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American Wirehair
Temperament:
*Busy and Bossy
*Even Tempered
*Affectionate
*Sometimes reserved with strangers
"Easy to get along with, and sometimes reserved, this "punk" is
actually a real pussycat!"
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| Head: Round,
with prominent cheekbones and medium length nosed |
| Eyes: Round,
large; brilliant gold, also blue or odd eyes in white cats, green, blue-green
or hazel in silvery cats |
| Ears: Medium size;
set wide apart; round tipped |
| Body: Intermediate; muscular; |
| Coat: Short,
thick, dense and hard |
| Tail: Medium
length; tightly crimped, dense, resilient and coarse |
| Patterns: Mostly
tabby varieties, also black, blue, white, calico, shaded silver and
tortoiseshell |
Breed History: The
American Wirehair has a sweet face, a touch shyness, and a springy, wiry coat.
It has been called the "punk of the feline world" due to its spiky
hair. This breed is traced back to one ancestor named Adam.
In 1966 a farmer noticed a litter of kittens in his barn in Vernon, New York.
One of the kittens was different- a red-and-white male with an odd, wiry coat.
A cat breeder living nearby bought the cat, named it Adam, and bred it to his
calico cat. Two of the kittens were normal, but two of them showed the same
wiry coat of the father. Thus began the American Wirehair.
When the breed was first shown, people were
amazed by the coat. Wirehairs still create something of a stir, especially as
they are still relatively rare. This is because breeding two wires together
does not guarantee wires. A kitten that inherits one Wire gene and one normal
will produce Wires, however, there is a good chance the kitten will instead
receive two normals. The breed, therefore, remains small and unique.
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