Korats Breed Profile

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The Korat

 ‘The hairs are smooth, with roots like clouds and tips like silver. The eyes shine like dewdrops on a lotus leaf.’ Extract from 'The Cat Book Poems’, (Ayudhya Period), Bangkok National Library  

The Korat is an ancient breed from Thailand. It is first mentioned in a Medieval/Renaissance work called ‘The Cat Book Poems,’ now stored in the Bangkok National Library.

These cats were traditionally prized for their blue-grey fur with its unusual silvery tipping, and their wide green eyes. Although other colours of Korat do exist, it is the ‘blue’ colour which distinguishes them as a true Korat – no others are currently accepted as pedigree.

Korats were often given away in pairs as wedding gifts, to bless the union of the Bride and Groom. They were also used in rain-making ceremonies, being taken in procession at the end of the dry season to have water poured gently over their heads while prayers were said for rain. Legend suggests that male Korats were taken into battle on the shoulders of warriors, to launch themselves, hissing and growling fiercely, at the enemy!

The first time a Korat was shown in the UK, in 1896, the judge refused to believe that it was anything other than 'an inferior quality' blue Siamese, and disqualified the cat! Korats were never heard of again in the West until the late 1950’s - and even then, it wasn’t until the 1970’s that any arrived to breed in Britain.

By the mid-1980’s, the Korat was recognised by the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy, and allowed Championship status on the show bench.   

What’s it like being owned by a Korat?

Korats are clever, adventurous and cheeky. They adapt well to indoor life, and love to follow their humans around the house to ‘help’ with whatever task is in hand. Korats are also talkative, social animals who love to cuddle up to a human, another Korat, or a moggie alike. They can be feisty, and prefer to push other felines around, rather than being pushed around themselves. Korats are also gentle and sweet - and attention seeking!

Persephonies Korats 

Our blue girls Hibreeze Arwen, Hibreeze Celebrian and Persephonies Elwing (Arwen, Cally and Elwing) are our breeding queens. Our kittens are reared in a safe, loving environment with dogs and moggies too. The kittens leave mum at 13-14 weeks of age, fully innoculated and insured, with the name prefix Persephonies. Our kittens are all born blue (at the moment no Thai Lilacs or Blue Points). Their eyes eventually turn from amber to a beautiful pale green, which denotes maturity. As they increase in years many Korats "cob out" and reach their full splendor.

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