growing hair when they are cold?

[andreanar]

Archie has fuzzy rabbit feet

 

[Cleopatra Beers]

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How long did it take her to grown that fur shawl its pretty long i posted on your original post about how lucky she was that her fur was free and we had to buy ours LOL

Xtina

Her coat grows quite fast--one day it seems that she's pretty bald, and the next day, she has fuzz. This year, her fuzz just kept right on growing, and it's pretty impressive! I remember your post about her fur being free--too bad it looks so moth-eaten!

Wow! That's quite the gorgeous coat. Does she shed most of it in the summer, or does some fur still remain?
I just noticed a little bit more peach fuzz around Dexter's hip area, but it's barely noticeable unless I point it out. So interesting how each sphynx is different.

Cleo sheds a LOT of her coat each summer. She always has fur on her face, ears, feet, legs and tail, but her body is pretty naked when summer hits. I think Susi is right about how the length of daylight has a lot to do with cats growing winter coats. We've noticed that the mixed-breed cats we have begin to grow their winter coats when the days get shorter, regardless of the temperature. And when we lived in South Dakota, the cats would often be shedding their winter coats while there was snow on the ground! The lengthening days seemed to trigger shedding, even if it was still snowing!

 

[Erica Martinez]

Sorry,don't chime in much here,we are a small Cattery in the Mid-South and send many of our kittens owners here for info and community...but seems like no one likes to share the real reason why some sphynx are fuzzy and some are Bald/24/7...So here you go:

The difference in a top Quality Sphynx cat that is bald and stays bald(Hairless) is one thing and one thing only...It is the direct effect of your cats genetics...there are three types of Sphynx breeds...DONSKOY,PETERBALD,CANADIAN ...The reason some sphynx have a fuzzy coat sometimes or not and then you have the top quality(well bred) Hairless 24/7 Sphynx cats is plain and simple one of these two things...Either your cat has one type of sphynx genes in it,or two(the other)...I will explain:

Homozygous Sphynx gene

~or~

Heterozygous Sphynx gene

One causes the hairless trait to appear in a cat making it hairless,but can be anywhere from fuzzy all the time,fuzzy some times,barely noticeable fuzz (Usually Ears,Toes,and Tail),nice hairless Sphynx, to even looking all the way identical to a Devon Rex(Breed used to create Sphynx 30+ yrs ago)fuzzy/curly hair/fuzz...It can be fuzzy all its life,be bald as a kitten and appear later on,or even vise versa,or come and go w/ cold/warm weather or especially in females w/ their heat cycles and what not due to ups/downs in hormone levels...can increase and decrease hair growth...There isn't anything you can do,its their Genetics,if you didn't know any better when you were looking for a kitten to purchase and pricing was an issue and you didn't opt to go into the $3000+ show quality breeder range,then this is most likely the kitten you have...single dominant Sphynx Gene...BUT


Then there is the other and that is the one that you will pay big $$$ for(Unless your just lucky)and also requires you know what to look for in a Breeders Pedigree/Lineage,etc,to make sure you are getting a double dominant hairless Sphynx kitten/cat.This isn't something that most people even know to include in their search,let alone most breeders even.Alot of the Big breeders will never mention this to you unless YOU bring it up,and then some will steer you in another direction entirely.but this is fact and can be found online even if you look a little deeper into Sphynx Origin,etc...These are the double dominant Hairless gene that was worked so hard for many years by some dedicated breeders to produce the beautiful hairless Sphynx everyone has come to envy and love today...So if you have wondered why some kittens run between $3,000-$5000+ for an unaltered kitten or how some breeders will not sell certain Gorgeous kittens w/o altering(neutering/spaying) now you know...you Can still get lucky and get a hairless kitten that stays hairless for a fair deal(under $3,000),and you may very well have one,but most likely from an inexperienced breeders who really doesn't know the full Sphynx's history and what theyre doing...

You can research it for yourself,although this info seems to be buried and a little hard to find,we feel this is due to most/if not all breeders opting to not include this information in their conversations w/ you or not understanding it to begin with,no breeder is going to want to admit to being stupid when it come to the breed they are selling...for a pretty penny at that...




