What is the breed of your cat and how smart is it?

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Along time ago my parents had a cat (probably tabby) and we could play Hide and Seek. We are thinking of getting a cat in the future, may be in a year time or later. So please tell me about your cats. The reason why I am asking is because tabby breed is not amongst the 10 smartest cats in the world purrfectcatbreeds.com/top-10-cats/top-10-smartest-cat-breeds/ but for us he was quite smart. So I wonder whether the cats in the link are really that smart. I guess they are also very pricey.

A Burmese breed have been mentioned here a few times as a clever cat. They look like Siamese a bit, do not they?
I have read somewhere that those cats which do stupid things might be just blind. So check your cats. Would a game with a laser pointer show if the cat is blind? Probably would as they would not be able to feel it.
Sphynx looks hairless to me. How would you care for it? They are definitely not for outside as they would be scratched by other cats and also freeze easily.

The cat in my childhood was like a short-haired Norwegian forest cat with an eye liner like a Tutankhamun :)

I'm going to guess that the "breeds" of most people's cats are something like "British shorthair".

I have heard that tortoiseshell cats can be moody, but I think that's just a myth.

My aunt had a Cornish Rex. It was a grumpy bugger.

I don't think you need to worry about cats being "accepted by other cats", they are generally pretty solitary and don't make friends.

My moggy was a genius. I put it down to being 17 so having a LONG time to learn stuff and understand us.

She could understand certain commands/questions said in a very neutral tone, and absolutely knew if you were talking about her.

Examples:
Would you like chicken or tuna? And she would go to the cupboard or fridge respectively.
Were you a good girl? And would show you to any accidents (hers or the other cats)
Go to "jack/molly/Andrew" etc...knew everyone's names.

Trills I don't think I will pass that comment on to our tortie - she might take my hand off

:O Stealth

We have a pair of Siamese (our 2nd pair): one a chocolate tabby point (female) and the other (male) a blue point. They will play "fetch" with pipe cleaners and wee toy mice (not so much now that they're older but we often had to hide the pipe cleaners under the pillows in bed as they didn't know when to stop).

The blue point will go for walks with us - in fact, dh has to walk ds down to the bottom of the driveway to school every morning to stop him following ds.

He (the cat ) also has a habit of asking for me to lift the duvet cover so that he can choose not to come under by pawing me on my back with a single claw - the only time he ever puts unsheathes a claw with humans. Never does it to dh he's not such a soft touch

The first three of our Siamese (the current blue point is the youngest and the only exception) knew that work surfaces in the kitchen were no go areas no matter what was on them. That is, until you went to bed, in which case whatever you'd left out was fair game . Unfortunately current male doesn't understand this rule and we've had to learn to remember to shut the kitchen door - with him on the right side of it

I have a Thai Blue Point - I wouldn't describe him as the kind of intelligent described here! However he is very loving needy and absolutely insists on being picked up, when he flops over onto his back so he can "be baby" - he spent a lot of time as a kitten tucked into my top. Loves to sleep with me, down under the covers, particularly this time of year as he doesn't have a thick coat. He's a farm cat though and life isn't all languid luxury, he regularly goes miles and has come home backwards tugging a dead rabbit which he plainly wanted us to eat/admire. He's also caught a pheasant although he didn't know what on earth to do with it so that one got away, and lots of rats too (he eats those all up and then very dramatically vomits while yelling at us about how AWFUL rats are. )

I have a devon rex , he thinks he is a dog . Plays fetch, attempts to come on walks with you and wags his tail when you come home . Definitely bright he will plot how to get a choice piece of food on your plate then all of a sudden before you can say a thing or move a paw comes along like lightening and swipes it . I adore him.

Devons (and Cornish) are very doggy aren't they! Mischievous creatures too. We had a Si Rex a few years ago who used to go for walks on a harness (only around the garden area and very close to home )

OP - Sphynx aren't exactly hairless, they still have a layer of down (hence peach feel to touch). Indoor cats for sure. And I think they sell for something over £1000 (used to be average 700 years ago), so an easy target for thieves.

