What affects us affects cats
There are very few if any scientific studies comparing the characters of the various cat breeds. However, 15 years ago a gentleman called Turner sought to examine cat breed differences in the human to cat relationship by specifically examining the behaviour of pedigree Siamese and Persian cats versus non-pedigree cats (random bred cats or …
My husband Marty and I still grieve over the recent loss of our beloved Oriental Shorthair kitty, Dr Hush Puppy. His brother, Sir Hubble Pinkerton is very lonely and is missing feline companionship. Although Dr Hush Puppy will be forever missed, with only one remaining kitty, the house feels empty and is much too …
This is an interesting Helmi Flick studio photograph of two white cats. The central cat, a male named “Monk”, does not have blue eyes. He might not be deaf. He has a 19% chance of being deaf. Up to 85% of white cats are deaf in both ears if both eyes are blue. The …
Robin looks like a purebred mix. Howard, the person who cares for these fine looking cats, asked if Robin was a Turkish Angora mix. You can’t tell except to say that he is a very attractive cat that, for me, looks more like a Norwegian Forest Cat mix because of the shape of his …
The black and white cat has been around for ever. These pictures show us almost identical looking cats from 1603 and 2008. A time span of 405 years. That is about the entire time the domestic cat has been in North America by some accounts. The painting was done at Boughton House, Northamptonshire, England. …
We rescued our kitten a few weeks ago from a local animal shelter and we were told she was a tabby by the shelter (I know tabby really isn’t a breed). When taking her to the vet he thought she could be Bengal mixed, Savannah mixed, Egyptian Mau, or Ocicat. She follows me around …
Bengal cat – photo copyright Helmi Flick The appearance of cats is important to people in the cat fancy – the cat breeders and associations. It could be argued that there might have been a slight over emphasis on appearance possibly at the expense of cat health and temperament sometimes. I am sorry if that …
This is a page that contains the following (2012): Links to cat breed names that are alternative names to the current or mainstream name. Links to pages on products or miscellaneous things. Cat Breed Names Accicat Abyssinian Bobtail Aegean cat African Shorthair Alaskan Snow cat Albino Siamese Algerian cat Alpaca cat American Lynx American …
