Best Cat Fur? Justify your answer.

[beowulf]

[QUOTE=spotteddrafter;7955461]
There isn’t a cat coat that I don’t like, though one that matted too easily would be a pain for sure. However, there is one of mine that has the coolest coat. He’s probably classified as a long hair, it’s pretty fine and light as air. His tail is so fluffy that I call it his feather duster. Here is my Toby: https://flic.kr/p/gDK2m5[/QUOTE]

Mine is the same: click

Her fur is long and soft and plush - she is like a living heat battery. I swear, when it’s cold at night and she crawls under the cover it’s like I have my own spaceheater…

I joke to the SO that on the sad day she leaves this earth we need to make fur-lined boots… they’d never be cold. He is mortified and objects to this, naturally :yes: I could never do it, but man is her fur WARM.

[planetlisa]

My cat. He’s a former barn cat. I think he’s got Ragdoll or Norwegian Forest Cat. Very talkative and affectionate.

Anyway…the fur: long hair with at least a double coat (can cats have a triple coat?), furry toes, furry ears. His coat does not get mats. Sometimes he plays in his water dish and it makes his long mane hairs kind of curly. Very soft coat.

Prior to this I only had shorthairs.

[mvp]

[QUOTE=sascha;7963191]
All cat hair is pretty good when it’s attached to a nice amiable cat.[/QUOTE]

Agreed.

In my mother’s parlance, cat Fur is fine. Cat Hair-- that is, detached from the cat-- is not.

[Chall]

Domestic short hair. In the summer their black guard hairs shine Irridescent in the sun. Sleek and responsive coat that responds appropriately to the different seasons.

[MistyBlue]

Super-th![](ck and plush. I have 2 British Shorthairs, they have one of the thickest coats. Tons of hairs per square inch.
Here’s Pearl:
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/MistyBlue5105/6850_10200644668617657_1497654840_n_zps5599d9e6.jpg)

Here’s Delilah:
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/MistyBlue5105/1613961_10202771796754531_1393359803_n_zpse2ed1441.jpg)

[beowulf]

[QUOTE=![](istyBlue;7963576]
Super-thick and plush. I have 2 British Shorthairs, they have one of the thickest coats. Tons of hairs per square inch.
Here’s Pearl:
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/MistyBlue5105/6850_10200644668617657_1497654840_n_zps5599d9e6.jpg)

Here’s Delilah:
[IMG]http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y172/MistyBlue5105/1613961_10202771796754531_1393359803_n_zpse2ed1441.jpg)[/QUOTE]

gorgeous!! i love pearl’s fur color wow… is it bad, i am not familiar with a single cat breed besides siamese… all of ours have been ditch-cats :yes: that is a beautiful cat!!

[MistyBlue]

I know a few cat breeds…but there are tons of them out there.

I’d guess 95% of my cats have been Found Cats. Our last cat, Olivia, came free with a new kitchen table set. (she was a stray outside of a furniture store, LOL)

We think Pearl is a lovely lady, too. Her breed used to be called British Blues, she’s the traditional color and why the breed used to be called Blues. Many/most were blue-grey in color. They come in all sorts of color, but the blue is still the most common. And the Lilac, which isn’t actually purple but a diluted blue color. Lilah is a shaded chocolate tiger, she’s a true brown color but that color is only on the tips of her hair. If you brush her hair back, it’s all cream underneath.
They’re known for their really deep gold eye colors. Only the color-points don’t have the gold eyes, they have blue eyes. (like Siamese)
They have a built-in smile, the Cheshire Cat was a British Shorthair.
So was Churchill, the evil zombie cat from Pet Cemetery.

Those adorable Scottish Fold cats that look like owls come from British Shorthairs…they’re the same thing except for the gene that folds their ears down. They’re both hilarious cat breeds…they’re stocky and heavy boned and not very athletic. Kind of like fur-covered bowling balls. You can hear them walking and if they jump off of something it sounds like someone dropped a cinder-block, LOL!

