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SPONTANEOUS MUTATIONS HAPPEN NATURALLY THROUGHOUT HISTORY!!!
If noticed and appreciated the new variation can be carefully cultivated. If not it may slip away and soon be forgotten... Though incorrectly thought of as an Egyptian cat, in 1966 one of these mysterious mutant genes surfaced on the streets of Toronto, Canada. What happened to be a naked kitten born in an otherwise normal coated litter was discovered. This kitten "Prune," his mother "Elizabeth," and a few other bald mutations later discovered were the beginning of the early Sphynx breed.
Despite tales of "barnyard breeders" here and there, most of today's pedigreed Sphynx spring from three females, Q. Punkie and Q. Paloma, who were rescued from the streets of Toronto, Canada and sent to Dr. Hugo Hernandez in Holland in 1980 and a barn cat, Jezabelle who delivered a number of hairless kittens on a Minnesota farm. The offspring from these breedings were sold in the United States, Holland and France and are the foundation of most of our present day breeding Sphynx.
For a more detailed article on the history of the sphynx CLICK HERE. Although the Sphynx has been called a hairless cat, this is not always accurate. You can find out more about the Standards required of a show sphynx from one or both of the following links:
The Purrrfect Sphynx - Supreme Grand Champion Kattewyks Nude Indigo of Britanya - with permission from Caroline Fralia & Joe Edwards, with thanks to Carol & Walt Richards - Indigo is the father of our original line. |
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