Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for a long time the Persian was considered the most popular. The popularity was mainly due to the appearance which is extreme. But you can turn that statistic on its head … Continue reading →
The name ‘Accicat’ is the earlier and discarded name for the Ocicat; the name that stuck. Both names were built on how the breed happened. Accicat is an amalgam of “accident” and “cat”. While Ocicat is an amalgam of “ocelot” … Continue reading →
The title describes disorders that produce degenerative changes in the central nervous system. They are determined by inherited genes. In each of the conditions listed a specific enzyme needed for nerve cell metabolism was missing. These conditions affect purebred cats … Continue reading →
Here is a list of the 10 friendliest cat breeds towards humans. You have to be careful when you make a statement like that. A lot of websites do make this statement but it is difficult to make it with … Continue reading →
Screening of health problems in domestic cat normally concerns cat breeders who need to remove from their breeding lines inherited deleterious genes. However, these tests should be useful to all cat owners. It is said that the cat world has … Continue reading →
The Clouded Jack Cat is an experimental cat breed that was accepted or registered with The International Cat Association (TICA) in 2015. It is a three-way hybrid being a cross between the Savannah, Bengal and PixeBob. The first two are … Continue reading →
Here are 23 facts about the American Curl: The feature which distinguishes this cat from other cat breeds is that the ears curl backwards. The cat has a “devilish look” according to Gloria Stephens in her book Legacy of the … Continue reading →
This is a cat ‘breed’ that might have happened but it never did. It is also described as the black-headed cat or Mohrenkopf which is German for ‘Moor’s head’. Today morenkopf means a small chocolate-covered cream cake! Enough, I digress. … Continue reading →
Nearly all domestic cats are not a breed of cat but a species of cat. The purebred cats, those cats which are selectively bred by cat breeders, are various breeds of cat of which there are about 104 maximum. Some … Continue reading →
There is a major difference between ‘breed’ and ‘species’. The domestic cat is a species of cat and in the family of cats is called Felidae. There are about 36 species of cat, all of which are wild except for … Continue reading →
