Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pōpoki ʻo Munchkin e ko lākou mau wāwae pōkole loa, i ulu aʻe ma muli o ka hoʻololi maoli. Eia kekahi, ʻo ko lākou kino a me ko lākou poʻo he like like ia me nā pōpoki maʻamau. Ua kupu mai kekahi mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka lāhui, no ka mea he nui ka poʻe i manaʻo he "hemahema" kēia mau pōpoki.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he holoholona olakino a hauʻoli lākou i ka ʻole o nā pilikia olakino ma muli o ko lākou mau wāwae pōkole e like me kekahi ʻano ʻīlio. ʻAʻole wale ʻo Munchkins i nā pōpoki olakino wale nō, makemake pū lākou i ka holo, lele, piʻi a pāʻani e like me nā lāhui ʻē aʻe. Nani nō hoʻi lākou a aloha i ka poʻe.
Mōʻaukala o ka lāhui
Ua kākau ʻia nā pōpoki wāwae wāwae pōkole a hiki i ka makahiki 1940. Ua hōʻike ʻia e kahi kauka holoholona Pelekane i ka makahiki 1944 ua ʻike ʻo ia i nā hanauna ʻehā o nā pōpoki wāwae wāwae pōkole e like me nā pōpoki maʻamau, koe wale no ka lōʻihi o nā lālā.
Ua nalowale kēia laina i ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II, akā ma hope aia he hōʻike o nā pōpoki like ma ʻAmelika a me ka USSR. Ua ʻike ʻia nā pōpoki i ka USSR e nā ʻepekema, a ua loaʻa ka inoa ʻo "Stalingrad kangaroos"
I ka makahiki 1983, ua ʻike ʻo Sandra Hochenedel, he kumu mele mai Louisiana mai, i ʻelua mau pōpoki hāpai e hoʻi ana i ka home, e hoʻokele ʻia ana ma lalo o kahi kalaka e kahi bulldog.
Ua kipaku aku ʻo ia i ka ʻīlio, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kekahi o nā pōpoki me nā ʻūpā pōkole, a mihi hoʻi iā ia, a lawe akula iā ia. Kāhea ʻo ia i ka pōpoki ʻO Blackberry, a aloha akula.
He mea kupaianaha ia i ka hapalua o nā keiki i hānau ʻia e ia, me nā wāwae pōkole hoʻi. Ua hāʻawi ʻo Hochenedel i hoʻokahi mau keiki i kekahi hoaaloha, ʻo Kay LaFrance, a ua kapa ʻia kona inoa ʻo Toulouse. Mai Blackberry a me Toulouse i hele aku nā mamo o kēia wā o ka lāhui.
Ua ulu manuahi ʻo Toulouse, a hoʻolōʻihi i ka manawa ma waho, no laila, hoʻomaka koke kahi lehulehu o nā pōpoki wāwae wāwae pōkole ma ia wahi. Ke manaʻo nei he ʻano hou kēia, ua kāhea aku ʻo Hochenedel lāua ʻo LaFrance iā Dr. Solveig Pfluger, kahi luna kānāwai ma TICA.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka noiʻi a ua hana ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo hoʻoholo: ʻo ka lūlū o nā pōpoki i ʻike ʻia ma muli o ka hoʻololi maoli ʻana, ʻo ka moʻokūʻauhau ke kuleana no ka lōʻihi o ka wāwae he recessive a ʻaʻohe pilikia o ka lāhui i nā ʻīlio me nā ʻūpā pōkole.
Ua hoʻolauna mua ʻia ka Munchkins i ka lehulehu i ka makahiki 1991 ma ka hōʻike pōpoki lāhui TICA (The International Cat Association) ma Madison Square Garden. Ua kuni koke ka poʻe amateur critical i ka laha ma ke ʻano he hiki ʻole, no ka mea he pilikia olakino ia.
Ma hope o ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa nui, ma 1994, hoʻolauna ʻo TICA i ka munchkin i ka papahana no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻano hou. Akā ma aneʻi ʻaʻole ia he hana ʻino ʻole, no ka mea ua kūʻē kekahi o nā luna kānāwai, e kāhea ana i ka lāhui i mea hōʻino i nā loina o nā felinologists. Ua loaʻa i ka Munchkins ke kūlana poʻokela ma TICA wale nō i Mei 2003.
