I use the CFA Turkish Angora breed standard as my guide in writing this summary. I also use my own words, which are less formal and I don’t make an attempt to cover the entire standard as this is meant to be an overview of the cat and how she should look when looked at critically. …
Turkish Angora breed standard – illustrated summary Read More »
The blue eyes of Atlas and Trico crackle and sparkle. There is almost a texture in them. I am not sure why these eyes have this ‘texture’ as I have described it. A lack of pigmentation in the iris of eyes makes them blue because of white light refraction. This is why the eyes of …
Turkish Angora Mix and Calico Siamese Mix are both sparkling blue-eyed beauties Read More »
There is nothing in the books that I have read or online which suggest that Turkish Angora cats as a breed are hypoallergenic. However some individual cats might be. The truth of the matter is that there are no cat breeds which are hypoallergenic. The only one that gets some sort of recognition as possibly …
by Bill (Canada) Damiel Intro: This is wonderful story from a visitor. It is not often I receive such a complete, moving and intense story about the life of a cat written by a visitor. My thanks to Bill. Damiel came to live with me on January the 10th 2000 from the local SPCA. He …
This lady wants to modify her cat’s behaviour. He is a 7-month-old Turkish Angora (TA). She didn’t realise it until recently that he is deaf. Turkish Angoras are not uncommonly born deaf and sometimes have odd-eye color (blue and yellow) both for the same reason: the presence of the while spotting (piebald gene) or dominant …
Deaf Turkish Angora Annoys Owner Because He Jumps on Kitchen Counter Read More »
This is a real Turkish Angora from the streets of Turkey and it comes from the The Angora Cat Association – Ankara Kedisi Derneği website. There is a page about the real Turkish Angora on PoC. This is an interesting cat breed because the real Turkish Angora is a street cat coming in many coat …
The distinguished and important cat breed, the Turkish Angora, has been hijacked not once but twice. While the real Turkish Angora resides in Turkey the American cat fancy has created a new cat and given it the name “Turkish Angora”. It is not even a good replica of the original. It neither looks like the …
The article I wrote about “The Real Turkish Angora” has been published and expanded upon in a Turkish cat magazine. Naturally, it is in the Turkish language. Here is part of the email from The Angora Cat association informing me of this welcome development: Do you remember you wrote a short article about ”The Real …
The Turkish Angora is an important breed of cat. It is a natural breed. “Natural breed” means that it was not created by people until cat breeders started to breed the cat around 1900. It is one of the first cat breeds and the first longhair cat breed in Europe. It is a cat breed …
The origins and history of the Turkish Angora are interesting and perhaps a paradigm case of how all ‘discovered’ breeds started out and how many of the cat breeds still have their non-pedigree, non-purebred counterparts. The street cats that were the foundation cats of the discovered breeds are still there on the streets. They are …
Click Turkish Angora Quick Guide for an overview. Click here to see visitors’ submission Introduction This breed of cat is related, it seems, to the Turkish Van and it certainly has an equally distinguished and long history that marks this cat, and the Turkish Van, out from most other purebred cats (the Chartreux being an exception). …
This is Frankie who looks similar to a Turkish Angora by Mary Oppman (Florida) Frankie I was intrigued when I came across your site. I have three rescues, one of which looks so much like Tanje, another kitty from California I saw here. I could not believe it, even as kittens, they look alike. I …
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by Simon Mouer (Austin, Texas) Purebred Turkish Angora Cat – Photo copyright Helmi Flick When animals mate, their offspring’s traits are set by a giant double-helix DNA molecular complex present in every cell of the body. Our DNA encodes all the physical traits we receive from each parent. At conception the DNA from each parent …
Why Turkish Angoras pop up in the non-purebred population of cats Read More »
by Michael (London, UK) I ask, were the Turkish Angora and Turkish Van the same cat in Turkey during the years well before the cat fancy started? I mean in the 15th to 19th century. They are now two distinct breeds and it is said by the best authorities that they originate from different parts …
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