Young Tigger has the most delightful fairy tufts at the delicate points of her butterfly-wing ears.
You can only see them in a certain light. I'm not entirely sure if they are a kitten thing (I read somewhere once that some babies have ear fur) and will rub off with age. I hope not, I find them delightful, slightly eccentric.Pingu, on the other hand, has no ear-tip tufts.
Pingu's velvety snippet ears round off smoothly, like the almond-shaped toes on bespoke shoes. They are, however, chock full of tufty fur she allows me to gently tweak, when the mood takes us both.
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Maybe Tigger needs those tufts to feel her way 'round while she's young, then they wear off once she knows how to navigate tight spaces?
Our shop cat "Tiger" was born outside and after a lot of effort, we were able to tame her when she was around 6 months old. She has small but distinct ear tufts.
Her mother, who was totally wild, had extremely big ear tufts. We could never get within 15 feet of her, but even at that distance we could see that her ear tufts were extremely HUGE! I always wondered if she might have been part bobcat as rumour has it they do breed occasionally with feral dsh cats.
(I love that cats' ears are so soft and silky)
Zoomie, good theory, except Tigger just dives on in no matter what, expecting rescue if she gets stuck!
Ro, oooo I love the idea of a pet bobcat cross, it could eat the school kids who throw their chip packets in the street (so they end up in our garden - grrrr)
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