Kohana?

**WELOVESPUPPIES** · 07-18-2007, 06:04 PM

Originally Posted by Catty1

Is that ....a cat????

I'd love him or her anyway....but the problem is, it encourages more 'experimentation'. Kitty is just a pawn, and victim....

ETA: the kitten pics here look MORE cat-like. I guess it's just the pose of the one above. ETA2 - it's a newborn - or just a few days old! They DO start looking, er, normal after a while!

http://belfrysphynx.org/kohona.html

Now this one is pretty, I don't think it looks too much different from a Sphynx but some of the other ones, well lets just say I think is is a "face only a mother could love" and if I was it's mother I would Love it despite it's wrinkledness. I am not so sure I would want to pet something that felt like a candle though

**RedHedd** · 07-18-2007, 06:25 PM

Aww! They look like little alien kitties!

**jennielynn1970** · 07-18-2007, 11:35 PM

Originally Posted by RedHedd

Aww! They look like little alien kitties!

I was thinking the same thing, except NOT with an "awww..." more like "EWWWW..."

**mrspunkysmom** · 07-19-2007, 12:24 AM

I agree. EWWWWWW!!!!! I didn't say anything earlier because I didn't want to get rounded on.

Genetic manipulation to improve the breed in one thing, but some of these animals are comfortable UNCOMFORTABLE (it should say) to say the least. I don't even like the pushed in faces of the Persian. Poor babies.

Edit: I meant to say that the critters look like they might me uncomfortable, cold, etc. All for a few bucks or some thrills.

JMO

**Catty1** · 07-19-2007, 12:28 AM

Hey - there are only 14 of these in the world. And that first pic was not the best choice...it is a kitten just a few days old, and ANY kitten that age has closed eyes and hardly any ears showing. This breed looks like a blob at that age.

I am SO glad I went to the site and saw older ones! Much easier to take.

But - I wonder if the breeders would just stop propagating them...they won't because money talks.

**jennielynn1970** · 07-19-2007, 01:06 AM

Originally Posted by Catty1

Hey - there are only 14 of these in the world.
But - I wonder if the breeders would just stop propagating them...they won't because money talks.

I don't care how many of them there are or aren't in the world. To me they're icky, lol.

It looks like genetic mutation breeding by people who just want to get money for the newest "weird" pet. Normally hair, even the smalled hairs, on a body are for protection.

Unless they were naturally created by God this way, I dunno. It looks like a man made thing. I wonder how they hold up health wise.

**Catty1** · 07-19-2007, 02:48 AM

Jenn - I seem to recall that when the Rex cat first made an appearance, it was an 'accident' of nature. But people tried to create more, and obviously succeeded.

This must be another one....

But it's not the kitty's fault, which is the darn thing about it!

Hmm....at least these ones are waterproof!

**jennielynn1970** · 07-19-2007, 03:18 AM

.... see the resemblance??

"Where a Sphynx feels like a warm peach, a Kohana feels more like a warm candle."
- Just what I want to cuddle up with at night.

**Catty1** · 07-19-2007, 03:25 AM

When I saw the photo at the beginning of this thread (sorry to say this - really bad choice of photo for a first impression!), I was thinking Gollum....

Yoda's complexion was too smooth! lol