Cymric cats Breed Profile
Coat Type, Color & Grooming:
The Cymric has a soft, semi-long outercoat that gradually lengthens from head to rump. Many colors and patterns are accepted, including tabby, solid, bicolor, shaded, tortoiseshell, and calico. Special grooming needs.
Physical Attributes:
The Cymric is a solidly built, medium-size, cobby cat with a round head, widely spaced ears, and large, round eyes. The powerful hindlegs are longer than the front legs, so the short back arches upward to the rounded rump. A completely tailless Cymric is called a "rumpy"; the "rumpy riser" appears to be tailless but has one to three vertebrae fused to the end of the spine; the "stumpy" has one to five normal vertabrae, which give the cat a short, moveable tail stump; the "longy" is a cat witha shorter-than-normal tail, but a tail nonetheless.
Personality:
It is a friendly, affectionate, relaxed companion--an easy feline to share a home with. According to some sources the Cymric is somewhat doglike in its habits; it will play "fetch," growl at an unidentified disturbance, and may follow its owner around.
I’ve had many pets during my life and my favorite was my Cymric cat named Amos! He was so funny and everyone in town loved him. He was chubby and had an attitude. I’m president of our local animal shelter and have never found one that even came close to the humor and love that he gave. If anyone knows where I could buy or adopt a Cymric please let me know! pelib1@yahoo.com