Earlier this week, I had mentioned that due to chemotherapy, especially the prednisolone, I was gaining a bit more fur than usual in some spots. I'm the most naked out of the three of us Sphynx - you see, Sphynx, although "hairless," do have fine down hairs. My hairs are extremely short and fine, Dragonheart has pretty average "hair" for a Sphynx, and Devi is the fuzziest of us, although she's still relatively hairless compared to some Sphynx.
When I mentioned that, Seppo, one of the Sphynx at http://www.pikkupunapippuri.com asked me where I was gaining some hair. The answer is my ears, so it seemed appropriate to share some ear photos for Frootbat Friday. All photos can be enlarged for a closer look.
Here's one of my ears back in July. The photo is a little blurry, but you can see there are some very fine, short hairs covering my ear.
Here's what one of my ears looks like now. You can see there's a bit of fuzz on it:
Dragonheart has the fuzziest ears out of all of us. Here's a photo of one of his ears:
Devi's ears are pretty fuzzy too, but not quite as fuzzy as Dragonheart's:
As for our skin and the differences, this collage illustrates them. Again, if you click to view larger, you can see the differences, especially between me (Merlin) and the other two. The difference between Dragonheart and Devi is much more noticeable in person.
We hope you've learned something about Sphynx today!
Happy Holidays to all those celebrating! We will be having an adventure starting tomorrow, so we may be offline for a few days.
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Thank you for this! That is very interesting, that your ears get furrier. We also wonder if there is anything to do with climate ? Seppo definitely has a winter 'coat'.
Oh, and he has furry, ahem, 'bits' hehehehe.
We are so sorry that we missed your Gotcha Day so happy Gotcha day a day late. That is interesting about the hair on your ears. We sure hope you continue to do well. Happy Holidays to all of you too.
Hehehe - thank you for your answers on the bloggie.
That was very interesting about the hair we didn't realize the differences.
We are happy your special day was great Merlin and hugs from all of us!
Happy Gotcha Day Merlin!
Mindy and Mike
I'm sorry I missed the celebration, Merlin. You must be a happy cat to be in such a loving home, and I'll bet your humans think they are even luckier. Funny about the fuzzy ears. I hope that is the worst of the effects of your medicine.
I love learning more bout you and whenever I see your cute little faces, I want to get a Sphynx.
Very interesting ! Purrs
Very interesting. We didn't realize that you Sphynx still had fur...albeit fuzzy.
I am glad you had a great day, Merlin. it is interesting to see the different degrees of fuzziness you all have.
That's so interesting! Well, all your fuzzies are just adorable!
Hope you have a great holiday and a great adventure!
Interesting fur comparisons! Mom always says that the Sphinx cats she knew at Cat Shows were so soft and warm and cozy.
The Florida Furkids
Mum calls that peach fuzz!
Sphynx kitties am so furry interesting... especially your cute fuzzy frootbat ears! And Happy Gotcha Day Dear Merlin! Did you know that Brian's Gotcha Day was on Thursday too?
Purrz from the Katie Katz.
Happy Gotcha Day Merlin and here's to many more.
We khan send some furs if woo would like!
Happy Gotcha Day!!!!!!!!!
Hugz&Khysses,
Khyra
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