What you don’t know about exotic short-haired cats. Speaking of the emergence of exotic short-haired cats, it is more or less unexpected. In the 1960s, American short-haired cat breeders wanted to obtain the silver coat of Persian cats. and green eyes, they mated their American shorthair cats with silver Persian cats. However, the appearance of the kittens bred from this pairing lacked the characteristics of American shorthair cats. They looked more like short-haired Persian cats. However, some breeders have noticed that the kittens paired in this way have changed the appearance and coat quality of American shorthair cats, and have unique characteristics.

In the early days of exotic short-haired cat breeding, creating “Persian cats in pajamas” was indeed the goal of the Blue Star people. These lazy guys like the sweet and gentle character of Persian cats, but are not willing to spend too much time grooming them, so the exotic shorthair cats were born.

However, something went wrong with this seemingly perfect plan. Apart from the simple short coat and gentle personality, something seemed to have "caught in".

　Lively and active

Intruder: American shorthair

In order to obtain a short coat, breeders had to breed cats in foreign countries. American Shorthair Cat funds are added to the manufacturing process of Mao Cat. But this also brings "side effects". In addition to its short coat, the American shorthair cat also contributes its "perpetual motion" characteristics. This makes exotic shorthair cats much more lively than their long-haired relatives. You may not need to spend too much time grooming their fur, but in the end you will find that all that time is spent playing with them.

A bit talkative

Intruder: Burmese cat

Burmese cats are also "related" to exotic short-haired cats. . At that time, the original intention of breeders was to let exotic shorthair cats inherit their stocky bodies and plump heads, and the results were indeed good. But the same "tragic" thing happened. The chatty personality of Burmese cats was also inherited by exotic short-haired cats. When they are fine, they also like to bark a few times and talk to themselves. Fortunately, their calls are relatively soft.

　Unstoppable curiosity

Intruder: Russian cat

Another person who has a foot in such a chaotic relationship And Russian blue cats. The main purpose of its troubles is to give exotic short-hair cats a thick and soft double coat, but along with the coat comes the unique curiosity of Russian blue cats.

Therefore, the "trick" of Blue Star people to make Persian cats take off their long coats completely failed. After taking off their coats and putting on short shirts, they are no longer Persian cats, but lively, cute and curious. A strong-willed and talkative exotic shorthair cat.

Exotic short-hair cats also have such a nickname-the lazy Persian cat, which means that it is much easier to take care of exotic short-hair cats than Persian cats. However, please don’t believe this. Exotic shorthair cats are reallyNot suitable for lazy people at all.

You have to wipe its eyes every day

Due to inheriting the extreme flat face of Persian cats, exotic shorthair cats also have very short nasolacrimal ducts , which prevents their tears from being swallowed down the throat, but flows directly from the eyes, forming ugly tear stains.

Therefore, wiping their faces is a required course for exotic shorthair cat breeders every day, and they will never give you a chance to be lazy. As long as you don't do your homework for one day, they will make a mess on their little faces and let you see the results of your laziness.

You have to comb it every week

Compared to Persian cats, the workload of weekly combing is really not that big. But compared with other short-haired cats, their dense double coat causes a lot of hair loss. Therefore, in addition to grooming their coat, you must also carefully groom the "coat" for you and your room.

Sometimes you have to feed them

Because their faces are too flat, the table manners of exotic shorthair cats are also very annoying. They often work hard for a long time before eating a hole in the cat food in the basin, and they almost never get to eat the part close to the edge of the basin. Therefore, you’d better prepare special food bowls and cat food for exotic shorthair cats to make it easier for them to eat. Of course, some smarter guys simply train their owners to become "human meat feeders" and only eat the cat food held in the hands of the cat slaves.

Therefore, all owners of exotic shorthair cats are not lazy people, they are all model workers, okay?