Himalayan cat (English name: himalayan), this name is due to its very similar appearance to the rabbit with this name, and has nothing to do with the Himalayas. The Himalayan cat blends the gentleness, femininity and responsiveness of the Persian cat, and the intelligence and gentleness of the Siamese cat. It has the physique and long hair of a Persian cat, the coat color and eyes of a Siamese cat
Shape: round, wide, smooth, arched and has a certain width. The head size is medium to large and should be coordinated with the proportions of the torso. The chin is wide and the teeth have better bite force. Cheeks should be plump and prominent. The overall facial expression is sweet and cute.
Ears: The tip of the ear is small and round, and the base of the ear should not be too large. The ears should be kept at a great distance, and the ear position happens to be on the contour line of the head.
Eyes: Large, round, and full in shape. The eyes are at the same height and are far enough apart to make the whole facial expression look sweet and cute. Eye color is just as important as size and shape. The darkest blue is the best, but light blue and medium blue are also acceptable.
Chin: Strong, broad, plump, well-developed, in harmony with the face.
Nose: Equal length and width, unobstructed nostrils. The nose should be short, wide, and full.
Profile: short, collapsed nose, clear indentation between the eyes. The forehead, nose and chin are in a straight line.
Neck: short, thick, muscular.
Torso: Short, compact, plump and rounded middle part of the proportions are coordinated. The size of the torso is medium to large. The back is short and horizontal. The chest is deep: it has the same circumference from the shoulders to the hips and a deep round abdomen and ribs.
Legs: Strong bones, well-developed, muscular. From the front view, the front legs should be short, stout, straight, and the spacing should be flat with the width of the chest, showing a strong body shape, but not similar to a bulldog. Viewed from behind, the shape of the legs should be straight.
Feet: round and large.
Tail: Short and straight. Proportional to body length.
Bones: thick, stout, well-proportioned.
Muscles: strong, well-developed, not excessively obese.
Length: The hair grows to the whole body, very flexible, the bottom layer of fluff is dense, and the appearance is layered. The neck hair should be thick. Seasonal changes in fur should be noted.
Coat color: The coat color is pure and the best, and a small number of patterns are also acceptable. The gradient color area of adult Himalayan cats allows for deeper colors. The main color of the cat must appear at the ends of the limbs, including the ears, limbs, feet, tail, and face.
Status/Balance: Should reflect good health, good muscle tone, adequate strength, muscular development, not obesity. The proportions of all parts of the body are coordinated.
The ideal Himalayan cat should be physically strong, with well-developed bones and muscles, and a well-proportioned body that gives the impression of being robust and powerful. Round face, sweet and cute expression, large and round eyes, and expressive. The body is well-proportioned, easy-going, and should be gentle and obedient when picked up.
Female cats are smaller than male cats, but their body proportions should also be coordinated.
The head is too long or too narrow; the bridge of the nose is long and high; the nose is narrow; the upper jaw is more prominent or the lower jaw is prominent; the bite is deformed. Adult cats have no canine teeth.
Asymmetry: Nothing created by nature is absolutely symmetrical, but should be noted if the shape of the cat's head is noticeably asymmetrical (e.g., crooked nose, mouth position off-center, etc.). Asymmetries in this situation should be punished according to their severity. The ears are too large, too pointed, deflected, or the ears are too close together. Narrow sternum and excessively long back. Muscle tone is not added. The fur is in poor condition. The flanks are flattened. The eyes are too small or the eye spacing is too close. The eye color is dull or too light.
No advantages. The abdomen is whitish. The conditions are extremely poor and the eyes are not blue.
The shape of the tail is distorted. Severe occlusal irregularities, severe asymmetry in the shape of the face; crossed eyes, oblique eyes, opposite eyes. Severe protrusion of the upper or lower jaw. Character should be docile and disqualified if any act of resistance occurs. Cats can show fear, try to run away, and complain loudly, but must not show aggression.
