Cat Types And Personalities

Cats are typically referred to as either domestic or purebred domestic cats do not have a pedigree history of their lineage while purebred cats do.

Cat types and personalities. Even within breeds cat behavior personality and sometimes appearance will vary widely. Dominant cats may hog household resources such as food toys and even the litter box. Sphynx are a unique cat breed that are hairless and have a quite novel appearance. Personalities within a given breed remain fairly consistent other factors aside.

They love cuddling because the additional warmth feels good to them because of their lack of a warm coat. Cats first started living with humans in cyprus about 5 000 years ago but it wasn t until the 1800s that man started to purposefully breed different kinds of cats since then they have mostly lived in a gray area between feral and domesticated. Three main associations recognize purebred cats. Cats with dominant personalities can make a multi cat household frustrating and stressful.

If you re struggling with a dominant cat bogarting all the goods make sure each cat has their own food and water bowls as well as multiple litter trays. One may be friendly while the other may not be as approachable as you might think. Teresa keiger is an all breed judge for the cat fancier s association and she believes that the public perception of cats as aloof or unfriendly is. Just like there are different cat breeds around the world each cat breed has a different personality.

Cat personalities depend a lot on the breed of the cat. A study from the university of south australia came up with 5 personality types based on an analysis of a wider base of 3 000 cats. The cat fanciers association cfa the international cat association tica and fédération internationale féline fife the cfa recognizes 44 breeds tica recognizes 58 and fife recognizes 43. As an example the cat fanciers association persian cat profile describes its personality as sweet gentle and needing an atmosphere of security and serenity.

Genetics and environment each play a role in an animal s development and one can never be certain how a particular cat will act and react to his humans or surroundings. You can identify a cat s cat through its willingness to play with and groom its furry siblings touching noses and rubbing up against each other. Turkish vans and angoras korats bengals devon rexes and house cats are the most aggressive breeds source. The hunter cat is the most feral of the personalities regularly interacting with realistic cat toys and showing signs of an expert hunter.

In the end your cat s preferences and attitude are as individual as you are. They also crave the attention of their owners. To do this the researchers sent out a questionnaire to an international array of cats or rather their humans and the results identified 5 distinct feline characteristics.