Ragdoll breed standard – an illustrated summary
I won’t try and simply duplicate the breed standard of a cat association – no point. The first thing I have done is to include one of Helmi Flick’s fabulous photographs. I really like...
breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy / Cat photography / Helmi Flick / Ragdoll Cat
September 17, 2023
I won’t try and simply duplicate the breed standard of a cat association – no point. The first thing I have done is to include one of Helmi Flick’s fabulous photographs. I really like...
Cat Breeds / Cat Health / Dwarf Cats
September 2, 2023
This page is about the foundation dwarf cat breed, the Munchkin. The page was first written in about 2010 and has been added to today. It is now a pretty comprehensive page on this...
cat breed history / Cat Breeds / Cat History
July 20, 2023
I’m going to refer to a study of 2007 which contains a lot of useful information (https://doi.org/10.1016%2Fj.ygeno.2007.10.009). One of the conclusions which interests me and which might interest others is that the Siberian cat...
Cat Health / cost of cat caregiving / Human to cat relationship / irresponsible cat ownership / ownership / Veterinarians
July 15, 2023
The top 6 diseases affecting domestic cats in the UK are listed in the table below. FELINE DISEASE PERCENTAGE OF CATS SUFFERING Gum disease 15.23 Obesity 11.58 General dental disease 9.23 Overgrown nails 5.23...
California Spangled Cat / Cat Breeds
July 5, 2023
The history of the California Spangled cat is really all about its founder and creator, Paul Casey. Mr. Casey was a very able man of many talents. Creating the California Spangled cat was part...
cat breed history / cat breeders / Cat Breeding / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy / LaPerm
June 27, 2023
Above: LaPerm Cat “Red” photograph copyright © Helmi Flick Contents: The Name | Health | Character | Coat-the gene – appearance | Occurrence | Coat Types | History | Breeding – notes + standards ...
cat breeders / Cat Breeding / Cat Breeds / inbreeding depression / longest lifespans / Moggie / mutated genes / rescue / Rescue cat / selective breeding
June 4, 2023
I am not going to provide you with a list of the “12 cat breeds with the longest lifespans”. You came here for that list but it can’t exist despite what you see on...
Cat Health / heart defect / heart disease
April 23, 2023
I’ve spotted a peculiar anomaly in the story about HCM in Bengal cats. In case you didn’t realise it, Bengal cats are said to be predisposed to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Maine Coon cats have...
Bombay Cat / Cat Breeding / Cat Breeds / Cat Fancy
March 13, 2023
Summarising the Bombay cat breed in an infographic is the objective. This is the only cat breed that has to be one colour: black. But it is a very special kind of black: jet...
Cat Breeding / Cat Breeds / Cat Coats / Cat Facts / Cat Facts For Kids / Cat Fancy / Norwegian Forest Cat
February 25, 2023
This page on the Norwegian Forest Cat for kids is simplified in language and content. It can be reused under a creative commons license. The beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat is one of the most...
Cat Breeding / Dog / dog breeding / inbreeding depression
February 21, 2023
At first glance this is a daunting and off-putting topic. However, we have Ben, the TikTok vet to ease us into the discussion ?. He’s great and thanks Ben. He has a nice video...
January 30, 2023
Sometimes within the cat fancy there is an argument as to whether there is such a thing as a traditional cat breed. For instance, the contemporary, “foreign” (slender) looking Siamese is claimed by some...
January 9, 2023
Introduction (2023, January) : I first published this page about 10 years ago. At that time the Australian Mist was a relatively little-known cat breed except perhaps in Australia and New Zealand. Nowadays, a...
November 17, 2022
It might be useful to quickly go over the difference between ‘cat breeds’ and ‘cat species’. It’s quite as subtle difference but a very important one. In 1758 the modern idea of classifying all...
October 24, 2022
Ben Simpson-Vernon (Ben the Vet) has some strong but well considered views on what purebred cats he would avoid if he was considering adopting a purebred. He’s keen to point out that he would...