A Michael Broad Blog
In 1947, Milo Denlinger, writing about the coat types and colours of Persian cats, said: “Masked Silvers are a new variety, and at present very few are bred. The ideal Masked Silver is a very beautiful animal; in colouring or, I should say marking, they should resemble a Siamese cat; that is to say, …
This is another interesting cat show photo from a different era. It shows a blue Persian cat of the traditional style (doll-face). His name is Patrick of Allington. Cat fanciers love their fancy names and rightly so. His attractive female owner carries Patrick on her shoulders as if carrying a sack of potatoes from …
This is a page of pictures of Persian cats and some information about this ever-popular cat breed. The breed is both praised and criticised. Praised for its charms and criticised for its inbuilt health issues due to extreme selective breeding in the modern flat-faced variant. I think the breed has lost out because of …
Here are some really nice pictures of white Persian kittens both traditional (doll face) and the extreme flat faced Persian. White Persians are particularly popular. There are some heath issues associated with the extreme version of this cat breed which was the most popular purebred cat.
This is a Helmi Flick photo that is quite typical for her but for outsiders this cat looks pretty amazing. People know me. For me, every cat is equal; it is cat communism not cat capitalism. I have the same attraction towards all cats. However, I can recognise an interesting looking cat when I …
[slideshow_deploy id=’57305′] Can you tell the difference between the Maine Coons and Persians in these vintage pictures in the slide show above? I am sure you can but there ain’t much in the difference. There are five Persians and three Maine Coons. Persians were more common than the Maine Coon in 1903. A Maine …
Ultra-faced Persians Life is Torture by Maria (Cracow) Ultra Persian at a cat show – added to this article by PoC Admin – no connection with the author of the article I have inherited my grandmother’s ultra-faced Persian… Her name’s Nina, she’s an incredibly sweet cat and unfortunately also quite ill:( She’s PKD-negative, but …
Trixie My Baby by Tauqir (Bangalore, India) Trixie Trixie’s the first cat I’ve actually owned (or rather am owned by) but I’ve a lot of experience with her mom Nino who lives with my aunt. We were expecting one of the kittens to be an odd eye cuz Nino’s sister had the same trait. …
