Highlander (cat)
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The Highlanders are known to be very loving, adaptable, and devoted cats. They are pretty clownish, so they will often make you smile with their antics.
In 5 Words
- Very loving
- Adaptable
- Energetic
- Active
- Affectionate
Snapshot
Size: Medium to Large
Weight:
Male: large: >12 lbs.
Female: medium: 8-12 lbs.
Origin: United States
Life Span: 10 to 15 years
Colour: tabby colors which is brown with a little bit of a Orange color, pure black, white with stripes, blue colored which the cat is a bluish Grey coloring, but you can see the tint of blue in it, bronzed color and also a red color almost like a jar of Cinnamon
Characteristics
Learn About the Highlander (cat)
The first known Scottish Fold was born in 1961, to a litter of farm cats near Coupar Angus in the Tayside region of Scotland, northwest of Dundee. After a few weeks, the farmer noticed that one of his white female kittens had small, strange ears that were folded distinctively downwards towards her face. He named her Susie. Development of the breed began in 2004 and an early name for it was the Highland Lynx. No lynx genes were present in the cats used to develop the breed, rather the name referred to the intent of creating a domestic cat with a powerful “big cat” look. In 2005, the name Highlander was settled on and breeders focused on defining the breed and its characteristics as they worked toward championship status in TICA-one of the largest registries in the world.. Since that time, the Scottish Fold has been recognized as its own breed, with defined breed standards. The Scottish Fold was granted championship status by the Cat Fanciers’ Association of the United States (CFA) in 1978, and by the Cat Association of Britain in 1984.
The body is medium to large in size, rectangular in shape and athletic in appearance. Legs should be medium in length, with back legs longer than front. Feet should be medium to large and round with large knuckles; long coats should have toe tufts. The tail should be short and thick, a minimum of one inch long in adults but not extending past the hock. The coat can be short or long and comes in four colors: solid, tortie, tabby, or silver/smoke. Highlanders should have a natural short or docked tail. Their coats can be found in long or short hair in many colors and with various pattern markings. Females can weigh on average 10-17 pounds and males 20-25 pounds.The Highlander has a long, sloping forehead and large, flattened oval wide-set eyes that look at you with great intensity. The nose is wide and the large nose leather gives a look to the cat like no other.
The Highlanders are known to be very loving, adaptable, and devoted cats. They are pretty clownish, so they will often make you smile with their antics. Relatively quiet, they nonetheless have a high energy level that needs to be drained daily with active games such as chasing. The Highlander cat breed is known for its Active, Affectionate and Intelligent temperament.
Even though the Highlander cat has ties to wild cat hybrids, they require no special dietary requirements or medical care. Providing routine veterinary checkups and a healthy diet of high quality cat food as you would with any cat breed will suffice.
The Highlanders require the same vet and dietary care as other domestic cats, although I recommend a good quality food with less fillers.A good brushing of their coat every other week should keep them in good shape and gives extra bonding time for both owner and cat.