I’ve always loved these cats, these are my first ones. I have a thing for cats with round, flattish faces. But not the uber-shoved-in look of the newer, modern Extreme Persians. I prefer the baby-doll, traditional ones. And the Exotics. (short haired Persians)

[beowulf]

@MistyBlue;7964174

They’re both hilarious cat breeds…they’re stocky and heavy boned and not very athletic. Kind of like fur-covered bowling balls. You can hear them walking and if they jump off of something it sounds like someone dropped a cinder-block, LOL!

maybe my ditch cat is one… she doesn’t look the part but she is louder than a stampede of horses… especially in the morning.

[DMK]

MistyBlue, I was going to say after Maine Coons, I like British shorthair and exotic coats the best.

But Maine Coons? Still the best!

http://scontent-a-atl.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/p600x600/10437458_10203904046695733_7408152694266529190_n.jpg?oh=3445d4bf673fe995904c9c41639a51d1&oe=552534E9

You know, except when it’s 4AM, not particularly cold and you find yourself pinned down under the covers by 40lbs of Cat, playing the role of the “filling” in a Maine Coon Oreo. Then it is less than attractive.

[GypsyQ]

Long and fluffy.

So that when the cat goes outside in the wintertime for his daily constitutional, he comes back in smelling like cold air, wood smoke, dried leaves, and the ice from the approaching front hanging on the air. Then, you can snuggle up with him and breathe deep and he’s all warm and purry underneath.

[Epona142]

Count me in with the Sphynx lovers!

[mandymaz25]

[QUOTE=Wellspotted;7963179]
Tortoiseshell fur that thickens up in the wintertime.

My tortie’s coat is the best! Soft and thick and perfect as a cuddle buddy!!

[mvp]

[QUOTE=GypsyQ;7969732]

So that when the cat goes outside in the wintertime for his daily constitutional, he comes back in smelling like cold air, wood smoke, dried leaves, and the ice from the approaching front hanging on the air. Then, you can snuggle up with him and breathe deep and he’s all warm and purry underneath.[/QUOTE]

Oh yes, I forgot about that other function of Cat Fur. It brings the elemental outdoors inside.

Ever since I knew who Aristotle was, I was sure that a healthy outdoor cat smelled like his elements of Earth and Air. Often, I’d discuss Aristotle’s metaphysics with cat when it came in smelling good. But they already know. It’s in their fur.

Wood smoke is a fancy new addition. It’s not part of the Aristotelian world view. He had only four elements.

[LauraKY]

Ditto meezers.

[ChristinaClarLuisa]

After having one feral kitty with a thick double (like Maine Coon) coat, who never learned to tolerate grooming by a human, I prefer the more self maintaining types. I loved that cat, but you had to get her in 4-point restraints to brush her. And if you didn’t brush her, she had dreadlocks. It was bloody.

[cowboymom]

Kitten anything, before they start to shed!

[thatmoody]

[QUOTE=planetlisa;7963427]
My cat. He’s a former barn cat. I think he’s got Ragdoll or Norwegian Forest Cat. Very talkative and affectionate.

Anyway…the fur: long hair with at least a double coat (can cats have a triple coat?), furry toes, furry ears. His coat does not get mats. Sometimes he plays in his water dish and it makes his long mane hairs kind of curly. Very soft coat.

Prior to this I only had shorthairs.[/QUOTE]

Sneekers fur is like this - SO incredibly thick and plush she looks doubled. It’s not super long (it’s not short, but not with the long guard hairs and requires very little maintenance) but I brush it all the time just to stroke it and watch the play of light in it.

[Sempiternal]

The younger of my two Bengal boys. It’s like petting silk! My other guys fur isn’t too shabby either, more like a rabbit’s.

[Mukluk]

The best cat fur is the fur that is attached to the cat. The worst cat fur is attached to me, my clothing, the furniture etc.

[ybiaw]

I can’t really vouch for different types of fur because I’ve only ever had short haired cats, but my favorite cat fur in general is the “bunny fur” right tpbehind their ears. :sadsmile: