Breeds of domestic cats, and especially care for them

A cat so noisy in the spring.

 

The mass exodus of males from basements and attics means only one thing in their souls settled spring. Pedigree and yard, fluffy and smooth, speckled, striped and monochromatic - all colors buffoon rise at this time under the banner of love. Now and then there are distributed happy cat trills. Now and then you can see the cheering of cats performing their March somersault.

 
... For a hundred and fifty years before, in March of love cats explained himself by Gioachino Rossini. At that time the composer was working on his first opera. He worked at night. It was at this time on the roof of his penthouse loving cats collected and arranged their heart-rending concerts. Fascinated by the cat's arias, Rossini, transcribed them into notes. Thus was born the famous duo. Party of the March Cat Rossini gave Alt - singer-castrati. Irony? - Not at all! Rossini, with all the richness of his imagination, and could not imagine that the cat lover would be able to speak or baritone, especially bass. Now, when castration is prohibited, the cat-woman plays the seducer contralto. And this is really funny.

 
blessed cat faces adorn canvases by Velazquez, Bruegel, Renoir, Bosch, Manet, not to mention the canvas Gottfried Minda - "Cat's Raphael».

 
The episode was filmed on the first take.

 
And at the end of 70 years of the twentieth century, told the newspaper "the Ural worker" managed to peep this episode: "The shotgun was rushing to drain the asphalt cat. Kept climbing into the narrow mouth, she tried unsuccessfully to that - then pull out. Finally, apparently convinced of the futility of their attempts, she quickly ran into the thicket of acacia and soon returned, accompanied by a large red cat. He walked over to the pipe is important, peered inside. Half climbed into the pipe, he leaned back in her legs and pulled the edge of the collar ... very large kitty. Happy mother as she could, and expressed his gratitude to the hero ».

 
Perhaps the only nation who do not really trust the cats in love magic, are the Norwegians. And to have good reasons. There is a legend that a polar expedition to the North Pole Frityufa Nansen went along with the men a big gray cat named Fafnir. Two months later, off the coast of Spitsbergen Fafnir depressed. Depressed to such an extent that the brave polar explorers had to second two people on the mainland - a friend for your cat. Approximately three weeks later a black cat was taken. But - alas - for this time Fafnir so wild, that not even dare to approach her furry mascot. All his life he lived an ascetic.

 
A cat so noisy in the spring.

 
... For a hundred and fifty years before, in March of love cats explained himself by Gioachino Rossini. At that time the composer was working on his first opera. He worked at night. It was at this time on the roof of his penthouse loving cats collected and arranged their heart-rending concerts. Fascinated by the cat's arias, Rossini, transcribed them into notes. Thus was born the famous duo. Party of the March Cat Rossini gave Alt - singer-castrati. Irony? - Not at all! Rossini, with all the richness of his imagination, and could not imagine that the cat lover would be able to speak or baritone, especially bass. Now, when castration is prohibited, the cat-woman plays the seducer contralto. And this is really funny.

 
blessed cat faces adorn canvases by Velazquez, Bruegel, Renoir, Bosch, Manet, not to mention the canvas Gottfried Minda - "Cat's Raphael».

 
The episode was filmed on the first take.

 
And at the end of 70 years of the twentieth century, told the newspaper "the Ural worker" managed to peep this episode: "The shotgun was rushing to drain the asphalt cat. Kept climbing into the narrow mouth, she tried unsuccessfully to that - then pull out. Finally, apparently convinced of the futility of their attempts, she quickly ran into the thicket of acacia and soon returned, accompanied by a large red cat. He walked over to the pipe is important, peered inside. Half climbed into the pipe, he leaned back in her legs and pulled the edge of the collar ... very large kitty. Happy mother as she could, and expressed his gratitude to the hero ».

 
Perhaps the only nation who do not really trust the cats in love magic, are the Norwegians. And to have good reasons. There is a legend that a polar expedition to the North Pole Frityufa Nansen went along with the men a big gray cat named Fafnir. Two months later, off the coast of Spitsbergen Fafnir depressed. Depressed to such an extent that the brave polar explorers had to second two people on the mainland - a friend for your cat. Approximately three weeks later a black cat was taken. But - alas - for this time Fafnir so wild, that not even dare to approach her furry mascot. All his life he lived an ascetic.

The breed should have distinctive features that distinguish it from other breeds.

 

This group of animals that CFA has decided to assume such.

 

representative of the different breeds of cats vary in color, length of hair, place of birth, etc.

 

lop-eared cats - this is the result of genetic mutation. In kittens it is manifested at the age of 5 weeks, when they begin to rise ears. peculiar structure of the ears: they are almost invisible, since hanging down, covering the ear hole.

 


But now finally figured out felinologists and mixing of these two aristocratic breed to an end - Scottish Fold Scottish knit with straights only. Straight born in almost all litters Fold. Despite the straight ears and the apparent absence of a dominant gene lop-eared Fd, straights are a set of genes that support the features of the breed. Scottish straights - it's full-Scots, though superficially more like the British Shorthair.  
big round eyes, separated by a broad nose, wide open with sweet expression. Eye color is equal to coat color.  
and kittens and adult cats can produce fermented milk products, such as no fat cottage cheese, yogurt. Do not go overboard and sour cream. They are quite thick and frequent feeding their cat may have a negative effect on the liver. From natural products can give offal (heart, liver, chicken gizzards, tripe), not greasy mutton, rabbit, chicken and turkey. Fish can be given only to the marine and boiled. Also in the diet can include meals - buckwheat, rice, Hercules, as well as grated vegetables - raw or cooked carrots, squash or pumpkin, cabbage. For the vegetables must add a little vegetable oil. This is necessary due to the fact that all of the vitamins contained in vegetables, fat-soluble and absorbed by the body only cat in his presence.  BUT: Be careful to feeding with a high content of calcium especially Fold.  There is reasonably believed that a violation of phosphorus-calcium balance leads to a deterioration in fit ears. Certainly the degree of fit in the ear is more related to hereditary factors and still not neglect this advice.

 
pedigreed cats best buy at the age of 3-4 months.  
Firstly, by the time the kitten will stop eating their own mother's milk, ie his body will have the necessary capacity to quality physical development.

 

Second, the cat will learn to lick it, go to the bathroom, etc., ie, it will give him life skills.

 

Third, the kitten will be plenty of time to learn social skills with their brothers and sisters.

 

It's all pluses for the kitten, but for the future owner is important that in this age already kotyachem can get some idea of ​​what the animal when he grows up. Ie you will see what you pay for money.

(Latin: Felis serval, Leptailurus serval) bush cat. Serval inhabits throughout Africa, except the extreme south of the Sahara and the continent. Places of habitat located north, east and south of the Sahara.

 

For a number of morphological features similar to lynx serval. Serval - slender long-legged cat of medium size.

Its body length of about 90-135sm, tail 30-40 cm Weight ranges from 8 to 18 pounds. Head small with huge ears, which gives it a rather amusing sight. The neck is long. The tail seems shorter, but it is much longer than that of a lynx. Sickle-like claws are drawn into the pad feet.

 

Color serval resembles a cheetah color - dark spots and stripes on a yellowish-gray background. Abdomen, face and chest - white. Ears on the outside black with yellow transverse spot.

 

Color servals from different geographical habitats are different. In the steppe and forest areas are found small animals with large spots on a light background. In tropical rain forests, animals are painted in a darker color, stain less in size. In the mountains there are completely black specimens. White animals with a silver-gray spots known only in captivity.

 

serval inhabits in open areas with shrubs and herbaceous shrubs, near the water. Avoid deserts, dry plains and tropical rain forests, keeping their edges.

 

serval eats small prey - mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish. In small quantities, eat vegetation.

 

Serval is crepuscular lifestyle. The peak of his hunting activity in the 4-5 am and 10-11 pm. You can see serval hunting in the afternoon. Perfect pitch helps him hunt down small prey, and long limbs make it easy to progress in the tall grass. He can jump vertically up to 3 m in height, thus, knocking off from the land of birds.  Serval can not long stalk their prey. He hunts conceal, that is stealing the victim in the tall grass, serval makes one jump and caught the victim of his front paws claws, crushing her under. On larger prey, like a leopard jumps. It is easy to dig out of their burrows of rodents. It climbs up trees. Swim, but prefers to hunt in shallow water for frogs, wading birds and fish. Serval very dobychlivy predator. More than half his attacks end up catching the prey. In times of danger or flee prefers hiding.

