I'm asking because I have two kittens, about 16 weeks old now, and when I first got them, I noticed one had a VERY long tail. Like, he could tickle the back of his head with it if he tried. I know with dogs that big paws can mean a big dog. Does a long tail mean a large cat? Thanks in advance.
2007-09-21 11:09:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
Some cats just have longer tails. My Willie (5 months) has an enormous tail. It might stop growing while his body catches up or it could turn out just to be a long tail. You really can't tell till they reach full maturity (2-3 years).
2007-09-21 11:17:12 · answer #1 · answered by ♥Pretty♥ ♥Kitty♥ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, long tails don't mean a larger cat. My Lynx Siamese has what I think of as an average length tail, (it looks like a Meerkat tail to me!), but he has HUGE paws! It was very funny when he was a kitty because he'd trip over his large paws when he'd run around and play! He's 11 months old now and 16lbs and still growing. So if your kitten has a large tail, he/she will enjoy playing with it like a toy. But check the size of those paws!
2007-09-22 05:25:38 · answer #2 · answered by Enchantress38 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The smallest cat breed is the Singapura. Adult females weigh 4-6 pounds Males i think 5-7 pounds. They are very cute, too. They're also I think at least $1000. they're pretty rare and they have small litters.. One option could be asking breeders about retired adults, usually just a few years old. There are some people who breed and sell what they call "teacup" cats. often Persians including Himalayans. These are NOT from reputable breeders . Some of the " teacup" cats are runts that eventually end up growing to normal size cats anyway. Some really do stay small for example they find cats with some mutation making them unnaturally small and they keep inbreeding these to make more to sell for thousands of dollars. and these cats often have health problems including heart , neurological disorders, bone and joint problems etc. Search on the previous questions on here , there is someone who has a teacup Himalayan & she has answered some questions listing some of his many health problems that they have spent so much trying to help him. Then there are cats with a gene for dwarfism -- short legs. there is a breed of these called Munchkins, they are just like regular domestic cats but with this mutation for short legs. Most of these do seem pretty healthy, they havent had the problems often seen in short legged dogs. but some apparently do have something called lordosis. Some Burmese are quite small.
2016-05-20 04:28:48 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't look at tail length so much as the size of their paws. A kitten that has really large, baseball mitt like pawsies is probably going to be a pretty big kitty when it grows up. I've seen plenty of overly large kittys with dinky tails. Use paw size as your indication before tail size :) I know my kitty is going to be big, outside of simply the fact of what breed he is, but because as a 12 week old kitten his paws were HUGE.
2007-09-21 11:16:39 · answer #4 · answered by nixity 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope, it doesn't. It has to do with the breed. My cats are mother and daughter, but the daughter is an orange tabby and her tail is 3 inches longer than her mother's. And yes, she can touch the back of her head with it. She'll also lay on her back and pull it up to her face with her paws and lick it. It's so cute!
2007-09-21 11:15:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nope. My last cat had a very long tail (I named her Poppy Longtail). She was just a regular-sized cat.
2007-09-21 11:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by daa 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have a very large cat (18 pounds!) and I knew he'd be big because his front legs were really long.
2007-09-21 11:14:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
i think it means large tail
2007-09-21 11:19:20 · answer #8 · answered by Thalia 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