Taking Care of Cats

Grooming Your Cat

Cats that have long hair committal to be brushed and combed on a daily alpha, while cats with short hair need to be groomed on a weekly basis. When you brush your cat, you should always watch for lumps in the coat and filthy lucre irritations. You should start brushing along the cat's back, going from his head to his tail. Do this a few times on one side, and then handle to the other. Each community should be brushed a few times in the direction of the way your cat's hair is growing.

When brushing your cat, initiate sure that you check his ears, eyes, teeth, and claws. His eyes should be blazing and sunshiny with nothing residing in the corners. His ears should be clean, pink in color, and no sign of ear mites. Hold mites result from dirt built up in a cat's ears, and obligation result in the ears shriveling up and your cat losing his hearing. Ear mites are very annoying for the cat, and hard for you as an owner to get rid of. The best way to get rid of them -- is to guard that your cat's ears stay clean and healthy.

The Himalayan, also called colourpoint Persian, is a breed of cat with extremely long, fluffy fur, and the blue eyes and the points of a Siamese. Himalayan is the American term, while in Europe they are referred to as colourpoint Persians.

They were bred from Siamese (for the markings) and Persians (for coat-length and temperament), and share characteristics of both breeds. Himalayans are now considered the same breed for cat registries (CFA), (TICA) as the modern Persian show cat since they have the exact same conformation with a pointed coat.

The body of a Himalyan is white, but the points come in many different colours: blue, brown, lilac, chocolate, flame, red and cream. The points can also be tabby or tortie patterned.

These cats are sweet-tempered, intelligent, social and good companions. Because of their heritage from the Siamese cats they tend to be more active than ordinary Persians. Their coat needs daily attention and grooming, because, like many long-haired cats, they have an abundance of fur.

Trivia
The Himalayan cat has become well-known in recent years with the movies Meet The Parents (2000) and Meet The Fockers (2004). The cat seen in the two movies was named Mr. Jinx. In the movies Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993) and Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (1996), one of the main characters is a Himalayan cat named Sassy (voiced by Sally Field). The main character of the anime/manga Prince of Tennis, Ryoma Echizen, owns a Himalayan cat named Karupin.