Could my 'Tiny' be part Munchkin??

[Emeraldgreen]

Thanks for all the responses! I checked out the link you included in your post Moosmom and it was very interesting. I think that Tiny might be a Munchkin mix. Her back legs are quite a bit longer than her front stubby ones but the rest of her is also small (the Munchkins are supposed to have normal sized bodies for the most part I think) which makes me think she could be mixed. Her tail is short and her head is small too. She is so spunky despite her miniature make up though. Her main squeeze has always been my Maine Coon, Tiger and they made quite a pair because he is very large. But with his recent health issues he won't tolerate her. She has since decided that our new guy Paddies might make a good catch. It's funny how she cozies up to the BIG guys.
Back in 2003 she belonged to an elderly woman who had 10 or so cats and some chickens. She passed away and her son was supposed to do something with the animals, either take care of them himself or take them to a shelter. He did nothing for weeks and the neighbors reported the situation to the SPCA who in conjunction with another cat shelter went into the home and discovered most of the cats had sadly died because they had no food or water but the lucky ones that were not locked inside the house were still alive. Tiny was one of them, along with another cat we think is her daughter and an orange manx. Tiny had a laceration that ran the length of her stomach and continued up to her left paw. The vet couldn't tell what had made the wound but it was thought that it might be either from broken glass or from someone trying to intentionally injure her. The wound on her stomach had healed up on it's own but her paw had a bone sticking out of it and they had to remove all but one toe on that foot. I was involved with the animal shelter at the time and picked Tiny up at the vet to drive her back to the shelter and as you can imagine, this little cat with one arm bandaged up to the shoulder was more than I could bear. I immediately called my husband and asked if we could have her. But of course, we didn't want to separate her from her daughter or sister, not sure which, so we adopted her too and named her Teenie. She is also small but not nearly as small as Tiny. Teenie is on the left in the group shot. I have 2 other cats that are not in my siggy because I couldn't fit everybody. Teenie is one of them and Oliver is the other. Anyway, Teenie and Tiny are such characters and they are very bold and often boss everyone around. They do not like my other cats, Stinky and Jimmy so I make sure they are never in the same room. Kind of like rival gangs. Fortunately we have a big house and each group has their own 'room' for sleeping with their favorite beds and scratching trees. Paddy is one of the cats who has a membership with each gang and is well tolerated by both groups. Tiny is madly in love with him. One day I hope to get a picture of the two of them together because Paddy is the biggest cat I've ever seen and Tiny is so small. LOL

[moosmom]

Yup, from what you described about the long legs in the back and the short in front, she is a Munchkin. They are wonderful cats. They're perpetual kitten. When I took in Miss Feral Alicat, they became the best of buds. I think that was one of the reasons Alicat came out of her shell so quickly. Shortie now has her fun cut out for her.