novakru - Love the pic. I really need a better camera. sigh.
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Originally Posted by illdojo
This is Keeda...She's 10. |
Awwwwwwww... Lookit those eyes. I think I'm in love. :D
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Originally Posted by La Chat Noire
Where do you get a hairless cat? I've never seen one in any of the pets store I frequent.
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You'd really want to go through a breeder. Pet store purebreds can come with a sketchy health history... It's expensive (not gonna lie - we paid $1000), but they'll come with papers certifying that they are a purebred Sphynx (I've seen cross-bread Sphynx with furry cats and the result is either a Velour Sphynx, which is quite lovely, or a half-grizzly beast that has odd sprouts of hair - my hair dresser has one and it looks not unlike a half-turned gremlin) and a health guarantee (though our health guarantee is only 6 months, but it's fairly standard).
I went through Wilbur Street Paws:
http://www.pageweb.com/sphynx/
The website is kinda sketchy, but Shelley's really nice and her cats are beautiful.
I actually spent quite some time finding a relatively local breeder; most breeders were either midwest or west coast (I live outside Boston). We actually wound up driving 6 hours to Long Island to pick her up (she slept the whole way back curled up in a fleece blanket on my lap - too adorable).
I started here to browse for breeders by location:
http://www.kittysites.com/breeder_sphynx.shtml
Also, here's a particular breeder's site that I find really helpful and contains all kinds of Sphynx cat information including care, breeds, and kitty products:
http://www.freewebs.com/sleekatscattery/index.htm
Let me know if you have any more questions. I can prattle on and on and on... PM me and I can spare the rest of the thread-readers. ;)