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Loving cats?

Is it about loving cats, when Persians have to wear a baby bib ...

Have you ever looked on shows or in the home of some exhibitors?

Longhair cats have to wear a bib like babies, that they do not slobber their ruff, which had been trimmed with great skill,  and the ruff does not become wetted. Large cat industries make money out of it, as those bibs are not cheap. One may find them in different brands and colors, pleated, with laces, and so on.

Why do longhair cats slobber their ruff and chest, a question, which might be interesting for further investigation.

Oh yes, the dream of the ideal beauty grows some strange blossoms.

Is it about loving cats, when cats, which shall be exhibited, are treated with all those conditioners ...

Those sprays and shampoos are not cheap, one may find them with color and without it.
"The Bio-Grooming Shampoo Ultra Color Shampoo Concentrate:
A coconut oil base formula enriched with protein, Ultra Color is a tearless, non-irritating, high quality shampoo specifically developed to intensify black, charcoal, blue and other dark colored coats.
Special pearlescent brighteners add brilliance and sparkling accents to the hair."
This is an extract from an advertisement of one out of hundreds of those products. Name of the product changed by redaction.

It is said that the coat color of red or red tabby cats will be intensified by such colored shampoos.

Some longhair cats, but also shorthair cats, shall have an airy and upstanding coat.
And therefore conditioners are used and sprayed excessively.

In white and bi-colored cats the white areas shall be without yellow or otherwise colored stain.
And also here, it is said so, a spray will help.

But, what is good for humans, is also good for cats (?).

Those shampoos and conditioners - interestingly enough - do exist as bio-products. It is easier to sell Bio.

Is it about loving cats, when the ear tufts are stripped off ...

Some breeds shall have small ears with rounded tips. Ear tufts are unnecessary attributes disturbing the optic impression and the ears might appear more pointed because of them. And thus the ear tips are trimmed with finger nails and tweezers and the naturally growing tufts are removed.

I do still remember very well one proposal forwarded to the general assembly of one federation to forbid that trimming of the ears. This proposal was mocked, dismissed and rejected.

Is is about loving cats, when cats are powdered ...

Also bi-colored cats and white cats are not left out when it comes to use powder.

I always question myself, if I would like to undergo such a procedure. The answer is a very clear 'No'.

The standard of the Persian and the Siamese are quite similar, when it comes to their ears.
"What a non-sense! A Persian shall have small ears set very wide apart and low on the skull. A Siamese has large ears, which ..."
And how does the standard of the Siamese read further, and which interpretation is imposed onto the standard?
The standard of the Siamese is reasonable, the ears of the Siamese shall prolong the outer lines of the head. In reality a Siamese of today looks different from its standard, the ears are bent outwards as much as possible and are placed outwards and low on the skull.
But what is the problem with the powder here? Unfortunately, it is sometimes a big problem!

"But the Siamese and the Persian are an extreme breed!"

Loving animals sometimes grows very strange blossoms, when the Ego is concerned.

Is it about loving cats, when eye brows and whiskers are trimmed and cut off ...

Eye brows are disturbing the impression, they are much too long and the head does not appear to be round enough.

Has anyone ever raised the question, that eye brows are tactile hairs, what is called vibrissae?
Does everybody really know that vibrissae belong to the primary organs of sense?

Also here I remember quite well on a general assembly where it was mocked  and discussed endless about a simple proposal that every cat must have whiskers.
One of those remarkable arguments was that by nature every cat has four legs and that fact would also not be stated extra in the standards.
But those mocking and discussing people have not informed themselves about one simple thing, that experiments with animals, whose eyes had been removed, have shown very clearly that the whiskers and vibrissae substituted quasi the sense of vision - of course, such experiments with animals shall be rejected sharply.

It is not natural in all breeds that they have whiskers.
In the Sphynx there are two types, one type with whiskers and one without whiskers. Exactly that is a case, where selective breeding has to be done by taking out all those cats without whiskers from the breeding program and neuter them.

Is it about loving cats, when eye drops are administered ...

I always thought, by nature cats are very careful animals about cleaning themselves. One can watch them cleaning themselves permanently.
But some cats seem not to care much about cleanliness, and therefore mother nature must be assisted.

There exist eye drops which are said to make the eyes more shiny and brilliant:
"The Cats Vision Lubricating Cataract Eye Drops,
Effective, Safe Treatment,
Aids Cataracts, Irritation and Dryness"
An extract how those eye drops are advertised. Name of the product changed by redaction.

Thus one can see cats of all breeds whose pupils are larger than normal in day light or spot light.
Quite strange, one should expect that the pupils are narrowed to a small slit.
"It's the excitement!", one can hear, and then one faces the problem not to be a veterinary to be able to proof that something is wrong here, and then having the problem not to be able to see the eye color correctly, because the iris is only a small ring.

There exist many brands of eye drops, and they are part of the standard equipment of so called experienced exhibitors.

Beauty has its price ...

Counter-question: Every price?

Is it really so important for the Ego that the cat wins? Of course, it is wonderful to be different from all those anonymous grey people, at least on the weekend, and to stay on the stage. In many pictures from shows one has to search for the cat on the arm of the exhibitor like in a rebus, or one can see the cat from its best side, the back side, loosely draped over the shoulder.

Paying also willingly the price that natural attributes, needed by the cat when using its senses, are simply removed?
And how do the judges comment on that?

Is it really esthetic and beauty, if and when ...