“There are no ordinary cats.” — Colette – cat quotes. And this is no ordinary cat photograph. However, for Helmi Flick it is all in a day’s work and one of many thousands of outstanding cat photographs that she has taken. The kittens are pretty stunning too. It was taken perhaps around 15 years ago. …
This page on the Norwegian Forest Cat for kids is simplified in language and content. It can be reused under a creative commons license. The beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat is one of the most popular cat breeds. As the name suggests this sturdy cat comes from Norway. Some people call this breed a “Wegie” and …
Pans Truls (Pan’s Truls) is the original Norwegian Forest (NFC) tomcat from which the breed standard was written, and it still applies today. This is the original and the guiding light of the entire breed. An important cat. I find it interesting. It is the first time that I have seen a photograph of the …
‘Pans Truls’ the ORIGINAL Norwegian Forest tomcat born 1st of May 1973 Read More »
This is a nice video of a cat show judge assessing a Norwegian Forest Cat (NFC) on the judge’s table with an audience of visitors listening. In effect, he lectures the visitors as to the major points of interest in the cat before him; a ginger tabby-and-white. There is a large scratching post to the …
Judge awards Norwegian Forest Cat the best of its breed at cat show and 3rd best overall Read More »
According to the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) breed standard for the Norwegian Forest Cat (NFC) the head shape should be an ‘equilateral triangle’ “where all sides are of equal length as measured from the outside of the base of the ear to the point of the chin. The neck is short and heavily muscled.” An …
Norwegian Forest Cat’s head should be an equilateral triangle (cf. Maine Coon) Read More »
This impressive looking Norwegian Forest Cat, Ulric, is enormous, as enormous as the most enormous Maine Coon cats that you see in America. He caught my eye. He is a ginger-and-white tabby Norwegian Forest Cat with beautiful long fur. He weighed 2 stone 2 lbs at the time the photographs were taken. And at this …
Huge Norwegian Forest Cat and he is overweight as well Read More »
What is the temperament of a Norwegian Forest Cat? People want to know. The terms used to describe the personality of this large, long-haired Norwegian breed are: brave and loving, adventurous, adaptable, independent, responsive, alert, inventive, affectionate, good-natured, playful, athletic, strong, quick, bold, mischievous, calm, confident, intelligent, sturdy, rugged, agile…a great cat basically from the …
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Paddy, a five-year-old Norwegian Forest Cat living Newmarket, England “steals” objects from neighbours and brings them home. His owner, Paul Terry, said: “I was most impressed when he brought a lily in a pot home. I have no idea how he did it.” We know that lily pollen is very toxic to cats. It can …
Kleptomaniac Norwegian Forest Cat steals poisonous lily in pot and brings it home Read More »
By Jeanne Below is a photo of a kitty we rescued through our local SPCA. She was 8 months old when we got her a couple of years ago, and has grown into a real beauty. We think she looks like a Norwegian Forest Cat, but who knows. She wants to be outside all the …
Another Helmi special. She get to meet the most beautiful cats. They are all tabby cats in this photograph. I notice that they all have very straight profiles, by which I mean there is a straight line from the eyes to the tip of the nose. This is the like the profile of the modern …
Norwegian Forest Cat – Please note: All the photographs illustrating this page (which are generally thumbnails) are by Helmi Flick, a professional photographer of repute. The copyright belongs to her. Please respect that. Sources of information are embedded in the text and referenced by “src:” or at the end of the section concerned. The Norwegian …
This page features a beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat family and talks about the parents. Helmi very kindly sent me some fantastic pictures some time ago now. I confess that I had forgotten about them. How could I have done that?! I must have been sidetracked. Anyway, I downloaded the latest version of Picasa from the …
Ashes by Nia (Bonney Lake) Ashes was a handsome Smokey-Grey Norwegian Forest Cat. He was a stray till i took him home he would not stop following me it was like he was in love with me. So i ask my mom if we could keep him she said we could and me and Ashes …
by Aria (Northern Colorado) Bebi – always crossing her paws like a lady One winter night 2 years ago, I was on my way home from work at a shopping mall when I saw a car pulled over in the deserted mall parking lot, and what looked to be a cat – a suspicious scene …
by John brown (Fife, Scotland) My wife and I had one and what happened has made us more upset and sad than losing a pet through illness or old age. We live in Freuchie, Fife, Scotland which is a small village near St Andrews the home of golf and the winters here can be quite …
