I didn't know humans created the Persian??? Were they created by breeding a Pug with a long haired cat? No seriously...how did Persians come about?
--- [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 > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com

