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There IS such a thing as an Easy-care Longhair! |
Coat Type:Medium-long, silky-soft fur. The TA's coat, unlike that of the Persian, is not prone to matting and requires only minimal combing to stay looking beautiful. |
Body Type:Long body and legs, graceful, well-balanced and finely boned. The weight of an average adult is between 5 and 8 lbs., slightly more for a male, and perhaps slightly less for a female. |
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Head Type:The TA's face is a smooth wedge with almond-shaped eyes. While the CFA standard says the profile should consist of two planes, it does not use the word "straight." My preferred look is a smooth profile with just the suggestion of a curve. The ears should be large and erect, set high on the head and close together for a "bunny rabbit" look. |
Colors:While the traditional TA is all white, other colors exist and have become much more popular in the past few years. Thus far, I have bred black, blue, blue cream, and tortoiseshell solids, as well as red, brown, cameo and silver patch tabbies, plus a tortoiseshell smoke. |
Personality:Playful, inquisitive and very intelligent, TAs are very "busy" cats who want to be thoroughly involved with their humans' lives. Whatever it is that you are doing, your TA will want to help you with it, sometimes with very amusing results. They need a fairly large amount of personal space, but are capable of adapting to apartment life. They are extremely loving pets, and are among the most demonstratively affectionate of all breeds. |
Health and Grooming:TAs are a healthy, natural breed with unusually long life spans. Because many white cats are deaf, a past show emphasis on all-white cats resulted in numbers of deaf TAs. While deaf TAs can still have successful show careers or make wonderful pets, happily, most breeders are now incorporating colors into their breeding program and minimizing or eliminating the problem. A weekly combing is all you really need to keep the cat looking its best, but I suggest a bath every 2 to 3 months (slightly more often for whites). This need not be intimidating, because most TAs are fond of water! |
Kitten considerations:Prices for Turkish Angora pet quality kittens range from $500 to $1000, with color, hearing quality, and show status of the parents a consideration. Please note that blue-eyed hearing whites are extremely rare and command the higest prices. I tend to produce whites and colored cats in equal quantities and can also help connect you with other breeders who might have what you want. Males tend to be more readily available than females. There is no significant difference in personality. |
