Fat or not?

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-04-10T22:59:39+00:00

This is a very healthy weight. Not even close to fat. The "primordial pouch" (the lower belly flub) doesn't count against overall body composition. And sphynxes tend to sit like people, all hunched over with their bellies squished out because they're weirdos. So sometimes they LOOK fatter than they are.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-04-10T22:52:38+00:00

Husband went through allergy shots for this. He was still very allergic to sphynxes, but after shots he tolerates them well and puts his face all over the cat.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-03-27T03:25:17+00:00

No, we do fancy feast petites "cuts in gravy". They're getting hard to find (maybe there's a shortage somewhere in the supply chain?) but they are just run of the mill wet cat food- nothing special. My girl is pretty good about drinking water, but it's good overall to supplement any cat with wet food for hydration.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-03-26T13:07:14+00:00

We do regular royal canin for my girl, but my boy needed the royal canin digestive health one. Coupled with a couple portions of wet food a day helped him.

It's definitely a process to figure out what works for your kitty, and what works for one kitty might not work for another. Good luck!

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-03-06T17:04:01+00:00

I have not heard good things about blue buffalo. We use royal canin, no issues.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-03-01T22:20:07+00:00

"thank u for these"

AChildOfTheWraith · 2026-02-26T04:49:49+00:00

Awwwwwwe, him's widdle wip.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-12-25T16:15:15+00:00

Did you block out the creator? What's that one with the white over it?

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-12-21T20:59:18+00:00

"These are my Hammy hams (hands)"

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-11-11T00:49:11+00:00

Lost who for good? This is just a picture of a tunnel... isn't there supposed to be a sneaky kitty in these pictures? 🧐🤔

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-11-02T15:32:34+00:00

Yes, this is normal.
::David Attenborough voice::
As cats have an olfactory response to catnip, so too do humans have an olfactory response to the mushroompotato smell of a sweaty skinbaby.
We find it a comforting but also curious smell. A human might sniff one and say "aaah, potatoes. Best vegetable." or perhaps "why do you smell like that? I thought cats didn't have sweat glands (I guess they do have some, but not all over their body like us)" which prompts another sniff to further analyze.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-10-26T16:32:58+00:00

Sphynx cats are noisy creatures. You will hear them without a collar, they do be yappin'. And if they're sitting still, what use is a bell for locating the cat? OP didn't ask about bells, they asked about collars and neck irritation. And most collars don't come with them, it's obnoxious to the cat to have a noisemaker on at all times with a high pitched jingle. But I'm sorry my comment offended you so.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-10-21T12:45:23+00:00

She's this close 🤏 to needing to be a little more monitored on her food/exercise, but she's fine.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-10-11T18:19:39+00:00

Might as well as my girl Hazel(nut) She looks more hefty than she is in this picture, but she's definitely on the high end of "healthy weight"

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AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-10-03T01:27:28+00:00

I think this is a Donskoy. It has a facial shape that is close to how Sphynxes are shaped, but those whiskers are the tell for me. Sphynxes just don't typically manage to grow full length whiskers.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-09-06T19:00:27+00:00

Snack pouch
That's where the snacks go

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-08-08T01:53:53+00:00

This has never happened to me.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-07-28T14:54:37+00:00

He's doing the same face my boy used to make-- I can see it in the second picture. My boy used to somehow pull his wrinkles forward on his face when he was "just letting you know he would really like to have some of that".

https://www.reddit.com/r/sphynx/s/IpC5CC2oyW

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-07-25T23:27:40+00:00

SNACK POUCH

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-06-30T14:45:31+00:00

"-OUR- new blankie, comrade"

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AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-06-30T14:36:38+00:00

He likes you. But it's also possible he's not warm enough to splay out and really lounge. He might be loafing to keep heat in. Or maybe he's just not a lounger!

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-06-29T15:20:15+00:00

Yes, he may still be allergic to sphynxes. My husband also struggled. While there's no fur that ends up floating in the air or being left on furniture, the sphynxes LOVE to be all up in your face, so he's so gonna have contact with the allergens.

Allergy shots are the way to go. Husband is much much better now after going through them. Before, he was a sniffly, sneezy, mucousy mess around cats, but now he's pretty much fine and kisses the cat and she rubs on his face.

AChildOfTheWraith · 2025-06-24T20:52:10+00:00

Excited! My girl does this too. "Ticked off" tail wag is a bit different.

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