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What Does a Sphynx Feel Like?
The Sphynx is a cat that feels like a suede hot water bottle. The lack of hair, and therefore the lack of cooling air
space under the hair, makes the cat feel much hotter to the touch than any other cat. This comes in handy in the winter time
when they crawl under the covers to go to sleep.
What Should a Sphynx Look Like?
The ears of a Sphynx are very large. They are set neither too high nor too low in the head. The eyes are lemon shaped.
The profile has a gentle curve. There should be a long chin and a definite pinch at the whisker break.The cat should stand
like a bulldog with the elbows slightly turned out, and a broad chest enhances this appearance. The body should be pear shaped.
A sphynx should not be fat but should look as though it has just eaten a big meal, which it most often has, since these cats
are voracious eaters. They eat and drink more than other cats to maintain their higher body metabolism, which helps them deal
with temperature control. Sphynx have extra long toes, and since they do not have fur to restrict them, they can make little
fists with their front paws. The cats also have thick paw pads which give the impression that the cat is walking on air cushions.
A long whippy tail completes the look of the Sphynx cat.
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Please visit the kittens available page for more pictures and details on kittens that are currently available.
Kittens can be reserved by a $300 deposit
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Kittens are available in 06 to approved homes.
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If we can't predict absolute hairlessness with these genes and observations, what can we predict? We can say that SPHYNX generally
have less hair than cats with normal coats--usually much less! We can also say that SPNHYX generally have a coat thickness
that varies with environmental and hormonal conditions--some SPHYNX more than others--as do cats with normal coats. Therefore,
we can conclude that hairlessness in our SPHYNX depends on at least two gene systems: one at a single genetic locus which
influences the primary Guard hairs' straightness, thickness, stability and the other with multiple determinants influencing
location and situational variance of the secondary Guard hairs (Awn hairs) with respect to environmental and hormonal stimuli.
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