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![]() Zen is a young black grizzled tabby Chausie |
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Sarsenstone Psusennes Psusennes,
whom we usually call "Zen," is a great example of a black
grizzled Chausie. His amazing grizzling is what inspired us to name
him after King Psusennes of Egypt, the Silver Pharaoh. We could
already see the
grizzling on him at birth, which is unusual. Zen now has grizzling
virtually everywhere on his body. It's on his
face, legs, and even on his tail. Those are all locations where
grizzling rarely occurs. Since cats of this pattern continue to get
more and more grizzled until they are 3 years old, we wonder what he
will look like then. It's part of the excitement of living with
Chausies, that they continually show us something new. As interesting as Zen's pattern is, the best thing about him is his personality. He is closely related to Tor, our first Chausie. The other day Zen made the "wookie" sound that Tor used to make. We loved it! While it would be difficult for Zen to turn out as stunning looking as Tor, he is quite nice. He has the long, lanky body and the big ears. And, he has something Tor did not have. Zen is fertile. With the right queen, perhaps one of these days we will have more little Zens and even a Tor or two around here making those amazing wookie sounds and giving head butts to every person they meet. |
![]() Grizzled Jungle Cat (left) and Zen, our grizzled Chausie |
| NOTE: Background photo was taken in Southeast
Asia. The Jungle Cat lives in riparian areas from North Africa to Southeast Asia. Photos and text copyright 2009-2011 by Cris Bird. |