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I got this cat from a humane society a month ago. The closest breed I can find online is a lynx point siamese...however, they do not seem to have spots like she does. Anyone have any guesses?
I was thinking around that age too. The weather would explain the darkening to her coat my pointed go outside and they get a few shades darker every year. I am pretty sure my boy will be a dark brown at this rate within the next 5 years. The face shape is closer to a Bengal than a Siamese and Bengal would explain the spotting. You could probably safely go with a Bengal/Siamese mix if you wanted to give her a breed description outside of domestic short hair. She likely has some other cat in the mix and a few generations back on anything purebred.Thank you for the response! The shelter told us that she was between 1-2 years old. They found her as a stray outside (wisconsin winter), so weather may have played a part as you've said. We love her regardless of breed, but she just has had me curious for a month!
I think that Keika is right on point here. With her four white feet, she looks like a generational throwback to the "Silver Laces" (F Generation) cats from which Dorothy Hinds-Daugherty began breeding what we now call Snowshoes. The original program(s) produced F¹ Generation cats with their Siamese background which maintained the same ectomorphic body type associated with the "modern" Siamese (as opposed to the mesomorph "apple heads" of the latter twentieth century), which is quite apparent in Elsa (and diametrically opposed to the modern version of the Snowshoe, whose body type is very nearly endomorphic).
I was thinking around that age too. The weather would explain the darkening to her coat my pointed go outside and they get a few shades darker every year. I am pretty sure my boy will be a dark brown at this rate within the next 5 years. The face shape is closer to a Bengal than a Siamese and Bengal would explain the spotting. You could probably safely go with a Bengal/Siamese mix if you wanted to give her a breed description outside of domestic short hair. She likely has some other cat in the mix and a few generations back on anything purebred.
She really is a pretty cat and Elsa sounds like a good name for her.
What is her basic color? If black or at least blue, yes she will, if other colors, they will deepen up, but not so visibly. KiekaWhat a pretty cat! Kieka, will my lynx point kitty still darken over time if she is an indoor kitty?
Wow, a beautie if I ever saw one! Now, lynx point siameses usually dont have spots, only because spotted tabbies arent that common, even if they arent unique. Thus, very few spotted lynx poont siamese. And thus, very few spotted siamese point look alikes...I got this cat from a humane society a month ago. The closest breed I can find online is a lynx point siamese...however, they do not seem to have spots like she does. Anyone have any guesses?
My Quinn is a pb siamese sealpoint but he has some stripes showing on his faceKieka said “Also because her pointed gene is weaker you are seeing more of the pattern than you would see in a purebred pointed cat.”
False statement as she doesn’t understand how the agouti gene is expressed. The stripes in Lynx color point cats is from the agouti gene. In Self sold color points you get Seal Points and no stripes. If she has said, “Also because her pointed gene is present and it is influenced by one agouti gene as well as the spotted coat modifier.
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This is my cat Loki, He is a high bred Seal Spotted Lynx Point Nonstandard munchkin
This is my Seal Classic Lynx Point female named Lorelei. She is a standard munchkin.View attachment 393148