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Take Casper, for example. He usually looks like a little Einstein, like he is deep in thought, or worse about something. His head is different than a lot of cats I have seen. Its "round, with square-ish eye area." Or "Baseball" shaped head. Here is the little weirdo, K may have better pic I have to look. (He wont stay still LOL)
Casper: close-up
Our other cats, even my other boy, Snowball Happy Go Lucky or Snowball Happy Lucky, have triangle or snake-shaped heads. (Snowball and Casper are boys. Casper earned his name, he should up at our door out of nowhere, after the other two all white ones. He truly is the Friendly Ghost. And he is the most mischievous, lol.)
Yes and no. There was a study done comparing shape of cat faces to personality traits that certain breeds have. For example, a triangular shaped face may have a personality that is vocal, active and attention seeking, like a Siamese. Or if your cat's face is round, they have a tendency to be calmer, lap cats, like Persians. Square shaped faces are an even balance between active and calmness with a pinch of independence. There was also a comparison made regarding coat color and patterns, with torties and calicos rated as most independent vs orange tabbies, the most friendly and outgoing.
I would take those results with a grain of salt as the samples were small and more research need to be done. Unlike dogs, where their breed plays a role in their disposition, same cannot be applied to cats. A cat can be feral or domesticated regardless of breed and depends heavily on their interactions with humans within the first 3 months of their lives. A dog can be feral too, but has a wider time frame to be rehabilitated.
Yes and no. There was a study done comparing shape of cat faces to personality traits that certain breeds have. For example, a triangular shaped face may have a personality that is vocal, active and attention seeking, like a Siamese. Or if your cat's face is round, they have a tendency to be calmer, lap cats, like Persians. Square shaped faces are an even balance between active and calmness with a pinch of independence. There was also a comparison made regarding coat color and patterns, with torties and calicos rated as most independent vs orange tabbies, the most friendly and outgoing.
I would take those results with a grain of salt as the samples were small and more research need to be done. Unlike dogs, where their breed plays a role in their disposition, same cannot be applied to cats. A cat can be feral or domesticated regardless of breed and depends heavily on their interactions with humans within the first 3 months of their lives. A dog can be feral too, but has a wider time frame to be rehabilitated.
I think that, generally speaking, this has more to do with a cats personality & disposition than anything else.
Of course certain breeds have an identifiable characteristic, such as head shape, body style, color pattern, etc., but a cat might have a Siamese-shaped head and be talkative and still have very little actual Siamese in it's blood line. Unless you have a registered breed w/papers, you're only guessing. The breed identified as Domestic Shorthair or American Shorthair is really just a catchall breed name for a mixed breed Heinz 57 variety mutt, that has many, many different breeds in it's bloodline.
For me, it matters not what breed a cat is. I love them all equally.
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