 

Outside the breeding season serval has a solitary lifestyle. The area of ​​an individual plot the male is 40 - 72 km2. Lots of females is much smaller - 2.9 km2. Plot the male overlaps with areas of several females.

 

pairs are created only during the breeding season. Within a few days with a pair of servals hunt and rest. For female labor is old burrows aardvarks or make a nest in the grass.

 

On the propagation of serval in the wild, little is known. Pregnancy lasts 65-75 days. Female bears 03.02 kitten. Kittens appear once a year from February to April. Mothers reared their milk for seven and a half months. As soon as the kittens begin hunting on their own males, the mother expels them from his site. Females remain near the mother a little longer.

 

Despite the fact that the skin has a serval is a beautiful color, it, nevertheless, has no real value. However, animal meat is highly valued among the local population. In addition, the local population uses some body parts for rituals, ceremonies and traditional medicine. Sometimes serval attacks on poultry. For these reasons, to continue to hunt serval.

 

Once a man has a kitten, serval fairly easy to tame and attached to the man. In our time, servals hand - not uncommon.

 

view is not in critical condition. But nevertheless, it is rare. Northern subspecies of the serval is listed in the International Red Book.

 

Photo serval.

 

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 Everything about your pets. Subject - intramuscular injection cat  "Cats from A to Z", sheet 1 of 24: the library FictionBook

How many cats - so many characters, specific behaviors. The more attention you give your pets the easier it will be able to understand each other. Yes, each other, because not only do we watch them, but they are for us. Many "ailurophile" noticed that the cat is particularly "careful", so to speak, to their owners when they feel that they have a bad mood. The story about cats and "psychics" that relieve pain, and "carers", not for a moment leaving the critically ill.

 

But it happens that the cat's behavior is alarming. I mean the two extremes - aggression and cowardice. Owners of some animals ask for advice, as the "aggressor" to turn into an "angel", while others - like a coward out of making a "normal" cat.

 

Aggressive 90% observed in non-castrated males. Sometimes they start to hunt for their masters, attacking suddenly and painfully to the blood biting his legs. This is a classic example of aggression aimed not at the object, so articulate. "The cat is excited without any reason" - they think its owners, but it is not.

 

Typically, cats live in a very confined space, do not let them outside, where they could vent accumulated excitation. These animals by their sudden attacks on the hosts (or guests) are trying to protect their possessions. If there is no natural rivals, the cats - no one to drive, each passing on its "path" - the enemy.

 

Most aggressive cats are thrown at his feet, but if you start to calm down cock, stroking, lifting off the floor at the time of excitation, may suffer and the hands. Cote tense, the whole "boiling with anger," and approach him in any case impossible: a fierce attack from the bloodletting is guaranteed.

 

What to do if you have an aggressive cat? No need to go too close to the cat if you thought that he was tense, "took the position," knocking the tail on the floor, ears held tightly to his head. Apply diversionary tactic - throw crumpled foil, paper or ping-pong ball to cause a reaction in an animal stalking. If you live on the ground floor, quickly open the door and transom, window. Nor is mad animal gestures and voice. It is better to be silent, to look away. Well to a small "water treatment", of course, if you prudently prepared a cup of water.

 

If the attack is repeated often, it is necessary to consult with your veterinarian, he may appoint your pet a small dose of tranquilizers.

 

Do not feed the cat protein and an aggressive monotonous food. If you want, and perseverance for 10-14 days, the animal can be transferred to the dairy and vegetable (with the addition of fish) diet.

 

Look at your actions.

Think, perhaps, before the "attack" you hurt a cat - came on foot, slapped, cursed and driven out from the long occupied the town - very animals vindictive aggressor.

 

On the other extreme cat behavior - cowardly. If you watched the kittens probably noticed how they just learned to walk in a hurry to escape, hide beside mom-cats at the slightest perception of danger. Later, they start on the defensive: to curve back, press ears, fur on end lift. Gradually learns to distinguish between the danger kitten real and imaginary, and behave accordingly. However, some animals can not adapt to its environment. They, and as adults, prefer to "stay in a dark corner" and a little something to hide behind the sofa or in another secure location. Usually cats sneaking cowardly move, low hanging tail, dilated pupils. Cat tries not to attract attention, and picking a secluded spot, lay there quietly.

 

cowardly cat does not rejoice in life itself and does not please their masters. Furthermore, attempts to stir up, to draw the game may be even more frightened her. And if a cat (or cat) to stick at a time when she tries to avoid unpleasant for a meeting, then, oddly enough, the animal uses the latest means of protection - attacks the "pristavalu", but more often they are the masters.

 

Typically, the reasons for this behavior in childhood. Perhaps your pet has been among their brethren the smallest and frail, did not participate in public brawls (instinct of self-preservation, because it could pin down a junkyard in total). For the same reason he did not come out to investigate some new object, later than other saturated mother's milk. As a result, a kitten does not accumulate experience and grow fearful, and when he robbed from the mother-cat is unable to cope with the influx of new experiences. The most obvious and harmless situation causes him stress and nervousness.

 

What to do if you have a cowardly cat? First of all, do not yell at my family at each other and the more of a kitten. Adult cat equip its own "house". Let your family is still, but the cat will be calmer if she literally feel the roof over your head. TV audio input bell, the noise from the chair to move, the roar of the vacuum cleaner and other annoying sounds until it will reach muted. In my house lives a cat go quietly, in the presence of the owners it will come out rarely. On the advice of a vet can give sedatives, gradually reducing the dose. Good help homeopathic medicines, herbal extracts. Without treatment, and to ensure peaceful living conditions of nervousness, especially when she spotted an adult cat to get worse.

 

Cats, like humans, prone to stress, and many of their illness - a reaction to it. Stress in animals can cause not only extreme situations, but also the most prosaic. On hearing the reason, the owners often wonder: "Yes we would never have occurred" many examples.

 

You left the cat on a vacation with the task to a neighbor who does not love cats, to come and feed it once a day. Or given at this time familiar with the words: "Let's fish and do not pay attention to it." Maybe you have been changes in personal life or daily routine (have come too late.) Decided to consult a veterinary hospitals, but there unfamiliar surroundings, smells, barking and snarling dogs. Appeared in the house puppy or kitten that you give all the attention and affection, forgetting about the old favorites. And the death of a loved one? Or loss of a companion cat or dog, a faithful friend of the family?

 

Of course, both people and cats in different ways to cope with stress. Some of this state is transferred without much harm to themselves, others arise depression, loss of appetite, painful sensitivity to touch (not given iron, sharp jumps), severe hair loss, diarrhea. Often when stress sweat pads. Marks cats (cats for this natural phenomenon) of their possessions and belongings urine - also a reaction to stress. Sometimes there are even depigmentation, "gray" epileptic shek <> Ñ" C,  

How to display the cat out of it? If the animal is at home all the time, and with him there was something wrong, we must observe, "calculate" irritating object. In addition to the above situations, it may even be a new carpet with a characteristic pungent odor, a hamster or a bird. Most often, problems are resolved. In the house where a cat - a family member, someone has to think about how to keep it quiet.

 

Another piece of advice for those who are growing kittens. After two weeks, until their transfer to new hosts (ie, 7-8 weeks) as often as possible to take their hands and saying sweet words, stroking his hand back. Do not be afraid to spoil the kittens, as they say: "Good word, nice cat".

Most cat owners do not know what a sick cat. And this can only be welcomed. Nine lives cat, of course, relate to the world of fairy tales. However, it is undeniable that the cat is extremely tenacious and able to go unscathed from the many alterations. Acquire, however, the following principle: sick cat needs a veterinarian. Do not try to put your own amateur diagnosis. Do cats vaccinated. Try to prevent accidents.

 

is well groomed. Thoroughly licks himself. Eating normally. Drink as usual. Meows as usual. Uses the toilet box as usual with normal results.

From time to time, vomiting, then looks fine. Maintains a constant weight.

