Let’s see your pretty cat, please. You can upload a picture here.
All cats are equal but some cats, from a human perspective, are prettier than others. I think we know what a pretty cat looks like. I don’t think I need to explain or describe the features. I chose the Helmi photo above as an example. “Pretty cats” is a human concept. We should not forget it.
What makes a cat pretty? For me it is in the face. Certain facial features = pretty for me and it usual means a girly appearance. For other people it is about the whole cat including the coat. A really nice calico coat is pretty for example. An all white coat can also be pretty. Black is harder to be pretty but a black cat with a pretty face is pretty in my opinion.
Can you recognise a female cat? Can you differentiate between a male and female cat? Generally, I can. Or, I believe I can but the difference is not always clear cut. Most pretty cats will be female cats.
Some female cats have “pretty” written all over their face.
If you know of a pretty cat or live with a pretty cat, please upload a picture in a comment. You can see the upload button just below the comment box.
Some time ago, well before I read the information you have posted over the past months, I wrote an article, innocently, stating that the Turkish Van and Turkish Angora are the same cat. My argument was based on common sense not a knowledge of genetics etc.
Are you saying (as I suggested) that the cat fancy has made two cats from one cat that comes from Turkey? Or have I got the wrong? The situation is very confused as you say.
Hi Michael. There is a great deal of muddle over Turkish cats. Since Fatima and Orkide are white with odd eyes would be called Turkish Vans in Turkey. Due to this old Mother Riley way of thinking any blue-eyed or yellow-eyed kittens from them would not be Turkish Vans, but Turkish Angoras. They are genetically identical to cats from the Ankara Zoo, so technically they are Angoras. However since the cat fancy Vans and Angoras are different again being related to American and British breeds, the question arises, “How do genuine Turkish cats fit in?” The answer – “With difficulty!”. The genuine Turkish Angoras have to be registered as Turkish Vans because they have a similar sturdy morphology. The cat fancy standards for the “Turkish Angora” describe a fine-boned slender cat which effectively eliminates the genuine Angora, except when very young, sick, underfed, or out-crossed. You would have to cross an Ankara Zoo Angora with a Siamese to get close to the cat fancy impostor, The cat fancy bred Siamese to other breeds like the Persian to get their fake Angoras. Frankly you can’t trust word the cat fancy says.
Ohhh….arhhh 😉 Love the light coffee colours. They are pretty cats. Really nice photograph too. Charming.
This is a very nice picture. The colours for a background and the bright white coats and odd-eye colour all come together nicely.
I am pleased I have set up this photo uploader because it is really nice to see your cats.
The eyes are awesome. I presume she is a classic Turkish Angora. The exact kind: white with odd-eyes, that the Turkish people like in the same way that the Japanese like the three coloured Japanese Bobtail.
She would get some looks here in London.
This is my niece’s cats Bella and Rob when they were kittens. This is picture I used when I won the Printcopia picture to painting prize here on PoC last year! I love it!