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As a long-time cat fancier, I find it kind of silly to make distinctions based on “breed”. 90% of cat owners have a “domestic shorthair” a k a house cat/alley cat, with a few Maine Coons, Persians and Siamese cats thrown in for fun.
I have found that you can get a head start on many cats based on color:
Orange cats: confident, friendly but independent, good hunters, slightly above average smarts,
Tuxedo cats: Friendly, smart, manipulative, more talkative, attaches to both places and people, not especially good hunters.
Grey cats: Good hunters, mild, friendly but not needy.
Long-hair cats: Dim and lazy, likes attention.
Black cats: Can be a bit more skittish, not terrible aggressive, graceful, average friendliness one known.
Tabbies: Friendly, relaxed, above average smarts. Playful. Not very talkative (unless very food motivated).
This is all anecdotal. No science involved. Feel free to counter or confirm.
Our Maine coon is a laid back doll baby who seeks out people for company. She is shy around strangers. She hugs the ground and avoids high places.
Our ocicat is a wild child! She moves at lightning speed, loves people and strangers, acts more like a dog and loves going vertical, perching at the highest levels.
What kind don’t knock things off shelves?
He’ll come running , head butt you and plop over on to his side, wanting his belly rubbed.
I have a 13 year old ragdoll cat. Lots of fun. Follows me around the house. Still playful. Always up for adventure.
We have a Norwegian Forest Cat and she is a snot. She bonded only to me and even that is a strange relationship.
She wants a lot of time on my lap but only for a few minutes at a time. She will purr the whole time and when she is done she will hiss, while still purring, then jump down. She will then come back several minutes later to get back on my lap.
I do love her and laugh at her for her antics. She doesn’t seem to like that much.
Cats have different personalities between breeds?
This is a good sign. Skrinkologists are moving from messing with people‘S heads to Messing with cats? At least cats can defend themselves (claws). Ha!
Ping.
We have Ragdolls - beautifully-mannered, affectionate balls of fur!
We have a Russian blue and he’s 180 degrees opposite of what this study says. I don’t know what to make of that.
Savannah's are awesome. Their wild blood is from African Serval rather than Asian Leopard which is what Bengals come from.
There is some question about whether it's ethical to breed them (I didn't know it was what I was getting - there were legends surrounding what the mom came from but it's absolutely clear now given that she's extremely ridiculously long and tall with all the markings and behaviors and weird body structure.)
But breeding servals and domestics isn't a smooth mix for the kids because the gestation periods are different.
Anyway - Savannah's rule! Best consistent cool personality I've ever known in a cat, and I've loved them all. Also, she will be in a kitten mood her entire life because of the wild blood, yet not destructive ... gets her energy out outside. Was tough to sleep for her first 4 months or so as a kitten. They are high energy little units of life.
And a calico that's as freaky as the day is long.
Norwegian Forest Cat
The gentle giant.
We have an adopted partial albino Balenese. She was heavily traumatized but has recovered significantly since she came to us and is now extremely social. She loves my daughter and follows me when she’s gone. She doesn’t like to be picked up but will tolerate it. Otherwise she always wants to be near one of us, even sitting on the TV stand if we watched a movie. For not being properly socialized (or whatever trauma she suffered) she is the most gentle cat I’ve ever seen. She has haunting blue within pink eyes. The strangest thing was when she came to us, she was pure white. Now that it’s been 8 months, she has some light orange and grey around her face/nose area and the tail has gone bushy and slightly grey. Gorgeous!
I’ve had many cats, but one was a crazy Abbysinian that was so smart he taught a bunch of tricks and bad habits to my basenji dogs.
I have an 11 year old meezer.
She has to know where we are at all times.
If one or more of us are missing she’ll sit in the hallway and yowl until someone shows up.
How can Persians be one of the most likely to have a behavioral problem when they are the least likely to actually DO anything. According to the other personality traits. My three were the most mellow cats I’ve ever had. And even as kittens. They were extremely boring as kittens. No drapery races, no knocking over the Christmas tree, they basically just sat around and purred. Same thing they’re doing now 15 years later.