 

sloppy. Dirty. Untidy rear. Becomes greedy or do not eat. He drinks too much or not drinking. Meows too much, or is behaving unusually quiet. Uses the toilet box too often with little or no results inconclusive. Tense, sitting in a drawer. She has diarrhea. Do not use the toilet. Frequent repeated vomiting. In the present vomit blood. Looks weak. For one month or less adds or loses more than 10% of its normal weight.

 

careful to look closely to the usual manifestations of life of your cat. If the inner voice tells you that something is wrong, trust him! Call your vet and discuss it with changes effected. A veterinarian can determine whether there is need to bring him a cat for a checkup. There are several diseases that often occur in the feline population, and you as the owner of the cat's good to know the symptoms.

 

Some cats end their lives due to the fact that licking themselves, swallow a lot of hair. These hair entangled in a cat and form a large ball of wool. This clot partially or completely block the intestines and causes a cat in her fullness. Symptoms of this disease include: lethargy, vomiting, loss of appetite. Vomit it is usually brown in color, they can examine lumps of fur, as it were rolled into tubes. Consideration should be given the vomit in order to make sure that it lumps of fur swallowed by a cat, caused vomiting. Deal with this problem will help the daily thorough brushing, especially during the molting season, and for long-haired cat - a permanent one. If you suspect that your cat is something wrong, go to the vet. He will be able to confirm the illness and recommend appropriate treatment. For home remedies that help cleanse the intestines and stomach from hairballs, include paraffin and mineral oil. I would still recommend every day to give longhair cat grass (for example, leeks), and germinated in winter wheat.

 

These nasty critters live in the ears of a cat. They bite through the ear canal skin, which leads to inflammation and soreness throughout the surrounding area. Cats as follows respond to this discomfort: they shake their heads vigorously rub the ears with paws, rubbing his head on the floor and furniture. Infection of ear mites is accompanied by dark waxy discharge from the ears. To cope with this disease, you need medication, which will appoint a veterinarian. Let him show you how to dig into your ears drops or ointment to enter, as well as how to safely clean the ears.

 

The causes of diarrhea are different, they can be very, very often it is due to errors in diet. The food, consisting only of meat or milk, heavy to digest, filled with spices or spoiled food - is also the most common cause of diarrhea. However, foods that cause diarrhea in cats, are unique to each animal. Lead to them, and intestinal parasites (worms), although it occurs much less frequently. Diarrhea can be caused by motion sickness (when riding in a car, train), excitement or fear (during a visit to the doctor), the emergence of new animal home.

 

Diarrhea kind usually pass quickly and do not need any special treatment. You should not scold the cat at this time because she has no time to use the toilet.

 

The basic condition for the treatment of diarrhea - a refusal to feed for 12-24 hours. Cat tolerates it well, if not long before she was pokormlena diarrhea. Then, within 3-5 days the cat must be on diet, consisting of a light, well-digested foods such as baby food, boiled chicken, boiled egg, etc. If necessary, your doctor may prescribe a diet for your cat individually. As a remedy to protect the intestinal mucosa may offer kaopektat (2 teaspoons per 400 grams body weight) every 6 hours. But before you start treatment, find out the cause of the diarrhea.

 

In that case, if the diarrhea lasts more than 24-36 hours without any visible signs of improvement, if it is diarrhea mixed with blood, accompanied by vomiting, high fever, weakness, loss of appetite or dehydration, without the help of a physician is necessary. Pay attention to color, composition and consistency of stool, so it's very important for diagnosis. Be sure to annoy stool samples for analysis in order to then pinpoint the cause of the disease, including a sample for the presence of worms.

 

A healthy cat constipation are very rare. The reasons for this may be simple, such as errors in the diet or too much ingested by licking the coat. Still, frequent constipation can have serious consequences and require specialized veterinary care. Considered normal if the stool of an adult cat is one or two times a day. If the cat is only one day, there was a chair that is not cause for concern. In mild cases, animals can be helped by using a special diet. A good effect is the presence in the diet of cat so-called dietary fibers (cellulose). It is also recommended to give food with high water content. Can help and serve with fresh beef liver. As for special preparations, they should give only talking to your doctor.

 

For home treatment can be recommended to the paraffin oil (a teaspoon to four kilograms of live weight) or mineral oil (one teaspoon). These oils are administered orally. With strong locks use glycerin candle (child), which is introduced into the anus. The action of the candle is based on the fact that it softens the stool and thereby facilitates their removal from the intestines.

 

is usually enough to use these funds for two days (1-2 times a day) to eliminate constipation. But there is and negative sides. Paraffin oil prevents absorption of oil-free vitamin in the intestine, and therefore its long-term approach can lead to beriberi. The oil should be given to the animal simultaneously with the food. Do not try to force the medicine cat because it hit the airways can lead to pneumonia.

 

In that case, if your cat has a blockage colon solid stool, a doctor is a must. If you can not use the services of a doctor, try to act independently. You must have a rubber bulb for an enema. With this pear is introduced into the rectum slightly warm boiled water.

 

It should be noted that in some cats constipation may alternate with diarrhea.

 

Vomiting may mean that you have a serious problem, and can only mean that your cat eats too much and too fast. Cat occasionally overeat, and then changes his mind. Cats can vomit as soon as they want, so for them it is not the same difficult thing for both of us. If a healthy cat from time to time vomiting - this is normal, and there is nothing to worry about. That's a good general rule: If your cat vomits from time to time, but in all other respects, it looks healthy, not particularly worry because of this. If vomiting is frequent, occurs repeatedly over several hours, if present in vomit blood or if your cat is in any other way of showing discomfort and looks sick - call the vet. If something bothers you - call the vet! But if your cat occasionally throw up on your computer screen, it is usually quite normal.

 

If your cat is straining during urination, meows more than usual, urinating in inappropriate places, there is blood in the urine or cat urine generally unable to perform - be sent straight to the vet. These are all symptoms of a serious, possibly life-threatening disease. Do not hesitate!

 

If you've ever seen it, you'll know what I mean. The cat sits up, pulls back on the floor and begins to "ride" in this situation. It's pretty unpleasant behavior, which inevitably shows a cat in your most expensive carpet, may be a sign that your cat anal glands are irritated. Each cat in the anal gland is. These glands are used to mark territory of smell, as well as something like "buttons of fear." When the cat is scared, she can squeeze out the contents of the anal glands. These glands are highly compressed, and this leads to swelling and pain. Then the cat starts to "ride" on the floor and licks itself. Take the unfortunate creation of a vet. You do not want in your house has got the contents of compressed infected anal glands and cats. If the cat is fidgeting on the floor and licks itself, it can also be a sign of worms. And in either case, go to the vet, so he looked at the cat.

 

Epilepsy - is a functional brain disorder characterized by convulsions, usually of short duration. Seizures can be caused by any cause, disrupt normal brain function. Epilepsy is a fairly common disease in small animals. Seizures in cats are divided into two broad categories: real epilepsy (idiopathic) epilepsy and false (symptomatic). At present the cause of epilepsy seizures is difficult to establish, it often remains unknown. False epilepsy - an acquired syndrome, seizures can be a symptom of another illness. If this disease is identified and treated, seizures must be stopped. Seizure preceded by a period of unusual behavior: a fixed gaze, looking into space, disorientation and other symptoms. Sometimes the cat owners do not even notice them, in other cases, this phase of illness lasts from five to ten minutes. This aura phase allows the owner of a cat ready to seizure: make sure that the cat is in a safe place, for example, on the floor. At the time of the attack, the animals fall and lose consciousness, their legs stretched out and woody, breathing stops. This phase is very short, 10 - 30 seconds, followed by convulsive movements and paws, like running or swimming. After the attack the animal can return to normal after a few seconds or minutes, and can sometimes remain motionless in a lethargic stupor, confused, disoriented or blinded from several minutes to several hours. Recent experience suggests that all animals are potential epileptics. If a young cat attacks do not happen more than once a year, there is no need to pursue treatment, the disease is not life threatening, should be limited to observation for such animals. If seizures occur more frequently than once a month, you need to therapeutic treatment. Anticonvulsants should be used with caution if the patient does not receive the usual remedy for a day or two, seizures and sales resume can be e heavier. Successful treatment depends heavily on proper home care of patients. Good care can reduce the frequency of seizures, reduce their duration, to facilitate their flow with minimal side effects.

 

The specific approach to the breeding of British rock is determined primarily by the fact that the formation of the modern breed type significantly influenced by input crosses, that is, irregular single mating with other breeds.

