Proper Colors And Maybe Breed Influences?

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Since there are so many awesome people on here, and I have an inquisitive mind, I figured I would learn the proper colors for these guys. Disclaimer, only two of them are owned by me, the rest belong to various family members. None of them have papers, so I know they are all DSH or DLH, but I wasn't sure if any specific breed influences would jump out at folks. I also didn't want to clog up the board with one post per cat, but wasn't sure if that would be easier? So I will put them all in here, and if having different posts would be better I can do that.
For now I will post one response per cat in this thread, seems there is a limit to pics.

This is Hobson. He weighs 25-26 pounds, and is not fat.
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Hobson and Muffy
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Hobson with his summer haircut. He adores his trims, and just about falls asleep.
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This is Miss Muffins. She is right around 14 pounds at her best weight.
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Sorry for the blur, but I love her nose.
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She also adores her summer haircut.
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This is Olive. She is the second to smallest of the family's cats. She only weighs about 9 pounds. I love her squinty eyes.
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This is Squeen. She is close to Olive's size, but not sure on exact weight. She has the softest fur ever, with a unique look and feel to it.
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And this is Oliver. He is a big boy, right around 20 pounds.
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What a lovely clowder you have there!

Hobson appears to be a brown and white, with ghost mackeral tabby markings. At his size, he could very likely have some giant breed influence. His facial features resemble a Norwegian Forest Cat the most, because his face appears more triangular.

At 14 lbs, Muffy is pretty big for a girl cat! She does have some resemblance to a Siberian, with her rounder face and heavy boning.

Olive and Oliver would be called a brown mackeral tabby and white Domestic Shorthairs, and Squeen appears to be a brown mackeral tabby (doesn't look like she has white- just lighter brown fur under her chin?).
 
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abyeb said:
What a lovely clowder you have there!

Hobson appears to be a brown and white, with ghost mackeral tabby markings. At his size, he could very likely have some giant breed influence. His facial features resemble a Norwegian Forest Cat the most, because his face appears more triangular.

At 14 lbs, Muffy is pretty big for a girl cat! She does have some resemblance to a Siberian, with her rounder face and heavy boning.

Olive and Oliver would be called a brown mackeral tabby and white Domestic Shorthairs, and Squeen appears to be a brown mackeral tabby (doesn't look like she has white- just lighter brown fur under her chin?).
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I agree in everything :)
Muffy's face reminds me of my Raistlin.
 
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K Kokomo - have we any idea of Hobson's age? I'll throw in with Abyeb on this one, and not simply owed to facial conformation, but to his ruff and bib as well; if he's not a full Norwegian Forest Cat, he's doing one heck of a good impression of one.

If he's under five years at twenty-six pounds, stand back. Around 4½ years of age, NFCs very often experience a growth spurt, and can add six to seven inches in length, and ten pounds as they mature completely.

He's absolutely stunning, isn't he mightyboosh mightyboosh ?
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Thank you all! My vets thoughts both Hobson and Muffin were Main Coons, and I always just went along with that. Muffin came to us as skin and bones at about 4 months old, and the vet thought she was a little stunted due to that. What color would she be? I call her my camo kitty when she gets a hair cut, but no idea what she really is.

Hobson is around 12 or 13 now. He did grow a huge amount when he was a few years old, surprised us all.




And the last of the bunch, the elusive Paddington.



He is the smallest of the bunch, and a very timid shy little dude.
 
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Oh and, what breed influences would explain Oliver? I am not used to short haired cats quite as big as he is.
 
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