Talk:Pixie-Bob
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This article goes at lengths to give the impression that there is some bobcat heritage in this breed. This appears to be patently untrue, or at the very least extremely apocryphal. "Legend cats" are a hoax to rip off the gullible, and there appears to be no sufficiently documented incident of Lynx-domestic hybridization except maybe "Pedro" which was may be considered a hybrid on the basis of temprament, size, and, most notably, the pronounced coat changes between summer and winter (see [1]). There might be some hybrids between Lynx and the larger species of Felis. In general, at least the Eurasian lynx considers domestic cats a slightly inconvenient snack.
The "bobtail" is a common mutation in cats, see Cat_body_type_genetic_mutations#Tail_Types. Note especially that there are no lynxes in Japan, where bobtail cats are overwhelmingly common. Dysmorodrepanis 07:18, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
- —Preceding unsigned comment added by Froperson (talk • contribs) 19:56, 11 January 2008 (UTC)
I believe the pixie-bob and the american bobtail pages should be combined in the bobcat page (Froperson (talk) 19:53, 11 January 2008 (UTC))
Why is the commentary about keeping cats as "indoor cats only" in this article? Certainly there must be an opposing view from cat experts that cats are animals and naturally have a need to play outside. Can this unnecessary and inflammatory commentary be removed? It doesn't add anything to the article specific to the Pixie-Bob IMHO. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.105.140.242 (talk) 14:53, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Breeders section
In my opinion, linking to breeders is not appropriate in this article, because, according to the external links guidelines, we should avoid links to sites which primarily exist to promote a product or service. An anon reverted my change with a comment that there are other inappropriate links in the article, but if that's the case, the better response is to remove the other inappropriate links, too- not to restore the list of breeders. I'm going to remove the links because they seem to violate the external links guidelines by linking to sites mainly for the purpose of promoting a product; if the goal of links is to provide useful information and/or pictures, that information is also available on non-promotional sites. -FisherQueen (talk · contribs) 21:14, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
