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csziggy

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18. Ocicats make better pets according to what I have read
Mon May 11, 2015, 10:19 PM
May 2015

Ocicats have no wild feline DNA. They were bred from crosses of Siamese and Abbysinians with some domestic shorthair thrown in. But they look like this:



Here is what the same program had to say about Bengal cats:


I learned something new - they've crossed Ocicats and Bengals and gotten a breed they call Cheetos:


While I think all these breeds are cool, my cats come from the animal shelter or have been found cats. I'm not going to pay for fancy breeds when millions of cats need homes.

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Woe. Can I have it for about 6 months? Yeah, I know it would be bad for him. Hoyt May 2015 #1
Do you promise to pick up all of the shredded toilet paper? TexasTowelie May 2015 #2
I will buy it all it wants to shred and rub his belly when he's through. Hoyt May 2015 #3
oh my....look at those giant cartoon feet! magical thyme May 2015 #4
I have a spotted Bengal - very independent and demanding, not the best pet SharonAnn May 2015 #13
Ocicats make better pets according to what I have read csziggy May 2015 #18
I'm the same, but I like to look at their pix and daydream magical thyme May 2015 #21
There you go - great idea to look for a type you like at shelters! csziggy May 2015 #23
Bengals are beautiful cats. joshdawg May 2015 #19
7 of those beauties and no pix?!? magical thyme May 2015 #20
Ok. I'm one of those computer illiterates who does not have a way joshdawg May 2015 #22
ok...just for you...7 bengal kittens and 7 things to know before getting a bengal cat magical thyme May 2015 #24
Great video! joshdawg May 2015 #25
That is some major squee, TexasTowelie. brer cat May 2015 #5
Aww, squee! The Velveteen Ocelot May 2015 #6
Looks almost like a Serval stevenleser May 2015 #7
Captain Cuddles shenmue May 2015 #8
What a beauty! oldandhappy May 2015 #9
squeeeeeeee niyad May 2015 #10
Why am I thinking of Archer just now? Initech May 2015 #11
Certainly the first thing I though of! FiveGoodMen May 2015 #12
Ha! My first thought on this thread as well! Coventina May 2015 #14
They're just like house cats, only bigger and more awesomer! Initech May 2015 #16
yes! catrose May 2015 #15
... Initech May 2015 #17
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