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 Post subject: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:19 pm 
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I see all these pictures on line of fat looking fluffy super long haired Persians. My little guy is almost one now- has fairly long hair. He weighs 10 pounds so he's not a puny kitty. I had his stomach shaved last fall as he had some bad knots. That hair is coming in great and is now back to about 3 inches in length. At what point will he be conbsired fully coated? His daddy had super long hair but his mom not so much. I want him to really look fabulous and want a great coat. I also have noticed that although at birth and early on his hair was truly white and the black was ebony, as he is aging the black has kind of a chocolaty look to it now. On his black parts the under coat is kind of a grayish brown. Is somehting lacking in his diet or is this normal?


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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 1:56 am 
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I don't know how much help this is since I don't do solids, but I do know if a black spends to much tine in the sun it will change the color.

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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:56 pm 
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Nope that cant be it as Oreo is strictly an indoor cat.


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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 6:21 pm 
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Even the coat of a strictly indoor Persian can be affected by the sun if they spend alot of time lounging in windows. This is especially true of solid blacks and black bi-colors.

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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:58 pm 
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Yes..I've read before that blacks can get that rusty look
to thier coats if they spend too much time lounging in the windows
in the sunshine!!

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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 3:45 pm 
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Hello,

it is true that black fur can turn a rusty color in the sunshine, I believe it is also called a fever coat.

On the other hand, the full coat is to be expected at around one of age I believe, but again, the season will play roll as well. In winter the coats are ususally fuller and plushier than in summer.

Do you have a picture of him?

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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:00 pm 
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As for coat length and fullness - that depends on a great number of things such as genetics, health, quality of diet, time of year (season), if neutered/spayed and grooming procedures. My boy, Boo looks almost like an exotic in the summer - can't show him at all for about 6 months of the year- part of that is hormone driven since he is whole and the girls are in heat during the summer, partly because of genetics.

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 Post subject: Re: Fluffy cats
PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:09 pm 
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When I first got Jacob I asked about his fur (it was in pretty poor shape...not long at all with a lot of ash and rust under his chin)....I remember Linda (fultonblue) told me that blacks are sort of notorious for their "funky fur" :lol:
Jacob has completley blossomed...his fur (before I shaved him) was super thick! The ash and rust is still there but he doesn't spend too much time in the sun.
A good friend of mine told me that when I first got him she worried...thought he was an ugly duckling but since he is so gorgeous now she feels comfortable telling me!

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