PERSIAN CAT Or should I say 'My Persian Cat' I knew nothing about cats until I got two as pets. As an introduction to the Persian I do know they originate from Egypt, which surprised me, as they must be jolly warm with all that hair. They are a pedigree breed and these days they breed them to have almost no protrusion on their noses. They have a beautiful coat of long fur, which needs constant attention; otherwise they get knotted and need to be clippered or groomed at the vets, which can be expensive. They come in all sorts of colours and you can buy them from breeders, which are advertised on the Internet. The cost can vary from £100 - £300 ...  Read the complete review

Firstly excuse the long introduction but I feel it is important to set the scene ... just under four years ago, my husband and I decided to expand our family by getting a cat. We would have liked a cat from a rescue centre, but as we lived in a flat and were in full time employment at the time, we were deemed undesirables by most rescue centres. So we decided to get a pedigree instead and after a little bit of research we decided upon the British Shorthair breed. Six weeks after bringing home our first kitten, Lewis, we went back to the same breeder and brought home his slightly younger half brother, Billy. Billy and Lewis were our family. They moved to Bermuda with .  Read the complete review

If you are thinking about getting a Persian Cat I would like to help by giving you an insight into what it is like to own them, how they are to care for, and to highlight the difficulties and of course the joys. I will start by explaining that I have kept them for the last decade following on from 15 years of owning moggies. I had always wanted them but knew that when I was younger and my children were little I would have struggled to give them the time and the dedication they need. So just over 10 years ago I started my Persian ownership with the purchase of a blue colourpoint called Teddy, shortly added to by a red self called Marigold. There is ...  Read the complete review

I have four persians, a big black boy called Al, a red self, a blue and a blue white bi colour girls. They take up alot of my time, grooming seems to be my middle name! I am hoping to breed them this summertime, but if nothing comes of it i dont mind, they are first and foremost members of the family. To give my opinion on persian cats as a family pet, I think they are wonderful, excellent temperament and loving, but they take alot of looking after. I dont just mean a quick glance with the brush every couple of days, I mean grooming every day, bathing when required, not to mention the vets bills. Persians are also prone to a condition called PKD ...  Read the complete review

Until recently, we had only owned the usual sort of cats - tabbies, rescued ones, that kind of thing. We did have a half-Persian cat in my childhood though, which was beautiful and briefly owned an Abyssinian, which moved out of a neighbour's house and into ours - but our new cat, Shady, is our first proper Persian cat. She belonged to my fiance's Aunt's neighbour. When she was widowed, she didn't feel up to looking after the cat - then named Floss - but wanted her to go to a good home - which is where we stepped in. Now renamed Shady (after her beautiful colouring - oh, yes, I admit it, after a certain gorgeous rapper too!), she is the ...  Read the complete review