I have been experimenting with crossing an old stock apple-headed Siamese with a much newer breed hairless Sphynx to try to get a second generation Sphynx which might be an improvement on the existing Sphynx stock	female - European Apple-Head Siamese Photo : 5 March 2003	+	male Sphynz
The first generation resulted in 3 kittens - 2 females and a male It was the second litter for the Siamese, who had Siamese kittens the first time	One of the two females was absolutely pure black, the runt of the litter, but adorable and friendly -- the other 2	were	almost indistinguishable, short fine haired, also just as lovable, but their coloration impressed me due to its pattern I kept the female to hopefully cross with the same male Sphynx - one of the second generation kittens may potentially be hairless if genetic principles hold true
here are a couple pics of TigerGirl - 1st generation offspring	click on the thumbnails to see a larger view		the Siamese mommy cat, who, despite my efforts to the contrary, is pregnant again by the same Sphynx!
	mommy and TigerGirl -- the kitten grew much faster than a pair of Sphynx kittens born a couple days earlier!		Tigergirl in my study
	TigerGirl after doing some online work at my laptop computer		TigerGirl stretching out on the bed
	a view of the repeating, almost regular markings		another view of the repeating, almost regular markings

What I am interested in is what kind of cat is TigerGirl? I do not think I have ever seen a street cat with this kind of really short hair and marking pattern before. At this point, at about five months old (she was born in early September of 2002), her hair is less than half the length of that of her mommy, and is seemingly smoother and perhaps finer.

She is extremely friendly, always wants to be with me, and purrs like a motor! Her eyes are a bright sort of golden yellowish.

I adopted the other two kittens out a couple months ago, and although I did not anticipate the Siamese having more cross-breed kittens, it might be interesting to see what colors and patterns they might have. Somehow I sort of think that at least one will be very similar to TigerGirl.

Thursday, 29 May 2003 --

	one of the two new black kittys -- a litter of four born on 17 March 2003 Photos : 21 May 2003		one of the kittens that is similar to TigerGirl
	the two cuties like TigerGirl -- notice how short their whiskers are -- years ago I actually saw the mother cat trimming her kitten's whiskers -- I wonder if it was to keep them from getting into tight spaces?		the two cuties like TigerGirl -- Pic#2 --
	Yakshini, the mommy pure breed Siamese cat, TigerGirl (mix of Siamese + Sphynx) and a black kitten from this last litter		notice how really long TigerGirl's whiskers are

OK, so now these lovable kittens are two months old -- I think that there is a male and a female of each of the colors -- Fran, the lady who usually finds new homes for the kittens that friends give me to care for, said it might take her two to three weeks before she can take them -- she did place the last two within days of getting them -- but she has some babies that she has to hand feed, and until they are adopted out, she cannot take these -- but I would like to have my bed to myself afer two months!

Actually I would like to keep another female, one of the black ones this time (although I really like the striped ones a lot more) for my experimental Sphynx breeding stock -- BUT, there comes a time when I must look at all of the things which I have to do, and another cat is just not in the stars at this point.

Friday, 5 March 2004 -- A couple months ago TigerGirl was with her Dad, Kamiel, the older male Sphynx -- they did not seem particularly friendly with each other

	TigerGirl seemed sort of fat on 8 February 2004; although I could perhaps feel something in her abdomen, and her teets were developing, her stomach muscles were not tight -- which is my clue to nearness to giving birth		she was acting strange on 13 February, and delivered a single female, virtually hairless kitten -- in over 30 years of cat breeding my female cats have had only one kitten once before!
	two weeks later, on 27 February, I let the baby crawl around a Hillary Clinton beanie-sized bear, for scale -- notice the round spot on her back -- I think I shall name her MissTerry = mystery cat		another view of MissTerry -- note the extremely fine to nonexistent hair -- she also does not have any obvious whiskers, which is a clue as to how hairless a kitten might eventually become -- she is a fatty! For some reason, at this point, her head does not look very Sphynx, and her tail seems a tad shorter than my Sphynxes

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