[Ansteorra] Manx Info

[Walter Davis]

I know how close one can get to a cat.  My favorite was Sugar the Cat.  I
got her when she was about half grown.  She was just a nondescript gray cat
that someone had abandoned.  I had her for nearly seventeen years.  She used
to walk down the driveway when it was time for me to get off work and sit by
the road watching for me.  When I drove up to the house she would chase the
car like a dog yowling all the way.  When I got out she would flop all over
with joy.  She thought I was the greatest thing walking the earth.  She
disappeared about three years ago while I was away.  I still greve for her.

Oudoceus Kynith


On Mon, 24 Dec 2001 11:37:40 -0600, ansteorra at ansteorra.org wrote:

>  There one we will probably check out later in life if we are out on some
>  land.  My husband would love to have several of the small wild cats as
>  companions (large ones too if we had the land and resources for it)  My
>  manx connection goes very deep, Tiger was born in the chair with me on
>  Easter morning when I was a little kid and my constant companion till he
>  disappeared 4 or so years later.  When I would go to my grandparents he
>  would be looking for me constantly and also had several instances of
>  talking that my mother and sister witnessed and both were times he was
sick
>  or injured and the things he said were things he heard me yelling all the
>  time when I needed some help. (my mother's name while in the house and my
>  brother's when I was outside)  The next one I knew was Zepher and he was
>  with the family of my boyfriend my senior year and he was a phenominal
cat.
>
>  The taillessness isn't really the attractive feature for me, but the
>  personality.  They are just very, very different from any other cat and I
>  wonder if they have done the genetic research on if they really were
>  another small wild cat that was on the Isle of Man and as the other kinds
>  of cats were brought onto the island the interbred and created what we
have
>  now.  There is so little on the small variteties of wild cats around the
>  world that I would love more info on that.  The OKC Zoo has a great Cat
>  area and in that they have the Pallis Cat and another small wild cat and
>  then many medium smalls, mediums and most of the large ones.  It seems
like
>  the Tiger there is one of the Rare (I think it is here, we have been to
so
>  many different zoos) Javanese ones.  He is a beautiful old man.
>
>  As to cross mixes, the printer down the road has a Manx-Bobcat cross.
The
>  mother was a friend's pet bobcat and they had bred her with a large (20
>  pounds or so) Manx male and this guy and his brother had two of the
>  kittens.  His was about 20 pounds and his brother's was over 30.
>
>  We also have a Japanese Bobtail, we found him at the pound and thought he
>  was a stumpy manx.  This is the breed that the Oriantal Good Luck Cat
comes
>  from.  The (not sure how it is spelled, Mee Kay) is the tricolor JB and
>  they are the one featured with one paw held up.  Monty is one of the most
>  completly unique and different animals that I have ever seen and is very
>  specific about what he will and will not do and does each with great
intensity.
>
>  Susan the Curious
>  Susan-the-Curious at swbell.net
>
>  >If you are afraid of genetic problems with a Manx maybe you should look
into
>  >Pixie Bobs.  I believe they are a cross between a bobcat and some breed
of
>  >house cat.  Anyway, I saw them on TV once and they really looked
>  >interesting.  They get very large for a house cat but are very docile
and
>  >friendly with people.  But, they can jump higher and run faster than the
>  >normal domestic cat!  I would love to have one if I could find one but I
>  >have too many little anamals as it is (9 cats, one dog).
>  >
>  >Oudoceus Kynith
>  >Shire of Rosenfeld
>  >Ansteorra
>
>
>
>
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