 

Remember the story of the formation of rocks. For decades, breeders in principle not distinguish between British and European shorthair cats. At exhibitions, cat British Isles and the European continent were called "short-haired breed" - without further definition. Around the thirties of XX century British breeders began a massive target selection, aimed at consolidation and heavier backbone shorthair cat, the formation of their convex forehead, rounded head with short muzzle, and massive jaws. There is evidence that this selection is accompanied by frequent blood cast-on, or simply say, crossing the "French Blue" (Cartesian, Chartres) cats. These past and today are the rock closest to the British. Mating the usual "short-" and the blue cat Cartesian periodically taken by British breeders, until the final separation of these species in 1966. In continental Europe, as British and Cartesian cats mated and later, and these matings do not even regarded as experimental. Especially welcome are interbreeding German clubs.

 

The most striking difference between modern Britain from Cartesian - a form of the head. Original rock texture differed wool: soft, non-contiguous, with undercoat, equal to the length of the spine (double), a blue wool Cartesian cat differed from the more rigid, semiadherent, with a dense undercoat, but not double, woolen British (which, incidentally, had the right to be not just blue, but a different color). At present, blue and lilac British Shorthair is often observed texture and structure of hair, very similar to that of the Cartesian breed. Still, the Cartesians certainly influenced the texture of "British" of wool, making it denser, and providing abundant undercoat.

 

Another feature of the British breed, borrowed from the Cartesians - full cheeks. In "short-haired breed" cats as the British Isles developed cheek was not. "Cheeky" British males were to appear in the mass-70s, and they usually have bleached color - blue or cream. The third sign, who went to some members of British rock from the Cartesian Cats - "small" snout. Cartesians themselves have a fairly narrow muzzle and, by modern standards, but rather the average length than the shortest. In the British breed, this narrow snout noticeably shortened and slightly arched. As a result, the British head of a "small" muzzle is as a "standard" round shape, as well as individuals with a broad and full muzzle of medium length. Thus, the opening cross-breeding with cats Cartesian laid the foundation for the existence of several types of modern British inbreeding.

 

British rock during the last ten years developing very rapidly: the animals become heavier, their backbone - heavier head and eyes - rounder. This breed's development should take place primarily through the intensification of the selection, proper selection and combination of Manufacturers tribal lines. However, some breeders have always sought (and still seek) a "short" ways of improving the breed type. The result of their searches often become breeding with exotic British or Persian.

 
Then, to kontsu70's, in the United States was formed and "short-haired Persians" - exotic, but because they have not been distributed in Europe, in crosses with the British they were used rarely. The only serious problem generated by the Persian-crossings British 70-80s of last century, was a periodic long-haired animals in the excision of British rock.

 

The rapid progress of Persian and exotic breeds soon led to a radical change in rock type - there were so-called "extremals". By the early '90s, this type has become a leading and was assigned to the standards.

Britons crossing with Persians and Exotics, set in the 90s and taken to this day, were not nearly as safe as earlier. Among the breeders have formed the term "zaekzochennost", although an accurate understanding of what he stands for, while it is not. Too often talk about "deep stop" or "flat face" of these animals, but the image of the "zaekzochennyh" individuals often define the very different characteristics. "Persian" or "exotic" features of the British species are often expressed in the reconstruction of the frontal and cranial structures, angular contours of frontal bone, a sharp change in direction back of the nose, in a strong shortening of the "elevated" snout.

 

Instead of the forehead convex, smoothly passing the flat area between the ears, the most "British" descendants of the Persians or Exotics demonstrate the opposite structure of the skull: the steep brow move into a flat forehead, the parietal portion remains the same dome. This structure affects the brow shape of an animal by the fact that gives the impression of deep-set "evil" eye.

 

The effect of "excessive foot" is often not so much on the availability of a deep depression in the transition from forehead to nose, but because of the change in the direction of the nasal bridge to the horizontal. Thus he is often much narrower nose to nose speculum and does not have the width required of a good representative of the British breeds. Steep eyebrows, and often accentuated cheekbones with poorly defined cheeks and "elevated" the nose attached to the angularity of the head shape. A profile stand out in brow and change of direction of the nasal bridge creates a picture of a sharp kink at the transition from forehead to nose.

 

Changing the direction of the nasal bridge is usually "lifts" and the entire British muzzle. Interestingly, as the presence of "small" faces, this "excitement" does not always affect the evaluation of the animal. The fact that none of the British breed standard (in any case, European) does not specify in detail the structure of faces, limited to the general requirements of the roundness of the head. But the impression of a round the head can still be created 1) by a broad and short snout with rounded podusnikami, 2) due to the small, round and short, and 3) at the expense of an equally small, narrow and "elevated" - with the latter may have the average length.

 

in combination with each other and with the "purebred" the British like "a-" and "podekzochennye" cats offer a wide range of variations of morphological type, - unfortunately, most of them unwanted. For example, the direction of the back of the nose and cheek corners in the offspring of crosses of these animals with animals of another breed type may change - in contrast to the width and length of snout. The heads of these children - with a narrowed muzzle and angular - will no longer look round, and generally harmonious. Sometimes it splits off a cat, which does not "lay" in the British standard - is actually a bad (or even medium quality) Exotic short snub nose, deep stop, convex skull.

 

Why are round-crossing Persians and Exotics with the British give similar effects? "Improve" the material for the British rock usually provide so-called "classics" - that is, Exotics and Persians with a relatively long nose and a shallow stop. At the same time on the cranial structure and the structure of the faces of such "classics" none of the breeders, "britanistov 'attention, as a rule, does not pay. But any breeder of Persian (or exotic) species is aware of the complexities of the uneven development of cranial structures in this breed. In the vast majority of today's "big noses" Persians are not true "classics" and failed "extremals" - the result of an incorrect combination of lines or an unsuccessful attempt to improve the type. The cranial structure of such individuals are usually different and not as harmonious as a true "classics", but what they carry in their genotype - one can only guess ...

 

A third source of plant problems in the British rock - cross-breeding with Scottish fold. These crossings are not taken to improve the type of the British, but because, according to European practice, the Scottish Fold up to 2004 were bred in a systematic crosses with the British, "pryamouhie" descendants of these crosses ("Straight"), registered breeders as members of the British breed .  However, the Scottish Straight (or rather, a good Scottish Straight) - this is not British, and especially not a good Brit.  Another important difference between straights from the British - it's wool.  
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Thus, from the permanent cast-on blood Folds British rock is nothing particularly good for the formation of rock types is not expected. Since 2004, such matings are prohibited.

 

Of course, the factory owner, eager to engage solely to improve the British, can easily avoid such problems - not enough to take their animals mating with a fold and not buy into his kennel offspring from such matings, no matter how impressive they may be. If a breeder is the desire to make a fold, you should not expect more for the British and the descendants of higher-class exhibition of the same parents ...

 

While the vast and diverse gene pool, which lies at the heart of the British breed, it is easy to expect that hereditary diseases and abnormalities in its representatives will be rare. This is true, and in this sense, inbreeding, even closer and closer to the British are relatively safe. They are not safe because it can lurk in even entirely harmonious genotype individuals - in homozygous form in the offspring may get some recessive alleles derived from the Cartesian, Persian or exotic ancestors. As a result, the effect will be the same as that of imposing different types of inbreeding. Thus, the breeder is like the Brits caught in the middle - still risky for him and the mating of unrelated individuals of different types (which he tries to put to the mutual improvement of symptoms producers), and the use of close inbreeding in species with 'problematic' origins. The output appears in the first place, the establishment of breeding lines based on (vse-taki!) close and moderate inbreeding on the outstanding producers, and the latter must be distinguished not only harmonious appearance. but "conservative" (at least in the foreseeable within the four-pyatikolennoy lineage) origin. These manufacturers (and more manufacturers are coming from such lines) are the best partners and individuals with deviating (from the standard) type.

