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This may be because of the winter which was here? They tend to be more "hairy" in the winter. Does she fell (shearing?) a lot now?She seems to be getting more fluffy as she gets older.
The words you are looking for are moulting and shedding...<snip> Does she fell (shearing?) a lot now?
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Ah, tx Oriental. Clearing up for me and surely for a lot of others too.The words you are looking for are moulting and shedding...
Shedding goes on all year round, moulting is when the winter coat is being lost in spring.
I do see some resemblance especially in the first photo with the oblique eye set, and to some extent the triangle muzzle. More likely just a chance resemblance than actually being part Norwegian Forest Cat, . unlesss the OP is in Norway. That's one of those things where the breed started from cats who had just bred on their own, and sometimes other cats can end up with a similar look. It would be impossible to tell the difference between a cat that maybe had a Wegie grandparent and one that was entirely from non-pedigreed cats and just turned out randomly to have some similarities. but there would be a lot more of the latter group. NFC is really a fairly rare breed. and the vast majority of cats aren't any breed.Norwegian Forest cat mix? honestly, I have no idea but that was my first thought.
I see what you mean and you have a sharp eye --- but I think she is probably not really Brown Torbie and White. ( aka Brown Patched Tabby and White) .... Sometimes brown tabbies do get a bit of orangish color on them , called rufusing . without having the gene for red-based (phaeomelanistic) pigment. . and around the nose or muzzle is one of the most common places.. also on the belly , between back legs or on back of back legs.She looks like a calico-tabby from that bit of orange on the muzzle.