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She reads every email I write, from the keyboard. I type round her tail.
Last updated 14 October 2026
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What they brought with them.
Tap a card to see what is going on.
At home
Across the laptop mid-email, tail over the screen.
What's going onTurkish Angoras want to be part of whatever you are doing, and at a desk that means the keyboard. A perch beside it gives them a seat that isn't your laptop.
At home
No answer to their name, then a jump when you touch them from behind.
What's going onThey may not be ignoring you. White cats with blue eyes can be born deaf, and a BAER hearing test (a painless test of whether each ear hears) as a kitten tells you for sure.
At home
A hop on a back leg for a stride or two, then walking normally again.
What's going onPatellar Luxation (PL, a slipping kneecap) can show up from kittenhood. If they skip a step or hold up a back leg for a moment, tell your vet.
At home
Long and silky, and somehow not a tangle in sight.
What's going onTheir silky coat has no heavy undercoat, so it mats less than many long coats. A weekly brush is enough.
At home
On the fridge, the bookshelf and the curtain rail before the coffee is made.
What's going onThey are slim, athletic and always climbing. Give them height, and steps down from it, to spare their knees.
At home
At the door the moment you walk in, then following you from room to room.
What's going onTurkish Angoras are independent enough to spend a working day on their own. When you are home, they want to tell you all about theirs, so some play and company each evening keeps them content. Based on owners' experience: most Turkish Angoras have plenty to say.
The bit nobody tells you.
Their looks
Built for: Prized for a silky, often white coat.
In Dubai: A cat who looks like an ornament and behaves like a project manager.
Their day
Built for: Involved in everything.
In Dubai: Fine on their own through a working day, then wants the full story at the door.
Their climbing
Built for: Slim, athletic and always up high.
In Dubai: Knees that need a safe way down.
They want a part in everything.
Give them play and company when you are home, height to climb with a safe way down, and a hearing test if they are white with blue eyes. The ten things below are how.
Your plan is built around what a Turkish Angora is prone to at every age, from their hearing and kneecaps to their heart, and the care that goes with each one.
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Ten things that make their life better.
They are a clever, active cat, and a laser dot never lets them catch anything.
Every age, most of all 7 months to 2 years
Why
They are a clever, active cat, and a laser dot never lets them catch anything.
What to do
Use a wand toy and move it like prey, away from them and into cover. Five to ten minutes, two or three times a day, and one session before you leave for work. Let them catch it, then feed them.
A cat this clever gets bored with a bowl, and weight becomes a risk from their mature years.
Every age, most of all from 7 years
Why
A cat this clever gets bored with a bowl, and weight becomes a risk from their mature years.
What to do
Split their daily food into small meals, some in a puzzle feeder or hidden around the flat for the hours you are out. Weigh the day's food, and weigh them once a month.
A curious climber goes wherever you have been, and a deaf cat cannot hear a warning.
Every age, most of all kittens and juniors
Why
A curious climber goes wherever you have been, and a deaf cat cannot hear a warning.
What to do
Keep them off the balcony unless it is fully enclosed with cat netting, checked for gaps. Fit restrictors or screens on every window that opens, and never leave them out there alone.
Their ancestor never shared a meal or a den, however sociable they are with you.
Every age, low-sided trays from 11 years
Why
Their ancestor never shared a meal or a den, however sociable they are with you.
What to do
For each cat, a litter tray, a water bowl, a food bowl and a scratching post, plus one spare, in different rooms. Keep trays somewhere quiet, away from food and water.
They climb everything, and Patellar Luxation (PL, a slipping kneecap) can show up from kittenhood.
Every age, most of all up to 6 years
Why
They climb everything, and Patellar Luxation (PL, a slipping kneecap) can show up from kittenhood.
What to do
A cat tree or wall shelves with steps between levels, so they can climb down rather than jump. A window perch, and a box or covered bed to hide in. A patellar and orthopaedic evaluation (kneecaps, joints and bones) is in your plan as a kitten, with kneecap monitoring in their junior years.
A white coat needs shade from strong sun, most of all from their junior years.
Every age, most of all 7 months to 6 years
Why
A white coat needs shade from strong sun, most of all from their junior years.
What to do
Keep their favourite perch out of direct afternoon sun, or fit a blind. Keep them off the balcony in the heat of the day, and give them a cool, shaded spot in every room they use. Sun protection advice is in your plan from their junior years.
Cats have a weak urge to drink, and on dry food in air conditioning they get too little. Kidney disease becomes a risk from their senior years.
Every age, most of all from 11 years
Why
Cats have a weak urge to drink, and on dry food in air conditioning they get too little. Kidney disease becomes a risk from their senior years.