2 Development history
The Himalayan cat Persian cat is a widely recognized and rather popular breed that has emerged as a Himalayan cat based on its early hybrid breeding. The early evolution of the Persian cat most likely occurred on the alpine Persian plateau (i.e. present-day Iran and Iraq). When these long-haired cats were brought to Europe by the Phoenicians and Romans, the Europeans fell in love with them. Over the years, persian cats have been deliberately preserved and emphasized for their long-haired characteristics when breeding. The first step in breeding a accent-colored Persian cat is to cross it with Siamese and Persian cats. Its descendants subsequently bred over the years to produce a group of cats with long hairs and accent color patterns. These accent-colored longhair cats then mate with Persian cats and their offspring mate with each other. Over many years, breeders have acquired cats with many basic characteristics of Persian cats and accent colors. That's when the next step began – that's getting official breed recognition from the registry; in the UK, bsterling-webb spent over 10 years perfecting his accent color longhair cat. In 1955, he approached the growing council of the cat fancy (gccf) and asked them to acknowledge the new variant of the long-haired cat. As he and other breeders described and defended their work on the breeding of this new colour, their request was granted, and the accent colour longhaired colourpoint became an independent breed in England. In North America, Mrs. Goforth presented cultivar approval at the CFA Annual General Assembly on December 18, 1957. Mrs. Goforth's view is that although the standard of the Himalayan cat is the same as that of the Persian cat, it is not a Persian cat, but a new long-haired breed. The Himalayan cat was recognized on this theory and received the cfa's foundation record registration. The rules for accepting new breeds and colours at the time required breeders to provide proof of three generations of pure Himalayan cat accent color breeding to meet the entry requirements. The breeding of Himalayan cats dates back to 1924, when a Swedish geneticist crossed Siamese, Burmese and Persian cats with no apparent results. After 1930, British breeders and researchers at Harvard University in the United States continued their research and finally bred a breed with long hair, Spots of Siamese cats, and moderate body size. After continuous improvement, its standard variety was officially recognized in the United Kingdom in 1955 and recognized in the United States in 1957. Later, it slowly approached the size of the Persian cat, and the color was closer to that of the Siamese cat.
The Himalayan cat has short, fat and straight limbs, a short body, a deep chest, a powerful dome-like head, rounded cheeks and jaw, small ears and short nose, and large round eyes, which are almost similar to Persian cats. The eyes are blue, and the bluer the better. Its coat is long and soft, with dark spots, the contrast between the shades of the spots is obvious and eye-catching, there are seal spots, chocolate points, blue dots, clove dots, orange dots, tortoiseshell dots and blue cream dots and other 7 kinds, are very ornamental, these color dots are distributed in the cat's legs, feet, tail, ears and face. Female cats are in estrus early and can mate and give birth at 8 months, but in order to ensure the quality of breeding, they are generally not allowed to reproduce until after 1 year of age. Male cats must be 18 months old to be breeding cats. Each litter produces 2 to 3 litters, and the kittens are born with short white hairs all over their bodies, and after a few days, the color spots begin to appear, first the ears, then the nose, limbs and tail.
Like other longhair cats, Himalayan cats must be groomed. The Himalayas should be groomed daily, and many cat houses don't bathe them once a week. If you're planning to attend a cat show, you'll have to perform a more rigorous grooming program for Himalayan cats. In most cases, since Himalayan cats have been groomed and bathed when they are kittens, they don't complain much about this plan. Breeders of accent-colored Persian cats are sometimes blamed for breeding extreme cat breeds with short noses and bulging eyes. Responsible breeders pay close attention to overall beauty and not just how short the nose is. It is entirely possible to breed beautiful Persian cats with a short nose and no tears. They do not have problems with the respiratory tract . They are usually healthy and energetic cats.
