The Scottish breed of cats few people leave indifferent. Possessing aristocratic appearance and huge eyes, it is a decoration of feline exhibitions and proud breeders. The material of this article will introduce readers with the peculiarities of the appearance of these pets, will tell about their varieties, and will also stop on key nuances of the content of fun teddy cats.
History of origin
The Scottish Chinshilla breed is considered young, color is artificially derived, he began his origin from long-haired Persians. Color, as well as the behavior of the animals itself, is largely like British relatives. During the dismissal of the breed for expanding the gene pool, breeders were taken to mating British cats, including individuals with chinchilla color. The name "Chinchilla" bred cats borrowed from the color of small rodents.
The genealogical Scots tree with a chinchilla coat originates since 1959, when a small kitten was appeared on one of the Scottish farms to the world, which was called Susie. His mother was a British cat. After some time, the kitten got to the breeders William Ross and his wife Mary, specialized at the breeding of the British.
In 1691, as a result of breeding, his kid was born his baby, who was assigned the name of Snuxe. After 5 years (in 1966), the breed was officially registered with GCCF. As a result of breeding, not only lopokhi (Scottish Fold) was born, but also straight kittens (Scottish Straight).
But if there were no problems with the right kids in numbers, it was more difficult to breed the lop dogs. They had to be knitted with conventional manless cats, but the kittens were born with bent ears.
Breeders performed a mating and two lugbyes, but as a result of it, kids appeared with diseases of the musculoskeletal system. The bones of the skeleton suffered from such a mutation, in view of which the joints thicked up and were short, and the spine was growing.
For this reason, Felinology decided not to breed the breed. Therefore, the breeders at one time were engaged in the removal of the right scots. A little later, a genetics of Neil Todd was included in the breeding work, which, with other breeders, eliminated the negative consequences during breed dilution, while maintaining Fold. The solution to the problem was the selection of individuals for mating: Folded began to cross with strikes. This is how the chinchilla scottan appeared, which is still a reference standard of the breed.
European breeding was based on viscosity with shorthair British, in view of which these representatives of the Feline family have a more massive skeleton and are not particularly pressed to the head of the Big ears. To the exhibitions, cats were allowed already in 2004, and still it is forbidden to cross the two folds of individuals.
Description
The appearance of the Scottish chinchilla is unique, so those who decide to start the kitten of this breed, often choose the baby for a long time. Chinchillas are customary to call cats and cats of the breed with a silver-shaped fur, although today the teddy aristocrats may have other colors. The appearance is distinguished by the ears: they can be straight and hung down, while directed forward and tightly pressed to the face.
Besides the Scots, British and Persians have chinchilla color. The standard prescribes clear requirements for appearance: the body of these cats is distinguished by medium-sized dimensions, it is compact with a wide bone. The back of individuals is straight, the paws are closer, but powerful, have round pads. The tail of the Scottish chinchilla is thick and lush, but at the same time proportional to the body.
Cats in cats rounded Representatives of the breed weigh an average of 3 to 7 kg, the height in the withers can reach 30 cm. The length of the wool in these pets can reach 12 cm, and in the fur coat there are quite a lot of thin and silky hairs, the wool is quite thick and dense. Considerable part of individuals has a characteristic collar on her neck and shoulders. Among individuals are found individually with a small nozzle of the fur coat. Life resource usually does not exceed 10-15 years.
The head of the Scottish chinchilla with blue or green eyes is a ball-shaped, the forehead is convex, the cheeks are full, and the pads are embossed. The eyes of the representatives of the breed are large and wide open. Needle Needle, compact ears, have a high landing. Their ends in the false cats are divorced to the sides, on the tops they are pointed in female and rounded in males.
Options Color
Chinchilla color can be divided into two varieties.
- Ticked. Abyssinian color or ticked fur coat involves painting each hair on the principle of gradient. In fact, the hair is painted in several tones and when the animal moves, it creates the effect of color in different color.
At the same time, ticking is not observed on the chest, stomach and inner sides of the paw. Many cats are black. Silver chinchillas are born more often with such a color, but the color can vary. For example, some representatives of the breed have almost white silver tint, others are gold or bluish-golden. At the same time, the golden color of Chinchillas is rare, there are taped golden kittens more expensive than any other fellow breed.
- Shared. Shaped color is different from ticked: if in the ticked coloring of cats, the hair is allowed to 1/8 length. That here the hair can be painted into a specific color no more than 1/3 of the entire length. Could be different: in addition to using silver, golden or red shades, their combination can be allowed. For example, a shaded color can combine a golden fur coat with a creamy undercoat or a combination of silver coats with a white color.
Character features
By the nature of Scottish chinchillas is aristocrats. Not surchated by its own principles, they do not fall to conflicts with other pets living in the house. Pretty sociable and peace-loving cats prefer to be laid with everyone, including dogs. However, if the need to protect, these cats will be able to stand up without any extra help.
They calmly relate to the change of residence and quickly get used to all households, highlighting of them who pays more attention to them and feeds.
Scottish chinchillas prefer their attachment not to demonstrate. They do not allow themselves to be obsessive, distinguished by a restrained character, do not like excessive texaging. Someone these pets may seem phlegmatic, but, despite their apparent indifference, they rarely refuse to play both with the owner and with his children.
Unlike their other fellow, chinchilla Scots do not allow themselves to have treated sounds. They meow only occasionally, never take the owners for reprimanding and a rigorous voice.
