Monday, December 13, 2010

Sphynx Cats Care

While the Sphynx cats lack a coat to shed or groom, they are not maintenance free. Oil bodies, which normally would be absorbed by the hair, tend to develop on the skin. As a result, regular cleaning (usually in the form of bathing) is required; one bath a week is usually sufficient. Care must be taken to limit the Sphynx cat's exposure to outdoor sunlight at length, because they can develop sunburn and photo damage similar to humans. In general, Sphynx cats should not be left outside without supervision, because they have limited means to conserve body heat when cold. their curious nature can take them into dangerous places or situations.
Although Sphynx cats are sometimes considered to be hypoallergenic due to their lack of coat, this is not always the case for a specific cat allergy. Allergies to cats are triggered by a protein called Fel d1, not cat hair itself. Fel d1 is a small and sticky protein found primarily in cat saliva and sebaceous glands. Those who are allergic to cats can react worse to direct contact with cats Sphynx than other offspring. However, conflicting reports from several people managed to tolerate Sphynx cats also exist. However, positive reports of possible cases of desensitizing, where "hair" gives optimism cat owners to try and have a cat, eventually leading to positive adaptation to their own situation.
Sphynx cats also seem to have a larger ear wax hairy domestic cats because they have little hair on their ears to catch and protect them from building up dirt in their ears, such as dirt, skin oil (sebum), and ear wax that accumulates more frequently in Sphynx-haired breed. The Sphynx cat's ears should be cleaned every week, usually before bath time. Sphynx breed also tends to accumulate oil and dirt under their nails and skin folds on the nail because of the lack of fur, so that, like ears, nails and skin folds around it needs to be cleaned properly as well. This is generally done in the bath together with weekly nail clipping. Sphynx breed does not require more maintenance than a typical domestic cat with a feather.

Pignose Cats

 Pignose Cats
 Pignose Cats
 Pignose Cats
Pignose Cats

Sphinx Cats





Contemporary breed Sphynx (also known as the Canadian Sphynx, Sphynx ancestry is different from Russia - Peterbald, Don Sphynx) started in 1966, at Roncesvalles, Toronto when a cat named Snip hairy birth. Mated with the mother kitten (backcross), which produces one more naked kitten. Together with some naked kitten was found later to be primogenitor breed. The first Sphynx breeder faced a number of issues: very limited genetic pool, breeders have rather vague ideas about genetics Sphynx, and kittens many died. Epidermis naked men born in 1975 to provide short-haired mother of a new material for the Sphynx breeder and new genes for further development of the breed. In the early stages of breed crosses with Devon-rex is used, but then this crossing was favored because it causes health problems. Now the Canadian Sphynx is a breed with a genetic pool of sound. Outcrossing is still allowed to use the guidelines listed in the "standard" of each Association Feline throughout duni





Sunday, December 12, 2010

The British Shorthair Cat



 
The British Shorthair is a cat pet feature that makes it a popular breed in cat shows. It has been the most popular type of cat registered by the British Government Council of Cat Fancy (GCCF) since 2001, when overtaking the Persian breed.
The British Shorthair is the descendant of cats brought to Britain by the Romans and then interbred with wild native cats. They then crossed with Persian cats to increase their thickness. multiply defined in the 19th century and British Shorthairs displayed in Crystal Palace cat show in 1871. The popularity of this race declined by the 1940s, but since the end of World War II, has increased the breeding program and breed high popularity once again


 


Friday, December 10, 2010

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Characteristics Persian Cats


A show-quality Persian has a very long coat and thick, short legs, broad head with ears set far, big eyes, and a very short muzzle. breed was originally established with a short muzzle, but over time, this characteristic has become extremely exaggerated, particularly in North America. Persian cats can have a color or mark including pointed, golden, tortoiseshell, blue, and cats.

Persian cats are generally described as calm. Simple and quiet, it adjusts well to apartment life. Himalayans tend to be more active because of the influence of Siam. One study compared the perception of cat owners' cats and Persians they scored higher than non-pedigree cats in the closeness and affection to the owner, is friendly to strangers, cleanliness, fokalisasi predictability, and fussiness over food






Persian Cats Cincilia


Persian Cats Cincilia

In the United States, there are efforts to establish the Silver Persian as a separate breed called the Sterling, but was not accepted. Silver and Golden longhaired cats, recognized by CFA more specially as Chinchilla Silvers, Shaded Silvers, Chinchilla Goldens or Shaded Goldens, judged in categories showing Persian cats. In South Africa, efforts to separate breed more successfully, the South African Cat Council (SACC) registers cats with five generations of race as a man of intellect Chinchilla Chinchilla. Chinchilla classical music fans have a slightly longer nose than the Persian, so that a healthy breathing and eye is less torn. hair is translucent with only the tips carrying black pigment, a feature that will be lost when out-crossed to other colored Persians. Out-crossing also may result in losing nose and lip liner, which is a fault in the Chinchilla breed standard classical music fans. One difference of this breed is the blue-green eye color, or green only with kittens having blue eye color or blue-purple.

Persian Cats Exotic Shorthair



Persian Cats Exotic Shorthair

The Exotic Shorthair Persian similar in temperament and type, with the exception of a short coat, solid.
Persian is used as an outcross in secret by a few American Shorthair (ASH) breeders in the late 1950s to "improve" their breed. Views hybrid gained recognition in the show ring but other farmers are not happy with the changes successfully pushed for a new generation of standards that would disqualify ASH who showed signs of hybridization.
One ASH ranchers who see the potential of the Persian / ASH traffic is proposed and finally managed to get the CFA to recognize them as new species in 1966, with the name of the Exotic Shorthair. Regular outcrossing to Persians have made the present-day Persian Exotic Shorthair similar in every way, including temperament and conformation, with the exception of a short dense coat. He even has inherited a lot of health problems Persia. The more easy to manage coat has made some people label Exotic Shorthair Persian lazy.
Because regular use of Persians as outcrosses, some Exotics may carry a recessive gene copies of classical music fans. When two such cats mate, there is one in four chance that each child with long hair. Ironically, Exotics with long hair are not considered Persian by the CFA, although The International Cat Association accepted them as Persians. other associations to register them as a separate breed longhair Exotic.



Himalayan Cats



Himalaya
Fans of classical music or Colorpoint Himalayas created by crossing Persians with Siamese. This intersection also introduced brown and purple color to the solid-colored Persians.

In 1950, Siam was crossed with Persians to make a breed with the Persian body type but colorpoint pattern of Siam. It was named the Himalayas, after other animals such as rabbits colorpoint Himalayas. In England the breed was recognized as Colorpoint longhair. Himalayan stand as a separate breed in the United States until 1984, when the CFA joined the Persians, to appeal the board of the second type of offspring. Some Persian breeders are not happy with the introduction of this "hybrid" to "pure" their line of Persian.

CFA Himalayans registration set by the breeder will be able to see a descendant of the Himalayan Persian with the mere sight of pedigree registration number. This is to make it easier for farmers who do not want blood Himalayas in their breeding lines to avoid individuals who, while not necessarily indicate a pattern colorpoint, can carry the gene recessively point color. Himalayan Persian by descent have registration numbers beginning with 3 and is usually referred to by breeders as carriers colorpoint (CPC) or 3000-series cat, although not all will actually carry the recessive gene. Siam is also a source for the brown and purple in the Persian solid.