Ma waho aʻe o TICA, ʻike ʻia ka lāhui e AACE (The American Association of Cat Enthusiasts), UFO (United Feline Organization), South Africa Cat Council a me ka Australian Waratah National Cat Alliance.
ʻAʻole hoʻopaʻa inoa kekahi mau hui i ka laha. I waena o lākou: Fédération Internationale Féline (kumu - maʻi maʻi), Council Council of the Cat Fancy and Cat Fanciers 'Association.
I ka makahiki 2014, ua hoʻokomo ʻia kahi pōpoki i kapa ʻia ʻo Liliput i loko o ka Guinness Book of Records ma ke ʻano he liʻiliʻi loa ma ka honua. ʻO ke kiʻekiʻe he 5.25 mau ʻīniha a 13.34 kenimika paha.
E like me nā hānau hou he nui, ua hālāwai ka Munchkins me ke kūʻē a me ka inaina e ola nei i kēia lā. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i ka laha ikaika loa, no ka mea ua hāpai ʻia ka nīnau no ka pono. Pono ʻoe e hoʻohua i kahi lāhui i hōʻano ʻia ma ke ʻano he hopena o ka hoʻololi?
ʻOiaʻiʻo, poina iā lākou he kūlohelohe ka mutation, ʻaʻole i hana ʻia e ke kanaka.
'Lelo nā Amateurs ʻaʻole e ʻeha kēia mau pōpoki i kā lākou mau paws kūikawā a hōʻike i ka laʻana o ka jaguarundi, he pōpoki hihiu me kahi kino lōʻihi a me nā wāwae pōkole.
Wehewehe
ʻAno like ka Munchkins ma nā ʻano āpau i nā pōpoki maʻamau, koe wale no ka lōʻihi o ko lākou mau wāwae. Kūwaena ke kino i ka nui, me ka umauma ākea, oblong. Hōʻike maikaʻi ʻia ka hanana iwi, muscular a ikaika hoʻi nā holoholona.
Kaupaona ʻia nā pōpoki makua mai 3 a 4.5 kg, nā pōpoki a i 2.5-3 kg. ʻO ke ola ke ola he 12-13 mau makahiki.
Pōkole nā wāwae, a ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi o nā wāwae hope ma mua o ka mua. ʻO ka huelo o ka mānoanoa waena, pinepine like ka lōʻihi me ke kino, me ka piko poepoe.
He ākea ke poʻo, i ke ʻano o ka wedge i hoʻololi ʻia me nā contour laulā a me nā cheekbones kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka ʻāʻī he lōʻihi waena a mānoanoa. Kūlike nā pepeiao i ka nui, ākea ma ke kumu, poepoe iki ma nā kihi, aia ma nā kihi o ke poʻo, kokoke i ka lei o ke poʻo.
ʻO ka maka o ka nui o ka nui, ʻano Nū, hoʻonohonoho ākea a ma kahi kihi iki i ke kumu o nā pepeiao.
He lauoho pōkole a lauoho lōʻihi. He lauoho silika ko nā munchkin lauoho lōʻihi, me kahi undercoat liʻiliʻi a me ka mane ma ka ʻāʻī. Ulu ka lauoho mānoanoa mai nā pepeiao, a hoʻonui nui ʻia ka huelo.
ʻO Shorthaired kahi plush, palule palupalu o ka lōʻihi waena. Hiki ke kala o nā pōpoki i kekahi, me nā kiko kiko.
ʻAe ʻia me ke ʻano Crossbreeding me nā ʻano ulu ʻē aʻe o nā pōpoki lauoho pōkole a lauoho lōʻihi. ʻAʻole ʻae ʻia nā keiki kime me nā wāwae lōʻihi i loaʻa i kēlā mau keʻa i ka hōʻike, akā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka laha inā loaʻa iā lākou nā kala hoihoi.
Ma muli o ka ʻōpiopio o ka laha a hele mau ʻia me nā pōpoki o nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, ke kala, ke poʻo a me ke kino, a ʻo ke ʻano hoʻi, hiki ke ʻokoʻa loa.
E hala ana he mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻia ʻana o kekahi mau kūlana no ka laha, like me nā ʻano no nā ʻano ʻē aʻe.
ʻAno
He ʻokoʻa ke ʻano, no ka mea, ākea ka loko wai a hoʻomaʻemaʻe a hoʻohana ʻia nā pōpoki maʻamau. He mau pōpoki aloha kēia, nā pōpoki nani.
