Oriental Shorthair Cat
The Siamese in 300+ different colors — an elegant alien with bat-like ears, a tubular body, and a personality that fills the room. That impossibly long frame, those enormous ears, those almond-shaped green eyes. Complete guide: the breed that thinks it's a parrot (perching on shoulders), the 300+ recognized color/pattern combinations, and the Siamese voice without the color restrictions.
📋 Breed Overview
📖 About the Oriental Shorthair
The Oriental Shorthair was created by breeding Siamese with non-colorpoint cats — producing the same elegant tubular body in every color except the Siamese pointed pattern. They share the Siamese's extreme body type but their eyes are green (not blue) and they come in 300+ recognized color/pattern combinations: solid, tabby, tortoiseshell, smoke, shaded, bicolor. Intensely people-oriented — more like dogs than cats. Extremely vocal (Siamese voice), intelligent, climb everything, open cabinets. They perch on shoulders like parrots. NOT for households where everyone's gone all day. Same health concerns as Siamese: Amyloidosis, PRA, asthma, nystagmus.