not all persians are so badly bred, but way too many are.... but their personalities are so wonderful..... sadly, the one good thing about loving persians is that there are ALWAYS more than enough of them in rescue, so i will never have to be without one in my life. (one? yeah, i can't remember how far back it was that i only had one persian!) i STILL think they're incredibly funny-looking, but in such an endearing way....
On 11/29/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, MC is right, if you ever want a challenge, try pilling a Persian! They > don't have mouths, they have little cracks in the front of their heads which > somehow is able to suffice as an orifice to get food into their bodies. > Those two I had here for a while in rescue were a totally new experience. I > used to love Persians (the look of them) before I had one, now I view them > as deformed creatures built by humans in a way that pleases humans but is > not the best design for the cats themselves. Their little "mouth crack" > opens only about 3/4 an inch, they constantly struggle to breathe right, and > they are known as a breed that commonly has heart murmurs. One of the two I > had had a grade5 murmur, and died from it. I will never support the breeding > of that breed now, miserable little deformities is what they are! I can't > understand why we humans find so much happiness in building animals that > can't even function normally. It baffles me. Stupid stupid stupid us! > > Jenn > http://ucat.us > http://ucat.us/domesticcatlinks.html > Adopt a cat from UCAT rescue: > http://ucat.us/adopt.html > Adopt a FIV+ cat: > http://ucat.us/AWrescue/FIV/ > Adopt a FELV+ cat: > http://ucat.us/FELVadopt.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I collect KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil, a 3 yr old special needs cat > who must live on a liquid diet for the rest of his life. > Bazil's caretaker collects labels and sends them to KMR, where they add up > until she earns a free can of formula! > PLEASE save your KMR kitten formula labels for Bazil! > If you use KMR, even just one can, please email me for the NEW address to > send them to! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Does your cat have chronic diarrhea that does not respond to treatment, or > has your cat been loosely diagnosed as IBD? > Have you tested for Tritrichomonosis? The test is new, the new drug makes it > curable. > Ask me today how you can test for Trich! > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.10/186 - Release Date: 11/29/2005 > > > > -- MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
