Discover cat breeds and their nutritional needs

The moggy needs no pedigree, because it is one itself: all the breeds in the world are its descendants. Ten thousand years of history, fur the color of surprise — and one non-negotiable rule: it chooses you.

The Persian looks at the world with the expression of someone who has read all the books and been enchanted by none. And then it sits down beside you — and that is its five-star review.

The Maine coon is the largest domestic cat in the world — a gentle giant created by the harsh winters of Maine, who carries a great heart in an even greater coat, and who talks to people… with a chirp.

The British shorthair looks like a teddy bear, but treats cuddling the way a Briton treats small talk: yes, it knows how, but why go straight to overdoing it.

The Siamese cat has an opinion on every subject and intends to share it. Now. Loudly. And then once more, because you weren't listening carefully enough.

The ragdoll has one superpower: the moment you take it in your arms, it switches off gravity and spreads out in your arms like a warm blanket. Hence the name — rag doll.

The Bengal looks like a little leopard that escaped from the jungle and moved into your living room — and, frankly speaking, it behaves exactly like that.

The Scottish fold has the face of a plush owl and a sweetness that disarms in a second. It also has a secret that must honestly be said out loud — before you fall in love with it.

The Sphynx has no fur, so it makes up for it with temperature — literally and emotionally. It is the warmest cat in the world to the touch and one of the most affectionate overall.

The Abyssinian looks like a little puma the color of heated brick and has one mode of operation: ON. It is the most curious cat in the world — and the worst candidate for a lap cuddler.

The Russian blue wears a coat dusted with silver, eyes like two emeralds, and a Mona Lisa smile. Your guests may go years without knowing it exists at all.

The Norwegian forest cat came down into your living room straight from Nordic myths — literally: its ancestors pulled the chariot of the goddess Freya. The descent it made, of course, head down.

The Burmese looks as if cast from warm bronze, weighs like a brick wrapped in silk, and has one goal in life: to be as close to you as possible. Ideally, literally on you.

The Tonkinese looks like a gentle diplomat with aquamarine eyes, and is a born cunning one that wraps the whole house around its paw — and does it so charmingly that everyone lets themselves be fooled with joy.

The oriental shorthair is a slender elegant with ears like antennas and a voice that cannot be ignored. It comes in several hundred colors — but every one of them adores you just as much.

The Manx is the world's most famous tailless cat: round, compact, with a rabbit's hop and a dog's heart. It looks as if it lost its tail running after something more important — and that something turned out to be a human.

The Cornish rex has the silhouette of a greyhound, fur in curls like astrakhan, and energy that does not go out for fifteen years. It looks like a dandy and behaves like a child on sugar.

The Devon rex looks like an elf that escaped from a fantasy film set: great antenna-ears, mischievous eyes, and fur arranged in waves. Its character is elfish too — mischievous to the core.

The exotic shorthair is a Persian that went to the hairdresser and had everything cut short. All the beauty stayed, the hour of daily combing vanished — and out of it came the greatest plush toy in the world.

The Balinese is a Siamese that put on an evening gown: the same aristocratic silhouette and sapphire eyes, but swathed in silky fur, with the tail spread into a plume like a train.

The Somali is the closest thing to a tame fox that exists: rusty, gleaming fur, a dark outline around the eyes, and a magnificent, bushy brush of a tail. Wild only in looks — inside, an affectionate accomplice.

The Singapura is the smallest cat breed in the world: an adult will fit in the hood of your sweatshirt. But do not be fooled by the scale — it is a full-size personality of which nature reduced only the size.

The Chartreux is a silent monk in fur the color of smoke: woolly, blue-gray fur, copper-gold eyes, and an eternal, gentle smile it has worn without interruption for five centuries.

Ragamuffin means “ragged one” — the most perverse name in the feline world. This silky giant with eyes like hazelnuts does not wait for you to love it: it comes, climbs onto your lap, and stays there until you decide it was always so.

The Siberian cat survived winters beside which ours are a warm-up, wears the only triple coat in the world — and chose your sofa to live on. Siberia taught it to appreciate warmth.

The Birman looks as if it had dipped four white paws in milk, and its eyes in the sky. Legend says a goddess gave it this beauty — as a reward for faithfulness to the very end.

The Korat is a living talisman of luck from Thailand: fur of polished silver, a heart-shaped head, and enormous green eyes the color of a young leaf. For centuries it had no price — it could only be received as a gift.

Everything we love fades with time. The Neva Masquerade is the exception: she is born white, and cold and time paint her mask — with every winter you spend together she shows more clearly.

The first sentence generations of Polish children learned to read was about a cat. That cat now has a breed of its own, the European Shorthair, and one problem: almost no cat called "European" actually is one. Here is how it differs from an ordinary house cat.

It can be born to two shorthaired parents, and for half a century it was the family secret of British catteries. A calm British cat in a fluffy coat whose affection cannot be summoned: you can only make room for it.

It is born in the same litter as the Scottish Fold, and for three weeks nobody knows which is which. Then its ears stay straight, and with them its joints stay healthy. The Scottish Straight got what its famous sibling does not have.

The Siamese you remember from childhood is no longer called a Siamese. The cream cat with the dark, round face and blue eyes had to change its name in order to stay itself. Today it is the Thai cat.

From old Angora come a goat that gives mohair, a rabbit that gives wool, and a cat that gives nothing at all. The Turkish Angora is Europe's oldest longhaired cat, saved by Ankara Zoo: light, clever and devoted to one person.