Peterbald

Appearance
Peterbalds have an elegantly slim build and distinctive head: narrow and long with a straight profile, almond-shaped eyes, and big set-apart ears. They are somewhat similar in appearance to Oriental Shorthair cats. They have a hair-losing gene and have very short hair. Their skin has the appearance of grey flannel and feels like a horse's muzzle.
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Temperament
Peterbalds are usually sweet-tempered, peaceful, curious, smart and energetic.They love their family members and need to communicate with them; they are not a loner type of cat. Peterbalds typically live in harmony with other cats and pets, and also with children. They are not vindictive, and these characteristics make Peterbalds an excellent companion.
The founding female cat of the two Russian Hairless Breeds which are known under the name "Don Sphynx or Don Hairless" and also as "Petersburg Sphynx or Peterbald". She was a blue tortie cat which was called Varya. She was rescued by Irina Kovalyova. Irina was concerned that Varya was ill because she had lost nearly all of her coat. Irina treated the cat with anti-fungal medication but the cat did not seem to get better and continued to lose her coat. Irina came to the conclusion that this was a new genetic occurance.
In 1989 Varya was mated to a domestic cat and healthy kittens followed. Several kittens were hairless. Irina sold one of the kittens, a black female to Irina Nemykina who started the Russian Hairless cats line. The first breed was called Don Sphynx or Don Hairless. According to these documents it was determined that the new gene for hairlessness is dominant to the gene for normal coat. This was evident because when heterozygous hairless cats were mated to normal coated cats, a number of hairless kittens always resulted in the litter. The hairless cats of Myth Cattery were bred exclusively to European Shorthairs and Domestic Shorthairs.
First matings of Don Hairless cats with Oriental/Siamese cats were started in St.Petersburg and in Moscow in 1993. These oriental type of hairless cats (named "Peterbalds") were unpopular in Moscow, but became very popular among St.Petersburg breeders. The first Peterbalds were born in January of 1994. They were the result of outcrossing a very classy tortie oriental female (Radma von Jagerhof) with a brown mackerel tabby Don Hairless male (Afinogen Myth), whose bone structure was a bit light, but who had a wedge-shaped head. All in all, he was a good choice for breeding with Oriental cats. This male was also mated with Russian Blues. The litters from such matings were considered to be Don Hairless, but some of the kittens were rather elegant, and we used them in our breeding program for Peterbalds. The irst Peterbalds were sold to other clubs in various parts of Russia. And they have become the founders for developing Peterbalds throughout Russia.