| Cats are prehaps the easiest of all household pets to | | | | day. In fact, devotees of longhaired breeds often |
| look after and the simple reason is because they are | | | | groom them two to three times a day. |
| very independent, undemanding and very self | | | | Different Cat Breeds Mongrel Cat: |
| sufficient, but which cat should you go for? Pedigree | | | | Most household cats are mongrel, and very often |
| Cat or a Mongrel Cat? | | | | they have been adopted by a family on impulse. Such |
| Different Cat Breeds Pedigree Cat: | | | | easily acquired cats may not have been inoculated |
| Pedigree cats are usually acquired deliberately, rather | | | | against the infectious diseases, or may not have |
| than accidentally, and tend to be more carefully | | | | been wormed. |
| supervised than most mongrels. They are perhaps | | | | As soon as you acquire one, you should take it to |
| more prone to suffer from over feeding and lack of | | | | your veterinary surgeon to be examined, and then |
| exercise. | | | | neutered. It should be understood that although they |
| Their character is an important consideration. The | | | | may cost nothing at all to adopt, once taken into |
| foreign and Oriental breeds, particularly the Siamese, | | | | your household they will cost just as much as any |
| are untypical of cats in that they are loyal to one | | | | other cat. |
| person, from whom they demand a great deal of | | | | There is no reason, however, why these mongrel |
| attention in the most vocal way. Some are notorious | | | | cats should not make delightful companions for us. |
| for being very noisy cats, especially the females | | | | Many of mongrel cats are beautiful and all are |
| when calling, but their undoubted grace and | | | | graceful in there own ways. You will find that nearly |
| intelligence outweighs this disadvantage for most | | | | all mongrel cats are very easy to care for. Mongrel |
| people. | | | | cats tend to be stronger than highly bred cats, |
| Orientals are also unusual in so far as they will allow | | | | mongrels are a product of immature parents and |
| themselves to be exercised on a lead. Longhaired | | | | what you will find is that their kittens tend to be |
| cats, whether pedigree or mongrel, are demanding in | | | | undersize. |
| that they should be groomed at least once every | | | | |