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Exotic shorthair cats boast a plush short to medium-length coat with a dense undercoat, which makes them easier to groom than their longhaired persian cousins. These cats come in a wide variety of colours including black, silver, bi-colour, white, and calico (tortoiseshell and white). Their eye colour can also vary but are most commonly gold, green, or blue. The original goal for the exotic shorthair breed was to create a shorthaired version of the persian. American shorthair breeders bred american shorthairs to persians to obtain their lovely silver color and green eyes but the coat did not meet the american shorthair type. Exotic shorthairs can entertain themselves pretty well since they are a medium-energy breed.

In the late 1950s, the persian was used as an outcross by some american shorthair breeders. This was done in secret in order to improve their body type, and crosses were also made with the russian blue and the burmese. In 1987, the cat fanciers' association closed the exotic to shorthair outcrosses, leaving persian as the only allowable outcross breed. The exotic shorthair has a fairly low energy level and doesn't require a lot of exercises. It is content to play an occasional low-key game with toys, and then lounge or cuddle for hours.

But because they share so much of their dna with persian cats, they can have some of the same medical issues. These include heart disease or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (hcm) and polycystic kidney disease (pkd). Most of these problems can be avoided to some extent by purchasing your kitten from a reputable exotic shorthair breeder. Although the first litters of persian-american shorthair kittens didn't look exactly like persians, they exotic kittens for sale retained some of the key characteristics—like round faces, short noses, and large, round eyes. Many breeders then bred these kittens with persians to further develop the exotic shorthair breed. Exotic shorthairs have lower energy levels than many other cats, so they can thrive in a variety of households and don't require a lot of active interaction or stimulation.

Interestingly, males tend to be cuddlier than their female counterparts. Exotic shorthairs are known to get along well with children due to their placid natures. For the same reason, they also generally get along well with other cats and cat-friendly dogs. They can be nervous around strangers at first but will soon warm up to them if they are given the time to investigate on their own terms. I've got two of them and they are the friendliest, coziest little guys.

The aim was to create cats that looked just like persians but with a short, dense, silver coat. The idea to keep the breed silver was scrapped and the breed was renamed the exotic shorthair and accepted a wide variety of colours. Outcrosses were made to short haired breeds like the burmese and the russian blue to fully integrate the shorthair gene in the breed. This was easy enough due to the short coat gene being dominant and after these initial outcrosses the offspring were bred back to persians.