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I live in Portugal and adopted my bestcatfriend around April, when he was 2 months old. When I picked him up I saw the mom, who was an orange outdoor/stray cat that most likely mated with another feral cat. My cat is white and ginger with a beautiful symmetrical pattern, which I have NEVER seen before in other cats (after some research, I found it is called "classic tabby", but still I haven't seen other cats with his pattern). He is also very slim with very big ears and long tail. Ever since I adopted him he has been developping a super funny behaviour, at least for what is classified as "cat behaviour"... he acts more like a dog, and everyone who meets him says that!
He travels with me in planes and trains without trouble, he is utterly friendly with strangers (loves saying hi to people in the streets), walks around with me in a leash (even tries to play with other dogs when he sees them!), plays fetch and is SO EASILY trained - he knows a lot of tricks by now, and he is just 5 months old.
So, after a lot of research I came across pictures of cats that actually have his symmetrical pattern. I got super excited but when I started reading I saw that these are called Sokoke cats, a very rare breed of cat.The behavioural description matches my cat enormously, and also the fact that my cat is rather smallish and slim in comparisson to others. I was wondering if it is possible that he has some Sokoke genes in him? Maybe the father or the grandparents?
I know it sounds unlikely, especially because my cat is ginger. But maybe there is some sort of Sokoke mix in him? Could that be possible?
I attach pictures of my boy, so you see his body shape and pattern - I have a lot haha. I would appreciate any sort of help or comments, as it is the first time I own a cat and have no big knowledge on breeds, apart from the research I've been doing myself (:
I live in Portugal and adopted my bestcatfriend around April, when he was 2 months old. When I picked him up I saw the mom, who was an orange outdoor/stray cat that most likely mated with another feral cat. My cat is white and ginger with a beautiful symmetrical pattern, which I have NEVER seen before in other cats (after some research, I found it is called "classic tabby", but still I haven't seen other cats with his pattern). He is also very slim with very big ears and long tail. Ever since I adopted him he has been developping a super funny behaviour, at least for what is classified as "cat behaviour"... he acts more like a dog, and everyone who meets him says that!
He travels with me in planes and trains without trouble, he is utterly friendly with strangers (loves saying hi to people in the streets), walks around with me in a leash (even tries to play with other dogs when he sees them!), plays fetch and is SO EASILY trained - he knows a lot of tricks by now, and he is just 5 months old.
So, after a lot of research I came across pictures of cats that actually have his symmetrical pattern. I got super excited but when I started reading I saw that these are called Sokoke cats, a very rare breed of cat.The behavioural description matches my cat enormously, and also the fact that my cat is rather smallish and slim in comparisson to others. I was wondering if it is possible that he has some Sokoke genes in him? Maybe the father or the grandparents?
I know it sounds unlikely, especially because my cat is ginger. But maybe there is some sort of Sokoke mix in him? Could that be possible?
I attach pictures of my boy, so you see his body shape and pattern - I have a lot haha. I would appreciate any sort of help or comments, as it is the first time I own a cat and have no big knowledge on breeds, apart from the research I've been doing myself (:
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