 

Features silver, gold colors and chinchillas

 

However, this recommendation is virtually impossible for individuals such color as silver and gold tabby, and chinchilla, as hard to keep these colors have inherited primarily through dilution of their "in itself", that is, limiting the selection of breeding pairs within the same color variation. This situation is fraught with the inevitable inbreeding, not only helps to perpetuate the advantages of color, but also disadvantages such. It is also worth considering that most of the chinchillas and silvertebbi - close to the descendants of the Persians and exotics that do not reduce the risk of the most secure these "shortcomings such as" (though the situation is partly discharges the fact that most of the Persians, Chinchillas among the ancestors of the British - is "genuine" , not "enhanced classics"). In this situation, the breeder has to put a mating only on the basis of rules matching given the pros and cons of such prospective vendors, their origin, and - based on it - the risk of excision as "podekzochennyh" and "simplification" of descendants.

 

Crossing the same gold and silver cats with solid British to improve the type inevitably leads to loss of high-quality color and eye color, the recovery of which may require more than one generation of animals. Nevertheless, this line of work necessary for the successful development of the color choices rock, you only need to remember that the first generation descendants of these crosses for the most part - a valuable breeding material, but no representatives of the exhibition class.

The concept of color in cats covers, firstly, the actual color of the cat hair, and secondly, drawing bands on the hair or lack of it, and thirdly, the presence or absence of spots on the coat of white in various sizes and their order in Fourth, different degrees of coloration of wool.

 

Coat color, skin and eyes caused by the presence of cats in which the pigment melanin. Melanin is the body hair in the form of microscopic granules, which vary in shape, size and quantity, which causes differences in color. There are two types of chemical melanin: eumelanin (eumelanin) and pheomelanin (phaeomelanin). Eumelanin granules spherical and absorb almost all light, giving black pigmentation. Granules feumelanina oblong (elliptical shape), and reflect light in the red-yellow-orange range  .

 

eumelanin is responsible for the black color (and its derivatives - chocolate, blue, lilac, fawn, cinnamon), and feumelanin - the red (cream). Genes that are responsible for the manifestation of red (O - orange) or black (on - not orange) are located on the X - chromosome, that is the inheritance of coat color is linked to sex. Females have two X chromosomes and therefore three choices of color:

 PA - red,  oo - black  Oo - tortoiseshell (red and black).  

Cats an X-chromosome and, depending on which gene it carries on or about, it will be red or black. Tortoiseshell cats have appeared only in the case of genetic disorders, and these males are sterile.

 

Thus, the inheritance of characteristics, the genes are located in the X-or Y-chromosome is sex-linked.

Genes that are localized in the X-chromosome and have no alleles in the Y-chromosome inherited from the mother's son, in particular, the red cat can not be born of a black cat, and vice versa, the red cat can give birth to a cat black series.

 

The color white - the complete lack of pigmentation. Cats have a solid white coat may be obtained on three different occasions:

 and. White albino - seen in cats under the action of a recessive gene albinism "c" - an albino with blue eyes.

 b. Solid white spots - appear under the influence of factors of white spots (S), which dominates not completely affected by polygenetic modifications and usually leads to the fact that the cat is painted in white, not all. However, the spots can be placed so tightly that the animal is completely white. White spots are described in the following sections.  at. The dominant white - this mutation suppresses all other genes of pigmentation, and gives rise to white coat color and blue eyes. As the name implies, this is - the effect of the dominant white gene (W). In the case of the dominant white genes in other colors and patterns, and although there are, but they are completely hidden. The only way to determine the primary genotype in practice (before the conduct genetic analysis to determine the genotype of the cat) - cross with colored cats are well-known genotype. Crossing the two dominant white usually leads to solid white kittens, but if both parents - are heterozygous (W / w), then some kittens primary colors may appear. If the genotype of white parents do not know the pedigree of the test or mating - mating outcome is unpredictable.  Dominant white is found in different species. Sometimes white Oriental Oriental cats are seen by some associations as a separate breed. In the dominant white color blue eye color is much deeper than the albino, and it is considered a virtue. Best blue eyes completely white mark in the Eastern Oriental cats carrying a gene repressed chocolate color.  

Deafness in cats is associated with the genes of spotting (S) and with the dominant white (W), but not with the gene of albinism (c / c or Ca / ca).

 

Colors cats are very diverse. Some cats are painted evenly - so-called solid colors or solid. Other cats have a distinct pattern - in the form of stripes, circles. This figure is called tabby. Tubby "opens" the coat by a dominant gene A - agouti. This gene paints every hair of a cat in a uniformly alternating dark and light transverse stripes.

 

In the dark stripes is concentrated more pigment eumelanin, in the light - lower, with the pigment granules elongated, elliptical shape and getting are discharged along the length of hair. But if the genotype of the animal's black color appears homozygous allele (aa) - a non-agouti tabby pattern is not seen and get a solid color.

 

This effect of certain genes to other, nonallelic genes with them, is called epistasis. That is, allele (aa) is epistatic effect on the genes tabby, it is their "covers", masks, does not appear. However, the effects of alleles (aa) does not not apply to the gene O (orange). So the cat red (cream) color are always open tabby pattern, while the solid red color in cats is produced by breeding a breeder, when being selected for more extensive dark-colored stripes, proximity to the human eye which is perceived as a solid red color.

 

Thus, all cats - tabby, but not all - of agouti. Confirmation that all tabby cats have in their genotype - the remaining "invisible" children in many tabby kittens. This residual tabby cats solid colored leaves, cat sheds, the hair changes and becomes uniformly colored.

 Agouti - a phenomenon zoned coloring hair. Each hair is divided into several zones, each of which is painted in varying degrees: some areas are colored more intensely than others, or not painted at all. The group-agouti colors are colors of cats tabby, shaded, "Chinchilla." Agouti-colors found in many kinds of animals: rabbits, gerbils, chinchillas, guinea pigs, etc.  Tabby - drawing on the fur. All tabbies have thin lines on the face, expressive eyes Stroke, and form the letter "M" on his forehead. If you look at the hair close, we see that each hair is colored dark and light stripes. This alternation is called the "Agouti". It is believed that the tabby - is the original color of the cats, so otherwise it is called "wild color", ie characteristic of small wild cat.  Tabby-mackerel - striped "tiger" color, the pattern in the form of parallel vertical stripes.  Classic tabby, classic tabby - wide spiral bands on the sides, resembling marble stains, three stripes along the ridge, spotted belly, tail and feet as the band rings.  Spotted Tabby - evenly spaced small spots throughout the body. The spots may be in the form of continuous strips.  Ticked tabby, tabby or agouti abyssinian tabby - without stripes or spots on the body, but with a pattern on the face and agouti on the body. This color is typical for the breed Abyssinian cats.  Black - black color, with full colored hair well to the roots, without pattern and bright spots.  Lupus - a dark red color, with a good full colored hair to the roots, without pattern and bright spots. Nose and paw pads - brick red. Eyes - dark bronze or orange.  Tortoiseshell - random spots all over his body red and black colors.  Blue - gray color coat, preferably a bright, clean and uniform, with no shades and hair a different color. Nose and paw pads are blue-gray. Eye color orange or green.  Kpemovy - uniform color, are not allowed any marks and stains. Cream color covers every hair evenly to the root. The undercoat should not be light or white. Nose and paw pads pink. Eyes orange or copper.  Kpemovo blue tortoise - Light blue and cream colors are mixed throughout the body and limbs. Nose and paw pads are pink, blue-gray or pink with a bluish-gray spots.  Piebald color - is a manifestation of white spotting factor or another piebald. For piebald colors characteristic arrangement of colored spots on a white background. Depending on the degree of white spotting genes proyavlyaeniya distinguish colors:  Van - (maximum power) is all white with a colored tail and 1-2 small colored patches on the head above the eyes and below the ears. Also allowed a small colored spot in the shoulder and small spots on the back of the limbs.  Harlequin - mostly white with a few small colored patches on raspolozhennmi body and limbs.  Bicolor - most of the skin is dark, while a smaller portion of undyed, white, in an uncertain relationship. Among Bicolors can select colors:  With white gloves - with white spots that cover the bottom of the feet  Tuxedo (tuksedo) - with white paws and chest. May have a bit of white on his head. This informal definition.  Calico combination of tortoiseshell and white, with white predominates. In everyday life these cats are also called trikolornymi or tricolor.  

The group is characterized by a silver colored illumination of certain areas of each hair to white. Lightening due to the influence of silver dominant gene I (Sv).

