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Expert: - 8/31/2010


Question

Minnoo
Dear Sir,
I brought home a female kitten about two months old from my office premises about 5 months back.  Very attractive eyes, pure white in color with fur, long tail. Fed only cat food (Whiskas) with occasionally cooked fish.
No contact with outside cats. Very playful, but aggressive at times.  Very hard (resistance) to cut nails. Food habits normal.  Image attached, wish to know more about breed, other details that I should know, such as, taking her to a vet clinic, etc.
Appreciate.  Thank you.
Kind regards,
V. Pillai

Answer
V. Pillai,

Minoo looks to be a very handsome kitten, indeed. She reminds me a lot of a Turkish Angora (a breed originating at the Ankara zoo in Turkey). Turkish Angoras have a longer very fine coat, a foreign type of body, very erect ears, and are very active.

I would take her to the vet clinic and be prepared to discuss any vaccinations she was given before you got her.  She should have, at the very least, a 3 in 1 vaccination and follow up booster (for panleukopenia, rhini tracheitis, and calici). Depending on the rules in your jurisdiction, she may need a rabies shot.  I would have the 3 in 1 shot done first, wait 3 weeks, have the 3 in 1 booster, wait another 3 weeks, and have the rabies shot, if necessary. If she has no contact with any outsdie cats, these are all the shots she should need.  Upon visiting the vet, you should take a stool sample so she can be checked for worms.

Other than that, it looks as if you adn Minoo should enjoy each other for many, many years to come.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

Best regards... Norm.  

Norman Auspitz

Expertise

I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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