

Burmese
Origin: Burma, Thailand
Colours: brown, blue, lilac, red, chocolate, cream, brown tortie, blue tortie, chocolate tortie, lilac tortie
Size: Medium to large
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful
Burmese cats will want to participate in everything that is going on around.
Breed video: Burmese Cat Playing Fetch

Bengal
Origin: United States
Colors: Many color variations with differently shaped spots
Size: Medium to large
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Quiet
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful
Bengals are lively, active, extremely intelligent and smart. Unlike other cats, they adore water!
Breed videos:
Bengal - very intelligent and adaptable
Perfoming Bengal

Ocicat
Origin: United States
Colors: Tawny, chocolate and cinnamon, their dilutes, blue, lavender and fawn; also all these colours with silver
Size: Medium to large
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: Average
Overall: Can be a handful
Breed video: Ocicat

Siamese
Origin: Siam (Thailand)
Colors: Seal, chocolate, blue, lilac with the typical colourpoint pattern
Size: Medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Very vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful
Breed video: Siamese - very vocal cat

Oriental Shorthair
Origin: Great Britain
Colors: Any
Size: Small to medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Very vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: Very high
Overall: Can be a handful

Abyssinian
Origin: Egypt
Colors: Ruddy, cinnamon, red, blue and fawn
Size: Small to medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Quiet
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful
Breed video: Abyssinian - active cat for active family!

American Bobtail
Origin: United States
Colors: Any
Size: Medium to large
Coat Type(s): Shorthair and longhair
Grooming: Weekly (shorthair); twice a week (longhair)
Talkativeness: Average
Activity Level: High
Attention Requirement: Average
Overall: Moderately obedientKind, playful, devoted and extremely intelligent cat.

Devon Rex
Origin: Great Britain
Colors: All
Size: Small to medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair, curly haired
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Quiet
Activity Level: High
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Moderately docile

Tonkinese
Origin: USA
Colors: Natural, champagne, blue and platinum
Size: Medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Little
Talkativeness: Vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Moderately docile

Turkish Van
Origin: Turkey
Colors: White with colour markings on head and tail
Size: Large
Coat Type(s): Longhair
Grooming: Regular
Talkativeness: Average
Activity Level: High
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Moderately docile

Sokoke
Origin: Kenya
Colors: Blotched tabby in shades of brown
Size: Medium
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Very little
Talkativeness: High
Activity Level: High
Attention Requirement: Average
Overall: Moderately docile

Javanese cat
Origin: Siam (Thailand)
Colors: Red point, cream point, lynx (tabby) point, tortie point
Size: Small to medium
Coat Type(s): Longhair
Grooming: Every few weeks
Talkativeness: Very vocal
Activity Level: Very high
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful

Chausie
Origin: France
Colors: Black, brown and silver
Size: Large
Coat Type(s): Shorthair
Grooming: Weekly
Talkativeness: Average
Activity Level: High
Attention Requirement: High
Overall: Can be a handful
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