The British cats have a great number of admirers. These animals differ in the impressive sizes, a beautiful constitution, a magnificent plush fur coat and a variety of colors. That your pet became such, spend time for the choice of the best kitten - healthy, cheerful and conforming to all pedigree standards.
Instruction
1. Having decided to buy a kitten of the British short-haired breed, address to local felinological club. Will prompt you the addresses of the nurseries having kittens or planning knitting. Consider that sometimes register in especially perspective small animals long before their birth. But if the posterity of champions of exhibitions does not interest you, choose any attracted kid from already available.
2. The thoroughbred kitten can be bought at the age of 2-3 months. The nonprofessional cannot make out future champion in a fluffy small animal - at this age the kittens differ in disproportion and are a little similar to future impressive handsome. If you want to buy a kitten for the subsequent exhibitions and knittings, invite the expert in breed. He will check documents of an animal and will examine a kitten with addiction.
3. Buying a perspective small animal of a show class, be going to spend for it the considerable sum. Also brid-class samochka from parents champions are expensive. They will not win prizes at exhibitions, but will be able to participate in breeding cultivation. And here cats of this class and small animals of category of Pat cost much cheaper - it is not recommended to knit such cats, but they are ideal for a pet role.
4. Before survey of kittens look at their parents - at least in the photo. Both mother and the father of kittens have to conform completely to standards of breed, have powerful frame, well developed massive head, a wide thorax. Check family trees - in it at least four knees of the titled ancestors have to be specified. In relatives of the British should not be Scottish lop-eared are the different breeds which are not subject to mixing.
5. Observe a cat - mother of kittens. It has to be rather sotsializovanny - without whims to go on the owner's hands, not to be nervous. The mother will be more "house", the her cubs will get used to the new house easier. If you dream of a large cat, consider that British cats much more small than cats. The son of graceful mother can quite grow up the big guy of impressive dimensions.
6. Examine kittens. The best choice - the most active, curious and cheerful kid from a dung. Take the attracted kitten on hands. He has to be well well-fed, differ in dense wool, the harmonious round head with the small, widely placed ears and round eyes of amber color. Check a constitution of a small animal - good British has strong direct paws, a wide thorax and the strong case.
7. Estimate a wool shade. It is important that the underfur did not differ on a shade from ostevy hair. Kittens of blue and lilac colors have to have uniform color of strands of wood, without "silver" on tips. The long nose, the pointed muzzle and almond-shaped eyes are considered as defects of breed.
8. If to you the kitten who is not meeting strict pedigree standards attracted you can buy him, however he will not participate in exhibitions and cultivation. But do not buy obviously sick kitten. A bad smell from a mouth, the watering eyes, the dim, tousled wool - strong indications of an illness. The conscientious manufacturer will never offer for sale a sick animal. If offer you such kitten, refuse purchase and look for other nursery.