How Do You Identify A Sphynx Cat?
The Sphynx is affectionately called the hairless cat. They were first found in Canada in the litter of a shorthaired cat. The hairless gene was a mutant of the shorthair. The first recorded one was in 1966. The breeding program was then started to produce more. They are still rather rare and some cat organizations don’t even accept them as a breed but only as a freak. Read on to learn more. Feel the coat/skin of the cat. You will notice that there really is some hair on these cats, be it ever so short and fine. They feel much like suede and the hair is very downy. Their skin is very wrinkled. Determine the color of the cat. The skin is the color of the cat. Their skin will even reveal markings of different colors as you look closely. Look carefully at the cat as a whole to determine some characteristics of its body. The body will be slender with long legs. They have very light musculature and appear very frail and delicate. Determine the general shape of their head. They have a head th