Cornish Rex, as I may have mentioned, are very similar to Devon Rex in personality, both with the curly fur. Though Devons have the more pixie type face (like sphynx). Cornish have the more 'normal' cat type face. They don't make very good outdoor cats either.

As regards strangeness. One or two people asked, not what breed of cat they were, but what they were, as they like to climb and can often be found up the curtains, and look rather like monkeys.

Amelia, we definitely cannot afford a Sphynx and cannot afford it to get stolen. Rex sounds as really nice cats. It is like 2 in 1, a dog and a cat. Haven't I read somewhere that one breed of cats behaves like a guard dog ready to " bark" at the visitors.

They look funny. Next time tell them they are from another planet :)

If you aren't after a kitten, pedigree cats do sometimes turn up in rescues, and often breed clubs have lists of adult cats that need rehoming - eg this one for Burmese cats, and this one that's a rescue for Siamese cats and related breeds.

My Siamese is very doglike...I think that's why she's my favourite of the two (not that I say that in hearing of the cats obviously, lol), I admire my moggy and I'm always pleased when she deigns to accept attention from me, but she's too busy doing her own thing to be real company.

I know not all moggies are as extreme as mine in that way, but the Siamese is pretty much constantly at my side, she even follows me to my neighbours to have coffee.

She plays fetch, anything I do round the house she's there sticking a paw or a head in and her favourite thing is to sit on my shoulder while I move round the house. She'll happily be picked up and held on her back like a baby. She's interested in and will sit with and be stroked by visitors, she's good with children...to the point where I once caught a neighbour's small child carrying her up my drive with her hands round her neck!! (She was just trying to carry her to the door rather than intentionally doing anything wrong) and my cat was just hanging there looking resigned.

The only reason I don't have more is because I took in the moggy from a neighbour's accidental litter and I also have a dog...and that's enough pets.

But when I'm too old to walk a dog, I'll have a house full of Siamese instead, lol.

I don't know whether having showers & baths makes my cat smart or thick, prob makes him quite unique though the nutter.

My Siamese is sweet loving and will play ball :) loves chasing and bringing back his toys . Chats away to me and follows me everywhere . So I think gifted and talented cat. That said he's forever falling of beds sofas ect :-\ so who knows

There used to be a lot of Persian rescues, even in in non breed specific catteries/rehoming centres. I don't know if this is till the case They're fairly intelligent too, though I wonder if they end up for rehoming because they're one of the more popular breeds, and the dedication required (I think) needed to keep up with the grooming, and even sometimes bathing, or their fur can tangle and mat easily.

The small, non breed-specific rescue that I foster for has had one Persian and one Exotic Shorthair (Persian face and build but short-haired) in the last few months. Also THREE Bengals (one still looking for a home).

Oooh Gerund - now Persians I can believe as I gather they can be quite high maintenance from both grooming and general health perspective, but why Bengals I wonder? I would love one but DH thinks 2 cats is enough it's against my principles to pay for kittens to be bred when there are so many cats needing homes. It never occurred to me that one of those gorgeous beasts would end up in a rescue.

I'm also wondering about Bengals! I know very little about them as a breed, but agree they are beautiful.

Out of the three Bengals, there were two males that needed rural homes with no other cats because of very strong territorial aggression against other cats in their household/neighbourhood - this is quite a common problem with Bengals, apparently. The other was a female who was found stray with kittens.

I have a maine coon cross and she is great family cat. She is resigned to being picked up by the kids and also dressed up on occasion (although the dog tolerates this better).
She's very vocal and thinks she's much cleverer than we are - the miaowing for a second dinner often works except when she miaows at the same person who fed her first time round!

Ah. Yes I can see that a Bengal's inner tiger might not be very "inner". Rural we could do - it could measure it's territory in acres, but not the "no other cats" bit

Love reading about cats! They are no fake personalities.
I have read that some breeds will have more health problems than the other ones. Weak genetics plays a lot.
Are there cats which can be quite aggressive just like fighting dogs? Heard that Siamese have a temper. Tabula, your sounds totally lovely.