breed standards / cat associations / Cat Breeds / Cat Fanciers' Association (CFA) / Cat Fancy / Persian cat
September 17, 2023
April 11th 2011: This article is about the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) breed standard for the contemporary flat faced Persian cat. This cat is sometimes referred to as the “Ultra Persian” in recognition of...
Cat Breeding / Cat Breeds / Cat Coats / Cat Fancy / longhaired / Persian cat / Traditional Persian
August 20, 2023
“Deceptive floof” is an amusing and nice way describe the longhaired cat with a slender body underneath. You get some really amusing comments about the deceptive floof such as: Perceptions From a slightly scientific...
Cat Breeds / Human to cat relationship / ownership / Persian cat
July 14, 2023
A really strange cat picture. Who does this? The cats have to be incredibly relaxed or even obedient to make this work. Or trained. Whatever. Because the overriding fear is that if something frightening...
brachycephalic skull / Cat Anatomy / noisy breathing and breathing difficulties / Persian cat / severe health issues
June 23, 2023
The Persian nose job is a ‘feline rhinoplasty’. Any wiser?! Yes, it is the enlarging of the nostrils to allow the flat-faced Persian to breath properly. It is ironic that the Persian cat breeders...
November 13, 2022
I have just written an article about a hefty Maine Coon who was bred to extreme with a hint of gargoyle by their creator. Not God but a Maine Coon breeder. I’ve mentioned God...
December 19, 2021
Through Persian cat selective breeding the appearance of the cat that you know (probably the extreme Persian look) has been altered over a period of time (substantially over the last 30-40 years) resulting in...
May 6, 2021
Persian cats have a distinct reputation for being lethargic and lazy. There are probably three reasons why this breed has been labelled with this description. The first is that through selective breeding over decades,...
April 10, 2021
I don’t want to criticise the almighty Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA), probably the most influential cat association on the planet but…they are hypocritical in a very fundamental way. It has to be stated until...
July 4, 2020
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...
December 17, 2019
It is instructional to remind ourselves what a badly bred purebred cat looks like. Here we have an Exotic Shorthair, the shorthaired version of the Persian. The facial anatomy has been distorted by poor...
December 12, 2019
Well, Persian cats should come from Persia which is now Iran. Of course we are referring to the original Persian cats because nowadays you can say that Persians mainly come from America where they...
September 18, 2019
A relatively high percentage of Persian cats have haircoat disorders because they are unable to groom themselves properly A recent study published on the nature.com website tells us that almost 13% of Persian cats...
January 5, 2019
I realise that I am hammering away at the same old problem but we have to because change is needed and it’s not happening. I feel sorry for the cat of course. The coat...
September 11, 2018
The difference that 80 or more years of selective breeding makes to the Persian cat can be seen in the photo. The breeders decided in about 1930 that they needed to refine the appearance...
June 10, 2018
New regulations for England prohibit the breeding of dogs with inherited health problems which exist because of the breeding process. However, there is no mention of extreme cat breeding in these regulations which is...
