I've been around cats most of my life, growing up both my sister and mother loved cats, however I've always been a dog person. Don't get me wrong I love my cats and considering I have four cats and only one dog they are a huge part of my life. Last June my 13 going on 14 year old passed away, I had no intentions of getting another cat so soon but in August my brother told me he was looking to adopt a kitten and I made the mistake of tagging along when he went to one of our local shelters. Long story short we both ended up walking out of the shelter with tiny black kittens from separate litters that had been brought in over the summer.
My question is about my kitten, well now going on cat, Casey. I didn't realize until we were on the way home from the shelter that he wasn't exactly a pure black cat, he has stripes/spots throughout his coat and tail that seems to have gotten a bit more defined and the color of his coat around them has lightened as he's grownup. I don't know much about cat breeds and I'm sure he's not a purebred cat but I was wondering if anyone here can give any guesses to what he might be mixed with. I've never seen another black cat with stripes/spots so I looked through a cat book and thought that he kind of looked like an Egyptian Mau but like I said I really don't know much when it comes to cat breeds.
Some of these aren't the greatest pictures of Casey but they show his coat a bit better then some of the nicer ones, although some do make him look browner then he actually is.
His first day home:
Kitten pic:
A couple months later:
With his dog:
Up:
He really isn't so chunky, not quite sure what happened in this pic:
Nice picture of his back/side:
In the end it really makes no difference to me if he's some sort of mix or a DSH. He will always be my little guy who makes a really odd whining sound when he's happy or wants attention from the other cats, who sticks his whole lower jaw into the water dish when he drinks leaving his chin soaking wet every time, and who loves my dog more then he loves me. He really is something...
My question is about my kitten, well now going on cat, Casey. I didn't realize until we were on the way home from the shelter that he wasn't exactly a pure black cat, he has stripes/spots throughout his coat and tail that seems to have gotten a bit more defined and the color of his coat around them has lightened as he's grownup. I don't know much about cat breeds and I'm sure he's not a purebred cat but I was wondering if anyone here can give any guesses to what he might be mixed with. I've never seen another black cat with stripes/spots so I looked through a cat book and thought that he kind of looked like an Egyptian Mau but like I said I really don't know much when it comes to cat breeds.
Some of these aren't the greatest pictures of Casey but they show his coat a bit better then some of the nicer ones, although some do make him look browner then he actually is.
His first day home:
Kitten pic:
A couple months later:
With his dog:
Up:
He really isn't so chunky, not quite sure what happened in this pic:
Nice picture of his back/side:
In the end it really makes no difference to me if he's some sort of mix or a DSH. He will always be my little guy who makes a really odd whining sound when he's happy or wants attention from the other cats, who sticks his whole lower jaw into the water dish when he drinks leaving his chin soaking wet every time, and who loves my dog more then he loves me. He really is something...
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