This is a 12-year-old tabby Exotic Shorthair (shorthaired version of the Persian) who might be up for adoption at RSPCA Putney, UK. She has a nice personality. Her name is Matilda. It appears that she was dumped in a bin … please continue reading
Herman is an Exotic Shorthair with what appears to be a classic, grey tabby coat who was born with exceptionally large eyes which makes him an “Internet Star”. What I’m saying is that once a cat is born with a … please continue reading
I don’t think you can generalize and say that cat breeds are less healthy than the rest of the cats. There is, though, a feeling that inbreeding, a part of creating cat breeds, leads to less healthy animals because inbreeding … please continue reading
Cat breeders are trapping themselves….by breeding emotionally desirable cat features, consciously and subconsciously. It’s part of the need for emotional onanism in humans. Cats that trigger their own parenting instincts get more nurturing, and are then often used to breed … please continue reading
The Cat Photos I Remember
These are the cat photos that stick in my mind for whatever reason from the 11,500 currently on PoC. They are in a slideshow. They are not all photos of purebred cats and I have deliberately excluded photographs of cats … please continue reading
This is a page on the Exotic Shorthair written in plain English with a large picture. People are free to use the words but not the pictures. The Exotic Shorthair is a Persian cat with a short haired coat. It … please continue reading
The idea for this post comes from a visitor’s comment. The lady wanted to adapt a Maine Coon and she asked if they were lap cats. I said, “not really”. But as usual it does depend on the individual cat. … please continue reading
This is a picture of an Exotic Shorthair (short haired extreme Persian) that tells us that the famous two-faced cat, Venus, is not that unique and even not that unusual. I also have a picture of two two-faced cats (2 … please continue reading
This is another selection of Bengal cat pictures by Helmi Flick. The Bengal cat is so mainstream now that perhaps people forget that in the 1970s this breed was quite a revelation being a wild cat hybrid. The Bengal cat … please continue reading
Introduction This highly interesting (and perhaps slightly amusing) looking cat is a simple hybrid, originally, of two pure-bred cats, the American Shorthair and the Persian (strictly speaking the Ultra Persian). If you click on the links above (which open in … please continue reading