E.g. :Here is a little clip of some of the science on this when the breed was created:


Originally the name “Sphynx” was attributed to hairless cats, bred on the basis of the mutation revealed in Canada. Canadian mutation is appointed to a recessive allele – hr. Specimens that are homozygous for this allele (hrhr) do not always display hairlessness in its’ full expression: sometimes they have thin residual coat with a corrupted texture, that is more prominent on legs, muzzle and tail (these are so-called Points).

Russian mutation behaved in some other way. It revealed itself as early as in the first generation bred from two cats – normal and hairless. The results of such mating were quite mixed: some of heterozygous offspring had a residual curly coat at birth, which could be extremely short (“velour”) or of normal length but rare, and shafts of hair were thin. These coat texture abnormalities often came together with a bald spot on the crown, resembling a monk tonsure. These kittens lost their coat as grew older – hair bulbs died on some regions or on all surface of skin (except for points).The “shedding” happened in the period from 2 months to 2 years of age.

Other heterozygous kittens were born covered with thick curly hair of normal length. Most of them stayed completely “coated” for their lifelong. Cat specialist conditionally called this variety “brush”.

Among the second generation, i.e. animals born from both “shed” parents or one – of “brush” variety and another – a “shed” cat, there was one more type of kittens – completely hairless at birth. They even could have no whiskers and their elastic “large” skin was wrinkled.

However the new mutation did something more to the general appearance of animals than just a disruption the coat development. Among the offspring, especially velour-coated, there were kittens of a very specific type: with a shortened muzzle, clearly seen cheekbones and widely set up eyes, separated with a breath. These features were tightly bond to the coat development and almost never been displayed in a “brush” type specimens. The balder the kitten was the more vivid were the mutant type features… though this happened only in the kitten hood – in contrast to “velour” animals, which kept the specific mutant features in adult age

 

[piercedp]

We're in the southern Nevada desert and Cleo has grown more fur each winter. She always has furry feet, tail, face and ears, but this winter (her third) has her growing her thickest coat yet. Her belly and most of her hips always stay bald. And right now daytime temps are around 85 degrees, so it's not always about the weather getting cooler. With Cleo, it seems to be related to seasonal changes, regardless of the temperatures.
Here is she with her fuzzy cape (and her Daddieo's icepack on his knee):
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So did you notice Cleo losing the flux one summer, or is it a forever change? Not that I mind, just curious mostly!

 

[piercedp]

Her coat grows quite fast--one day it seems that she's pretty bald, and the next day, she has fuzz. This year, her fuzz just kept right on growing, and it's pretty impressive! I remember your post about her fur being free--too bad it looks so moth-eaten!


Cleo sheds a LOT of her coat each summer. She always has fur on her face, ears, feet, legs and tail, but her body is pretty naked when summer hits. I think Susi is right about how the length of daylight has a lot to do with cats growing winter coats. We've noticed that the mixed-breed cats we have begin to grow their winter coats when the days get shorter, regardless of the temperature. And when we lived in South Dakota, the cats would often be shedding their winter coats while there was snow on the ground! The lengthening days seemed to trigger shedding, even if it was still snowing!

I posted my question before I read what had been written, super helpful! Sorry I didn't find this stuff before posting, I'm new to this community, oops!

 

[Mrk786]

So my Bella is growing hair now, is it normal after 3 years of age? she has always been pretty bold and now all of a sudden she stated growing hair, would it go away?

 

[Mrk786]

So my Bella just started to grow some hair like Astor, I have head a lot of you saying this is normal, my Bella started to grow after she turned 3 years old? Is it normal to grow after few years, I hope it goes away in summer, I like my baby naki!

 

[MaoSphynx]

Yes.it's normal

 

[Jynxified]

yes it can happen. The older my girl gets the more fur she grows in the winter months. this year she has a very nice cape going on. not quite as epic as Queen Cleopatra's but super soft and yes it goes away once the weather starts to warm up it starts to shed. In Alberta Canada where I am it can take a while before she loses it all. It just depends on how long it stays cold.

 

[Mrk786]

Thanks to everyone for your great help! I guess I should feel bless because she is healthy and beautiful no matter what, so what if she grows some hair, she is still mama's pretty girl!!!

 

[Erica Martinez]

I posted my question before I read what had been written, super helpful! Sorry I didn't find this stuff before posting, I'm new to this community, oops!

This forum is great,Always glad to share any knowledge we have picked up over the years

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