Oriental cat breed with great personality

April 30th, 2010

Oriental cat is actually a Siamese with different color fur and green eyes. The form and the temperament  are identical with the ones in Siamese cat . Oriental breed was created by crossing a breed of cats of  Siamese breed with cats from other breeds,  to produce different colors of Siamese. Black Siamese is one of the oldest types of cats but only in 1950 began to make efforts to change the color of the first race. Havana was the first Oriental cat champion who won the status of the exhibitions for cats.

Morphological traits:

Oriental cats of breed standards are the same as for Siamese cats, regardless of color or type. They are medium sized cats, but appear to be more cumbersome than they actually are. In fact, Siamese and oriental short hair are practically the same race. Oriental short hair was created

Balinese breed is known for long tail.

April 29th, 2010

it has earns it the name similar to Balinese Dancers that is why called Balinese. Though they are very similar in color and other feature to Siamese but they don’t inherit the hyper attitude which makes them very subtle and adaptive. They are very affectionate creatures and once they are in the house then the house doesn’t belong to you; they simply own it then. They go along with other animals very well especially suitable for those who have dogs at their house; they go along very well with dogs. It is developed with the cross breeding of Oriental Cat with Siamese. The longhair it inherits from oriental cat and the marking on its heads and ears comes from Siamese. Siamese are known for their hyper nature and their very talkative though Balinese have adopted that trait but as compared to their ancestors they are less talkative. They have tall legs and long body which makes them look very good; though they are not that big

American Shorthair – breed of very healthy cats.

April 29th, 2010

earth  and selected  in the new conditions to obtain the current form. The beauty and loving nature of these cats came to be widely appreciated, as well as their ability to catch rats.
A cat belonging to this breed came to be offered for sale at the second annual exhibition at Madison Square Garden, in 1896, for fabulous sum of 2,500 dollars!

In the early twentieth century, the U.S. imported foreign breeds (breeds with long hair),which were crossed with native cats with short hair, producing kittens with different types of fur, colors and temperaments. Those who wanted to keep North American cats with short hair have acquired the best examples of the breed, which they began to selectively mate them, to keep

Painting cats is a new trend.

April 28th, 2010

painting their cats. Probably you have  heard about tattooing and piercing dogs, but  It is popular among rich people. Single painting costs about about $15,000. What is important it must be repeated at every two or three months, what means that cat owner have to assign about $60,000 for colorful cat. It is too high price for normal  people.

What do you think about it ? Do you want to have a colorful cat? Look for pi

Superstitions about cats

April 27th, 2010

Do you know some ? We have prepared the most popular for  you. Some of them probably you have heard, some of them we have to treat with smile, but some of them can be harmful for our cat.

Black cats  bring bad luck or good lack

It is the most popular superstition associated with cats. Facts show that black colour brought bad luck only cats, but not people. In the Middle Ages dark cats were burned at the stake with women who were witches. In Poland people believe that black cats bring bad luck, but in United Kingdom people say that cats in this colour bring good luck. Like we see everything depends on interpretation.

Birman breed is known for disciplinary temperament

April 27th, 2010

Birman have a very robust attitude and they are very endurable. That a lot has to do with the myth that has been associated with it that a lot has to do with the place it originates from Burma; Birman cats are tagged as sacred companion of the Kittah priests the temple of Lao-Tsun. One day, when the temple was attacked and Mun-Ha was killed, Sinh placed his feet on his master and faced the goddess. While the white fur got a golden tint to it, his eyes turned blue, as the goddess and the legs and tail that were touching the ground turned into the shade of the earthy color. However, the paws that were on top of the priest remained white. It is astonishing to notice that still Birman cats have fingers and toes that are in pure white color regardless of what other color they have for the rest of the body. Birman is a large, strongly built, elongated and stocky cat, they are a natural breed. In comparison to the other cat types, Birman have long, silky

Many cats in one home.

April 26th, 2010

Some people decide to have more than one cat in home. It is known that cats have a big adaptation abilities, so in result they can live with owner and another cats. Only owner choose amount and breed of cats. In this situation cat relate only necessary tolerance, which can be disturbed quickly.

Researches in United Kingdom  show that cats living in home with other cats more often have different problems with peeing  outside cuvette, marking territory and aggression. More cats cause that frequency of those problems is bigger.  Often people don’t notice that cats fight the battle.

What to do to decrease risk of confrontation between your cats ?

Here some tips for you :

Cat behaviour

April 25th, 2010

Do you want understand your cat’s behaviour ? For people who are cats owners for many years tips which are described below can be evident.

Irritation
Symptoms of irritation are nervous actions of tail and trunk cowering. Cat snort and bristle

Murmuring
When cat murmur it shows that cat is glad. Some people think that it means that pet is healthy, but it is not truth. Also poisonous cats uttar sound like this.

Rolling

American Wirehair – very courageous cat’s breed.

April 24th, 2010

Coarse-haired cats have appeared in many countries, but only a few breeders have been busy selecting and improving them. Born from a spontaneous mutation of American short hair cat, cat breed is an American with coarse texture characterized by coat: wavy hair with the ends bent inwards or hook shaped. This mutation has occurred naturally during the pregnancy of an American short hair cat born in 1967 in New York. Solid cat, vigorous and full of life, American cat with coarse hair is then recognized by Cat Fanciers’ Association and the American Livre Officiel des origines des  felines in France. It is still almost unknown in Europe.

Morphological traits.

It is different from the basis of the race, primarily through hair , which is coarse and wiry all over the bod

Russian Blue – natural cat breed

April 24th, 2010

This cat is a rare and precious. It is a natural breed, without being the result of man-directed selection. It is  said that  this cat would have been preferable for countries and Cossack warriors that  used to start the battle with restless cats with claws on their backs. The first information about the race from is from1860, when she arrived in the UK brought  by the ships arriving from the Russian port of Arkhangelsk, through the White Sea. World War II represents a period of stagnation in all breeds, the rare  ones being right on the point of extinction. Race is held in growth as an ascending Englishwoman, and since the ’50s, a group of British and Scandinavian breeders try to save the race, calling the cross with twins blue point. In 1965  the results of the selection approaches to that of a standard before the First World War. In the U.S., the breed is registered with CFA in the early twentieth century until 1960 but rarely participated in exhibitions of cats

This race, by some authors, is based on the old cat Arkhangelsk, which was matted with blue conjoined twins and after a rigorous selection has managed to obtain a genetically, population , which was standardized in 1965.

Morphological traits