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| 2650.1 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | | Wed Jul 05 1989 12:18 | 12 |
| The hook you describe sounds like a kink to me. Kinks are considered
deformities in show cats, and can be cause for disqualification.
Occassionally I will get a kitten in one of my litters with a kink.
Kinks can appear in just about any breed, they aren't limited to
any one breed.
As long as there is blood supply to your cats tail, and it isn't
cold to the touch, or tender when you touch it, then the kink shouldn't
cause your kitten any problems.
Jo
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| 2650.2 | | STOR06::DALEY | | Wed Jul 05 1989 16:34 | 5 |
| A kink is not a plus for a show cat, but my cousin who kept
Siamese as pets (not for show) ALWAYS looked for a cat with
a kink and when she found one, she bought it. She swears
that a cat with a kink brings good luck!! Her house had about
5 cats at one time with kinked tails.
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| 2650.3 | Ring bearers | SLSTRN::GKELLER | Most of it is / \ and the rest is ( | Fri Jul 07 1989 15:28 | 11 |
| I don't remember where I heard this and won't vouch for the reliability of it
but at some point in my life I heard that one of the traits of siamese cats
(this is true of all three of my parents cats) is the hooked tail. This came
about because for several hundred years the egyptian princesses would use the
tails of siamese cats to hold their rings and to make sure the rings stayed on
the would break the tail at the end to form a hook. Over years and years this
hook in the tail became an inherited trait.
Take this story as you will.
Geoff
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| 2650.4 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | | Fri Jul 07 1989 16:40 | 6 |
| It is a nice story Geoff....
Siamese breeders have worked very hard to get the gene for kinked
tails out of their lines, so it is no longer a breed trait.
Jo
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| 2650.5 | | CRUISE::NDC | | Fri Jul 07 1989 18:36 | 10 |
| Bumpy-tail is named for the curl in the end of her tail. I believe
that she is at least part manx. This is definitely NOT a kink.
The bone curls around like a cork-screw or the top of a violin.
She has very occasionally caught it on something. More often
she'll climb in my lap when I'm knitting, whip the tail around and
get the yarn caught so it runs right through the little hole made
by the curl. Then she can't understand WHAT I'm doing to her tail
when I try to unhook her! Its tough to knit with some feline whipping
the yarn around.
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| 2650.6 | | SMURF::S_FRASER | Felines . . whoa,whoa,whoa felines . . . | Mon Jul 10 1989 09:13 | 12 |
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Re .3 . . . and the rest of that legend is that Siamese
cats became cross-eyed from watching the rings to make sure
that they didn't lose them :^} This has been bred out of the
line as well, but the breeder we bought our Siamese from had
one born in the same litter as Jen and C.C. He was a male
lilac-point named Alabaster, and he was absolutely *gorgeous*!
If I could only have taken three kittens . . . ;^}
Sandy
(Smudge+Tas+Jen+CC)
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| 2650.7 | No kinks, but she knows how to chase it! | ATSE::BLOCK | This Area Zoned for Twilight | Thu Jul 13 1989 12:43 | 9 |
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Sorry about the delay; we just got back from vacation.
No, Copernicus does not have a kink in her tail. She's been
whipping it around a lot lately; she and Chrysalis are *very*
happy to have us back! They've saved up lots of energy...
Beverly
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| 2650.8 | thanks | BRAT::GERMANN | | Fri Jul 14 1989 08:48 | 13 |
| Thanks, all.
Well, since Esmarelda won't be shown, I guess the kink is just fine.
Beverly, sounds like Es and Coper both like to chase tails. Es
can get into an absolute fit over her tail. We laugh alot at her.
She even chases it while up on the sindow sill - and invariably
falls off!!
Esmarelda is growing well and is VERY proud of her tail - kink and
all. She carries it very proudly at all times!!!
Ellen
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| 2650.9 | I'll chase your tail if you'll chase mine! | ATSE::BLOCK | This Area Zoned for Twilight | Mon Jul 24 1989 16:46 | 16 |
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Coper has been whipping her tail around even more lately,
especially when she gets attention. She started out rather
standoffish, but since we got back from vacation, she seems to
*want* to be held (sometimes :-)! Will wonders never cease...
As for tail-chasing, my favorite episode with our two to date was
when they were sitting on an armchair and started chasing *each*
*others'* tails!! It was hysterical; Chrysalis would pounce on
Copernicus' tail. Coper notices, looks up and sees Chrysie's,
and jumps on it. Chrys loses her grip, goes after Coper again.
Etc, etc. This went on for about 10 minutes, and they even managed
to stay on the chair!
Beverly
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| 2650.10 | | CRUISE::NDC | Nancy Diettrich-Cunniff-I wanted it all | Tue Jul 25 1989 07:40 | 2 |
| re: whipping her tail around - that's exactly what Bumpy does
with hers. Must have something to do with unique tails.
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| 2650.11 | Catch that tail! | FREKE::WARD | Just pay me in CHOCOLATE | Tue Jul 25 1989 10:45 | 7 |
| Becky and Velcro will also chase each other's tail. It really looks
funny when one is on the bookcase next to the stairs and the other
is on the stairs. Then they change position ('cause the tails move),
and it keeps on for quite a while.
Bernice
Mother_of_Trouble+2
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| 2650.12 | Kinks on Java too | VAXRIO::ROLF | | Wed Aug 09 1989 12:53 | 10 |
| Here in Brazil we see quite a lot of kinks in tails of Siamese cats,
maybe due to excessive in-breeding? None at the other races.
However, I lived in Indonesia some time ago, and there about 50%
of all cats (yes, including the everyday "house-cat") had some sort
of deformation to their tails, some even had a very short tail,
or none at all! I cannot see how it could have been inbreeding there
though.
Rolf
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