Persian Kittens for Sale Near Me

Persian Kittens for Sale Near Me

Persian Kittens for Sale Near Me!

The first Persian cat was presented at the first organized cat show, in 1871 in the Crystal Palace in London, England, organized by Harrison Weir. As specimens closer to the later established Persian conformation became the more popular types, attempts were made to differentiate it from the Angora.

The first breed standard (then called a point of excellence list) was issued in 1889 by cat show promoter Weir. He stated that the Persian differed from the Angora in the tail being longer, hair more full and coarse at the end, and head larger, with less pointed ears. Not all cat fanciers agreed with the distinction of the two types, and in the 1903 work The Book of the Cat, Francis Simpson states that “the distinctions, apparently with hardly any difference, between Angoras and Persians, are of so fine a nature that I must be pardoned if I ignore the class of cat commonly called Angora.

Dorothy Bevill Champion lays out the difference between the two types in the 1909 Everybody’s Cat Book: Our pedigree imported long-hairs of today are undoubtedly a cross of the Angora and Persian; the latter possesses a rounder head than the former, also the coat is of quite a different quality. Bell goes on to detail the differences. Persian coats consist of a woolly undercoat and a long, hairy outer coat. The coat loses all the thick underwool in the summer, and only the long hair remains. Hair on the shoulders and upper part of the hind legs is somewhat shorter. Conversely, the Angora has a very different coat which consists of long, soft hair, hanging in locks, “inclining to a slight curl or wave on the underparts of the body.”

The Angora’s hair is much longer on the shoulders and hind legs than the Persian, which Bell considered a great improvement. However, Bell says the Angora “fails to the Persian in the head,” Angoras having a more wedge-shaped head and Persians having a more appealing round head. Bell notes that Angoras and Persians have been crossbred, resulting in a decided improvement to each breed, but claimed the long-haired cat of 1909 had significantly more Persian influence than Angora. Champion lamented the lack of distinction among various long-haired types by English fanciers, who is 1887, decided to group them under the umbrella term “Long-haired Cats”.

Persian Kittens for Sale Near Me

The Persian cat (Persian: ???? ???????, romanized: Grobe ?r?n?) is a long-haired breed of cat characterized by its round face and short muzzle. It is also known as the “Persian Longhair” in English-speaking countries. In the Middle East region, they are widely known as “Iranian cats” and in Iran, they are known as “Shiraz cats”. The first documented ancestors of the Persians were imported into Italy from Iran (historically known as Persia in the west) around 1620.

Recognized by the cat fancy since the late 19th century, it was developed first by the English, and then mainly by American breeders after the Second World War. Some cat fancier organizations’ breed standards subsume the Himalayan and Exotic Shorthair as variants of this breed, while others treat them as separate breeds.

The selective breeding carried out by breeders has allowed the development of a wide variety of coat colors, but has also led to the creation of increasingly flat-faced Persians. Favored by fanciers, this head structure can bring with it a number of health problems. As is the case with the Siamese breed, there have been efforts by some breeders to preserve the older type of cat, the traditional breed, having a more pronounced muzzle, which is more popular with the general public. Hereditary polycystic kidney disease is prevalent in the breed, affecting almost half the population in some countries.

In 2015 it was ranked as the 2nd most popular breed in the United States according to the Cat Fanciers’ Association. The first is the Exotic breed.