Posted on 03/15/2019 3:45:43 PM PDT by goldstategop
The Appearance of the Fierce Lykoi Kitty! Scary as they might be, their appearance is really just down to the breed not having an undercoat, and beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.
Lykois have the roan pattern, which is an intermix of normal color hair with white hair, and the mandatory balding of the hair coat. Kittens appear quite normal at birth and only begin to lose their coats a week or two after birth when they start to look fluffy. At three to four month, the kitten will have the Lykoi appearance.
Although the coat appears stiff or bristly, it is actually soft and silky. The entire hair coat may shed and be replaced with a new, more or less coated one. This molt could alter the roan coloring too, leaving them more black to more white. more naked or almost completely coated.
The masks also vary as does the thickness of the coat, but ears and nose are always hairless, the coat is roan, and the feet are sparsely haired. Black is the standard color, but they can be every color normal cats come in, but always roan.
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I’m a fan of tabbies myself-but that’s a pretty Darth Vader kitty!
Poor kitty-it looks like it has feline psoriasis or something-I just don’t think breeding abnormal traits in an animal is a good thing-baldness, curly whiskers, mangy-looking coats, etc may look cool, but it is not beneficial to the unfortunate`animal. My 3 cats are shelter refugees-every cat I’ve ever had was, too-always kept indoors, healthy, affectionate and good mousers...
I only buy purebred dogs-but not designer pups-just big working/guarding breeds-German Shepherd, Chow, Siberian Husky-maybe I’m a dog snob...
And you can tell exactly what that cat is thinking.
He’s going to fall asleep sometime. And he’s going to wake up screaming in pain.
+1 ick.
Mange and run over. Golly. Why? $$$
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lu%2Fkoi&la=greek
“wolves” (nominative) or “O wolves” (vocative).
The singular is lykos.
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/morph?l=lu%2Fkos&la=greek
$1,800 for a cat! Can it cook?
You could, but you can get one cooked cheaper at your local Chinese restaurant ...
Ping
We had one focused on world domination minus the crazy lid.
Looks like he put something in the dog’s ear for safekeeping.
I think even da Vinci would have made an exception for this poor kitty. That is one mangy looking mew!
Mine don’t pee. They barf. (former carpet owner)
What happened to the carpet?
We lost our lovely Tiggy this morning. She was sixteen. We are accustomed to losing our cats much later around twenty +, but Tiggy was a sleeper. She napped ‘round the clock. Probably had some deficiency we were unaware.
I’m sorry to hear that. They are like our children, aren’t they? My sympathies.
We have a 16 year old “senior” kitty and I pray she lives ‘til 20. We love her very much. She had lost too much weight last August and looked scrawny and bony. We started feeding her canned Wellness chicken pate’ mixed with chicken baby food a tablespoon of each about 6-8 times a day as she demands. She went from 6.5 lbs. to over 9 lbs. now! Hopefully, we pulled her back from the brink and we’ll get many more years with her.
We tried everything, but she didn’t respond. I believe in hindsight something was always wrong with her as she slept so much throughout her life. Her sister is like a little kitten. Crazy, and full of stuff.
Thanks
I agree. Mongrel pound kitties are the best!!
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