Exotic Shorthair Cat

        The Exotic Shorthair cat is a breed that came into being around 30 years ago. They are a cross between the Persian Longhair and the British Shorthair. The resulting breed is a lovely cat with man of the distinctive features of the Persian but obviously with shorter hair. Although their hair is short, it is every bit as thick as the Persian Longhairs coat and is very dense and soft. They are attractive cats with wide set eyes and distinctive faces. The Exotic Shorthair kittens are probably some of the prettiest kittens that you will see. In the past the general ruling for breeding of Exotic Shorthair kittens was to mate a British Shorthair to a Persian Longhair. As the breed have grown in numbers, however, it is now more normal to breed using two Exotics. Occasionally breeders will revert to original to perhaps breed new colours etc, but this is no longer necessary to swell the gene pool. There are still only a few hundred Exotic Shorthair kittens...