What are Manx cats?

Manx cats, named for the island of Man where they were created, are a breed of cat lines that have a natural spinal mutation. This mutation provides a stubborn tail or a complete absence of a tail. While the Manx cats are known to be completely without Tailly, many of them actually have tails that are simply shorter or harder than tails on all other cat breeds. In fact, breeders classified the length of the tail to four categories.

"tail" Manx, which is also referred to as "long", has a tail that is almost as long as tails on other cat breeds. "Stumpy" is a cat with a partial tail. MANX cats with a mere stump of the tail, not more than a few vertebrae, are called "risers" or "rumps of risers". In this case, the tail may not be visible if the cat does not raise its shortened tail to express joy or felt under the hair. "Rumpy" or "Dimple Rump" Manx does not have a tail at all. As mentioned above, this is the most famous version of Manx Cats.

breeders classify their kittens based on the length of the tail. While the length of the story is based on genes and most of the litters produce kittens with the same type of tail, breeders reported a litter of kittens with different tail length. If the kittens Manx is born with tails, some breeders will anchor them. This is not entirely for aesthetics. Rather, it was found that Manx cats with partial tails are susceptible to a certain form of very painful arthritis. The tail of the tail is sometimes pre -remedies as a preventive measure against this suffering.

While the absence or abbreviation of the tail is the most visible genetic difference between Manx and other breeds, there are other physical properties that distinguish them. For example, Manx cats have hind legs that are longer than their front legs. MANX cats can also have two different types of coats. Short -haired Manx Mádva layer of fur. The lower layer is short and the upper layer is longer and coarser. Long -hairedNX, which is also known as the Cymric Manx, also has two layers of fur. But both coats are medium and are quite silky. In addition, cats show Ruff - longer, sometimes curly fur stains - on the abdomen, neck, pinch and ears.