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Just wondering if anyone else on the forum owns these short-legged cuties! My family has had 3 (we have 2 now), and while we have loved them to pieces, I doubt we'd ever purchase them again.
One of our cats (Muggins) is 15 (we bought him as a tiny little kitten), and just was diagnosed with a mild heart murmur (the vet said that's normal in cats his age). He has been a wonderful, sweet cat, but he has suffered some psychological issues and is on kitty prozac.
Two years after we bought Muggins we bought Nibs, and she was a sickly cat her whole life. Chronic upper respiratory infections, skin allergies, and a very weak immune system. This is when we learned all of the problems associated with Munchkins. She was put down at 7 years old.
My senior year of college I adopted a Munchkin from a high kill shelter in NC - I really wasn't planning on keeping him, but new he had to get out of the shelter, get healthy and then get a home. After I helped him gain weight (he was 5 years old and under 4 pounds when I adopted him; he's now 12.4 pounds). He was declawed when I adopted him and he has always been very standoffish (I think because of this and the shelter he was in), but when he comes out of his shell he is a giant love bug. I named him Norman, but my parents hated the name, and changed it to Tally Ho "Tally" for short. He has much shorter legs than any of our other munchkins ever have had.
My aunt had two Munchkins as well, one she returned to the breeder as a kitten, because of poor health. Her other is 16 and named Cajun, but he too has psychological problems, and likes to pee and poop all over the house. She says she'd never buy another, because of the poor breeding practices out there, and the health issues.
It seems they've gotten very popular on-line and lots of catmills are producing them. Anyone else have one? I'm at my parents house right now, and I just love these little guys to death! They're more people like than long legged cats, and soooo affectionate.
One of our cats (Muggins) is 15 (we bought him as a tiny little kitten), and just was diagnosed with a mild heart murmur (the vet said that's normal in cats his age). He has been a wonderful, sweet cat, but he has suffered some psychological issues and is on kitty prozac.
Two years after we bought Muggins we bought Nibs, and she was a sickly cat her whole life. Chronic upper respiratory infections, skin allergies, and a very weak immune system. This is when we learned all of the problems associated with Munchkins. She was put down at 7 years old.
My senior year of college I adopted a Munchkin from a high kill shelter in NC - I really wasn't planning on keeping him, but new he had to get out of the shelter, get healthy and then get a home. After I helped him gain weight (he was 5 years old and under 4 pounds when I adopted him; he's now 12.4 pounds). He was declawed when I adopted him and he has always been very standoffish (I think because of this and the shelter he was in), but when he comes out of his shell he is a giant love bug. I named him Norman, but my parents hated the name, and changed it to Tally Ho "Tally" for short. He has much shorter legs than any of our other munchkins ever have had.
My aunt had two Munchkins as well, one she returned to the breeder as a kitten, because of poor health. Her other is 16 and named Cajun, but he too has psychological problems, and likes to pee and poop all over the house. She says she'd never buy another, because of the poor breeding practices out there, and the health issues.
It seems they've gotten very popular on-line and lots of catmills are producing them. Anyone else have one? I'm at my parents house right now, and I just love these little guys to death! They're more people like than long legged cats, and soooo affectionate.