Curled Tail Cat

The feature that distinguishes the Japanese shortail is his short tail, from 8 to 10 cm of length, which normally is curled up forming a tassel. It can be a straight line and the cat is raising it when he is in alert or wants to notice of his presence. In comparison with the strict standards of breed that apply to the cats of pedigree of the breeds without tail as the man - there is a great liberty in the breeding and exhibition of the shortails.

There are allowed the crafty tail and other features that habitually are considered to be faults, providing that there should be a definite well tail, which is soft and silky and does not have more than 8 cm of length. The crossings have been dissuaded completely by the Manx, in order to keep the breeds separated and to avoid the congenital problems of health that concern the Manx. The selective baby has been reducing progressively the size of this cat since he was discovered, since the current breeders prefer an aspect more refined than the wild animals without pedigree.

Today's shortail is average, slender size but well muscled, with a silky hair between average and shortly and an interior minimal cap. His head, characteristic of the "foreign" type of short hair, is sharply, with the especially high cheekbone these, together with the big and oblique eyes and the long nose give to this cat a peculiar face that is being described like "Japanese ". The eyes can be gilded, blue or of different color.

The shortail are in all the colors of pedigree, except of tops (Siamese) and the agouti (Abyssinian) but the more appreciate variety is the Mi-Ke, which means three hairs. This drawing consists of a few spots tortoise, merry but showy, on a white pure fund.

The Mi-Ke is considered in the Japan an amulet of the good luck, specially if he has the eyes of different color. They are also very popular, the two-color in white and black and in red and whitly. There are a variety of shortail of long hair, which is due to a recesive gene of long hair, but he continues being rare in relation with the short hair.

The shortail like to swim and they can learn to return objects. They are having the nice habit of greeting raising the front hoof. Sociable and curious, they are familiar ideal pets.

Q/A We like the aspect of the Japanese bobtail and we would like a female to make her to produce. What does this imply?

The ideal thing would be not make produce to a cat until 10 or 12 months of age and then only if it is had time to devote to her in the last stage of the gestation, during the birth of the kitties and in the first weeks of upbringing. Your veterinarian can give you some initial ideas when he vaccinates her; locate a suitable pair before you need it. You will have to take your cat, when she is in heat, to the breeding cat and leave her with him for one day or two. The Japanese Bobtail gives always cats of genuine breed due to a recesive gene responsibly for the mutation of the tail.

Turandot, my Japanese shortail, likes to swim , but I am afraid that the chemical products of the swimming pool are bad for her. Should I prevent him from bathing?

As she has free access and the exit of the swimming pool, with solid steps, she can swim without dangerous. But there would be necessary to clarify the hair immediately to take the chemical products from her, the same as you take a shower on having gone out. If the eyes get irritate after the bath, you would prevent do this activity.

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