Hi All -
4 years ago I adopted a beautiful 3.5-yr-old girl from the local shelter. Her name is Darla and she was surrendered to a shelter 2 days after Christmas. They had had her for 3 weeks and they were getting ready to put her down.
I found her online and I was looking to adopt a shelter Maine Coon. Darla was listed online as a Maine Coon but when I filled out the paperwork to adopt her, the previous owner had filled out some info on her, including that she was a 'Desert Lynx' which she got from a friend who was a breeder.
When I got Darla home I looked up 'Desert Lynx' up online and it seed at the time like it was a new breed, including a Bobcat but also bred with Maine Coons and a couple other breeds.
4 years later when I now look it up there is some confusion with the 'Highland Lynx'.
She is 100 lbs of personality in a 10.5-lb bag - she loves to walk on a leash like a dog, has a lot of affinity with strangers' dogs but is not scared of them, even Great Danes, loves to be brushed, initiates games of fetch, and, unfortunately, HATES most other cats. She attacks 3 of my cats who are senior to her in the household and only gets along with a large orange 14-lb stray male who has adopted me and waits for me to get home to let him in. Darla sniffs him and attempts to play with him. She has to live in a separate room from all my other cats.
Any ideas on the Desert Lynx as a breed distinct from Maine Coon? Looking at her she does not look like photos ' have seen online of Desert Lynxes
4 years ago I adopted a beautiful 3.5-yr-old girl from the local shelter. Her name is Darla and she was surrendered to a shelter 2 days after Christmas. They had had her for 3 weeks and they were getting ready to put her down.
I found her online and I was looking to adopt a shelter Maine Coon. Darla was listed online as a Maine Coon but when I filled out the paperwork to adopt her, the previous owner had filled out some info on her, including that she was a 'Desert Lynx' which she got from a friend who was a breeder.
When I got Darla home I looked up 'Desert Lynx' up online and it seed at the time like it was a new breed, including a Bobcat but also bred with Maine Coons and a couple other breeds.
4 years later when I now look it up there is some confusion with the 'Highland Lynx'.
She is 100 lbs of personality in a 10.5-lb bag - she loves to walk on a leash like a dog, has a lot of affinity with strangers' dogs but is not scared of them, even Great Danes, loves to be brushed, initiates games of fetch, and, unfortunately, HATES most other cats. She attacks 3 of my cats who are senior to her in the household and only gets along with a large orange 14-lb stray male who has adopted me and waits for me to get home to let him in. Darla sniffs him and attempts to play with him. She has to live in a separate room from all my other cats.
Any ideas on the Desert Lynx as a breed distinct from Maine Coon? Looking at her she does not look like photos ' have seen online of Desert Lynxes