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| The Elf Cat! Elf Cats are the deliberate hybrid of the Sphynx and American Curl. The desired results being a hairless, slightly curled ear cat. Athletic in appearance, gentle but lively, out-going and very affectionate. Elf Cats are intelligent, friendly cats that are agile and have personality plus. They respond well to being handled as they are very interactive, social cats. Some may feel that this is a controversial breed, but through perseverance and our ethics we feel it will be accepted with both TICA and CFA. We plan to eventuallytake this breed to championship levels. The Elf can now be shown under New Traits in the Sphynx Breed Group. K. Leedom In the creation of the Elf cat many people ask why would we use an American Curl instead of another curled ear breed of cat like the highlander? The biggest reason that the American Curl was chosen is because of the health of this breed. American curls have no debilitating conditions associated with the curled ear mutation and they are not plagued by the many diseases that most purebred cats acquire because the curl breeders have included domestic shorthairs and domestic longhairs in their breeding programs. Sphynx can be subjected to health problems such as HCM and because they are not an extremely hearty breed by nature the decision was made to use a cat that was hearty and healthy to improve the health of the kittens that we produce. The American Curl has only one genetic mutation and that is the curled ear not several like many of the other curled ear breeds. Through the last few years of breeding Sphynx to American Curl there have been no adverse genetic anomolies reported by combining these 2 mutations. There are breeders out there who also claim to be the origanal founder of the Elf who have chosen to use Highlanders and register then as domestic short hairs rather then American cur;s because they have been unable to obtain them. Be careful who you buy from. This is paper hanging and lying. A highlander is a cat that has a bob tail and polydactal feel. You do not want these mutations in the background of your cat. Be warned that these breeders will lie about the use of highlands. |
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