What to do
Some wet food every day. Two or three wide, shallow water bowls away from their food and their tray, washed daily. If they like the tap, try a fountain.
Cats hide illness, and the tray shows it first.
Every age
Why
Cats hide illness, and the tray shows it first.
What to do
Scoop daily and notice the number and size of the clumps. Call your vet if they go more often than usual or pass blood. A male cat straining, crying or going in and out of the tray with little or nothing coming out may have a blocked bladder. That is an emergency: contact your vet now. If a female cat is straining, contact your vet the same day. A urinalysis (a urine test) is in your plan from their junior years.
Deafness in white, blue-eyed cats is there from birth, so it can be tested for in kittenhood.
Every age, test as a kitten
Why
Deafness in white, blue-eyed cats is there from birth, so it can be tested for in kittenhood.
What to do
If they are white with blue or odd eyes, a BAER hearing test (a painless test of whether each ear hears) is in your plan as a kitten. If they are deaf, approach where they can see you, tap the floor before you touch them, and keep them indoors for life. Leave the carrier out as furniture either way, so vet trips start calmly.
Dental disease is a risk from their junior years, and cats keep eating with sore teeth.
Every age, start as a kitten
Why
Dental disease is a risk from their junior years, and cats keep eating with sore teeth.
What to do
Lift their lip and look at their teeth and gums. Brush a few seconds at a time with cat toothpaste. Tell your vet if they drop food or chew on one side. An annual dental evaluation (teeth and gum check) is in your plan from their junior years.
Five of these are in your plan. The rest you can do at home.
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Their health, at every age.
How old are they?
Their age
the first six months
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Their age
7 months to 2 years
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Their age
2 to 6 years
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Their age
7 to 10 years
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Their age
11 to 14 years
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Their age
15 years and over
What to watch for
The care that goes with it
Breed predispositions indicate an increased risk rather than certainty of disease. What is right for them always comes from their own history and an evaluation.
Before they come home.
Angora or Persian
In Europe, Angoras were once crossed into Persians until the two were treated as one. The Turkish Angora you meet today was rebuilt from cats kept in Turkey: slim, fine-boned and silky, with a single coat and a plumed tail.
Colours
Snow white is the colour most people picture, and the one the breed was saved in. Today they come in almost every colour and pattern, from black and blue to red (ginger), cream and tabby.
The first months
If your kitten is white with blue or odd eyes, ask about a BAER hearing test (a painless test of whether each ear hears). Deaf cats manage beautifully with a few changes at home, and it helps to know from the start.
Getting the home ready
Wall shelves or a tall cat tree with steps between levels, a window perch out of the afternoon sun, and the balcony netted or kept shut. Then a puzzle feeder for the hours you are out.
Before you commit
Ask the breeder whether a white kitten has had a hearing test, and plan a knee and joint evaluation in their first months. Patellar Luxation (PL, a slipping kneecap) can show up from kittenhood.
Before the clinics open
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If it's a kitten: First 30 days with a new kitten · Kitten vaccinations in the UAE
When it is not behaviour.
She'll still read your emails. If she stops coming to the desk, call your vet.
Before they were yours.
The 1600s onwards
Long-haired cats from the region around Ankara, in central Turkey, were prized by European travellers and taken home as pets.
What they still carryA fine-boned, silky-coated, very active cat.
Late 1800s to 1903
In Europe, Angoras were crossed into Persians until the two were treated as one. By 1903, a British writer on cats noted that the Angora seemed to have disappeared.
What they still carryA breed that survived in Turkey, not in the West.
The 20th century
The zoo at Ankara ran a breeding programme to keep the white Angora, including blue-eyed and odd-eyed cats.
What they still carryA white, often blue-eyed cat, with a risk of deafness to match.
1968 to 1978
Cats from Ankara went to the United States, where the breed was accepted for registration in 1968. Only white cats were accepted until 1978.
What they still carryA pedigree with a long paper trail, now in many colours.
Today
An established pedigree breed in the UAE, living indoors with plenty to do.
What they still carryAn intelligent, busy cat who wants a part in everything.
The ones you type at midnight.
If the Turkish Angora suits you, so might these.
Turkish VanThe same kind of cat: from Turkey too, larger and more powerful, with colour on the head and tail of a white coat
Domestic LonghairThe same kind of cat: a semi-long coat with no pedigree, a little more to brush, and every kind of personality
BengalThe same high energy and need for play, in a spotted shorthair with plenty to say
BirmanA similar size and the same weekly brush, in a calmer colourpoint who wants your company all day
