are there any cat breeds where the cat stays kinda small?
Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at
9:54 pm
i was wondering if there are any cat breeds where the cats are usually smaller than a typical cat
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yes there are…they are called minature cats. they stay kitten sized but most of them are constantly sick. i have 2 of them and are always sick. they only get to be about 3 or 4 pounds.
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It depends on their genes so you will never know until they actually grow. I only know the breeds that grow really big like the maine coon for example but for ones that stay small there isnt really a set trend
This is awful but I found out the other day (and I am most definitely now encouraging this by the way!) that in China and other parts of Asia they get kittens and keep them in a small container to stop them from growing properly. I think they call them something like jar cats but its disgusting behaviour and i cant believe they get away with it. They are torturing the kittens literally to keep them small! Its a small jar and they open it like twice a day to feed the kitten them shut it again so that it stunts the bone growth, yuck I want to put these people down!
you can get a Teacup/pocket cat
or if you’re lucky you might get a dwarf cat (I have one!)
No. The Singapura is the smallest cat (about 6 lbs when grown). Other smaller breeds (6-8 lbs) are Siamese, Orientals, Rexes (Cornish/Devon).
Hi Amanda,
The smallest breed of cat is the Singapura. At maturity they range from 5-8 pounds depending on their gender. Males are slightly heavier than the females.
http://www.cfainc.org/breeds/profiles/singapura.html
The Teacup is a miniature cat which some Persian breeders are working with now. They range in weight at adulthood from 5-7 lbs depending on gender as well They are also referred to as "toy" cats.
http://www.boutiquekittens.com/Toy-and-Tea-Cup-Persians-and-Himalayans.74.0.html
You can read about "dwarf" cats here:
http://www.messybeast.com/dwarfcats.html
The other breed, while not diminuative is the Munchkin. These cats have very short legs and are the "Dachshunds" of the feline species.
http://www.munchkins.com/
As far as keeping kittens in small containers to stunt their growth, this is an urban legend. This horrible story was going around the internet years ago, about the "bonzai" kittens. There is no truth to this story at all.
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blbonsai.htm
Genetics, breeding or mutations are the contributing factors in creating and maintaining stature.
Hope this helps,
Troublesniffer
Owned by cats for over 40 years
Freelance writer/blogger for
http://www.petside.com/
Hope this helps,