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About the Oriental Shorthair

Origin: United States
Oriental Shorthair cat
Photo from The Cat API
Typical life span
12-15 years
Size
Small — from its typical weight
Weight
2.3-4.5 kg
Height
25-36 cm
Registry status
Reconocida por la TICA
Breed group
Short-haired
Origin
United States

About

What is a Oriental Shorthair?

Medium-sized, elegant cat with long tubular body, large ears, and wedge-shaped head. Siamese body type in hundreds of colors.

Oriental Shorthair history and origins

Developed from Siamese in the 1950s-60s by breeders wanting Siamese type in non-pointed colors. Available in over 300 color combinations. Same personality as Siamese.

Oriental Shorthair appearance and size

Typically 2.3-4.5 kg and 25-36 cm at the shoulder — published as one range rather than separately for males and females.

Oriental Shorthair temperament and personality

Generally described as energetic, affectionate, intelligent, social, playful and curious.

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.

Referencia de la raza de The Cat API.

Características

Tamaño
Small
Necesidad de ejercicio
Facilidad de adiestramiento
Caída de pelo
1 of 5
Cuidados del pelo
2 of 5
Convivencia con niños
Coste de mantenimiento
Tolera quedarse solo
Inteligencia
Salud de la raza
2 conditions documented

Pros & cons

Pros y contras de la raza Oriental Shorthair

Lo que obtienes con la raza Oriental Shorthair

  • Exige pocos cuidados del pelo, adecuado para quien tiene poco tiempo — el pelo es «Very short, fine, glossy, silky and lying close to the body.»
  • Descrito habitualmente como: «Energetic, Affectionate, Intelligent, Social»

Lo que asumes

  • Están documentadas 2 enfermedades hereditarias graves, sobre todo en hormonas y metabolismo y riñones y vías urinarias. La pestaña de la guía de salud tiene la prueba que hay que pedir en cada una.

Extraído de fuentes y no escrito como opinión — investigación de salud citada, el estándar del propio registro, y estudios de longevidad revisados por pares. Estándar de la raza, FIFe; The Cat API; PubMed — Generalized AA-amyloidosis in Siamese and Oriental cats. Los animales de un criador pueden diferir de todo esto, y una columna vacía significa que no tenemos nada de ese lado, no que no haya nada que decir.

Characteristics

Estándar de la FIFe · Oriental Shorthair

Pelo y color

Tal como lo establece el estándar de la FIFe. Cada línea de abajo está en las palabras del propio estándar.

Coat

Very short, fine, glossy, silky and lying close to the body.

Almost no undercoat.

Color

  • Preferred
  • Permissible
  • Undesirable
  • Disqualifying

«Preferred», «permissible», «undesirable» y «disqualifying» — preferido, admisible, indeseable y descalificante — son las palabras de la propia FIFe sobre la raza, y quedan en inglés porque así constan en el estándar. Describen lo que el estándar pide — no son una valoración de ningún perro concreto, ni nuestra.

  • Even in colour, without tabby markings or shading in non-agouti varieties.
  • Whiskers and eyebrows in harmony with the body colour.

Resumido de FIFe standard OSH — cada etiqueta está en las palabras del propio estándar, con el veredicto pasado a la etiqueta de al lado. Lee la cláusula completa en la fuente.

TICA divisions

TICA lists the Oriental Shorthair in these divisions. They are the registry's own groupings — usually hair length — not a list of colours: no registry we hold publishes one. Ask a breeder what colours their line produces.

  • Longhair

Temperamento

EnergeticAffectionateIntelligentSocialPlayfulCurious

Información a nivel de raza, de The Cat API. Describe la raza Oriental Shorthair en general; cualquier animal concreto puede ser distinto.

Health guide

Health & screening guide for the Oriental Shorthair

Riesgos hereditarios conocidos en la raza Oriental Shorthair, y la documentación concreta que hay que pedir a cualquier criador antes de pagar una señal. Un criador responsable tiene esta documentación a mano; esquivar la pregunta es mala señal.

2 enfermedades documentadas

Health checklist (PDF)

Hormones & metabolism

Mucopolysaccharidosis VI (MPS VI)

Serious

An inherited lysosomal storage disease with mild and severe forms; signs can include stunted growth, a wide face with a shortened nose, reduced joint flexibility and degenerative joint disease. UC Davis names Oriental Shorthair explicitly (along with Oriental Longhair, Siamese and related breeds) as appropriate for this test.

Qué pedir

UC Davis VGL MPS VI DNA test on both parents.

1 source

Kidneys & urinary

Systemic (AA) amyloidosis

Serious

Amyloid protein deposits build up in the liver and other organs, most often becoming apparent between 1 and 7 years old; the liver can become fragile and rupture, which is frequently fatal. It is well documented in Siamese and Oriental Shorthair specifically, with a genetic (mixed Mendelian/polygenic) basis that research has linked to variants near the SAA1 gene — but this is a research finding, not yet a commercial diagnostic test.

Qué pedir

No DNA test is commercially available yet; the SNP associations are a research finding, not a validated clearance test. Ask the breeder about the line's history of unexplained liver disease or early deaths — diagnosis in a living cat is by biopsy, not blood or DNA testing.

3 sources

Kittens

No kittens listed right now

That is not the same as none existing. Publishing a litter is part of a breeder's subscription here, so a Oriental Shorthair breeder can have a litter and no listing — ask them directly.

See Oriental Shorthair breeders
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