How many cat breeds are out there, and what are they?
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 at
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Cat furniture, cat trees and cat condos are great additions to a cat lover's home, as they provide hours of good fun for the feline companions and keep your own furniture intact.
Cat scratching is a perfectly normal behavior for a cat, and if your cat is scratching a chair or your favorite couch, then you just need to somehow re-direct his or her scratching to other, more appropriate objects.
The consensus from the various Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is that de-clawing is cruel and unnecessary. I can only agree with this conclusion. However, if you feel that you must either declaw your cat or give her up, we would rather see your cat stay in her home and be your lifelong companion. I only ask that you do not make this decision lightly and just be absolutely sure that you will not change your mind later about keeping your indoor cat once you have it declawed.
You can use nail caps for the cat's front paws as an alternative to getting the cat de-clawed. This is a much more humane choice and it does work to protect the furniture. Just make sure you do not use nail caps on a cat that goes outside, as it will have no defense.
Most pet shops offer different selections of cat scratch posts from which to choose. Some have carpet or rug material on wooden posts and bases. Others are made of rope which is wrapped around the post or pole.
Then there are cat towers and cat trees which are great for the cat to climb and play besides being there for scratching purposes.
Other people like to design their own and make them themselves. This is another option for you as well. Besides going to your local pet store, you can look online for these different cat trees, towers and scratch posts.
One thing that can work well if your cat is still scratching the furniture is to spray some citrus oil on the chair or the couch that they are attacking. This is a good deterrent that usually works quite effectively.
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All cat breeds are:
Abyssinian
American Bobtail
American Curl
American Shorthair
American Wirehair
Balinese
Bengal
Birman
Bombay
British Shorthair
Burmese
Chartreux
Chausie
Colorprint Shorthair
Cornish Rex
Devon Rex
Egyptian Mau
Euro Burmese
Exotic Shorthair
Havana Brown
Himalayan
Japanese Bobtail
Javanese
Korat
LaPerm
Maine Coon
Manx
Manx (formerly Cymric)
Munchkin
Norwegian Forest Cat
Ocicat
Oriental Longhair
Oriental shorthair
Persian
Pixie-Bob
Ragdoll
Russian Blue
Savannah
Scottish Fold
Selkirk Rex
Siamese
Siberian
Singapura
Snowshoe
Somali
Sphynx
Tonkinese
Toyger
Turkish Angora
Turkish Van
Hope I helped!!!
Actually it depends on the association. Some associations will recognize more breeds then others. I would guess there are only about 75-100 different ‘breeds". CFA (the oldest association and most strict with new breeds) recognizes about 50 breeds. TICA recognizes the most breeds. ACFA is inbetween those two associations.
I cannot sit and list all the breeds, but if you look up Cat Fanciers Association, American Cat Fanciers Association or The International Cat Association, you can find the breeds that are recognized by them.
To Gari below – just fyi on the Manx/Cymric you have listed (not sure where you got your list). The Manx is a breed (shorthair) and the Cymric is a Manx but the longhair version. Most associations consider them as 2 breeds even tho its the same standard – one longhair; one shorthair.
There are similar splits such as Siamese/Balinese – shot and long hair versions of the same breed.
TICA currently recognizes 55 breeds – http://tica.org/public/breeds.php
CFA currently recognizes 40 breeds – http://www.cfa.org/breeds.html
The ACFA currently recognizes 47 breeds – http://www.acfacat.com/breed_synopsis.htm
But these breeds only make up 3% of the cats on this entire planet. Most cats are simply "domestics" – cats of no particular breed.