What affects us affects cats
The answer to the question is in the word “pedigree”. The word pedigree is defined as: “the record of descent of an animal, showing it to be pure-bred.” As you can see you need a record of the cat’s family tree in a document. The family tree will show that the ancestors of the …
This is a question that involves a reference to both the breed standard and cat anatomy. We know that kittens have blue eyes and that eye colour develops. This is because of the development of pigmentation. Blue eyes lack pigmentation because the colour blue comes from refraction of the light rays not the pigmentation …
The cat associations are out of step with the public in respect of what is the most important cat characteristic. Whereas cat associations prioritize appearance over everything else, the public have informed us in a recent survey, what we probably already knew, namely that temperament comes first and appearance second. It should be noted …
The Maine Coon breed standard tells us what the Maine Coon should look like. The trouble is that it is a bit technical. The language is written for cat breeders to read. Therefore, I have presented it in a slide show with Helmi Flick images. I think the two together, words and pictures, may …
This is an attempt to make a comparison between how Russians breed the Russian Blue and how Americans do it. Are there any differences? If so why? And how has the breed evolved over the past 100 years? Historically, there is often a substantial difference between how Russian and American breeders bred purebred cats. …
This is a fresh-off-the-press news item and I don’t have the full story yet but want to post something as I seem to be ahead of the curve at the date of this post. This is a genuine show cat news item. I received a phone call from Martin Stucki of A1 Savannahs about …
Historically cat breeders, any breeder, did not employ genetic DNA testing because it did not exist. However, with scientific advances cat breeders now have at their disposal DNA testing to support them in their task of providing healthy cats. The biggest concern of cat breeders should be inbreeding. It can lead to: decreased fertility; …
by Michael Black and White Cat of no breed — photo copyright Helmi Flick People quite often ask, “what breed is my cat”. It might sound strange but it is possible to answer the question now, with a reasonable degree of success, without seeing the cat or reading a description of the cat in …
