Nurse Nightingale

love for their fellow humans can also be very fond of cats. One of the great humanitarians of history was Florence Nightingale (1820–1910),...

Javanese

Siamese ), and like the Balinese, was named for an Indonesian island (even though both breeds originated in the United States). The Javane...

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...