 Smoky - about half the length of each hair is colored and the rest - is white. Owners of smoky color neaguti necessarily, that is homozygous for the recessive gene and banning the display image. Residual stripes, "Moire" for cats are smoky color defect.  Black smoke - black with white roots.  Blue smoke - blue with white roots.  Chocolate smoke - with white chocolate roots.  Purple smoke - purple with white roots.  Red smoke - red with white roots.  

Colors of cats carrying the gene are carriers of silver agouti gene A, which allows the expression of the figure.

 Silver tabby - a cat with a pattern on a white background completely. Every hair is colored with the sable: a bright band brightened to white, darker retain its original color.  Shaded - 1 / 3 the tip of the hair is colored, the rest white.  Chinchilla - 1 / 8 tip of the hair is colored, the rest white.  

Silver tabby, shaded and chinchilla can be both black and blue, chocolate, lilac, etc. For example:

 Black silver tabby - a cat with a black pattern on a white background.  Blue silver tabby - a cat with a blue pattern on a white background.  Chocolate shaded - a white cat with a chocolate tips of hair dyed by a third.  Blue Chinchilla - a white cat with blue tips of the hair, painted on 1 / 8.  Cameo - word, which is traditionally added to the name of red or cream-shaded, or smoke shinshillnogo color. For example: "red shaded cameo."  Colorpoint (from the English. Colour  - Of course) - refers to a group akromelanicheskih (temperature-dependent) colors, and is a form of albinism. For this group of colors characteristic of poorly colored, light (from white to cream), body and darker legs, tail, snout and ears. Distinguish types of point-color:  seal-point (from the English. seal  - Seal) - very dark gray, almost black;  tabby-point - striped.  See also  

"Pigmentogenez genetics and colors" - I. Shustrova, Cats. Genetics and stock-breeding.

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TRADITIONAL (yablokogolovye) and modern Siamese cats. Cat Health and exotic look? (The story of the 1700s to the present day)  The origin of Siamese cats is deeply rooted in antiquity. The story of this amazingly beautiful animal covered with legends and "covered" "dust of centuries." This breed there are hundreds of years, and still ongoing debate about the exact origin of the Siamese. The most probable theory - the emergence of this species in Southeast Asia - a region of Indochina, Burmy, or the Himalayas. This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the Siamese cat looks a lot like cats in the region (broken line of the tail, a flexible body and elongated head shape).  In ancient Siam cats were the property of the king and jealously guarded from outsiders in his palace in Bangkok. They had the status of the royal cats, perhaps that is why we are so little is known about the true origins of the Siamese. These royal cat of Siam was a dark color with yellow eyes, but over the centuries there were numerous mixing and mutations that led to the emergence of Siamese cats spotted coat color with stunning blue eyes that look so different from these cats ostalnyh.K unfortunately. Did not reach us no record of how it was organized breeding of cats and who was responsible for the preservation of the breed at the royal court, so the mystery of these changes in color and has remained a mystery to us.  While the true origin of the Siamese can only speculate, there are precise details about when these cats were brought out of Siam. In 1884, the couple siaskih cats was taken to England by Mr. Owen Hood, from the British consulate in Bangkok. These cats were given to Owen's sister - Mrs. veles, which later became a founding member of the Club Siamese Cats in 1901. Cats have been demonstrated in the famous Crystal Palace in 1885. The following year, a new pair of Siamese cats and kittens, two were imported into Britain.

The owner of these cats were sisters, Vivian. These cats and became the founders of the breed of Siamese cats in Britain, began breeding. It's safe to say that all modern Siamese cats trace their pedigree from those Siamese imported into England in the 19th century.  Traditional (yablokogolovye) and the modern Siamese cat. Health cat or an exotic look? (The story of the 1700s to the present day)  Why so much has changed shape a Siamese cat? We all know that is a Siamese cat. But many of us have a light shock on how much the appearance of this cat now. What happened? Now we see the huge rabbit ears, an elongated wedge-shaped head and slender legs as sticks. And, of course, you start asking yourself: "Is it possible that this is a Siamese cat?"  It is not that cat that you remember. Have you seen a strong and sturdy animal with strong legs, round head, round eyes, sky-blue color. This cat is called a "traditional Siamese cat" or "Siamese head in the shape of an apple." Those cats, which can now be seen at the shows - this is the "modern Siamese cats." What happened? Breeders and breed managers provide a variety of explanations for this, but facts are facts. Let's look at the history of the breed.  RUSSIA, 1700-e  The first mention of a Siamese cat, which he describes Mr Pallas. He travels to the south of Russia between 1793 and 1794. New record of Siamese cats appear in the "Book of poems about cats," which shows pictures of cats of various colors including Siamese, tabby, blue, etc.)  Until the 1800s, clear record of Siamese cats as a breed is not found. As mentioned above, Mr. Goode takes out a pair of Siamese cats from Siam to England. These are the cats. Duane Ngai, born in March 1885 and 'Kalohom' and 'Khromata', born in July 1885. round-headed, strong-muscled cats. These cats were so eksravagantny that attracted worldwide attention. They are even described as "a nightmare ordinary cats." But the charm of these cats was so great that the English cat lovers gave them the palm and in 1902 appeared kluyu Siamese lovers in England. The first champion of the breed was born in Hong Kong in 1895 and exhibited Mrs. Robinson in 1898. And again it was the same round-cat.  In April 1909, the Society of Friends of Siamese cats appeared in America and was approved the first breed standard. In the mid-20th century, the popularity of Siamese reached its highest point. These cats have started to appear in an animated and feature films. At the same time in Siam, modern Thailand, only a few breeders of Siamese cats. Mrs. Dobrenchuk bought three Siamese kittens in Lao princess, wife of the Thai diplomat. Kittens also have strong, round and pleasing their animals to the owner a gentle nature. In Thailand, staged daring raids kittens on cobras. It is true, then they dragged prey to the house where the hostess gazed at the half-dead snake with a mixture of horror and delight.  In the 60 years interest in the breed Siamese cats a little faded, the judges at the shows began to prefer cats with a flexible, long body and a thin limbs. The reasons for this are quite different. Some say now that too much Siamese kittens led to a fall in their prices, and factory owners were forced to find new ways to make the breed more interesting appearance. They believed that the exotic look of the breed will make more interesting. On the other hand, there was, of course, and cost accounting - a rare breed cats with a unique external data would have cost significantly more.  Began to change and ideas of beauty. In vogue more delicate, curved shapes and an elegant thinness. If you had a weak and thin animals lacked in longevity and a strong sturdy fellow, that with the development of vaccination and the use of new drugs with a fine constitution animals have become more viable.  The saddest fact is that the breed standard was rewritten in order to meet rapidly changing customer tastes and preferences. Animal health, in fact, was sacrificed to the preferences of the crowd. And it can not be denied.  Changed and the nature of the Siamese cat. She became more hysterical and obsessive. Modern Siamese cat, of course, less healthy and do not live as long as traditional ones. Fortunately, the opinion of the judges and the buyers are not hurt by all breeders of Siamese cats. Many breeders do not have a fashionable selection. Left their pets show career and continued to live quietly, producing strong light, strong, viable kittens.  By 1986, the traditional Siamese cats have almost forgotten, and some breeders and now reside in the dark about the real type of Siamese. Many believe that the Siamese have always been thin-legged and uzkotelymi disproportionately stacked cats, which we now find at the shows. Many breeders of traditional Siamese, leaving attempts to win at the shows, started breeding cats of other breeds or closed their nurseries.  Fortunately, there felinology organizations that pay tribute to the traditional appearance of the Siamese breed, and provide an opportunity to participate and a traditional Siamese win at shows. Even the cat lovers began to prefer healthy animals, whose constitution is not undermined by pure selection "for the sake of the exotic in appearance." Many European breeders have sharply criticized the American system of selection for extreme appearance and to the detriment of animal health.  About Siamese cats a lot of legends. Two of them relate to the broken line of the tail. It is said that long ago in Siam was a princess who was very afraid that someone will steal her precious ring, which she filmed before a dip in the pool. One day, coming to the pool, the princess began to look for someone who would watch jewelry during her swim. Then her beloved cat came up to her and her tail curved to the princess could hang it on your ring. And now every Siamese kitten is born with a crooked tail, princess that could hang on to him his precious ring.  And another legend on the same topic. Odnazhy Siamese cat and his wife went into the jungle to look for precious royal cup, missing from the palace in Siam. When they found the treasure, the cat went to the castle to report the discovery, but the cat remained in the woods to guard treasure. Young cat climbed the tree and hid among the foliage. She wrapped her tail cup and a tree trunk, to be sure that nobody can steal your treasure is, until she was asleep. On the fourth day her husband returned to find that his wife gave birth to five adorable kittens. Caring mother bustled around children, holding a cup, so her tail was bent forever. And even more amazed cats, all cats were small ponytails twisted as her mother.  This breed is considered one of the most sociable and picky. Siamese cat is not shy, and at any time of day and night, ready to voice and gestures to show you what she needs. These cats are dearly loved their masters and prefer a quiet corner of lying in an active part in family life. Their character and behavior reminiscent of a young child, because these cats every day just to feel your care and attention.  They accompany you wherever you went to nor home, flirting, inviting some fun together, and persistently demand attention if they need it. However, having appeared in your house for the first time, the Siamese cat immediately begins to trust you. It takes some time to get it accustomed to you. Siamese cats, by nature, deeply intelligent creatures. That is why the absence of live communication with them, real interest and concern plunges them into a deep sadness and makes miserable. They can begin to aggressively show their displeasure, entering the room, where their appearance is undesirable and explicitly breaking the taboos that they are well known.  Siamese cats love the incredible kindness and sometimes very, very intrusive. They can not tolerate loneliness, worry, if you locked them (for example, in the bathroom) and can begin to wail piteously at the door, insisting that they were admitted. When the host or hostess demonstrated a willingness to communicate, there is no end of joy - quite gentle purr is accompanied by a gesture, a cat jumps into his arms, curls around you, trying to express his delight. Siamese cat - not aggressive, and, contrary to opinion, not vindictive sovreshenno. It just happens to be overly emotional and requires a lot of attention from their owners. This is an impressive and delicate creature.  Timbre of Siamese cats is very different from the voices of cats of other breeds. Feeling uncomfortable, they can not just start a plaintive meow, seeking your attention, but to howl loudly, dark and nasty. It is these classic wailing cry is often confused with an abandoned baby under a window. Of course, if you pay attention to your pet, immediately stop howling. As a rule, and Siamese cats do not like to wail, preferring to "talk" about their problems in a pleasant conversation with you.   

