past, many of them rescues, but I wanted just once to find out if Burmese lived up to the hype. Now I'm hooked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Years ago my parents had a blue Persian. That had a horrendous flat face as well. My two at the moment are moggies and I love them to bits. Sausage in particular is a breed all of his own, bless him but as I said earlier, I would love either a British blue or a British silver some time in the future. I love their nature and they look as if they have a mischievous smile to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 On a side note its funny isnt it how with dogs and cats having a pure breed generally means sacrificing life span and health in a lot of cases, where as with chickens its the other way round. How come crossing chickens leads to chickens that lay more and hence encounter more health problems and live shorter lives. Why doesnt crossing chickens make them lay less? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 see, I'm a sucker for ugly, unattractive animals I quite like the oddities. Me too I love sharpei's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 A girl that I teach has sharpeis. They are amazing and have to be seen to be believed. I never thought that I would like them but there is definitely something about them. Like English bull terriers. I used to think that they were the ugliest dogs on this earth but I got to know an enormous one called Piggott quite well when I used to walk around the common with my border collies and he was full of character and as real charmer. He used to just walk off when he had had enough of walking and his owner would call him but he'd just put his ears down and trot off home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jules. Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Our Jethro is a moggy, but does have this kind of squashed face look. He had been involved in a car accident & passed on to Cats Protection where we got him from. He only has sight in one eye because of the accident, & walks around with his head on one side. He's fat, but with the shortest legs & skinniest shortest tail I've ever seen on a cat. All he wants in life is a knee to sit on & be cuddled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I like moggies they tend to have nicer personalities. My mum has had siamese cats for years and they are loud and demanding. My cats are both rescues and they are lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I've got a mixture of moggies and pure breeds (up to five cats now. We had none a year ago). I also used to keep siamese. My favourite cat is still my oriental boy (siamese without the points), although he died last year, but that was because he had the best personality. I think exotics are quite cute, but I imagine they have lots of eye problems. Right now we are starting to breed egyptian maus, which are an absolutely ancient breed. when I went to pick cleo up from the hospital yesterday, I got a half hour lecture on why I should have her speyed (lots of cats needing homes), and generally got told off for having kittens. I'm really quite cross about it. Maus are a rare breed in this country, so much in demand and our kittens will never want for homes (could have sold the last lot three times over and they were only crosses). Why shouldn't we breed? And if we're not allowed to breed according to the bolshy vet, who is? grumble grumble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I have moggies too & they are beautiful people really shouldn't be messing about with nature. That poor cat looks very odd in a cute sort of way but I agree may have breathing probs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Our cat is from an RSPCA centre and is absolutely beautiful. There is no need to spend a fortune to get a gorgeous cat. £350 for a kitten is a bit ridiculous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'm a sucker for a moggie with a sob story, hence the reason we have Tigger, a fat, old, flatulent one eyed tabby, with a malfunctioning kidney and a penchant for sleeping on the pillow, purring in your ear...... He was a rescue cat, has been badly treated in the past (hence one eye missing), and i have never met a more beautiful and friendly moggie in my life - we all adore the smelly boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'd better not say how much we spent on our new stud last weekend then Moggies are gorgeous too, our big boy Arthur is so beautiful and was totally free. Some people do want to buy pedigree kittens though, and it is an expensive business to breed them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...