pearl really loves my slipper and tries to like fit herself inside it whenever i’m not wearing it. (when she was a tiny kitten she could actually catbun in it entirely; i think i have a photo of it somewhere)

Anonymous asked:

how much did you and mel pay for your sphinxes? i want a kitten of my own and i've been trying to cross reference prices for a while. i've been finding prices anywhere between $600 and $3000 and i just wanted to know if that's normal or not

i think they were all between $1000 and $1500

illusionfox-deactivated20160102 asked:

i'm familiar with frequent kitty baths that just happen on their own time, i had one cat who was super chill and lazy and happy with whatever and that combination led to some naps in the litterbox. do sphinxes tolerate water better?

sometimes!  on a few occasions mel or i have been taking a bath, and twigs or anise have just come and sat in the water and hung out with us.  they don’t like to have baths inflicted on them though haha

illusionfox-deactivated20160102 asked:

what a cute kitty! i've never owned a sphinx before but i may sometime in the future (i love kitties but my fiance's mom is allergic). is there any significant way in which their care is different from the average cat?

you’re supposed to give them baths like every week or two

but they have sensitive stomachs so sometimes they have a lot of diarrhea, which they will then step in, for some reason…  so the baths kinda happen naturally  B)

also their ears need cleaning, but not like direly, so

bits of lint and whatever gets in their eyes kinda easily because they don’t have eyebrows or eyelashes either, so they will sometimes just look at you lovingly and you will look back lovingly and there will be a massive booger on their eyelid

they are definitely not outdoor cats — they’re rare and expensive so supposedly prime targets for catnapping (!), and they can get sunburn just like people

when it’s cold they need little cat sweaters, and will run away when you try to put them on

also they and clever and full of personality and will LOVE YOU because you are warm, so you will do a lot of interacting with a little bald cat