Are Bengal cats big?
This is a focused, single question which must result in a response along the same lines. Your typical F5 Bengal cat, which is the default standard Bengal cat in people’s homes will be the...
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Extreme flat-faced Persian cats are like humans suffering from coronal craniosynostosis
Extreme flat-face Persian cats are, according to a research paper carried out in 2017 by German scientists, equivalent to children suffering from a condition called coronal craniosynostosis. This is a rare condition where a...
American Burmese cat – evolution and comparison with European Burmese
Pointed cat with hard-to-see points The Burmese cat is a pointed cat meaning that it has darker extremities than the areas in the middle of the body. However, the pointing may be difficult to...
Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) should revise breed standards as the Kennel Club has done for the French bulldog
The Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) has been under pressure for decades to revise the breed standard i.e. the guidelines, for the flat-faced cat breeds namely the Exotic Shorthair, the Persian and the Himalayan. I...
Glittering mink Bengal cat with impressive donuts
Julia Sorokina, of Nizhni Novgorod, Russia, has created a mink Bengal cat with impressive donuts (‘doughnuts’ in UK English) and a glittering coat. Bengal cat breeders love glitter and in this Facebook video you...
The meaning of “lines” in cat breeding
The goal of cat breeders should be to found (establish) a line of healthy cats which excel in reference to the breed standard of the cat association at which their cats are registered. The...
Contradictory CFA Persian breed standard still demands an unhealthy cat
Some time ago the CFA Persian breed standard described this breed as having a “pansy-like” face. I don’t see it in the breed standard today but it was a phrase that contributed to an...
Lithe, svelte and impressive red coated Oriental Shorthair
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...
Oriental cat satisfies CFA breed standard for leg length
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...
What is a cat ruff?
The picture explains what a cat ruff is and where the word comes from. As usual cat breeders like to employ the language describing clothing from years ago; in this case from the mid-sixteenth...
Comparing Indian and Dutch Persian Cats
This is a comparison between two examples of traditional, purebred, Persian cat. I think it is interesting as it shows the difference in attitude towards breeding. The female Dutch Persian is Cristalline. She is...
Siamese, Oriental Shorthair or Balinese?
This is a leap into the world of the cat fancy. I was going to publish a picture by Helmi Flick of what I believed was a lynx point Oriental Shorthair with blue eyes....
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