This is an excellent cat picture because it shows off the Oriental Shorthair’s lithe and svelte body conformation which the breeders so prize and which is embedded in the CFA breed standard. His coat is very fine as well: red, … Continue reading →
Cats of the Oriental breed (shorthair and longhair) are good photographic subjects because they have interesting bodies. That’s not a good reason to breed them with exceptional long legs, huge ears and long faces (extreme breeding) but they do look … Continue reading →
He has the distinct appearance of a wise man in his late fifties or sixties. I am stereotyping and I apoloogise. He has probably taken early retirement having been the managing director or chairman of a medium-sized company. He was … Continue reading →
The Oriental SH is known for slenderness and long legs and, yes, large ears but this strange looking individual has really odd ears. The breeders have altered the anatomy of this cat to the point where the the animal looks … Continue reading →
Well, what can you say? The ears are weird. I know that the breed standard for the Oriental Shorthair insists on large ears but this looks odd but admittedly the cat is young so the ears may look smaller relative … Continue reading →
If you like looking at interesting domestic cats this fella might interest you. He has to be an Oriental Shorthair although the photographer, Helmi Flick, does not describe the cat on her FB webpage. He is male because in another … Continue reading →
In an extraordinary piece of research, Sarah Hartwell has discovered that there has been a relatively recent influx of wild cat genes into the Oriental breed. Read about it on this page.
Continue reading →These are amazing looking cats. You can read about the Oriental Shorthair by clicking on this link. These cats have superlative coats and I have never seen such an amazing cat moustache before. The video may load slowly but it … Continue reading →
There are a bunch of cat breeds that have some Siamese cat in them – the “Siamese family of cats”. It is remarkable how many there are. Unless you know cat breeds well, you probably won’t realize it. Some of … 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 … Continue reading →
