Beautiful coats don't happen overnight. They are the result of weeks and months of grooming and proper nutrition. And ANY cat can have a lovely coat! Pictured above is GH, HNW Gary Galavant, CFA's Best Household Pet of 2017.

Who doesn’t love a fluffy cat?! You would love to have a fluffy cat but you are worried about the amount of work that would be required to look after all that hair. Furr-not! We have some tips from breeders and exhibitors to help your fluffy cat have a good fur day, every day.

When one mentions the phrase “fluffy cat,” one of the first breeds that comes to mind is the Persian with its flowing coat. If a shaggy coat is more your style, the Maine Coon Cat has a coat that is unique in that it grows in layers; you can readily see the visibly shaggy coat. For those that prefer more coat, there are the densecoated Norwegian Forest Cat and Siberian.

However, shorthaired breeds can ALSO be fluffy. The British Shorthair’s coat is the densest of ALL breeds, with about 300 hairs per square inch. The Exotic (shorthair version of the Persian) has a short coat that is dense and plush. If you are into curls, another fluffy breed with a dense coat is the Selkirk Rex. It comes in both a long and a shorthair version. Its coat forms plush, unstructured curls all over the body.

So, what makes a fluffy cat breed different from shorthaired (nonfluffy) breeds? A cat breed might be considered fluffy if their hair is more than one inch long. Some fluffy cat breeds have even longer hair. Coats can come in variety of lengths such as the floor-length Persian and shaggy-coated Maine Coon Cat, to the shorter-coated Exotic and British Shorthair. Some breeds, such as the Norwegian Forest Cat, have double coats which consist of a longer outercoat and a shorter, denser undercoat, while the Siberian has as a semilong to long triple coat.