Advice on how to choose a cat

To find the address of a beautiful and well-known stud, it is best to call the Cat Breeders Association in the city. There one can find a list of every breed and cat officially registered. On the other hand, sometimes one may learn about this or that cat, whose owner, has not registered the animal, but would be willing his cat had offspring.

• When one chooses a cat one has to have in mind that the positive and negative aspects have to be balanced, so as to get a pedigreed level. For example, if a Burmese cat has green eyes instead of shiny yellow eyes, the cat should not present the same defect.
• A good choice can only be proved correct when kittens are born and comply with the standard.
• If it is a registered cat, one might have to pay in between 6,000 and 20,000 pesetas for professional services. If the cat lives in another city, one might have to add hotel and trip fares.
• Get in contact with the owner of the cat at the first sign of heat, so the date will not be booked for another cat. Take her with the cat on the third day of heat, so they can get to know each other, from the fourth day on, the coupling promises to be an success.

Love Rituals: In the case of my precocious Burmese cat, she started its heat at six months of age, while my domestic cat Matilda needed nine months. During three or six days they show themselves nervous, eat less, meow or lull; they rub against different objects and want to be pet constantly. Most of the breeds differ from each other in great way due to this kind of behavior, which goal is to attract the cat. The "exotic" Nina surprised me the first day with the violence in its voice. That profound and powerful snore resulted unbelievable, coming from such delicate little mouth. Meanwhile, she was tossing around with some agile movements -most likely from a serpent- almost without interruption and, when trying to pet her, she offered herself for coupling with her back stretched backwards and tail retrieved.

As a domestic cat she depends on its owner to take her to a companion. In spite of it, It might happen that she rejects him. In those cases the only thing to do is to find another candidate.

In freedom that same cat would make its own election. Cats in the area know where every cat in heat is at anytime. Candidates cuddle in circles at a certain distance, and sometimes they even start fighting for her without her being impressed by that attitude. Her choice does not have to compensate the winner by any means, and cats respect that. If she has selected one with a suggesting meowing, this selected cat then starts to court her purring, running back and forth, and at the same time spraying with urine different objects. If he tries to mount the cat too soon, she punishes him with a whack.