text/Wang Daye's cat
In our inherent cognition, if the cat mother is an ordinary pastoral cat, most of the kittens that are born are also pastoral cats, and the colors are also the ones we commonly see.
Of course, there are exceptions. If the mother cat's spouse has a cat of another breed (such as Siamese, English Shorthair), it is possible to give birth to a kitten of the same breed as the father cat.
All in all, these cats are hardly beyond our cognizance. But the kitten we are talking about today is more special, it is called "wolf cat".
Recently, a netizen from Maine, USA uploaded a video of a mother cat and kittens, and the appearance of a kitten caught the attention of netizens.
The kitten's name is Gracie. It has sparse fur and large, pointy ears that look somewhat like a sphynx (hairless cat).
According to the cat's owner, Brie, she adopted two pregnant stray cats, one black and one tabby. Both are the more common pastoral cats.
A few days later, two cats gave birth to kittens, 12 in total. Bree raised two mother cats and 12 kittens as one big family. When
first started, everything worked fine. A week later, Brie noticed one of the kittens in a litter of small black cats looked weak and started to shed . This weak kitten is Gracie.
Brie took Gracie to the veterinarian immediately, and the veterinarian said, "The kitten has a fever, but otherwise, he is healthy." .
But soon Brie found another problem: Gracie and its siblings didn't look alike at all, and even looked a little odd.
In addition to her peculiar appearance, Gracie's newly grown coat is only a thin layer and sheds more frequently than other kittens.
Brie, who was worried about the kitten's health again, took it to the hospital again, and the answer was still: The kitten was healthy.
In this regard, Brie did some data collection, and she found that Gracie looks very similar to a cat called "wolf cat".
"Wolf cats" are the offspring of hairless cats and black cats.
Three breeders in Tennessee, USA, have produced more than 10 cats of the new breed after breeding a hairless cat with a naturally mutated gene with another domestic black shorthair. They named the cat Lykoi (Greek for "wolf cat").
With this knowledge, Brie started caring for Gracie like a hairless cat. Bree also made small clothes for Gracie, who was worried that she would catch a cold.
Although some netizens said that the "wolf cat" is expensive (about 3,000 US dollars), Brie's original starting point was to give two stray cat mothers and their unborn kittens a warm home, she did not expect There will be such a special kitten waiting for her.
In response, Brie said: "As long as Gracie can grow up healthy and happy, it is enough." : "The cat is so cool, it must be very handsome when it grows up." With such a warm and caring owner, I believe that the mother cat and her children can grow up happily.
Image source: ins/graciewolfcat
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