Kucing Turkish Angora | Turkish Angora Cat

Turkish Angora atau ankara adalah kucing yang berasal dari daerah Ankara, Turki. Sebagian besar sumber mengatakan bahwa kucing ini adalah asal muasal dari jenis kucing bulu panjang (long hair cat) dan merukpakan jenis kucing tertua yang pernah ada, kucing ini sudah ada sejak tahun 1600s.

Kucing ini mempunyai bulu panjang, lembut dan tubuh yang elegan bagai seorang model.Umumnya kucing ini mempunyai bulu berwarna putih namun seiring dengan perkembangan, banyak breeder yang mengembangkan kucing Angora dengan warna lain seperti hitam, black tabby, bicolor, dll. Tubuh mereka terbilang ramping dengan ekor yang panjang, ekor kucing Angora lebih panjang dari pada kucing persia yang biasanya mempunyai ekor yg lebih pendek. Angora memiliki varian warna mata, ada yang berwarna hijau, biru, kuning, amber, bahkan odd-eyes (warna mata kiri dan kanan yang berbeda, misalnya mata kiri biru dan mata kanan kuning). Dari sisi wajah kucing Angora memiliki muka dengan bentuk segitiga, tirus serta telinga yang tinggi dan lancip.

Berbeda dengan tingkah laku kucing persia yang lebih tenang, kucing Angora memiliki karakter yang lebih aktif. Mereka kucing yang suka bermain dan lincah, karakter mereka sedikit mirip dengan anjing. Mereka suka memanjat ke furniture yang tinggi seperti rak buku, lemari, dll.

Di Indonesia sendiri belum ada kucing Angora asli, baik Turkish Angora maupun Turkish Van. Di Indonesia banyak yang menuliskan Angora dengan Anggora (double "G") dan banyak yang menawarkan adopsi kucing mereka dan mengatakan bahwa itu adalah kucing Angora dimana kenyataannya adalah persilangan kucing persia dan domestik/kucing kampung (short hair). Mereka menjual kucingnya dengan kisaran 200-500rb. Harga kucing Turkish Angora yang asli sebenarnya lebih mahal dari pada kucing persia karena breedernya yang tidak terlalu banyak. Dengan Pet Quality (kualitas untuk dipelihara) harganya bisa mencapai 9jt untuk anakan.

Turkish Angora yang banyak diikutkan dalam Cat Show adalah yang berwarna putih, bahkan dulu Turkish Angora yang berwarna lain atau putih dengan ada sedikit bintik hitam tidak bisa mengikuti Cat Show, namun dengan banyaknya Turkish Angora dengan warna lain akhirnya tidak hanya Angora yang berwarna putih saja yang bisa mengikuti Cat Show. Ada beberapa standar breed untuk kucing angora, yaitu yang dikeluarkan oleh TICA, FIFe, CFA, CCA, dan AFCA/CAA. ICA (Indonesia Cat Accosiation) sendiri belum ada untuk Turkish Angora karena yang seperti yang kita tahu klo Turkish Angora belum ada di Indonesia.

CFA Show | Cat Fanciers' Soc of Indonesia | 22 Feb 2014

Animal in the snow

My cat gave birth, again !!

I have 5 cats now and I'm going to have more since Mrs.Monroe is giving birth for another new kittens. Yesterday I was so worry because I thought she's ready to popping out the kittens cos she's producing milk already. Usually when that happens that means she's going to have her baby at that day but appearantly it took longer.

For you who doesn't really know when cat ready to give birth, I'm going you little information. Cat pregnant for about 60-70 days and there are several signs when your cat is going to have their babies/kittens.

• You will see her tummy moving quite a bit days before the birth.
• Some cat have diarrhea /bladder problem for few days. For my cat, she had few accidents as she couldn't make it to the litter so she peed one the bad. 
• Their nipples start to produce milk around 1-3 days before the birth this often looks like dried milk on the nipples themselves,this is known as colostrum
• They'll going to make a nest for place to give birth the kittens, usually they prefer darker place like cupboard, under the bed/table, ect. 
• They'll lost their appetite.
• They'll often pacing the room and meowing as if calling out and as the contractions get stronger she will start panting,but all this is normal for a birthing cat and as the contractions get stronger she will begin to squeal.
• They will become very affectionate often more than usual just a day or two before birth,and many follow the owners about as they become restless. For my cat she become really really affectionate, I have 2 kittens and usually she doesn't really get along with them but suddenly she became so nice to them. She sleeps on their bodies and even bath them.
• Few hours before giving birth they'll stay on their nest (you can put them on their cage or their bed, or a box) and panting, and meowing really loud because of the contraction. Be sure prepare hot water, tissue, and towel because some cats don't really know how to take care new born kitten, some of them didn't clean the kitten so you have to do it your self to make sure the kittens can breath.
• Cats labour can last a few hours and often pausing at times so labour can be around anything from 5 hours or even up to 12 hours with an hour or two between the birth of each kitten.

Today Monroe gave birth 3 kittens and it didn't take too long. Her labour just about 3 hours and the kittens all are healthy. I haven't really check their sex cos I don't want to disturb her when she's breastfeeding.

 All of my cats feel curious about the new kittens, they're sniffing them from quite a distance and still not familiar with new scents from the kittens but soon they'll used to it.