They moderately patiently, can wait for their owner and bored on him in his absence. Favorite, pets can walk for the owner waiting for their portion of attention.
Chinchillas of this type is inherent not only royal appearance, but also an outstanding intelligence. They very quickly understand the rules installed in the house, adapt to everything, including the lifestyle of the owners. As in kind of inquisitive, they are often sitting on the windowsill, considering what is happening on the street. If they have their toys, they will always find how to take their time in the absence of households.
Conditions of detention
Unlike many other representatives of the Feline family, Scottish chinchillas do not carry out stools and lack of fresh air. The optimal temperature for them is the range from +21 to +25 degrees. You can bathe the scottles in no more often than four times a year, using Zooshampun. The water temperature should not exceed +40 degrees, air conditioning can be used to improve the quality of the fur coat after shampoo.
After bathing the cat, it is necessary to put in a warm place, wipe it with a towel and dry wool. You can dry the fur coat with a hairdryer if the animal is not afraid of it.
If the animal categorically does not want to swim, it is better to get a dry shampoo in the form of a powder, spray or foam. With such a wash, first combing the cat, then the means are applied, after which the wool is on the ridge. Combine clean wool or by a conventional brush or a furminator.
The second comb is a kind of crest with a trimmer. She especially needed a cat during his molting. The furminator is selected taking into account the length of the wool and the size of the pet. And also when buying pay attention to the frequency of teeth, which is important for dense and thick coats.
The usual mass cat is preached at least once a week, during the molting period it is necessary (up to four times).
Strike cats of this breed is undesirable, based on the aesthetic considerations. Given that the claws at the Scottish Chinshill are not stepping, they have to be coated. Make it with a special device - cunter, cutting off the damage of the claw by no more than 1.5 mm. When injured, the living part is treated with hydrogen peroxide.
In addition to the care of claws, it is important to monitor the ears and eyes of the chinshill. Considering that the pets of this breed are inclined to tear, they often oxidize the discharge from the eyes, acquiring a brownish shade. It is necessary to remove their wet gauze moistened in warm boiled water. As pollution is clean and ears, removing a sulfur lipboard with a cotton tampon with vegetable oil or hygienic lotion.
It is necessary to monitor the oral hygiene. The scots often inflates the gums, so the cleaning of the teeth is a mandatory stage of care. Brushing your pet teeth must at least once a week both from external and from the inside. As a brush for cleaning, the nozzle on the finger or a special brush is used. If the cat categorically refuses to brush the teeth, it is wrapped in the tissue, in the extreme case, cleaning is replaced with chewing pillows for cleansing teeth.
Timely preventive inspections and vaccination are important. The kitten's owner is already vaccinated, but the further contribution of vaccines is determined by the veterinarian, giving the baby to adapt to a new place for about two weeks. Periodically, the integrated vaccine is administered to the cats and give antiparasitic drugs. Prevention from worms is performed 1 time per quarter.
Feeding
Feed chinchilla scots industrial premium feeds. For example, breeders consider good products Fitmin for Life, Brit Care, Summit, Blitz, Leonardo. However, some owners believe that industrial feed alone is not enough to provide normal growth and development cats.
Therefore, it is often in the nutrient diet of their pets turn on low-fat meat (say, boiled chicken or by-products). And also in food you can add greens and vegetables, combining them with meat. Someone feeds fluffy pets quail eggs and low-fat sea fish.
Power must be balanced, corresponding to the age of the cat. If natural food is chosen as the feeding base, it is necessary to give the cat with milk products. Regardless of the type of feed, an animal should always contain a bowl with clean water. In the first days of the kitten it is better to feed the usual food (which he eating in the nursery). On another nutrient diet, it must be translated gradually.
It is impossible to feed the baby with soft food constantly. Need and firm, with its help the muscles will train, and the teeth will get rid of a certain part of the dental plaque.
The grass is needed to get rid of wool, which settles in the stomach after the cat loses herself. It is undesirable to mix food, because the digestion is frustrated by the pets. In addition, it can turn into poor assimilation of beneficial substances. Kids are fed 5 times a day, adult cats - no more than two or three.
Breeding
Chinchilla breeding is accompanied by difficulties. Coloring color is maintained poorly, in addition, it is not so easy to find a partner due to the small number of specialized nurseries. For mating, you can choose a British silver or golden color.
If in the future the cat will not take part in exhibitions, the pet can be reduced with Persians. Persons who will take part in exhibitions need a special partner, in his search will have to contact the nursery.
It is possible to start a cat after estrus, but at the same time its minimum age should be at least a year and a half. As for the frequency of the mating, then experienced breeders note that it is impossible to pair it with a cat at every occur. The next cat in the cat may occur immediately after delivery (about the fourth day). If there is a cat nearby, it must be removed so that neither he nor the cat itself accidentally injured tiny kittens. The minimum gap between mating, according to specialists, is 4-5 months. After mating, the behavior of the female changes, it becomes sleepy and relaxed. The belly begins to grow about a month after communicating with the cat.
The duration of pregnancy in cats is 9 weeks. Two months after the birth of the kittens, they draw up passports.
To do this, contact a special club, which can issue similar documents. Documentation is necessary for legal breeding chinchillas and their sales. If the breeder is not interested in breeding the Scots, the cat is castrated either sterilize.
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