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Here are some gorgeous previews of some of the pictures in the Sphynx Calendar for 2011

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I have to say I was completely taken by this site that sells amazing cat furniture. I nearly bought a colorful cat tree  called the Amazon, looks just like a cute tree house (like Tarzan type tree house), but changed my mind at the last moment and went for the Havana (who names these things? lol)

My goodness what self respecting kitty could go past without sharpening at least one claw on this gorgeous cat climbing tree. OK maybe I am projecting my thoughts onto the cats, but I do hope they like it!

Got it for a bit of a discount too with about $60 off full price.  The place is called Kitty Mansions and they have an HUGE selection of cat furniture.

The Sphynx Cat Breeder Directory is listed #1 in Google (see image) and as such is getting the vast majority of people looking for Sphynx Kittens.  Get more applicants for your waiting list by updating your listing now!

If you wish to purchase one of these gorgeous pendants (now with matching earrings!) then click here -> Fazio’s Fine Cat Jewelry

Best viewed in full screen!

Lovely to see Mesa on NY Pix11 morning show. Kitty Galore herself is a CGI representation of a Sphynx cat and was based on the beautiful Mesa. Kitty’s voice was done by Bette Midler (who unfortunately is quoted as saying that Kitty is an Egyptian Sphynx).

Please be aware that while a joke comment is made about Kitty Galore being a rescue cat before the “accident”, Mesa is not a rescue Sphynx.

Don’t forget to enter the Great Sphynx Cat Jewelry Competition! Only 2 weeks to go.

The Prize

Your choice of one sterling silver cat pendant by Fazio’s Fine Cat Jewelry (up to $99 value).  The Sphynx pendant is just GORGEOUS.

Of course you can select another breed of cat jewelry if Sphynxes are not your thing

How To Enter

Simple! To enter you must leave a comment under this post indicating you have done ONE of the following (one comment one entry).  The more you do, the more comments you make, the more chances to win!

You may do one, some, or all of the following -

If you have already “liked” or Followed any of our pages /Twitter accounts then still put that in a comment, everyone has 10 chances of winning if they complete the list.

Goodluck!

Fine print

Entries are open to everyone

Entries close Midnight July 31st (Australian east Coast Time) and the winning entry will be selected August 1st and published in a blog post as well as an email sent to the email in the comment (make sure you use a real email address!).

The winner will be chosen by a random number generator that will select a number between 1 (1st comment received) and the final comment number at midnight 31st January.

No skill plays any part in competition.

IP addresses will be logged for all entries and multiple entries posing as separate people on the same IP address will be disqualified.

The winning entry will be checked for accuracy and the prize awarded when confirmed. Should the entry prove to be false a new winner will be selected.

head explodingly cute!

Raw Food Value

One of the main reasons I was looking to move the cats to a raw food diet was the cost of the premium food I was feeding them. The three of them were going through on a daily basis around 10 cans of wet food (10 x 85grams) at $1.45 each. Add on top of that the dry food at around $2 a day ($42 a bag for 3.63 kg ) and we have a total of $16.35 a DAY.

Compare that to my first batch of raw food in which I made a bit of a logistical error on when I purchased chickens at $5.95 a kg (when I thought the sign said $5.95 each – oops!). All up I made around 6 days worth from 2 chickens + giblets + hearts + livers + turkey mince + butternut pumpkin (squash). Sum total $30 or $5 a day.

That’s a 66% saving.

Raw Food Bowel Benefits

If you are a Sphynx owner then you will know the pain and embarrassment of what can happen when your Sphynx eats something that doesn’t agree with it. Firstly there is the soft bowel movements (to be kind) or the out and out explosive diarrhea.The stench of the stool is so bad that sometimes it felt like we were living in an open sewer. Finally there is the rumbling belly that can end in gas so bad it can clear a room. A Sphynx’s gut is a sensitive thing.

On the manufactured food all three of my gang had stinky poos and the kitten had smelly farts. The consistency of their bowel movements were softish.

Introduce the raw diet and within one day they had firmer poos and ….none of that house clearing stench! It used to be easy to know when one had gone to the litter box. Now I have to check the boxes to see if there is poo there because the smell is not strong enough to alert anyone that they have gone.

I didn’t bother doing a slow introduction to the gang as they were having chicken wings a few times a week to supplement the manufactured food. There has been no negative response from their digestive tracts what-so-ever.

I don’t think I have been this happy about the state of poo since I had my human babies!

But Do The Sphynx Cats Like Their New Raw Diet?

From the moment I put the first bowl down all three have been massive fans of the new food. The three eat around 650-800 grams at a sitting which is around the same as what they were eating with the manufactured food. Sphynx cat Luna used to eat mostly dry food whereas Sphynx cat Pierre and Sphynx Kitten Lucy ate a combination.

Feed times are filled with smacking lips as they race each other to finish their bowls. They just LOVE it.

Raw Sphynx Cat Food Recipe

For 6 days – 3 cats

4 kilos whole chicken
.5 kilos chicken giblets
.5 kilos chicken hearts
.5 kilos chicken livers
.5 kilos turkey mince
.5 kilos butternut pumpkin
Lysine freeze dried powder
Pro-Biotic liquid

Meat cut up and run through a Northern Tool Grinder (highly recommended!) and the whole thing took less than half an hour.