Heat, phase II

maintain for up to three minutes without stopping. Bothersome as it is to us, it serves the obvious purpose of letting the tomcats know s...

Balinese

Siamese , the Balinese started out as a real Siamese—specifically, as a genetic mutation in a litter of Siamese kittens in the 1950s. Havin...

Birman

Burmese , obviously. (The two breeds are not related at all.) The Birman, like the Himalayan, gives the appearance of being a longhaired Sia...

Heat, phase I

time her owners might notice that she is more affectionate than usual, wanting to be petted more. On the other hand, she may be more aggr...

Himalayan

Siamese . That’s exactly what breeders did back in the 1930s, and the result is the longhaired Himalayan, which some call the Himalayan Pers...

“Long day” breeders

the estrus (heat) of the female cat is unpredictable , and that there is no “regularity” involved in cats. Let’s qualify that observation wi...

Persian

Say “Persian cat” and most people think of something longhaired, elegant and quiet. And so they are, although they probably aren’t from Pers...