Persian Breed Information
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The Persian is the most popular breed of cat in the United States. Its long
coat was most likely a mutation which came about naturally to deal with cold
weather. Originally called a Longhair the Persian first was noticed in Europe in
the 1600's. It is thought that this was the first registered and shown cat
breed. They were called Longhairs until the l960's in the U.S. In Britain the
are still using the name Longhairs and each color variety is treated as a
separate breed. The Persian cat of today is the result of crossing the Angora
and the Maine Coon.
Medium to large in size is what to look for in a Persian cat. The body is
stocky and wide sitting low on its legs. The legs are heavily boned, short,
heavy and straight. The coat is very thick and can be as much a 6 inches long.
It is double very heavy and lively. This cat requires a great deal of grooming.
Daily combing or brushing with a metal toothed comb or a natural bristle brush
or a brush with wires is necessary. This cat sheds year round and dead hair must
be combed or brushed out daily to avoid hairballs and matting.
The color varieties in Britain each have their own standards where as in the
United States all Persians, regardless of color, must vie to the same exact
standards. This makes breeding difficult in that producing a silver Persian with
the same head type and ears as most of the other color varieties is not easy.
Persians are divided by color and then separated again into divisions into which
most of the colors appear. The divisions incorporate the solid, shaded silvers,
shaded goldens, cameos, and chinchillas. Also seen are smokes and tabby tortise
shell and particolor or bicolor.
There are also shaded versions of the solid colors. Eyes must be copper with
the exception of the silvers that have a blue green eye color and the goldens
have green to hazel eyes. The Himalayan is the newest division in most cat
associations. The Persian cats that are lilac point, blue point. chocolate
point, seal point, red point, tortie point and lynx point are considered
Himalayan. These all must have blue eyes.
The Persian cat is a very lovable animal who is calm, and gentle. He loves to be
petted and shown a lot of attention. But Persian also can take care of itself
without too much entertaining by humans.
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