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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Get A Cute Tea Cup Persian Cat For Pet



















By Cynthia Turner

It is quite odd to hear the term tea cup cats when someone talks about it and you dont know what it means. You may be aware of miniature cats in the market but tea cup cats are supposed to be something different.

You can imagine that tea cup cats as miniature cats but they are little different as far as their characteristics are concerned. When we refer to normal cats the female weighs around fourteen pounds and a male up to seventeen pounds.

A tea cup cat never weighs more than eight pounds and at the lower level they remain at only three pounds. So when you see a tea cup cat being sold in the market for sale you can find out if the cat is a genuine tea cup or not by keeping these weight marks in mind.

Buying a teacup cat requires you to know certain facts like this otherwise you might fall into the trap that is set by some unscrupulous cat breeders. The cheats in the business often try to sell any Persian cat that is less than ten pounds as a teacup cat whereas in reality such a cat is actually to be counted amongst the common Persians. Hence be informed that just because a Persian cat weighs less than ten pounds doesnt make it a teacup cat.

Tea cup cats make excellent pets as they are so cute and cuddly. Therefore many people like to bring them these charming cats home as they are great choice for a pet.

The teacup Persian cat with its extremely small size and fragile nature is all the more demanding of love and care which is one of the things that cat owners instinctively do.

One often wonders that where the tea cup variety comes from. essentially the cats are not commonly produced but is bred by a system called inbreeding. In this the breeders mate two types of cats from different breeds which are smallest in size. This process goes on for a couple of times till the right cat size of the cat and weight is acquired.

If you are familiar with Japanese Bonsai process you will realize how the trees size is reduced by the process of dwarfism. In the same way the cats size is decreased with the process of dwarfism. The dwarfism of Persian tea cup cats involves two methods.

The key procedure which is followed in dwarfism is mutating of genes which goes by the name of achondroplasia. Here the mutation affects the balance of the cats body. Owing to this balance the bone growth of the cat is controlled resulting in overall smaller bones. Tea cup Persians is more popular than any other tea cup cats in the world.

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