Exotic Shorthair

Who a Exotic Shorthair suits

For somebody who wanted the serene temperament without the daily hour of grooming that usually comes attached. Quiet rooms and unhurried laps suit it, and so do owners who are home. The flat face is a real health consideration, so heat and hard exercise are both out.

How to build the bond: Slow blinks and soft laps — an Exotic bonds at the speed of a nap. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Trust is earned in stillness: slow blinks, shared silence, respect for territory. The cat closes the distance — your job is to hold the door open.

The Exotic Shorthair against the other nineteen

Lined up stillest to liveliest, the Exotic Shorthair is 2nd of the twenty cat breeds here, one of 6 in the calm band — the daily cost is low and the ceiling on stimulation is lower, which is a good trade for a quiet household and a poor one for anybody who wanted a project.

Ordered by how near each one sits to the Exotic Shorthair on the energy axis, then by the notes they have in common. Every cat breed reads this table from its own position, so no two of the twenty are ordered alike.

The birth years a Exotic Shorthair sits easiest with

This half of the reading is the species rather than the breed — every cat meets a given birth year the same way. These are the communities that sit easiest with one:

• Lion Spirit Guardian—1950,1962,1974,1986and later
• Cat Spirit Guardian—1951,1963,1975,1987and later
• Snake Spirit Guardian—1953,1965,1977,1989and later
• Horse Spirit Guardian—1954,1966,1978,1990and later

A birth year outside that list is not a warning — it is the half of the reading this page cannot settle on its own. Seat the pair on the board and it reads the rest. What the cat is like as a companion applies to the Exotic Shorthair as much as to the other nineteen.

A pairing that involves an animal returns a word rather than a percentage. The board's deepest layer reads two inner selves against each other and an animal cannot hold one, so the result is described rather than scored — what is read here is the keeper's birth year against the species, and the breed decides everything about living with it day to day. An animal does get a chart of its own once its birth hour is known, one rung further up.

Frequently asked

What is a Exotic Shorthair like to live with?

A Persian in comfortable clothes — the Exotic keeps the serene sweetness but trades the coat maintenance for a teddy-bear face. Quiet rooms and quiet laps are its habitat. On the energy axis this catalogue uses, the Exotic Shorthair reads as calm — 2nd of the twenty cat breeds here when they are lined up stillest to liveliest.

Who is a Exotic Shorthair a good match for?

For somebody who wanted the serene temperament without the daily hour of grooming that usually comes attached. Quiet rooms and unhurried laps suit it, and so do owners who are home. The flat face is a real health consideration, so heat and hard exercise are both out.

How do you bond with a Exotic Shorthair?

Slow blinks and soft laps — an Exotic bonds at the speed of a nap. That sits on top of how the species works generally: Trust is earned in stillness: slow blinks, shared silence, respect for territory. The cat closes the distance — your job is to hold the door open. The thing that most reliably undoes it — Grabbing the affection you were about to be given sets the clock back weeks — forced holds teach a cat to keep an exit in view.

Which cat breeds are most like a Exotic Shorthair?

British Shorthair, Russian Blue, Himalayan — nearest first, measured on energy band and shared traits. At the other end of the same twenty sits the Siamese, opposite ends. Every one of the nineteen is ranked against the Exotic Shorthair further up this page.