If you dream of having a cat at home, you should first determine its breed. A pedigree kitten can be bought from breeders, mongrel - pick up on the street or buy on the market. But if you want to buy an unusual and even a rare cat, then prepare the appropriate amount of money - these animals are very expensive. The final price depends on many factors: the breed and age of the cat, the presence of titles, the class of the pet and, of course, its appearance.
And now let's get acquainted with the rating of the most expensive domestic cats and find out which one is the rarest.
Top most expensive cats
- So, the most expensive in the world is a cat of the savannah breed. This is a large animal with long paws, looks like a wild cat. But appearance, as is well known is deceptive - savannah is an exceptionally peace-loving and domestic creature. Such cats stand from 15 to 35 thousand. e.
- Toyger is a kitten of unusual tiger color. Since 1993, breeders are working on breeding breeds of cats that will look like tigers in miniature. So far, this goal has not been achieved, although it has already been possible to obtain strips characteristic for tigers. And this breed got its name from two words - tiger (tiger) and toy (toy) - a kind of toy tiger costing from 1 to 15 thousand dollars.
- Cat Chausi is a hybrid of wild cane cats and affectionate domesticated. These are large enough specimens weighing up to 10 kg, and their appearance is a bit like a trot. However, the chauzy is a very sociable and peace-loving cat. You can buy it at a price of 1 to 10 thousand dollars.
- Approximately this is the cost of Bengal cats . They are also a cross-breed - this time of wild Asian leopard cats with domestic Abyssinian and Burmese cats. Bengal cats are excellent companions, devoted and very responsive pets. At the same time, they are always active and require a lot of attention. As for appearance, for animals of this breed is characterized by a short thick coat of spotted "leopard" color.
- Very rare, and therefore expensive (1-5 thousand dollars) breed of cats is the Egyptian Mau . This breed originated in Ancient Egypt and has not undergone any changes in the last 3 thousand years. Interestingly, the stains of these cats are not only on the coat, but under it, on the skin itself. Egyptian Mau, like the Bengal cat, does not tolerate loneliness and is very fond of active games.
- Singapore cat , on the contrary, is miniature and very elegant: females weigh up to 2 kg, and males weigh up to 3. Their color, called sepia-agouti, is the only one in the standard of this breed: it is an unusual golden-cream shade. Singapore is not artificially bred breed, it arose naturally in the East. The minimum cost of a Singaporean kitten is $ 600.
- An interesting breed, derived from random mutations, is the American Curl . These pets look unusual due to their ears turned back. The breeding of these cats is done by very few breeders, who set prices for them in the range of 1-4 thousand dollars.
- The same kind of cats of the Munchkin breed are as expensive and no less attractive. They have very short, 2-3 times smaller than usual, paws, because of what they are often called dachshunds. Munchkin - a breed obtained in America as a result of a mutation.
- The york chocolate cat is also popular, which can be purchased for 3000 cu. Its name came from a rare shade of animal hair of this breed. Chocolate cats are very few nowadays.
- Concludes the top ten most expensive cats turkish van . It is a breed of semi-longhaired animals that originated in Turkey and is considered a national treasure ("aboriginal breed"). Van - a fairly large cat with white as chalk wool.