After thinking for about 8 months now that my kitten was an American Bobtail I’ve now come across another bobtail breed I’d never even heard of, the Pixie Bobtail. Though this breed looks a lot like my cat (still technically a kitten) the long haired American Bobtails look just about the same. It’s probably due to my inability to pick out the subtle differences. Here are a few pictures of my cat as a small kitten to closer to the size she is now:
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http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/VictorianWonderland/Meeko/IMG_3723.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/VictorianWonderland/Meeko/DSCN0098.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/VictorianWonderland/Meeko/DSCN0362.jpg
Please excuse the large amount of photos but I just think it would be easier if you were able to look at several different angles as well as her development and growth changes.
Thank you to anyone who answers seriously, I appreciate it.
What you’ve got is a cute domestic longhair cat with a bobbed tail. Bob tails can occur spontaneously in a domestic cat, but that doesn’t make them a purebred. It’s from this random genetic occurrence of the bobbed tail than enabled breeders to develop the American Bobtail and Pixie Bob, but they are not common breeds so you won’t find one just running around. They are fairly ‘new’ breeds. Most cats in the world aren’t a breed or even a mix of breeds – they are the cat that Nature created. It’s not uncommon for cats to resemble a breed, as it’s from these domestic cats that breeds were developed.
Unless you have registration papers and a pedigree, you have a domestic longhair.
The Bobtals are rare to have running the streets, so its very unlikely your cat has that in the background. Even with Maine Coons, there are kittens/cats that look a lot like them but probably don’t even have the breed in the background.