Hi! My name is Irina. I want to tell you about their favorite cat breed the Canadian sphynx.

 

Our family has long wanted to have a pet. However, we could not reach a unanimous verdict when choosing a pet. We long plagued doubt who is to be settled in an apartment dog or cat. Of the dogs we like black and white spotted dogs. Very nice dolmatinets with black and white coloring is from our friends. The whole family loved him like a brother. We went to see and learn more about this breed of dog in one of the nurseries of Moscow. Then again long thought, weighed the pros and cons, did not dare to start a dog. To settle the dog into her apartment - for us would be a very serious step. Since it is necessary to walk several times a day. And walk the dog every morning for us it is practically impossible. Too lazy we are. Early in the morning, barely awake barely, and then always in a hurry, afraid of being late for work one who is in school. Vsavat even before any of us can not.

Other amazing animal that we imponiruem a cat. But all of us like a completely different breed. Someone wanted a large and furry cat, someone shorthair cat. To a common denominator, we have not able to attend. So we talked about different animals, but did not dare to start. If we lived in his house with a plot, questions were not, would have brought and kosha and the dog. And in the apartment permanently remove hair, get up at 5 am not wanted. Therefore, the choice of a pet has been some uncertainty.

 

Once the entire family visited the exhibition of domestic animals, which was held in Moscow. On that day I first saw a bald cat alive. I have heard a lot about this breed, but it remained indifferent to it. Previously, bald cat even frightening me with his appearance. In addition, there is no hair on it, a naked body. I heard that the care of a cat sphinx requires special attention, the cat sphinx very painful and whimsical animal. But here, at the Moscow exhibition, faced with the breed Sphynx cats, I showed curiosity to this breed of cats. I like hypnosis was drawn to the bald kittens, especially one with a muzzle temnenkoy. All the people passing by the exhibition, I wanted to touch the hairless cats, feeling unusual flesh. It was scary and interesting. But the owner of sphinxes that do not permit. Although she said that if you take the kitten in your hands, you will not want to let him go. However, seeing as I have eyes lit up, the hostess did everything for me has made an exception. She let me hold the kitten in the hands of the Sphynx ... And suddenly ... in me, something changed ... I was holding this bag as a baby tepid ... He was really like to touch little baby. The hostess told me many interesting and informative about the cats of breed the Canadian Sphynx. Care Sphynx according to her is no problem. Nutrition Sphinx was not onerous, it is only necessary to find the right individual. And anyway, I was in to dispel the myth that Sphinx cat is sick animal boyaschesya drafts, constantly suffering from colds, with the patients ears. Sphinx like most pedigreed cats completely adapt to simple living conditions and regular diet.

 Buying a pet, we place a greater responsibility for his life. It does not matter what you have being, perhaps a cat, a dog can be a turtle or a parrot, you need to create normal conditions for his life, not to torment and taunt him. Only then will the home perfect harmony, when all together (men and animals) will be fine. Otherwise it makes no sense start an animal. So all told me that the hostess of the Sphynx me happy and inspired. Perhaps at this point I have chosen for themselves a home friend. I sunk to a kitten with temnenkoy attractive face, velvet kozhetsey, green eyes and a snail coloring.  

After this exhibition of cats, I could not find a place. I repeatedly dreamed of one and the same dream, as I keep stroking and Sphynx kitten who was at the Moscow exhibition of cats. After two weeks of agony, I broke down and told everything to her husband. Her husband never liked the bald cat, but after a cat show in Moscow, he also changed his mind. Bald cat, he said, and at the same time like a cat and a dog kotopes. And after the regular stories about my dreams, he responded in a positive way: it was finally decided to buy me a kitten Sphynx. I longingly waited for that happy day.

 

We were able to find the owner of the exhibition. We are just in case they took her business card. Especially since she lives in Moscow, too. O wonder! I loved the kitten was still not sold! Agreed on the upcoming purchase. We went to her home. The house was lovely cat breed Sphynx Canadian girl and her three kittens. One of the kittens he approached me cautiously sniffed and began to gently rub on my legs, though, would be urging me: "Irina! Take me to him ... you will not regret ... murrrr". But suddenly slipped something painfully familiar and rushed into the other room .... Remembering his dream, I realized that it was the same kitten. Although he was among the most hooligan, but he was most charming. My pulse participation, the heart beat faster in me, something happened again .... I asked the hostess to bring sharper cat. Exactly! That was it! I picked him up and immediately realized I only dream of it! We traveled by car to Moscow cold autumn evening, in the hands I held wrapped in a blanket quaking with emotion gentle live ball. I was in seventh heaven! I've finally found you, I thought to myself.

 

used the word "Sphinx" for me has been associated with the pyramids of ancient and magical world of Egypt. Now sfiks for me in the first place means a kind of magical animal that has a graceful gait, intelligent, and penetrating eyes.

 

Sphinx appearance completely different to a normal cat. In my opinion and the opinion of my friends, is an unusual creature looks like something on a dog, and inoplanetyashku, and monkey.

 

is useless to praise the Sphinx. To truly experience the beauty of this cat, it is enough to take her in his arms. I think after this lively, tepid lump affect the heart and soul of any man.

 

Our kitten was a girl, named her we Margot. This warm, gentle, soft ball, I fell in love with all my heart. Now even a single day can not imagine without my cat. I'm going to work, she accompanies me. Come - meets. I think Margot loves me and misses when I'm not around.

 

Margot first time really missed his family, rushed to the apartment, meow, seeking, but no one responded. It took some time to calm down Margot began.

 

sphynx cat care was not difficult, as we promised the hostess. We bought her house, where she immediately began to relax. Installed in the room kogtedralku on which it sharpened its claws. Our kitten, thanks to a good housewife, was already accustomed to going to the toilet (vanochka with filler), so the hassle is not increased. Thus, our kitten was worn, played and podrostal.

 

Now Margot year and four months. She grew up, weighs about 4 kg. Now even more chtala Sand, climbs on the incomprehensible heights. Her favorite pastime was to include television or tape recorder (click on the button foot switch). It should be noted that over the years it has become even smarter, wiser and more beautiful.