The change of exercise makes the digestion and absorption capacity of the intestine and the filtration and detoxification of the liver and kidneys change, and more attention should be paid to the hardness of the cat's suitable food, the appropriate amount of calcium, iron, vitamins and other trace elements, and the replacement of different flavors of food.
Often use wet cotton to remove excess mucus and clean the skin around the eyes.
Regularly check the inner ear canal by disinfecting the external ear canal with 75% alcohol cotton balls, and then dipping olive oil or edible vegetable oil with a cotton swab, infiltrating the dry earwax, and after it softens, carefully remove the earwax with tweezers, do not break the mucous membrane of the ear canal, and prevent infection and suppuration. Once the cat's external ear canal is infected with suppuration, it can be gently scrubbed with a cotton swab dipped in hydrogen peroxide, repeatedly scrubbed until there is no pus on the cotton swab, and then drained the hydrogen peroxide in the ear canal with a degreasing cotton. Scrub several times and the infection will heal. If the cat has too much earwax, the cat shakes its head and scratches its ears, and should promptly consult a veterinarian for treatment.
Joint pain is a common disease of elderly pets, if it can not move regularly, you can gently massage the muscles or move the joints of the limbs while it is resting.
Cat's claws are tools for cats to catch mice, climb and defend themselves. If the owner keeps a cat to catch mice, of course, it is not possible to trim the paws. If the owner keeps the cat as a companion animal, the cat should often trim the claws to avoid scratching people, scratching clothes, furniture, floors, etc. Trimming the feet and claws should start small and take place around January. Here's how:
Hold the Himalayan cat in your arms, grasp one of the cat's feet with your left hand, and squeeze it slightly with your thumb, index finger, and middle finger to make the paws stick out. With a nail clipper in your right hand, carefully cut off the transparent part of the front of the claw, and then polish the claw with a small file on the nail clipper. When trimming, do not cut too much so as not to hurt the feet of the Himalayan cat. Then cut off and polish the other claws in turn.
Before bathing, you should prepare bath utensils, such as bath tubs, bath towels, detergent, combs (preferably one end thin, one end dense), brushes, etc.
When bathing, the water temperature should not be too low, nor too high, it is advisable not to be hot; the detergent used should not be too irritating, so as not to irritate the skin; himalayan cats should comb the coat before bathing to prevent entanglement; the bathing action should be rapid, as far as possible in a short period of time; after washing, the hair should be dried immediately with a bath towel, when the temperature is low, it is best to cover the special towel quilt or other warming supplies to prevent colds.
Himalayan cats have a rough tongue and special barbed tongue nipples, like a comb, and Himalayan cats often use their tongues to lick the coat. Unattainable areas, such as the head, shoulders, back, neck, etc., are combed with claws. Even so, it is best to groom the cat once a day. Because the cat will dehair all year round, especially in the spring and autumn moulting seasons, the cat will swallow the hair into the stomach by combing itself, and over time form a hairball in the stomach, such as can not be spit out through vomiting, and can not be discharged through the intestine in time, trapped in the stomach, it will form a hairball blockage, affecting appetite, and even life-threatening.
When combing, it is necessary not only to comb along the hair, but also to comb the reverse hair. When combing a Himalayan cat, the hair can be wet with water first, and then rubbed to make the coat tree up for easy combing. If the coat of the Himalayan cat is tangled or stuck together, it can be cut off with the tips of the fingers, or combed slowly and carefully with a thin-toothed comb. If the felt has been rolled, you can use scissors to cut the felt pieces into thin strips along the direction of hair growth, and then comb them with a comb. If the felt rolling is severe, the coat can be sheared to allow it to grow again.
Healthy Himalayan cats have bright and energetic eyes, and when Himalayan cats are sick or in poor health, they are often afraid of light and cry. In some cat species, the nasolacrimal duct is easily blocked and tears are shed. Cats shed too much tears, often attached to the corners of the eyes on the side of the nose, can be dipped in a 2% aqueous boric acid solution with a degreasing cotton and gently scrubbed off.