"Emmi H." wrote:
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DrPostman wrote:
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:51:23 -0700, "Emmi H."
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In article , "Ribo"
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"Emmi H." wrote in message
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*spits*
I just caught our four month old Pixie-Bob kitten in the bathroom
licking our toothbrushes.
Ew.
emmi.
i have been looking to buy a pixie-bob for some time now.
i like them.
do you have any you would like to sell/part with?
Sorry, we just have the one kitten.
A co-worker bought her in Maine as a companion for her adult cat and
ferret, but she turned out to be too much of a handful, so I bought her
for my eldest daughter - She does tend to wear my other three cats out
(Fripp, Eno and Ezekiel), but they just jump up to a higher place she
can't get to (yet) when they're tired of her.
Anyhow, there are a number of Pixie-Bob catteries in Washington State -
Beware of newspaper ads listing 'em for well under the accepted asking
price, though.
Be prepared to spend a minimum of $800.00 on a true Pixie-Bob, and the
price for a truly exceptional kitten can even be as high as $2000.00.
Here are a couple of links to some local catteries:
http://www.legendkatz.com/Kittens.htm
http://www.pixie-bobs.net/home.html
Why are they called pixie-bobs?
HISTORY OF THE PIXIE-BOB:
The Traditional Pixie-Bob is a special breed of domestic cat with the
added interest of wild ancestors. It is well known, and not considered
unusual, that wild and domestic cats can and will breed if left to their
own devices. This has been occurring for decades in situations where
domestic cats are left outdoors to roam. The legendary ancestry of the
Pixie-Bob is based upon this premise. Though The Traditional Cat
Association, Inc. does not advocate allowing any cat to roam free in
todayıs world of dangers and diseases, this has happened in the past.
A small Pacific Northwest, Coastal Red Bobcat and a short-tailed
polydactyl barn cat were observed following Mother Nature in 1985.
Thinking their cat was being harmed, the owners ran to the scene to save
their cat. In the resulting litter of kittens was a male polydactyl, who
was noticed by the keen eye of Carol Ann Brewer. Intrigued with the
kittens very interesting appearance and special behavior, Carol
purchased the cute male kitten.
With a breeding program in mind, Carol called her first cat a "Legend
Cat". Within a year she managed to find one more cat with the same kind
of heritage, and a third from unknown heritage but with good size,
similar appearance and tail length. Therefore, the breed began due to a
chance mating of a Bobcat and a domestic short hair. "At first, when
these cats came to me, I didnıt believe the stories of matings between
wild bobcats and barn cats, " Carol Ann Brewer stated, "When I had
babies, I had to accept it. Their appearance brought back to me that
this was something people had been talking about for hundreds of years."
Pixie, a female kitten resulting from a mating of two of the original
breeding cats, was covered with muted spotting on her reddish to fawn
colored coat. Reflections of her bobcat heritage were evident in her
very wild looking face, with tufting on her ear tips too. Pixie has the
distinction of being the foundation of the dam line for most of the
females in the breeding program, and being the namesake for the breed.
Her "Pixie dust" was the leavening for Carol Ann Brewerıs, Stone Island
Cattery in Bellingham, Washington, the founder of the breed. Carol said,
"Pixie had such a wild beauty that I knew I couldnıt stand not having
her face around for the rest of my life." With three more "Legend Cats"
from local places were added to the program, which resulted in the
Pixie-Bob breed.
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Emmi H.
"He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire."
- Winston Churchill
I'll be darned, sounds like a really neat critter!
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