For those of us that are ignorant of the term teacup cats it seems like quite a strange phenomenon when someone mentions the term. You may have heard of miniature cats being sold but teacup cats have a slightly different meaning to them.

When we talk of ordinary cats they weigh between eleven to fourteen pounds in females and around seventeen pounds in males. Though tea cup cats are tiny cats too but features of a tea cup variety differs from a normal one.

On the other hand a teacup Persian cat starts weighing in at the meager three pound mark and stays below eight at the maximum. If you have these weight markings in mind then you will immediately be able to gauge whether the cat being offered in the market is an actual teacup Persian cat.

Buying a teacup cat requires you to know certain facts like this otherwise you might fall into the trap that is set by some unscrupulous cat breeders. The cheats in the business often try to sell any Persian cat that is less than ten pounds as a teacup cat whereas in reality such a cat is actually to be counted amongst the normal Persians. Hence be informed that just because a Persian cat weighs less than ten pounds doesnt make it a teacup cat.

Many people simply love to have a tea cup Persian cat as pet as they are so attractive. Persian cats are generally considered to be good house pets as they are cuddly and sweet.

Tea cup Persian variety of cats are very demanding of the undivided affection of the cat owner as they are extremely small and petit and the cat owner gives it willingly enough.

One often wonders that where the tea cup variety comes from. essentially the cats are not commonly produced but is bred by a system called inbreeding. In this the breeders mate two types of cats from different breeds which are smallest in size. This process goes on for a couple of times till the right cat size of the cat and weight is acquired.

If you are familiar with Japanese Bonsai method you will understand how the trees size is reduced by the process of dwarfism. In the same way the cats size is decreased with the process of dwarfism. The dwarfism of Persian tea cup cats involves two methods.

The key procedure which is involved in dwarfism is mutating of genes that goes by the name of achondroplasia. Here the mutation affects the balance of the cats body. Owing to this balance the bone growth of the cat is controlled resulting in overall smaller bones. Tea cup Persians is more popular than any other tea cup cats in the world.

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