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The majority of pet cats are of unknown pedigree, and if you choose such an animal the chances are that you will be unable to obtain much information about its ancestry. You may be able to see its mother and get some idea of her character, but that won’t necessarily give you an indication as to how her offspring will turn out. Every cat is an individual, and this particularly applies to the non-pedigree or ‘domestic’ types. What you see is what you get.

Having said that, the vast majority of non-pedigree cats turn out to be ideal household companions. Their ancestors had to be tough, sensible, adaptable and healthy in order to survive, endowing their offspring with what scientists call hybrid vigour: a mixture of genes that gives an individual cat a good chance of surviving and reproducing.

This Birman breeding cattery is a high-class establishment that provides spacious indoor and outdoor accommodation.