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I adopted an adult female sphynx just yesterday and she is a lovable doll. However, she's been keeping sneezing, snoring, and having discharges from her eyes and nose. She's showing her third eyelid and I'm not sure is that a sign of infection or she's just asleep. To me, she seems like...

Please forgive me if I post this in the wrong place. I've been wanting a Sphynx for a while now and my Fiance surprised me by telling me he's going to get one for my 30th birthday!! I'm super excited but I'm also a little nervous as this is a completely new experience for me. I've owned cats in...

Hello! I'm new to the site and also new sphynx mom! I've always wanted a cat, but have always had very bad cat allergies until I found this breed. One of my good friends has two full grown sphynx males - and I just absolutely adored them and only had mild symptoms at most! I was so excited. I...

hi. Yes, as the title indicates. My daughter got a sphinx 3 years ago and fell in love with sphinx since then. Just 3 months ago she delivered 5 kittens and I was lucky to get a male. I am going through divorce and sever depression. I think this cat is saving my life. As mentioned I am new to...

Hello everyone! Just a quick thread to introduce myself. I'm Jess & I bought my first ever kitten home on Sunday just gone. He is 10 weeks old & his name is Casper! We live in Romford, Essex. Which is in England (very near to London) Here is a picture of my Casper. He is very cheeky. He loves to...

So I already have lysine for myself, and I was wondering if anyone uses the "human" lysine for their cats? I read that people do do that, but I wanted to double check on safety, and get some more information. Thanks everyone! :p:LOL::pShontae:LOL::p:LOL:

Hi Sphnxlair Community I got a lovely little Sphynx from a family who had to travel for work, My Cornish Rex Male was NOT HAPPY to have a little "sister". He actually scratched her and drew blood. A wise woman who did cat rescue gave me advice. Put both cats in sweaters then the next day...

Hi, SphynxLair! Two weeks ago, all of my hopes were answered - I had been put into contact with a distant acquaintance that needed to re-home his 8-year-old Sphynx, Gaston. Gaston was bought as a gift by an ex-boyfriend, and had been consistently been in good health. This acquaintance needed...

Hello everyone and glad to meet you all, My name is Keith. I have a 9 month old blue eyed Sphynx named Jinx who lives with me here in New York City. He's a great companion and love him dearly. I have had him now for about 7 month's now, was neutered about 3 months ago and he is doing really well...

Hello everyone! So happy and excited about this new part of life! I'm from Sweden and two weeks ago I got my first naked baby, and three days ago I got a curly Cornish Rex as a friend to him! A lady Rex. Had some complications with their diarrhoea though. But those lucky babies are on a...

:cat::cat::cat::cat: Hello All! I'm new to the site :D. My family of 3 just took in a Sphynx from a friend. As this is a site for our hairless creatures, I'd like to tell you his story. I was told by a friend that his friend just got a hold of a Sphynx that was thrown outside. That family had...

Hi all, I'm excited to join the community of a soon-to-be Sphynx momma. Madam Winifred, Wini for short, is only a week old and is staying with her family until the end of July. I got her from a breeder here in South Florida. Needless to say, I'm extremely excited to pick her up and bring her...

Hey All! My name is Brian and I will be a new proud owner of "Maple" a little tortie Sphynx at the end of March or the first week of April. I cant wait to welcome her to my family. After being a longtime lurker of the SphynxLair I thought it was finally time to join the community, after all...I...

Woooo!!! He's here! After months of patience since seeing him when he was just 5 weeks old, he's now purring and in and out of snoozing next to me. What was great was coming back to the breeder's home and Icarus jumping up my leg knowing it was me. The trip back was amusing - had to go via...

Howdie.... My name's Shiggi and I'm due to get my little boy - Icarus on Monday 2nd February here in London, UK. The breeder has been ridiculously amazing! She's been keeping me up to date with his well being and vaccines and vet visits as well as loads of gorgeous pictures of him with his...

"Cats are furry terrorists, and hairless cats are tiny Voldemorts." I lol'd. It looked true, at least from the YouTube video. I didn't give it a second thought, until I saw Kitty for the first time in almost four years. Her ginger ears swiveled ominously rearwards as she saw me approaching the...

Hi! I love cats, but I'm not allowed to have one because they shed fur. A lot. However, my mom promised me I could have a hairless one if I could find one. My question is- is there anything special I need to know about sphynxs? All the info I've seen conflicts with itself, so I'm just asking...