Comments on: The New Manx http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/ I'm physically incapable of making a long story short - and I've been making short stories long for years. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:54:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: L http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1752 Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:17:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1752 ah-- so cute!!! ah– so cute!!!

]]> by: KarbonKountyMoos http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1751 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1751 Richard - some feedlots will remove part of the tail - for obvious reasons - yuck - which is probably why those dairies would. We have had frozen parts of tails, along with ears, sigh . . . another reason for the $ to be fooled with at sale time. You know that those ears and tails are so much in demand. We also have had tails tore by coyotes. Our two wolf experiences were much more dramatic. Tony - Spidermomma - great name - spooky story. We have a neighbor with a pack (flock? herd?) of mutant cats. Haven't noticed manxes - you don't want to get too close - if you catch my drift. But the majority of the inbred crew are polydactyl - their feet are almost as large as their heads. Richard - some feedlots will remove part of the tail - for obvious reasons - yuck - which is probably why those dairies would. We have had frozen parts of tails, along with ears, sigh . . . another reason for the $ to be fooled with at sale time. You know that those ears and tails are so much in demand.

We also have had tails tore by coyotes. Our two wolf experiences were much more dramatic.

Tony - Spidermomma - great name - spooky story. We have a neighbor with a pack (flock? herd?) of mutant cats. Haven’t noticed manxes - you don’t want to get too close - if you catch my drift. But the majority of the inbred crew are polydactyl - their feet are almost as large as their heads.

]]> by: Richard ~ http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1750 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:43:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1750 Good thing you have photos to prove this tale or tailless. :-) Saw a calf once whose tail had frozen and fallen off but yours is the first I've seen 'au naturel'. I've heard of dairies in Australia removing tails but I don't believe that it's a very common practice. Good thing you have photos to prove this tale or tailless. :-)

Saw a calf once whose tail had frozen and fallen off but yours is the first I’ve seen ‘au naturel’. I’ve heard of dairies in Australia removing tails but I don’t believe that it’s a very common practice.

]]> by: KarbonKountyMoos http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1749 Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:25:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1749 She will probably end up in our freezer. She will probably end up in our freezer.

]]> by: tony http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1748 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 20:19:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1748 I lived in a spooky old house in the equally spooky Hollywood Hills while in college. The house had been handed down from student to student, as well as 6 Manx cats. Rumor had it they had lived there since the glory days of the 1930's when a starlet owned the home (it did sit one block above Graumanns/Hollywood Blvd). They were mostly healthy and a few could jump to a height of 6 feet from the floor. "Spidermomma" once ate 4 of her own litter, leaving just the paws to let us know. We thought they were inbred. They were freaky cats. I lived in a spooky old house in the equally spooky Hollywood Hills while in college. The house had been handed down from student to student, as well as 6 Manx cats. Rumor had it they had lived there since the glory days of the 1930’s when a starlet owned the home (it did sit one block above Graumanns/Hollywood Blvd). They were mostly healthy and a few could jump to a height of 6 feet from the floor. “Spidermomma” once ate 4 of her own litter, leaving just the paws to let us know. We thought they were inbred. They were freaky cats.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1747 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:18:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1747 SB is right, Manx cats actually suffer from spina bifida and are unable to walk properly and tend to hop along. I would be very carefull about breeding from this calf. SB is right, Manx cats actually suffer from spina bifida and are unable to walk properly and tend to hop along.
I would be very carefull about breeding from this calf.

]]> by: KarbonKountyMoos http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1746 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:43:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1746 Hopefully, the lack of a tail is simply that - but only time will tell. No tail = being without a free hand when the mosquitos & flies swarm around your head Have you ever noticed how two horses will stand - head to tail? They're helping each other swat flies. Hopefully, the lack of a tail is simply that - but only time will tell.

No tail = being without a free hand when the mosquitos & flies swarm around your head

Have you ever noticed how two horses will stand - head to tail? They’re helping each other swat flies.

]]> by: Sanityelludesme http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1745 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 06:52:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1745 What are problems which can arrise from the calf not having a tail? [Us cityfolk are clueless ;)] What are problems which can arrise from the calf not having a tail? [Us cityfolk are clueless ;) ]

]]> by: SB http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1744 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 05:11:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1744 Manx *cats* sometimes have problems related to the mutation -- hope this little calf will be ok. Manx *cats* sometimes have problems related to the mutation — hope this little calf will be ok.

]]> by: Anonymous http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1743 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 01:42:00 +0000 http://www.karbonkountymoos.com/2005/07/29/the-new-manx/#comment-1743 I could send you some snake photos, but then I haven't been to a baseball game here in Arizona in some time. (The home team is known as the Arizona <B>Diamondbacks</B>.) The calf and I have a lot of common: I haven't gotten much tail either. ;=) <B>Kirk</B> I could send you some snake photos, but then I haven’t been to a baseball game here in Arizona in some time. (The home team is known as the Arizona Diamondbacks.)

The calf and I have a lot of common: I haven’t gotten much tail either. ;=)

Kirk

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