 

sphynx cat-a very friendly animal and loves his company, which pays attention to.

 

The flat Margot chooses the most convenient place from which to monitor the actions of all family members. Neither act is not without its attention. Margo often bypasses the possession, following what is happening in the apartment. Every new thing is subjected to careful inspection and sniffing. Margot at the stranger may poshipet, making it clear that this is her territory. But if you come to visit her friends have friendly people, it welcomes them with a happy mood and gentle caressing murchaniem.

 

It should be noted that the Sphinx shows their individual character, which probably produced in the course of their life, and may be returned to them from the owner. If that does not like our cat, she will try all means to change the situation in their favor. For example, if you will not want to Lysikov stroked it, it will hiss, break out, slightly scratched. And no it did not pat. But if it please, for example, to give something tasty, something with great pleasure that she would appreciate it rumble and cuddle up to you. At night, my cat likes to sleep in bed with us: will press all his little body, warming me until I fall asleep. If I do not get up after the alarm signal is instigated, Margot is sure to be me to wake her mewing and gentle biting the hand.

 

sphinx cat behavior is almost always possible to prove, you just need to think about any of its actions. For example, if our Margot, coming out of the bathroom, yelling loudly, it means that she went to the bathroom on a large and necessary for her to remove. Or, for example, goes for you and meows loudly, means that he wants to drink or eat, but nothing in the bowl.

 

By the way, great care is our bald cat does not. As the meal is used primarily dry food "Hill` s "with tuna, lamb, chicken and some vegetables, some meat baby food. Margot usual drink warm boiled water. To maintain a clean and neutralize odors in the toilet room, buy a tree or stone filler "Kuzma" or other. Typically once a week, we wash your Sphynx a special shampoo. On weekdays, during the hottest time of year when Margot often sweat, wipe it with wet wipes. As required clean cat ears.

 

If the cat stays home a sphinx, it starts to get bored. Opening the front door, the much-loved cat is waiting for you at the door, humming softly and shifting from foot to foot as if to say, "Well, where have you been? So I'll wait !!!".

 

P.S. My review of the Sphynx cat is written for all who are looking for or have found your pet. There are times when people do not hesitate to buy or take in the house to myself liked animals, but over time it turns out that it is a burden to them. It's very sad when the little animals to the indifference shown, in consequence of which it itself is suffering, the house becomes a prison. Must love animals, take care of him, groomed, nurtured, then it will be another member of your family who will delight, entertain, amuse, to play with you, give you the vitality and good mood!

  

As a cat hears how he sees the cat, feels like a cat  

According to many zoologists, among mammals, the senses are most developed in cats. Although they have developed a hearing is worse than, for example, in mice, an excellent (by human standards), sight, smell and hearing are combined with tactile and taste receptors do cats are very sensitive animals.

 

Among domestic animals the cat's biggest eyes relative to body size.

Like most predators, cat's eyes are directed forward, and their visual fields overlap.

So cats have stereoscopic vision, allowing to estimate the distance to the object of observation.

 

About 60% of cats are able to vergentsii eye. Field of vision in cats is 200 `180` against the person. In the macula of the retina in cats is not the central fovea (fovea), but instead there is a visual drive, where the cones. Rods in the retina of the eye 25 times more than the cones, that is because the cat is a nocturnal predator, so the ability to see in the dark (which is responsible for it sticks in the retina) is her priority.

 

Cats are able to distinguish colors, but compared to a person of color perception they have less - less contrast and bright. In the cones of cats (and most other mammals except primates) is not a pigment sensitive to red, but there are only green and blue pigment - so their color vision like that of a person with protanopia (a type of color blindness).

 

noticed that the fixed and standing close objects cat treats worse than moving. Cats have the ability to focus on the subjects of 2-3 times smaller than that of apes and humans.

 

Cats perfectly see in low light conditions. Behind the retina in the cat's eyes is a special layer - the tapetum, which reflects more light from an external source to the retina. Due to the tapetum and other mechanisms of sensitivity to cat's eyes 7 times higher than in humans, and cats can see well even in low light, but in bright light they see than a person.

 

It is because of the tapetum in the cat's eyes to light in the dark glow green. The variation of the color of cat eye when flash photography is also due to the tapetum. Contrary to common misconceptions, in absolute darkness to see the cats can not.

 

To reduce the luminous flux on the retina in bright light, the pupil of a cat's eye can change the shape. And it is not round, like a man and a vertically oval until slit-like, because the iris is compressed using the muscle fibers unevenly same abilities have the eyes of foxes, belonging to the family canine. The iris is the diaphragm, regulating the amount of light penetrating inside the eye.

 

The organ of hearing is arranged the domestic cat is very difficult and is divided into three sections - outer ear, middle ear and inner ear, in addition, there is also a central office, located in the brain.

 

Cats have directional hearing, ie, the noise is sorted by destination. Cats can move the auricle in the direction of the sound source, and each auricle independently of each other, so the cat can watch simultaneously over the two sound sources.

 

These movements operate more than a dozen muscles, allowing the pinna can rotate almost 180 `. If the cat has the ability of spatial hearing, may recognize the power of sound, its removal and height, and on the basis of these data is to accurately assess the location of its source.

 

Hearing cats are so well developed that they are able to navigate with my eyes closed in the space for the rustle and squeak and run past to catch mice, our ears are not able to so precisely position the location of the noise source.

 

Cats can perceive infrasound and ultrasound signals. The range of audible sounds in the cat still poorly understood, according to some, it is between 45 Hz and 64 000 Hz, according to other data up to 100 000 Hz.

 

It has been suggested that cats can communicate by ultrasound, inaccessible to our perception. In the ear cats about 13 thousand perceiving cells, which is somewhat less than in humans, but the cat about 52 000 nerve transmission in the auditory nerve, whereas in humans they are much smaller - 31 000.

 

Tactile function in cats perform special haptic (tactile) hairs "whiskers" (in everyday life - a mustache), located on two sides in four rows on the upper lip, above the eyes, under the chin to tail, inside and back of legs on the paws, between toes, on the tips of the ears and the ears. Sphynx (hairless breed) may have a different length whiskers, and may be denied altogether, and sensory hairs.

 

Vibrissae allow the cat to navigate in the dark and avoid obstacles, without even touching their hair, just feeling the tiniest changes in air currents. Also, using the sensitive hairs cat inspects items. Dirt or moisture on the feet are seen as an unwelcome irritation, and the animal immediately or shake their licks.

 

wide apart whiskers, the cat can determine the size of the opening through which she is going through. In no case can not remove the cat whiskers, as it is in fact will be deprived of his "system of orientation and navigation" in the space. Empirically it was found that the weaker the vision in the cat, the longer and thicker than her whiskers, and cats are born with impaired vibrissae exceed 8 cm

 

Skin touch the cat is strongly developed.

 

Cats have highly developed sense of smell, which is explained by the presence of these well-developed olfactory bulbs and a large number of sensory cells olfactory epithelium nasal cavity. In cats, the surface of the olfactory epithelium is 5.8 smb, which is two times higher than in humans, and only 1.7 times less than the average dog.

 

Thanks to smell the cat about 14 times stronger than a human, which allows them to smell, about which people do not even know. The upper part of the oral cavity of cats is located vomeronasal organ, which makes them feel special at sniffing out smells fine.

 

When the cat opens its mouth and pulls the lips, picking the skin on the head in a kind of grimace, showing the so-called. Flem reaction, there are also dogs, horses and some other mammals.

 

Cats are also very sensitive to the cat pheromone, such as felinin (3-Mercapto-3-methylbutan-1-ol), which they use to communicate with each other, spraying urine and labeling their territory with secretions from scent glands. Odoriferous glands begin to produce kittens odoriferous substances from the age of three months. Also, cats with feces emit a small amount of sweet-smelling fluid from anal glands. These glands are present in all carnivores, in particular, the skunks are used for self-defense.

 

Cat well oriented in their tastes, distinguished sour, bitter and salty. Intelligibility of this is due, above all, a good sense of smell and taste receptors developed on the tongue. It was long thought that, unlike most mammals, cats do not perceive sweet, because the corresponding gene in these damaged, but recent studies have refuted this information.

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