They are very cute!!! I miss my kitty, but my kiddo is so allergic to cats that we had to give him to a family member.

congrats terry! that looks like one proud mama!

Maybe ya got some Manx kittens. Awwwww so cute!

Manx kittens are classified according to tail length:

Dimple rumpy or rumpy - no tail whatsoever
Riser or rumpy riser - stub of cartilage or several vertebrae under the fur, most noticeable when kitten is happy and raising its 'tail'
Stumpy - partial tail, more than a 'riser' but less than 'tailed' (in rare cases kittens are born with kinked tails because of incomplete growth of the tail during development)
Tailed or longy - complete or near complete tail
Breeders have reported all tail lengths even within the same litter.

The ideal show Manx is the rumpy; the stumpy and tailed Manx do not qualify to be shown.

In talking with Terry yesterday, it appears that the kittens "taillessness" is closer related to the Japanese Bobtail gene than the Manx gene. The kittens do have the caudal vertebra whereas a Manx does not (actually the Manx gene is a form of spina bifica). The bobtail gene is an extreme example of kink tail in the siamese gene series.

This post was last modified: 05-05-2008 03:39 AM by Itort.

Wow! Who knew. My kids brought home a black cat with no tail once. They told me that some teenagers in the neighborhood cut off her tail, and could we keep it ...poor thing. Well we did, and she had a litter two months later.....4 out of 5 had no tail. I looked it up in the encyclopedia (no comp. at the time...yes, I am OLD) and saw a manx. That is why I thought of the manx.