What affects us affects cats
Some Persian cats have eyes that protrude so much that their eyeballs fall out under minor trauma. Others suffer brain damage due to their rounded skulls. Although I have written extensively on this website about unhealthy Persian cats because of extreme selective breeding, today, in the Times newspaper there is an interesting article written …
The Persian cat is the dumbest cat breed with its associated breeds: Himalayan and Exotic Shorthair. The Persian is sometimes referred to as a piece of fluffy furniture. The smartest is the Sphynx and Siamese. I could prattle on but it would be misleading because it is dangerous territory to claim with confidence which …
Google’s top search result for the above search term is incorrect. The author on cattime.com says that Persian cats come from Persia (modern day Iran). The truth is twofold: We don’t know the ancient history of the Persian cat. Its name is possibly misleading and if Persian cats did ultimately come from Persia they …
What are humans getting up to? First we breed a cat with a very flat face which is completely unnatural and which causes known health problems and then we have to shave all the fur off this poor cat’s body except for his face which leaves him looking extremely weird. I’m not sure that …
‘Snow’ is a white, male, unneutered flat-faced Persian cat and he was at a Harlem Animal Shelter. He was very popular and desirable. More than one person wanted to adopted him. Someone got there first and had effectively reserved him. He had to be neutered and processed before he could be taken from the …
Cat inbreeding causes what is described as “inbreeding depression” which is another term for general weakness. Robinson’s Genetics for Breeders and Veterinarians provides a list of signs of inbreeding depression which are as follows: There may be a decline in birth weight. The kittens may be small, thin or lethargic. The kittens may demonstrate …
A Persian cat living in Quebec, Canada, looks like a dog and purrs in French. Although the photo is interesting and has got some viewers scratching their heads as to the species that they are looking at, the cat whose name is Atchoum has a condition called hypertrichosis. This causes excessive hair growth. That’s …
Both the Persian and the Himalayan cats are breeds known as brachycephalic. This, as you may know, means a skull and face which is, in a general sense, round. In the Persian and Himalayan cat it means that the face is, in fact, flat. The face is compressed. In both dogs and cats (and …