He ʻoluʻolu, nani a aloha hoʻi nā keiki kime, ʻo ia hoʻi nā keiki. He koho maikaʻi loa kēia no nā ʻohana nui, no ka mea, he mau keiki pāʻani ka munchkins i loko o ko lākou ola. ʻO ka helehelena, a me ka maʻamau o ka piʻi ʻana i kona mau wāwae hope e nānā i ka honua a puni, ʻaʻole e waiho i kekahi me ka nānā ʻole. Makemake lākou a ala aʻe i ko lākou mau wāwae hope i mea e nānā ai i kekahi mea.
ʻOiai ko lākou mau wāwae pōkole, holo ka munchkin a lele i ke ala like me nā pōpoki maʻamau. ʻO lākou nā pōpoki maʻamau, olakino, me kahi ʻano ʻē i ka lōʻihi o nā wāwae. ʻAe, ʻaʻole lākou e lele mai ka papahele a i ka lua i hoʻokahi lele, akā uku lākou i kēia me ko lākou ikaika a me kā lākou hana, no laila e kahaha wale nō ʻoe.
Hiki iā lākou ke hopu i nāʻiole, akā ʻaʻole ʻoe e mālama iā lākou ma waho o ka hale. Aia ka makaʻu o ka nalo ʻana, no ka mea, ʻumeʻume kēia mau koloboks i nā hiʻohiʻona o nā poʻe like ʻole.
He mau pōpoki kēia ʻaʻole hiki i ka poʻe āpau ke ʻike, akā inā ʻoe e aloha iā ia, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke haʻalele i ke aloha iā ia.
ʻAʻole maopopo iki he ʻokoʻa lākou mai nā ʻohana wāwae lōʻihi, noho lākou a ʻoliʻoli, waiho i nā mea hoʻomākeʻaka, hoihoi, hauʻoli.
Mālama
ʻAʻole pono ka mālama kūikawā, lawa ia i ka palu ʻana i ka palule i ʻelua mau manawa i ka pule, no ka lauoho pōkole a hoʻokahi hoʻi.
Kūleʻa ke koena o nā kaʻina hana no nā laha āpau: ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i ka pepeiao a me ke kāwili ʻana i nā kui.
Ola
ʻAʻole lākou e ʻeha i nā maʻi kūikawā, i pili i ka ʻōpio o ka laha a me ka nui o nā pōpoki e lawe ana i kāna hana.
Ke hopohopo nei kekahi poʻe veterinarians e pili ana i ka iwi kuamoo o kēia mau pōpoki, ʻoi aku ka kikoʻī, lordosis, a i nā hihia koʻikoʻi hiki ke hoʻopili i ka puʻuwai a me nā ake māmā.
Akā e ʻike inā ʻeha lākou i ka lordosis nui, pono e hana i kahi noiʻi he nui, ʻoiai ʻōpio ka lāhui. Hōʻole ka hapa nui o nā mea pā i nā pilikia i loko o kā lākou mau holoholona.
Aia kekahi kānalua e hiki i ka ʻāpana ke kuleana no nā wāwae pōkole ke make ke hoʻoilina ʻia mai nā mākua ʻelua i hoʻokahi manawa. Make nā keiki pēpē i loko o ka ʻōpū a laila hoʻoheheʻe, ʻoiai ʻaʻole kēia i hōʻoia ʻia e nā hoʻokolohua. Akā, loaʻa kēia hiʻohiʻona i nā pōpoki o nā ʻano Manx a me Cimrick, akā naʻe, e kumu ʻia ma laila e ka moʻokūʻauhau ke kuleana no ka huehue. Lana ka manaʻo ʻepekema e nānā i ke kaʻina hana e hoʻomohala i nā laina o nā pōpoki i hiki pinepine i ka maʻi.
ʻO kekahi ma muli o kā lākou kū hoʻokahi, ma muli o kā lākou kaulana, akā makemake nui ʻia nā keiki keiki. ʻO ka maʻamau i nā nursery aia kahi lālani no lākou. ʻOiai ʻaʻole lākou he mea liʻiliʻi a pipiʻi hoʻi; inā maʻalahi ʻoe i nā mea o ke kala, ke kala, ka wahine, a laila e pōkole loa ka laina.
ʻO ka pilikia me ka hānau ʻana o ka munchkins ka nīnau no ka mea e hana ai me nā keiki keiki me nā ʻūhā maʻamau.
