Man's new best friend is the cat according to the most recent research polls. There are less dog homes in America than "condos" with cats. Cat lovers know exactly why this is the case: cats are a breeze to care for and they love you beyond compare. There is no walking, they can be left alone overnight: what's not to love? Give them premium food, a scoopable cat litter, love and a cat tree.

You may wonder what breeds are taking over America. The most widely owned breed is not really a breed at all. It is simply the domestic cat: long hair, medium hair, or short hair these new mutts are all the rage. Domestic cats come in all sizes, colors and can even look like specific breed. They are just not papered and pedigreed.

In the present time the different combinations of colors that the Persian cats coats have evolved into are categorized in order to be recognized with a little more ease.

Hence to achieve this eases these families that the Persian cat has been assigned to, are basically governed by the color of their coats. For instance the Golden Shadowed, Silver Shadowed, Cameo Shaded, and then there are the Red Persian cats.

When you see a cat which is majestic and extraordinary looking you should know that you are looking at a full-blooded Persian cat. These cats have well-built bodies and strong legs with a face which looks punched. They thrive on attention from you if you are a cat lover and also from people who do not like cats.

Unless we put the Persian cats into particular category it will be impossible to recognize them as in recent times they are coming with a blend of different color coats.

The Persian cat families have been further divided into groups according to the color of their coats to make it easy for people to distinguish them. For example you will find Silver Shadowed, Golden Shadowed, Cameo Shaded and also Red Persian cats.

You may be confused when you hear the words tea cup cats and inquire what it means when others are talking about it. Tea cup cats are quite different from miniature cats about which you may be aware of.

Teacup Persian cats are miniature cats but they vary with regards to some very specific characteristics. A normal female cat weighs somewhere between eleven to fourteen pounds and a male cat can go up to seventeen.

Many kitten owners may ask, "When does a cat reach full size"? Kittens have different growth rates and reach maturity at different times depending on the cat breed of the kitten.  A general guideline for the maturity of domestic shorthair kittens, including the American shorthair, is that they reach full size within the first three years, but often within the first two years. Some cat breeds mature much faster or slower than this.  A Singapura kitten is one of the fastest maturing cat breeds. Singapura kittens reach full size when they are between fifteen and twenty-four months old.

Munchkin cats are best known for their incredibly short legs. This cat breed was developed from a natural genetic mutation. The Munchkin cat breed is one of the newest cat breeds.

The Munchkin cat breed began with the discovery of a short-legged cat named Blackberry. Even though short-legged cats were in existence as early as the 1940s, Blackberry's discovery in 1983 became the foundation for the Munchkin cat breed.