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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2008FAO Ivor RE White Kitten
I know someone in the UK who would like to have a white kitten. The reason is because she used to have a white cat. Do Cats Protection have many of these come their way ? My friend has several cats and has a good record of looking after her animals. I said I would ask around for her. She lives in South Wales in Gwent but as yet as not had any luck.  SignatureCount Baldoni : : I know someone in the UK who would like to have a white : : kitten. The reason is because she used to have a white [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] : : I said I would ask around for her. She lives in South : : Wales in Gwent but as yet as not had any luck. They come along every so often, but I wouldn't say they're common. All she can do is register her interest with the nearest branch/centre of Cats Protection. See http://www.cats.org.uk/contact/findcp_stage2.asp?region=6 for info on how to find the nearest branch. Note that CP do home visits before anyone is allowed to adopt, also kittens cannot be reserved. More details on the website. Ivor Ivor Jones pretended : > : : I know someone in the UK who would like to have a white > : : kitten. The reason is because she used to have a white [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ivor Thank you very much Ivor I will pass on the information. There always seem to be plenty of black cats up for adoption ! SignatureCount Baldoni [snip] : : Thank you very much Ivor I will pass on the : : information. There always seem to be plenty of black : : cats up for adoption ! Indeed. Black and black & white cats are probably the most common colours. BTW see www.birmingham.cats.org.uk for the centre where I volunteer :-) Ivor It happens that Ivor Jones formulated : > [snip] > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Ivor I will check it out later thanks. SignatureCount Baldoni > : : I know someone in the UK who would like to have a white > : : kitten. The reason is because she used to have a white [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Ivor It certainly seems to be true that white cats are few and far between. One reason may be that it is a very weak gene pool. Many white cats are born either deaf or blind, some are both. About four years ago, when I was adopting my cats, the lady at the cat rescue centre had a white cat in her care and ready for homing. Sadly, it was deaf so she was holding it back until she could home it with someone who lived in a flat. Indeed, she referred to it as a "flat cat" {:~((. I'm sure it has a good home now; this rescue lady was profoundly caring and would have vetted the new owner carefully. As a matter of interest, there are very few entirely black cats. Most have a few white hairs - a 'necklace' or moustache, or similar. It is believed that this tendency is a throwback to the witchhunting years in UK history, when an alledged witch and her (usually) black cat were burnt at the stake. I don't know if it's true, but it is easy to see how black genes would have been significantly diluted. Spider : : As a matter of interest, there are very few entirely : : black cats. Most have a few white hairs - a 'necklace' [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] : : but it is easy to see how black genes would have been : : significantly diluted. Actually, all-black cats are quite common, at least here (UK..!). Not as common as black/white, true, but there are plenty around, we've got several in at the moment with no discernable white or other colours. Ivor > : : As a matter of interest, there are very few entirely > : : black cats. Most have a few white hairs - a 'necklace' [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Ivor My wife and I just acquired a new cat. - A female, about 3 years old, and she is all black, with medium long hair......Unlike BK, who has two white spots on his underside, this one, (Sara) is 100% black. I notice that she doesn't have shiny black hair, like BK, but it is kind of dull, and very fine and soft. - We now have 5 cats. Sara came from my music teacher's farm, where she had to live outside because my music teacher is very allergic to cats. She belonged to her husband's mother who died and left her to the kids. She is very feisty, and doesn't get along well with any of the other cats, but I know this will change with time. Nightshade is white with the exception of two black spots between his ears and a black tail. He is too smart for his own good! >I know someone in the UK who would like to have a white kitten. The reason >is because she used to have a white cat. Do Cats Protection have many of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I said I would ask around for her. She lives in South Wales in Gwent but > as yet as not had any luck.
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