With a gentle and elegant temperament, and understanding of people, she often acts like a spoiled child with the owner. She is also noble and elegant, known as the princess of cats. Persian cat is therefore loved by many cat lovers, so we are in When buying a Persian cat, you should observe the appearance characteristics of the Persian cat. What kind of appearance characteristics does the Persian cat have?

1. Appearance

Head: Large, round, and thick; the head cover is broad, with bulging cheeks; the nose is short and wide, with a collapsed bridge; the muzzle is short and wide, the mandible is developed, thick and powerful, and the teeth are in a scissor or pincer bite. When viewed from the side, the head, forehead, nose and muzzle are on a vertical line; when viewed from the front, the entire face is round.

Ears: Persian cats should have rounded ears, slightly forward, open at the base of the ears, and wide spacing between the ears. The base of the ear is lower than the head cover.

Eyes: Large, round, slightly protruding, well spaced and well-proportioned. The eye color depends on the coat color. It is generally believed that the colors of the Persian cat's eyes include blue, green, copper, gold, amber, strange colors and two eyes with different colors (ie, mandarin duck eyes). The mandarin duck eye Persian cat's coat is often white. Cats with green, amber and gold eyes are generally silver-grey. The purer and darker the color of each eye, the better, and the color of both eyes should be even.

Body: The body is typically short and fat, with sturdy bones, front and rear legs at the same height, legs erect, shoulders and hips at the same height. The toes are large and powerful, with large claws and compact toes. The front paws have 5 toes and the hind paws have 4 toes. The tail is short and rounded, proportional to the length of the body, sloping toward the back but not touching it. The tail does not drag the ground when walking, and the tail hair is fluffy. The coat is long, soft, fluffy, and shiny, covering all parts of the body, including the shoulders. The nape hair hangs down like a satin to the folds between the front legs. The fur on the ears is long and curly. The hair between the toes is longer and the tail hair is fluffy and dense. The wool is as soft as cotton and as light as silk.

2. Coat color

The coat color of the Persian cat is roughly divided into five categories, with nearly 88 coat colors. Among them, the monochrome system includes white, black, blue, red, cream and so on. Chinchilla colors (=Chinchilla cats) include mouse gray (hair tip color), gradient silver, gradient gold and other rare red Persian cat pineapples. Smoke color (Smoke) system includes smoke color (hair root white, gradient blue, gradient red, etc. Tabby colors include silver, brown, red, cream, blue, etc. Mixed colors include tortoiseshell (Tortie), three-color ( Calico), blue cream, and black and white, blue and white, red and white, etc. Red (mostly male) and tortoiseshell (mostly female) are rare in coat color, so Persian cats with coat color are also very precious.

Unique double coat, the undercoat is dense and covered by a long, smooth waterproof coat. In winter, the dense undercoat is fully grown, so the coat in winter is fuller than in summer, and the coat is more textured Element and type are the most important, while color and pattern are less important.

3. Tears

Persian cats have short nasal passages, which tend to shed tears around the eyes. Especially light-colored cats Cats, the tear marks on the face are really ugly. In fact, as long as you pay attention to cleaning every day, you can easily remove them. The simple method is to wipe your eyes with a hot towel every day. You can mix some starch and boric acid powder in half and then shoot On the tear stains. The powder can absorb the stains and play a bleaching role. Use starch and boric acid powder to remove the half-mixed powder; first make a paste with water. Apply the paste carefully on the stains and let it dry naturally. After drying, brush off and then wipe Just be careful not to let the powder fall into the eyes. These powder particles may cause eye ulcers if they fall into the eyes. Boric acid powder is not difficult to find, and it is good for the stubborn stains on the cat's face. General Western pharmacies can buy.