Norwegian Forest Cats For Sale
Norwegian Forest Cats are fortunate that the breed standard (the conformance to which defines a Norwegian Forest Cat) is relatively similar throughout the world. Let's start with the similarities to define our basic cat and save the minor details between cat clubs for later.
- The head should be triangular in shape, forming an equilateral from the tips of the ears to the point of the nose.
- The profile should be ruler-straight from the brow ridge to the tip of the nose.
- Ears should be large with a wide base with placement high and open (this can also be seen as back and wide)
- Eyes should be large, oval, and slightly oblique.
- Body type should be strong with solid bone structure.
- The tail should be long and bushy. A minimum length of at least two shoulder blades.
- The coat is double-layered (double-coated) with a woolly undercoat and a coarse, water-repellent guard coat.
All organizations specify that this is a very slow-maturing breed (with FIFe going so far as to say it should be taken into account). In the case of the Norwegian Forest Cat, slow maturing means up to 5 years to reach peak adult size. It also means that kittens do not develop all features, such as guard hairs, until they are nearly competing with adult cats.
While there is no cat (or dog for that matter) that is truly 100% hypoallergenic, the Norwegian, like the Siberian, contains lower levels of Fel d1 (the protein that triggers human allergic reactions) than most cats. However, wegies can carry allergens in their long coats, which can trigger human allergies and prevents the breed from being truly hypoallergenic.
