“ Proud Sphynx Breeders For Over 12 Years “
Carylen & Gene Spidell
1100 Woodland Road - Nashville, Michigan 49073
Email: WeWorkSmarter@Gmail.com - Phone: 517-852-1872
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" The Sphynx Cat and Kitten - The History "
(As it was given to us)
The Sphynx cat is a spontaneous mutation fostered by careful and selective
breedings by a few dedicated breeders throughout the world to
become the beautiful unique cat that it is today.
Hairless kittens have been recorded many times throughout the history of cats,
but until recently these kittens were never used in a breeding program.
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The beginning of today's Sphynx appears to be in Ontario, Canada in 1966.
A domestic cat, Elizabeth, produced a hairless kitten, named Prune.
These two cats were acquired by Ridyadh & Yania Bawa to be
used in a breeding program.
Keese & Rita Tenhove joined the Bawas in this breeding of hairless
cats that were called "Sphynx Cats". (Not Sphinx Cats)
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In 1973 one of the female kittens, Dutchie's Nerfertiti, produced by the Bawa/
Tenhove program went to Sandie Kaiser of Mewsi-Kal Cattery.
Sandie also had a male Sphynx, Prune's Napoleon of Bor-Al,
which was bred by the Bawas.
In 1978 two of Dutchie's Nefertiti's kittens went to Dr. Hugo Hernandez
in Holland. These kittens were a male, Mewsi-Kal Starsky,
and a female, Mewsi-Kal Johnny.
Dr. Hernandez tried to breed the male and female that he had acquired from
Sandie Kaiser. This resulted in one pregnancy, but the kittens
were lost when the mother rejected them.
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In 1980 Shirley Smith of Toronto, Canada acquired two hairless female
kittens, born from litters of a domestic mother...
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These kittens were also sent to Dr. Hernandez and were named Punkie & Paloma.
After Punkie & Paloma were received from Canada, Dr. Hernandez
tried breeding Starsky with them.
Starsky did not accept the new queens and Dr. Hernandez had him altered.
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Paloma then went to another Dutch breeder, Hannie Nathans, and was
found to be pregnant by Starsky after all.
Unfortunately Paloma lost this litter and there was no other whole male
Sphynx available for the Dutch breeders to use.
Dr. Hernandez then decided to use a male Devon Rex in his breeding program.
So Punkie was bred to Curare van Jetrophin & the breeding
produced a litter of 5 kittens, some of which were bald.
The Sphynx progressed to France, England and America this way.
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In 1981 Kim Mueske, of Z. Stardust Cattery in Oregon, acquired two
hairless females that had been born to normal coated shorthair
tabby parents from Milt & Ethelyn Pearson of Minnesota.
The Pearson's had had hairless kittens born in several litters. However,
they were not breeders, thus their farm cats bred indiscriminately.
Several other kittens were acquired from the Pearson’s by other breeders,
but no Sphynx births are recorded from these.
Kim Meuske then acquired two Devon Rex to use for breeding
with the two hairless females.
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In 1986 one of the kittens produced from these breedings,
SGC Z. Stardust Winnie Rinkle of Rinkurl, went to Rinkurl
Cattery owned by Lisa Bressler in New York.
Rinkurl then imported the first Amenophis cat, Amenophis
Cocoon, to the United States.
Rinkurl also introduced the Jen Jude line into the Sphynx gene pool and
did the first American Shorthair outcross with the Sphynx,
encouraging other breeders to do the same thing.
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In 1985 Britanya Cattery, owned by Walt and Carol Richards of
San Antonio, Texas, (with whom we worked with very closely when we began
our Sphynx breeding program, and to whom we give a great deal of credit for any
success we've had as Sphynx Breeders), got into the Sphynx cat program.
Their female Devon Rex, Britanya's Aida Lot, was bred to a Sphynx male,
Chnoem de Calecat, from France.
This breeding produced four Sphynx kittens:
Two males: Britanya's Lord E. I'm Naked and Britanya's Gremlin.
Two females:, Britanya's Lady Godiva and Britanya's Baroness Quizit.
Britanya's Lady Godiva became TICAs first Sphynx ever to reach
Supreme Grand Champion status in April of 1987.
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By breeding three of their first Sphynx to Devon Rex, Walt and
Carol Richards were able to expand their gene pool to the
point of being able to do Sphynx to Sphynx breedings.
In the early years of the Sphynx breed Britanya Cattery was highly
instrumental in helping a number of U.S. catteries attain
their Sphynx foundation stock.
Through their involvement, in the early Sphynx breeding programs,
the influence they had on the development of the Sphynx breed,
and their role in introducing the Sphynx in America...
Britanya has probably been one of the most
influential catteries in the Sphynx history, and
we are proud to have been mentored by them...!!!
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The numbers of Sphynx, that can be traced back to the two Sphynx
kittens found in Canada and sent to Dr. Hugo Hernandez in the
Netherlands, have increased to the point that there is now a
diverse gene pool within the Sphynx breed.
All this leading to an ever expanding growth of
Sphynx Cat breeders Internationally...!
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Intrigue Sphynx Cattery
1100 Woodland Road - Nashville, Michigan 49073
Email: WeWorkSmarter@Gmail.com - Phone: 517-852-1872
Carylen & Gene Spidell
* Proud Sphynx Cat Breeders For Over 12 Years *
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