Zarvillle British Shorthair

Welcome

To our Cattery

British Shorthair & Scottish Fold

Zarville is a small, famillial Cattery,located in Switzerland. We are specialize in breeding Colourpointed,Chinchilla /Golden and Tabby British Shorthair & Scottish Fold cats.

Our first British cat was

Jill

This way we are arrived in the world of breeding, after discovering a passion reading a lot about type, Colours ,health, etc..
The most important to us is to breed good and healthy British shorthair kittens.

History British Shorthair

These cats were originally found in the alleys of 19th century British Cities.
A man called Weir loved the British street cat so much that he selected some of the hardiest and strongest, bred them and almost single-handedly created the British Shorthair.

The British Shorthair became an officially acknowledged breed by 1889 and went on to become one of the most popular breeds in cat shows at that time and still are today.

The British cat is medium to large in size, well balanced and powerful:

Azzaro

Marilyn

... showing good depth of body, a full broad chest, strong short legs, rounded paws, tail thick at base with rounded tip. The head is round with good width between small ears, round cheeks, firm chin, large round, well opened eyes and a short broad nose. The coat is short and dense:

see Nuri - Alexia

Temperament: Placid, not demanding,intelligent, tolerant, docile and respectful. They are not vocal cats and in fact are very quiet
They love children.

Fatima

Louana

Scottish Fold

The Scottish Fold breed originated from Susie, a cat that lived on a farm in Perthsire, Scotland during the early 1960s. Susie was a white mixed breed cat with one exceptional feature - her ears were Folded. William Ross, a local shepherd with an interest in purebred cats, noticed Susie and obtained one of her kittens, another ear Folded cat. Shortly after that Susie died, leaving behind only one more Folded kitten - a neutered Male. Ross contacted Pat Turner, a London breeder with an interest in feline genetics, and so a breeding program for Folded eared cats was established. In the early 1970s a breeding program was established in the United States and by the end of that decade, the Scottish Fold gained championship status at the cat shows.

The most prominent feature of any Scottish Fold cat is of course the ears, which must Fold forward and downward. The ears are usually small and tightly Folded, giving the cat's head a unique round silhouette. The head shape itself is also round, with prominent cheeks, a short nose and well rounded large eyes.

The gene responsible for the Folded ear mutation is a dominant gene. This means that if the gene is passed from one of the parents, it is enough to produce a Folded kitten.

Scottish Folds are medium sized cats and can be either shorthaired or longhaired.

These cats are considered to be sweet tempered and intelligent. These docile cats are not very vocal and form deep attachments with their loved humans:see our Male Bayard

"come,superb cat,to my amorous heart..."

C.Baudelaire

Kitten

Click to see Kitten

Cat Furniture

Cat scratching posts for every cat.See whath we others have built:...Katzenmöbelkreationen

Hobby

See hier the painted works from Ricardo:... eig. Bilder

Guestbook

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We live by the Lake of Thun between Bern city & Interlaken.

If you would like any further information about our cats, or upcoming kittens, please feel free to contact us,we speak Englisch)via any of the options below:...Kontakt