Siamese Cat Plush

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

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Siamese Cat Plush

I think the Siamese Cat is probably my favorite cat because I used to have one. When we were growing up, we got a Siamese kitten and that cat was with us for almost 20 years. Siamese are extremely loyal and protective.

The Siamese came from Siam, which is now known as Thailand, and were considered royal cats because only the Kings were allowed to have them, and they were the guardians of the temples.

Siamese are very intelligent and affectionate cats, and have a great social nature. They are very good with babies and children, and are protective of their families to the point of chasing off other creatures that cross their property.

Siamese Kitten Plush

They love human contact and will usually pick one person in a family that they are closest too. They are also very playful, even after growing out of the kitten stage.

Siamese cats were treated with opulence by the monks that they would live with and it was thought that when someone passed away, their spirit would go into the Siamese cat.

There is actually two different types of Siamese. The Traditional and the Modern. One has a more round head and a stocky body type, and the other has a slender head and more of a lanky body type. However, they are both quite vocal and love to chat with their human counterparts.

Holiday Siamese Kitten

Tabby Cat Plush

Saturday, November 28th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

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Orange Tabby Cat Plush

The tabby cat is actually not a breed of cat, but a pattern of markings on the cat’s fur that has distinctive features such as stripes, dots, or swirling patterns, usually together with an “M” mark on its forehead. Tabbies are sometimes thought to be a breed of cat. The pattern that makes the tabby can also be found mixed in with different breeds as well as the “heinz 57″ breed.

Some medieval cats were thought to be tabby cats due to the wild patterns. The ancestor of the African Wildcat may be related to the color of this domestic and distant pattern.

The four patterns that are generally thought to be a tabby are: mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked.

A Calico or tortoiseshell is also a version of the basic color patterns which can fall into that same tabby color pattern. Sometimes considered a “patch” tabby.

Grey Tabby Kitten

The mackerel tabby usually has an “M” shape on the forehead and vertical, gently curving stripes on the side of the body. Mackerel is the most common tabby pattern.

Classic (or ‘blotched’) tabbies have a similar ‘M’ pattern on the head, but the body markings are different, having a whirled and swirled pattern with wider stripes that make what are referred to as “butterfly” patterns on their shoulders, and usually a bullseye or oyster pattern on the flank. The legs and tail are more heavily barred and the pattern is variable with respect to the width of the bands.

The spotted tabby is actually the mackerel pattern that breaks the stripes up so that they look more like spots. Some are small and some are larger spots. Both large spot and small spot patterns can be seen in the Australian Mist, Bengal, Egyptian Mau, and Ocicat breeds.

If you have ever seen a cat that looked like “salt and pepper”, then you have seen the ticked tabby pattern. The hairs themselves are each with their own striped bands of color. And what is called “ghost” striping can be seen sometimes.

Grey Tabby Cat Plush

All those patterns have been observed in random bred populations. Several additional patterns are found in specific breeds.

So the tabby cat is simply a coat pattern. It can show up in combination with a variety of coat colors. White is the only color that does not have any tabby markings. A cat’s coat can be described as red tabby or gray tabby. Black and blue are colors that usually show up without tabby markings, but with some cats, a faint tabby pattern can actually be noticed.