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Posted 2/14/2009 11:42:04 AM


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I'm curious, what's the difference between the American Bobtail and the Pixie Bob? They look exactly alike, and breeders always have both.

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Posted 3/3/2009 11:52:19 AM
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The difference is the length of there coat just like a haircut if it's really short it's a pixie haircut on a women. On a cat the ones that are short hair those ones are called pixie bobtails because the length of the hair. The ones with the long hair are the american bobtails. I know it's stupid but that's what makes them different. I hope this helped and cleared up any confusion for you.
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Posted 3/5/2009 4:12:18 PM
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The difference is the length of there coat just like a haircut if it's really short it's a pixie haircut on a women. On a cat the ones that are short hair those ones are called pixie bobtails because the length of the hair. The ones with the long hair are the american bobtails. I know it's stupid but that's what makes them different. I hope this helped and cleared up any confusion for you.

Um.....OK? I don't believe that has anything to do with it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixiebob

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Bobtail

I don't really understand the difference, either. Only difference I see is that Pixiebobs can be polydactyl, and look more like bobcats. They do evidently come from entirely different bloodlines, though.

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Posted 3/13/2009 3:09:17 AM


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I think that the Pixie Bob actually has Bobcat blood in it, while the American Bobtail is a dominant genetic mutation that naturally occured.

http://www.thepetwiki.com/wiki/Pixie-Bob

http://www.thepetwiki.com/wiki/American_Bobtail

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