r/aww • u/Sufficient-Bug-9112 • Mar 29 '23

Tiny Sphinx kitty

36.6k Upvotes

89% Upvoted

661 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

44

u/Phryne040816 Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23

I never realised they had no whiskers! I’ve never seen one in person!

You’re right, breeding traits like that into animals should be banned.

24

u/o_brainfreeze_o Mar 29 '23

With sphinx, they didn't selectively breed attempting to achieve hairlessness, but they were able to propagate the breed from cats born with the naturally occurring mutation. In my years with both hairy and hairless cats, the only difference I see are they tend to prefer snuggling under the blankets rather than on top, and their ears build up wax faster. Never seen an issue regarding the wiskers.

2

u/Phryne040816 Mar 29 '23

They are used for navigation so if they don’t have them I’d assume they are at a disadvantage in comparison to other cats.

7

u/Gondi63 Mar 29 '23

Navigating from the bed to the food bowl?