5/10/2023 0 Comments Cat plash pixieIndividuals can be large in size, but the average weight for a Pixie Bob is 11 pounds. To be considered a Pixie Bob, a specimen must be able to claim lineage back to StoneIsland Pixie. Pixie Bobs are domesticated cats that resemble the North American Bobcat. They have a reputation for easily amassing a large vocabulary and are very responsive to verbal commands including reasonably complex phrases. They like games of fetch, and many are quite agreeable about walking on a leash. Pixie Bobs will follow their owners around and are known for head butting to get attention. They like to be in multi-animal households, and express themselves with a range of vocalizations from chirps and chatters to make-believe growls. The Pixie Bob is an active, social cat with a bold and playful spirit. It is classified as a “Newer Natural/Regional Breed.” The cats she produced were registered and were accepted in the TICA “Exhibition” Category in 1993, winning “New Breed and Color” status in 1996, and Championship status in 1998. Brewer used 23 cats from the area around the Cascade Mountains, all of whom were said to be bobcat hybrids. One of the kittens, Pixie, became the foundation for the breed that was developed over the next couple of years. The male mated with a brown spotted female that lived next door to Brewer. Even in an emaciated condition, the stray weighed 17 pounds and was as tall as Brewer’s knee. In 1986, Brewer rescued another feral tom that was larger, and also had a bobbed tail. Brewer bought a polydactyl cat in Mount Baker, Washington in 1985. Washington state cat breeder Carol Ann Brewer claims the Pixie Bob is the result of the naturally occurring breeding of a domestic cat with a bobcat, however DNA testing has failed to detect any gene markers in the Pixie Bob’s DNA to establish a relationship to the Bobcat.
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