Hi Dilly.
I'm sorry I didn't answer sooner. I have not been on here much lately. I am SO glad Barty is feeling a lot better! I think you will be seeing him gradually putting back on weight / muscle mass , now that the insulin is helping his body again able to use more of his food.
The...
Prozinc is a veterinary U-40 insulin specifically approved for cats, and it's one of the insulins that would usually be a good choice -- better than some that are shorter acting and tend to work better for dogs. Cats usually have faster metabolisms than dogs or people.
I would not usually...
For color / pattern, I think she looks like a Brown Torbie ( tortie - tabby). I also was reminded about the discussion of German Longhair. but she wouldn't be that if she's from somewhere far from there.
As Stefan says, most cats really aren't considered a specific breed. It is...
Oh , thank you so much, chiarabab. My cats say you clearly have great perception!
I obviously love Thai cats. And I love Thai food, too. Unfortunately, you are correct about my cats' lack of culinary skills. Sammy likes shopping but he doesn't do cooking. Anyway he thinks...
I think the rescue was just describing the coloring of her pattern being both black and brown.
The person who commented on her lookalike was right . The official name most commonly used would be Brown Mackerel Tabby. It doesn't have to mean some very specific markings; mackerel...
He sure is gorgeous!
I wouldn't rule out that he may have some recent breed ancestry. In that first photo he sure does have an Abyssinian look. ( actually the lighting / tone of the photo makes the color look more like ruddy than blue. but I'm talking about his face looks a lot like...
Everyone is nervous at first! but just about every person and cat can learn to do it. I found giving the shot was easier than testing at the beginning. I just gave the shot while he was eating and he was so focused on his food that it seemed like most of the time he hardly paid...
I'm so glad you love the Thai too. BTW my young queen who is in my little avatar photo ( shot when she was about 10 months old) has a German grandmother.
We have been showing Thais in Championship classes in TICA since the 1st of May 2010. (Before that they spent 3 years being shown...
If she is a blue tortie smoke, she'd have a white undercoat and the other hairs would be white at the roots. I actually wondered a bit about that and your description sounds like she probably is.
Not sure about having more of the brownish color as a kitten, but smokes are notorious for...
Thanks for posting the interesting history and photos of beautiful cats showing their distinctive type. in some ways reminiscent of the old Persians from mid 20th century, but these Deutsche Langhaar cats definitely have a longer nose and less round head than those Persians did even before...
Anam Haleem, looking at the short muzzles, the coats and the intense copper eyes, I agree with Stefan; I think your lovely cats are Persian &/or Persian mix.
The Blue Silver Tabby definitely has a look of the old Persians like I remember from when I was a child.
Spooks is SO handsome. He's got a lovely head. I like this park picture.
Here are some pics of Sammy doing his Christmas shopping at Petco.
I first got a cat to walk on leash back in 1999 when I adopted Louis, who really wanted to go out to feel like had a bigger territory When he...