Conference misery::feline_v1

    I have a litter of Exotic Shorthairs due this weekend, and I expect
    we will have some white kittens in the litter.  Won't know for a
    while if they will be long or shorthaired, That takes about 3-4
    weeks.  
    
    Kittens will be $400 if their shorthaired, and $200 if their
    longhaired.  
    
    Contact me at ICS::GERRY if you might be interested.
    
    BTW, Exotic Shorthairs look like Persians with a shorter coat...2-3
    inch hair length, so these "kids" aren't really "short"!
    
    cin
    

    
    Thanks for the reply, but we we're looking for something a little 
    more outdoorsy and a little less in price....
    
    						Michael

>    Thanks for the reply, but we we're looking for something a little 
>    more outdoorsy and a little less in price....
    
Michael,

please be careful.  Pure white cats are MOST OFTEN deaf and it is inappropriate
to allow the cat outside.  If you adopt a white cat, take it to the vet and
find out if the cat has the ability to fend for itself outside - it is
dangerous out there under the best of circumstances.  Perhaps, as you indicate
a desire to allow the cat outdoors, you might reconsider color.  And, whatever
you wish the adult cat to do, if you adopt a kitten, please keep him/her
inside until the kitten reaches the age where he/she can be neutered or spayed.
Cats mature at different ages and it is far too easy to contribute to the
cat over-population problem with the young ones...they mature when you're not
looking and you end up with either a litter or a male that has developed
unpleasant habits due to being sexually active....

		Good luck on finding a cat for your family,

				D

Another thing to consider in allowing a white cat outdoors.  White cats are very 
prone a type of cancer called (ummmm, can I remember this name?) sqaumous cell 
carcinoma.  It is caused by the sun.  The white fur on the cats ears and 
extremities is often not dense enough to block out the sun's harmful rays.  I 
have assisted my vet on a surgery to remove the ears of a white cat in order to
save it's life.  This cat was not a purebred, just a white cat who was unlucky
enough to end up with cancer.  And, he was only a year and a half old.

Jo  

    Also, white cats don't stay very white when they are allowed outside,
    heck, it's hard enough trying to keep them white when they stay
    inside!
    
    cin
    

    I agree with Jo. Our white cat loved to go outside and sit in the
    garden or on the porch steps and survey the yard, IN THE SUN. we
    had to be so careful she didn't over due it. I have to admit once
    or twice those ears got pinker than we would have liked them to get.
    
    We use Milk of Magnesia on the ears when this happened. IT WORKS..!!
    That also works on people when they get sun burned. Honest it does..
    In the summer we are never without Phillips Milk of Magnesia. You
    put it on a cotton ball and dab the sun burn. Takes the heat out almost
    immediately.
    
    Barbara
    

    Gee you gize are GREAT!! I never knew this stuff about white kitties,
    OR PHILLIPS M.O.M.!!!
    
    Bon

    
    	M.O.M on sunburns!  I'll have to remember that one!
    

    thanks for all the replies...whao! Just alittle insight. When I was
    8, my folks brought home a white kitten for me. He lived 15 years and
    then we had to put him down. But we we're able to get some pictures
    of my first baby with Cheechee. So now she(my child) is wondering if 
    she can have a white kitty....
    				
    				thanks
    					Michael
    
    BTW...Cheechee was not deaf and didn't have any problems with the sun,
    even tho he was a out doors cat.

    Well Michael...now you'll have to let us know if you find one!!
    
    Sandy

	My sister-in-law has an outdoors long-haired white cat which is now 
	about 10 years old.

	No problems with deafness or sunburn (80 F is considered a heatwave 
	here  :-)  ).

	I hope you find a loveable kitty - the shelters may be a good bet this
	time of year, and they aught to be able to test them for deafness for
	you.

	Good luck,

	Heather

re: sunburning issues

please remember, we have less ozone than we used to and that means the sun
is STRONGER than it used to be for most of us who live in the temperate zones.
This affects our pets and ourselves.  Cats and dogs are more prone to skin
cancers these days than they used to be due to the world-wide reduction in
that "protection".....whether natural or man-caused.

				D

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