American Cat Fanciers Association
Australian Mist Breeders' Directory
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This carefully crafted breed of delicately spotted and marbled cats is
tops for temperament, full of love and fun, bright but relaxed. Very
popular with first time pedigree cat buyers, it's well bred but not
extreme appearance appeals as essentially cat. Australian Mist make
excellent pets for children, even very young ones, as they are very
tolerant of handling, and disinclined to scratch. As kittens they are
lively, but sober up somewhat on maturity. Their propensity to crawl
into the nearest lap,
with or without invitation, and to constantly hang
around to see what people are up to makes them an excellent companion
for the home worker and the invalid.
HISTORY: Developed
over more than twenty years, Australian Mist are derived from
Burmese, Abyssinian and Aussie ‘Moggie’.
These delectable short-haired cats were the brain-child of Dr.
Truda Straede (Nintu Cattery)
and were
developed from concept in 1977 to full acceptance nine years
later, and have now been accepted for Championship status for 25
years in Australia.
THE STANDARD:
There is nothing extreme about Australian Mist, they are of
moderate size, medium boned, rounded of head, with large eyes
and ears. The coat is short, but resilient, the tail is plumply
furred. The
colours are warm brown, blue, chocolate, lilac, gold and peach;
the pattern is of delicate spots or intricate marbled swirls
against a misty ground, with legs and tail ringed and barred,
and the face lined. Eyes are large and expressive in a range of
greens. The nose, chin and whiskerpads are broad,
giving the face
an open generous expression.
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Wayne Henneke
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620-791-8848
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Breed Chair