Big cats - breeds-record-holders

In general, big cats are not only habitualfor us pets. This is the name of the large representatives of the cat family. The lion, the tiger, the leopard, the snow leopard and the smoky leopard are just the brightest specimens of such animals. By the way, pumas and cheetahs for some reason do not belong to this group.

But to have a wild big cat at homenot everyone will take risks. However, there are people who keep such "babies" in their apartments and even walk on a leash through the streets. But, as a rule, this neighborhood does not end with anything good.

Big domestic cats may not be wildpredators. It is enough to have a pet belonging to the largest breeds. At the same time, it should be borne in mind that absolutely all cats are somewhat larger than their friends by pedigree.

The "Biggest Cats" rating is not based onsize, and the weight of animals. For clarity: the average weight of a mustached pet is 3-4 kg, and a large cat, as a rule, has a mass ranging from 5 kg.

Among the rocks that differ in weight,note the American Bobtail, which "pull" on 5-6 kg, the same mass of Bengal and British cats, ocicet and ragdoll breeds weighing more than 7 kg. In the same list are Tiffany, Siberian and Scottish Fold. The largest breed today are big cats Maine Coon, whose representatives often reach a weight of 12 kg!

Very close to these indicators are approachingsuch pets as savannah, domestic lynx and asher. The latter, by the way, is a very dubious breed. A couple of years ago it was announced that the biotechnology company Lifestyle Pets derived on the basis of the Asian leopard cat genes, African serval and ordinary domestic new breed, weight of which reaches 14 kg. However, later it turned out that all this is nothing more than rumors, and a new breed of asher is well-known savannah.

It was bred in the 80s of the last century.Savannah is really a very large cat, but you can only call them home, slightly embellishing reality. After all, they are used for breeding African servalov and Bengal cats. So the kitten of the savanna breed has among its direct and closest ancestors a real predator.

Approximately at the same time in America, crossinga domestic cat and a lynx, have brought out a breed a house lynx. True, it has not yet been recognized by all the specialized associations. The weight of this "baby" almost always exceeds 10 kg.

Cats of large breeds require the sameattention, as well as their smaller relatives. It is necessary to teach kittens to some norms, starting from the age of two months. And the sooner the pet's upbringing begins, the more results can be achieved.

Given the large size of some cats, theyrequire more food and more careful care of the coat than small breeds. And this fact also needs to be taken into account when deciding to get a massive cat or cat. And in the rest they have the characteristics peculiar to all domestic favorites of the cat family.