Himalayan cat

In the UK, there is another name of the Himalayan cat - Color Spot long-haired cat. That is because it and the Himalayan rabbit (growth in the Himalayan region) of the coat is very similar, so there are now names. By artificial breeding out of long-haired cat - Himalayan cats, Persian, and Siamese cats have been the advantages it inherited, including Siamese cat's eyes (blue), hair color, spots there are intelligent , sensitive character; also includes long-haired Persian cat, figure, gentle, lovely character, there is a distress when they are very sensitive features. Himalayan cat's favorite is the fractious, and its hair color, if the comparison, you will find it is very clear contrast, so far, the Himalayan cat can be called a people's minds of the most popular long-haired varieties one.

Origin 1924, is that people can check out on the Himalayan cats fostered by the earliest time. At that time a genetic specialist (Sweden) the use of Siamese cats, Burmese cats and Persian cat breeding with each other, unfortunately did not achieve any significant results. Until 1930, the British breeding expert with Harvard University researchers to conduct their own inquiry, finally, has long hair, Siamese cats spots, very modest figure of the cat was born. Subsequently, after the continuous improvement of research, the standard varieties have been officially confirmed the United Kingdom (1955), to 1957 when the United States has also recognized the species.

Himalayan cats have a very intelligent character, clever mind, cheerful, lively, lovely is its nature, its temperament is very gentle and has a very rich emotional thinking, Himalayan cat's movements are very handy, sensitive, it has a very nice sounds. It also has a feature special to the owner of the love of coquetry.

Bonnet appearance: large, the shape is circular; but it also has rounded forehead and jaw, the overall structure of the head with it's very short, thick neck with a very harmonious.

Nose: very short, and the downward collapse, very flat, with plump cheeks and jaw, a rounded great.

Ears: Very small, rounded ears, the top of the ears of the roots is not very wide, two ears, the width between the left is a great, and the bonnet is lower compared to some of; Himalayan cat circle The eyes are large, slightly prominent feeling of distance between the two eyes slightly wide, and its blue color of its eyes.

Body: Himalayan cat's body shape is very typical of the kind of short-fat type, the chest is very wide and very deep, shoulder width and waist width is the same, the expansion of ribs are very round, did not attend closed state of the abdomen, the Himalayan cat has a very short back, and there are very flat on the back line.

Limbs: Himalayan cats have a very straight limbs, is the kind of short and thick, and its bones are very robust and strong.

Toe: Himalayan cat was a very big toe is very round, very much to have strength. It is similar to the tail with the limbs, but also short and thick, and constitute a very coordinated and body proportion. When walking, walk when you can not drag to the case back down to the bottom line.

Coat: Himalayan cats are abundant, dense coat, and the extraordinary, is not close to the body surface, is the introduction together. Feel very good, as in touch, like silk, very smooth, soft, its coat can be divided into the upper and lower wool hair, is not under the hair is very thin and very long, surrounded by the whole body up. Long hair in the neck behind the decoration is very much there you can see hem. Long in the ears, between toes particularly long hair ornaments, hypertrophic hair is still long on the bar on its tail.

Coat color: Himalayan cat's hair color, can be divided into blue color, chocolate color, seal color, white, lilac-colored, red color and so forth. Blue color spots can be spotted, chocolate colored spots, lilac spots, seals color spots, cream colored spots, mixed color spots, spots, etc. Bobcats color. Hair color and spot color should be a clear contrast. Dark colored spots mainly in the face, ears, before the hind legs, toes, tail if it is the same color on the very standards. When the kitten has just been born when the hair color is pure white, and is a shorthair, it claws pad, nose, ears pink color, about a few days off, they begin to appear colored spots, and ears is the first color point of the site appears, followed by ear, once again of the nose, before the hind legs there is the tail.

Disadvantage Himalayan cat's nose if there is no pigment mirror and claw pad (between the toes), protruding outward face the shortcomings of which belong to it. If there is a button with a white spot or spots in the style belongs to bads, there appears a very twisted tail, spotted the phenomenon of white socks inside out like the eyes are not blue, which are also bads.