Ocicat

spotted wild cat of the Americas. The Ocicat breed gives the impression of being a very small ocelot (which this breed was named for), thou...

Ritualized mating

queen (who is in heat, naturally) is delivered in a carrier to a special queen pen in the stud house. This separates her, via wire or bars,...

American Shorthair

When Americans use the term cat in the most generic sense, they are referring to the American Shorthair, and the vast majority of American...

Who ruled Versailles?

Persian , whom he would not allow anyone to tease. Gray angora cats lounged around the gambling tables, playing with the tokens. Sadly, the ...

Shorthairs, in general

As noted earlier, the domestic cat is genetically shorthaired; long hair occurs as a mutation. So, obviously, there are a lot more shorthair...

Siberian

Forest Cat. This cat is active, a good hunter and friendly toward humans but doesn’t have the makings of a good lap cat. Most Siberians ...

Stud males and brood queens

horses and other mammals, a stud cat can father a lot more kittens in his lifetime than any brood queen can give birth to. (He can mate alm...