cats

Anyone has a British Shorthair ?

Christina Websell...

Well, being a stray doesn't mean he wasn't a pedigree cat, does it?

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Not necessarily, but usually if people have paid a fair sum
of money for a pedigreed cat, they aren't liekly to simply
abandon it. ("Get rid of", maybe - but not without some
compensation.)

Christine K....

A stray may have been a pedigree cat "in the out", but I have always
thought that as soon as you no longer can prove the kitty you found is
the pedigree cat in question, thru collar tag / tattoo mark / ID chip or
whatever, no matter how much of a pedigree he looks and/or behaves like,
a stray cat cannot be called a pedigree cat. Or, well, called yes, but
not shown in cat shows as one or sold as one. It doesn't have the
paperwork or known lineage. Which, of course, doesn't make it any less
of a wonderful specimen of the species tho...

Christina Websell...

I don't think I do at all. When I first saw M&P's photos I posted to
enquire if they were pure bred cats, and Sandra confirmed that they were. I
see lots of pics on the group of very well cared for cats with a mixed
background and I do not confuse them with pedigree cats.

Maybe I have "my eye in" as they say. I judge show dogs. I've showed
various animals all my life. Mice, rabbits, goats you name it.
I know a pedigree cat, too, when I see one.

Christina Websell...

Pure bred British Shorthairs don't look like "ordinary cats" here. They
have large wide faces with a shorter nose and they are bigger.
Maybe it's different in America. Perhaps your strays look like pedigrees, I

EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)...

Perhaps it is. Certainly, judging by various discussions
we've had here, the average American cat tends to be larger
than those in the UK. (You guys seem to consider ten pounds
large, whereas here that's just about average - many tip the
scales at fifteen, and only when they get closer to the
twenty mark do people remark upon their size!)

Monique Y. Mudama...

Oscar's 9 pounds, and I think of her as fairly small. A lot of cats
in the US are bigger than her.

wouldn't know about that. Our British strays are not like that, KFC &
Boyfriend are typical of the normal non pedigree British cat that has come
about through folks not neutering their cats. They are very precious,
though.

wafflycat...

Well I'm British and I have a few shorthairs, but I do shave my legs &
armpits regularly so they are not often seen.

Cheers, helen s

AZ Nomad...

No, it's amazing. Not one single person anywhere on the planet
has such a cat. I wonder why they would give a name to a nonexistant
breed?

Christina Websell...

As far as I know there is only one person on this group who has pedigree
British Shorthairs. That's Sandra, maybe she will reply to you.