What is my cat?

Rachel3077

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Sorry this is long.. But I never had a cat.
I've never even thought I would want one.
But my daughter said I should get a cat instead of a BF.
Soo here she is 🥰
This is Mimzy. She's a year and 3 months old.
I'm wondering if she's just a normal Mackerel Tabby or something else only because everyone asks me what she is.
I got her from a lady at a homeless camp that had a box of kittens.
She had 3 solid black, short smooth hair brothers.
The lady said they did come from the same mom 🤷🏻‍♀️
Anyway I got her because she was so cute and wonky looking.
Now she's grown into a beast!!
She weighs about 13lbs. But she's not fat.
The hair on her body is long, straight and sooo soft.
The hair on her belly, butt and tail is cottony and fluffy and everything sticks in it.
Also she doesn't shed. I don't know why.
As she grew I was really worried about hair everywhere but there's not.
She has long hair on her huge feet.
I used to trim it out of her pads but litter would get stuck in them so I just let it be long.
She has Long hair coming out of her ears
And a ton of long whiskers.
Way more than my daughter's cat.
She's amazing... She uses her paws like hands to grab stuff out of the air.
I throw treats at her and she'll catch them like a baseball with one paw and put it in her mouth. Sometimes jumps and she grabs stuff like clapping her paws together.
She loves to climb and it's crazy how far she can jump.
She can jump on top of a 6' bookcase from just a sitting position.
She doesn't like love. She prefers to do her own thing. She lays by me and wants pets when SHE wants pets.
And will occasionally sleep at the foot of my bed if i don't move or bug her too much.
She hates being held, snuggled or loved at all.
She's scared of everyone except me and my daughter. And terrified to leave the house or be in the car.
She's very vocal and soo crazy loud.
She growls too! It's so weird!
If someone knocks on the door or rings the doorbell she growls like a dog!!
She definitely let's me know when she wants something and will come continuously meow to get me to follow her.
She doesn't kill things but loves to see them.
I keep the top open on my fish and axolotls because she like when they come up to bite her feet when she puts them in the water.
She tap taps the water when she's bored so they come up
She also drinks the water and will boop noses with them.
She likes my tortoise and lays in his cage with him.
She is jealous though and wants the other animals food... She doesn't care that it's hay, or fish food.... She'll eat it so they can't.
Ok..I guess that's it.
I love her so much even though her love for me is debatable🤣🤣
This is the day I got her at about 8 weeks and now 1yr 3mo.
She gets that angry face if you try to take her stuff away. She didn't want me to take the black trash bag she stole.
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Hi and welcome to TCS! I think you are correct - Mimzy is a mackerel tabby, long haired too! There may some other heritage in her, from generations past. Others will likely pipe in on that aspect. She is very pretty, and very striking in her coloring and pattern!
 

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She's got lovely markings, those swirls on her side look like the storm on Jupiter that causes the red spot.
And her whiskers are magnificent :)
 
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Thanks 😊
I appreciate your replies!
 

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She is gorgeous 😻 I would say she is a domestic long hair, classic brown tabby. She’s got two bulls eye patterns on her side. It seems she has spots, gorgeous pattern.

She looks to me to have some forest cat heritage down the line. My Xena is also a dlh forest cat type. He’s a black and bicolor white tuxedo.
 
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