About the Toybob
Origin: Russia
No breeder is on record here yet. Portugal’s FIFe member club does not list this breed in its breeder directory at all, so an absence here says nothing about whether anyone breeds it in Portugal.
- Typical life span
- 14-18 years
- Size
- Small — from its typical weight
- Weight
- 1.4-2.7 kg
- Height
- 15-20 cm
- Registry status
- Recognised by TICA
- Breed group
- Short/Semi-longhair
- Origin
- Russia
- Known hereditary risks
- None well documented
About
What is a Toybob?
Very small, compact cat with bobbed tail. One of the smallest cat breeds but muscular and active.
Toybob history and origins
Developed in Russia starting in 1983 from naturally small cats with bobbed tails. Not a miniaturized breed - naturally occurring small size. TICA recognized. Extremely rare outside Russia.
Toybob appearance and size
Typically 1.4-2.7 kg and 15-20 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.
Toybob temperament and personality
Generally described as loving, social, active, playful, affectionate and sweet.
That is the breed in general, not a promise about one animal. Ask the breeder what their own line is like, and meet the parents before you decide.
Breed reference from The Cat API.
Pros & cons
Pros & cons for the Toybob
What you get with the Toybob
- Commonly described as: “Loving, Social, Active, Playful”
What you are taking on
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. The Cat API. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
Characteristics
Temperament
Breed-level information from The Cat API. It describes the Toybob in general; any individual animal can differ.
Health guide
Health & screening guide for the Toybob
Nothing hereditary is documented for the Toybob breed, but there is still specific documentation to request from any breeder before paying a deposit. A responsible breeder will have these readily available; deflection is a red flag.
No breed-specific hereditary condition is documented in veterinary literature for this recently developed breed, drawn from a small naturally occurring population in Russia. Its two defining traits were checked specifically because comparable traits are serious documented risks in other breeds — and found not to carry that risk here.
What to ask for anyway
- Cardiologist echocardiogram on both parents (HCM screening)
- PKD1 DNA test or renal ultrasound
- FeLV/FIV status of the breeding cats
1 source
Gallery
No photographs yet
This is where Toybob owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
Kittens
No kittens listed right now
No Toybob breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.