Manx Kitten?

[KalicoKitten]

This kitty has a stubby little tail. Maybe 1 inch? It's bent in almost a circle and you can't straighten it. She's definitely a long hair. More poofy looking than Japanese Bobtails. What do you guys think? We've named her Wakanda Nightfury

Oh also do you think the white hairs on her will go away or stay? Also I know she probably isnt a purebred. Just wondering if she has some in her no matter how little. Or maybe it's just the gene that randomly happened to be that way.

 

[abyeb]

She’s an adorable little thing! I’d say probably not a Manx mix- they have more rounded features overall, and a more circular head. I think there’s more likely some American Bobtail in her. It’s also possible that her tail was broken in utero. Do you know if any of her siblings had bobbed tails?

 

[KalicoKitten]

She’s an adorable little thing! I’d say probably not a Manx mix- they have more rounded features overall, and a more circular head. I think there’s more likely some American Bobtail in her. It’s also possible that her tail was broken in utero. Do you know if any of her siblings had bobbed tails?

Yes! One of the other littermates had a bobbed tail. The other black kitten. Oh also neither of the parents were longhair, but 3 of the kittens are. Both blacks and the grey one. Mom is a grey cat with a full tail. Dad is a black cat with a bob.

 

[abyeb]

They’re adorable babies! Do you have a picture of dad?

 

[KalicoKitten]

They’re adorable babies! Do you have a picture of dad?

Unfortunately no. The person I got her from only has pictures of her mom. Both the parents are outdoor cats that don't actually belong to her. Though the mom cat basically does as she used to belong to a neighbor who moved away and now the lady is taking care of her.

 

[lutece]

There are multiple different known genes for short / kinked / bobbed tails in cats, which leads me to suspect it is a type of mutation that spontaneously occurs relatively frequently. I have even seen a dominant kinked / short tail mutation appear spontaneously in a line of Chartreux. With your kitten and her father and littermate, you may be seeing the same mutation that appears in a breed such as the American Bobtail, or it may be a different mutation that appeared randomly in the population and is not associated with any particular breed.

 

[stubbytail]

We have an American Bobtail and one characteristic is bends and kinks on the end of the tail. Some have what you're describing: a fishhook shape at the end of the tail. The breeder we got ours from had a littermate like that which the breeder was purposefully breeding for.

Don't try to straighten it! It's unique, and even though may not be a pure breed, may have American Bobtail background and can probably happen in any short tailed cat.

 

[Daisy6]

I read the Manx short/no tail gene is dominant and the American bobtail short tail gene is recessive. That does not mean kittens withonly one bobtailed parent must be Manxes.

American bobrail, Japanese bobtail, and Pixie-bob cats are all shorthairs. Since we are looking at longhaired kittens, they obviously are not purebreds.

 

[KalicoKitten]

We have an American Bobtail and one characteristic is bends and kinks on the end of the tail. Some have what you're describing: a fishhook shape at the end of the tail. The breeder we got ours from had a littermate like that which the breeder was purposefully breeding for.

Don't try to straighten it! It's unique, and even though may not be a pure breed, may have American Bobtail background and can probably happen in any short tailed cat.

Oh no I'm not trying to straighten it out! It was just an observation I made! We love her just the way she is!!

 

[KalicoKitten]

I read the Manx short/no tail gene is dominant and the American bobtail short tail gene is recessive. That does not mean kittens withonly one bobtailed parent must be Manxes.

American bobrail, Japanese bobtail, and Pixie-bob cats are all shorthairs. Since we are looking at longhaired kittens, they obviously are not purebreds.

Huh, I guess it will remain a mystery. Manxes do come in longhair though, but they're called cymric for whatever reason. Shes definitely a mix. Whatever she is she's the sweetest kitten and I can't wait to see the beautiful cat she grows into

 

[Daisy6]

I purrsonally don't like the name Cymric for longhaired Manxes. The coat lengths, believe it or not, can be found in the same litter.

 

[lutece]

American bobtail, Japanese bobtail, and Pixie-bob cats are all shorthairs.

All three of the breeds you mention actually have both longhair and shorthair varieties:

• Breed Profile: The American Bobtail
• Breed Profile: The Japanese Bobtail
• Pixiebob Longhair Introduction

However, I agree these kittens don't particularly resemble any of these breeds.

 

[Daisy6]

So longhaired Manxes definintely should not have a different name.

On topic, the kittens are just very cute moggies.