Orange Persian Cat


	Orange Persian Cat

Orange Persian Cat

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These are photographs of one of the best Persian cats (traditional Persian - the most popular on my reckoning) you'll see anywhere by one of the best cat photographers anywhere. Every time I see him I want to see more of him. He looks very much a male cat and a very interesting cat. His fur is "in your face". He is very handsome. I love this cat. He's an orange Persian cat but that's not cat talk. I don't think you'll get better and if you can tell me. The name of the cat is Faolán and the photographer is Daniëlle Rozeboom. His full name is Yeri Shaes' Faolán Edan. Dani has her own cattery in Almere, Netherlands and she runs it with Rick Keijer. She is very talented, runs a great cattery named after another great cat Yeri Shaes, a white Traditional Persian, who passed away in 2006. Yeri was a lovely cat too.
Photo copyright Dani
Photo copyright Dani	I liked this cat so much I made a video of the first 5 weeks of his life. You can see it on this page (new window) photo © Dani
These pictures below show Faolán as a very young kitten. Faolán is one of his Nicknames. The others are Fao, Draakje, Dikkie Dik. His true description is Red Solid. He was born on 10th June 2007 and he is a male. Faolán's father is Orlando von den Müggelbergen, a Red silver shaded ("Red shaded cameo") cat and his mother is FuzieFaniez Faelyn a Blue tortiseshell. You can see her below left with Faolán as a young kitten. If you want to see his full pedigree click here (this takes you away from this website). The red coloration is due to the presence of the O gene. This gene converts the production of a black pigment that is deposited in the hair to orange. Black pigment is called eumelanin and orange pigment is called phaeomelanin. Read a bit more about the character, likely sex and genetics of red tabby cats. The non-agouti gene produces the solid colors. The non-agouti gene doen't have much effect on phaeomelanin. A tabby pattern often, therefore, shows through even when the cat is not agouti. Apparently breeding self (solid) red cats with a noice solid color throughout is very difficult. This makes red a less popular colors for breeders. Still for me you can't beat a beautiful orange Persian cat like Faolán.
Faolán with mum - photo copyright Dani	Photo copyright Dani
Photo copyright Dani
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