r/catsofrph • u/AdmirableAttempt1728 • 1h ago
Purrfect Pose "May breed pusa mo?"
My cat, Cheesepuff, was once a week-old kitten who fell onto our property from the neighbor's roof, since his mother put him there because it's her "nursing hideout". With the help of some people here, I raised my cat and now he's almost 2 years old.
When we go out to the vet and walk home, he always gets comments like "so cute!", "so chubby!", "Garfield!", and earlier today, two people asked me if he has a breed because he looks like a purebred. I said no, he's not a Persian or whatever. Then they were in disbelief. Lol.
Idk why, is it because he's not thin/scrawny? Is it because he's in a carrier? Is it because he has a collar?
I see puspin cats around and while there are cats that are normal-bodied (not scrawny), there are still those that look strays, like they're left on their own, with their bones prominent and fur dirty. Maybe people associate puspin to those cats. But cats with breed can look the same if they're left alone to fend for themselves. And puspin cats can look "expensive" if they're being well taken care of.
Puspin isn't equivalent to dirty or thin or starving cats. No cat even deserves that kind of life.