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THE FIRST CAT I AM FEATURING ON THIS PAGE IS NOT PART OF MY BREEDING PROGRAM. SHE IS AN ACTUAL WILD BOBCAT (SHOWN HERE IN SUMMER COAT). SHE LIVES IN MY AREA AND IS A FREQUENT VISITOR TO PEOPLE'S YARDS BECAUSE SHE ENJOYS THE SHADE PROVIDED BY IRRIGATED LANDSCAPING. MY EX GIRLFRIEND TOOK THE CLOSE-UP BOBCAT PICS THROUGH A SLIDING GLASS DOOR AND EVEN TAPPED ON THE GLASS TO GET THE CAT'S ATTENTION! I AM INCLUDING PICS OF THE BOBCAT BECAUSE IT IS VERY INTERESTING TO COMPARE A 100% PURE BOBCAT TO MY JUNGLE HYBRIDS, SOME OF WHICH I HAVE SELECTIVELY BRED TO LOOK AS MUCH LIKE A BOBCAT AS POSSIBLE. I AM CONSTANTLY STUDYING THE APPEARANCE OF PURE WILDCATS TO GUIDE ME AS I SELECT BREEDING ANIMALS AND RATE MY KITTENS. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ANYONE WHO IS INTERESTED IN OWNING A WILDCAT HYBRID TO DO THE SAME SO THAT THEY CAN EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND SELECT THE WILDEST LOOKING KITTEN AVAILABLE. ONE IMPORTANT THING TO NOTICE IS THE LONG LEGS OF THIS BOBCAT. SHE'D LOOK A LITTLE LESS LEGGY IN A THICKER WINTER COAT, AND A MORE MUSCULAR MALE WOULD LOOK LESS LEAN AND TALL, BUT BOBCATS AND LYNX ARE ALL LONG-LEGGED ANIMALS. A TRUE WILDCAT HYBRID SHOULD BE LEGGY LIKE A TRUE WILDCAT WHICH IS WHY I BREED FOR THAT! ALSO STUDY THE FEET, TAIL, FACIAL FEATURES, COLORING AND PATTERN OF THE BOBCAT FOR COMPARISON TO MY HYBRIDS. NO HYBRID CAT IS PERFECT, BUT THEY SHOULD HAVE VERY WILD LOOKS AND GREAT TEMPERAMENTS OR THE BREEDING PROGRAM ISN'T WORKING! IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO COMPARE TO A TRUE WILDCAT TO HYBRID CATS FROM TIME TO TIME TO MONITOR THE BREEDING PROGRAM! THE PICS: TOP ROW, LEFT TO RT: 1ST THREE PICS ARE THE WILD FEMALE BOBCAT, THEN CARA, AN F2, 25% JUNGLE SNOW FEM., THEN PASCAGOULA, AN F2, 25% JUNGLE GOLDEN FEM., THEN AN F2, 25% JUNGLE MALE (4 mo.) AND LAST, TWO PICS OF BONNIE, AN F2, 25% JUNGLE, GOLDEN FEMALE (10 mo.). NEXT ROW: EILEEN, (BONNIE'S LITTER MATE) IN ALL PICS.
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