Family-friendly: | 2/5 |
Playfulness: | 4/5 |
Intelligence: | 5/5 |
Likes Other Pets: | 5/5 |
Grooming needs: | 4/5 |
Shedding: | 3/5 |
Lifespan
12 - 15 years
Weight
2.3 - 4kg
Colours
Munchkin cats come in multiple colours and patterns
The need-to-know
- Benefits from an experienced owner
- Enjoys playing games and is active at home
- Playful and curious cat
- Sociable and dependent cat
- Slightly talkative cat
- Average build cat breed
- Requires grooming once a week
- Indoor cat
- Not ideal for family homes
- Can be regularly left for a few hours
- Needs a calm environment
Generally healthy breed
The short leggedness of the Munchkin breed is a deformity that means that they are prone to developing arthritis.
Personality
If your first thought on meeting a Munchkin is ‘cat-weasel’, you wouldn’t be far wrong. The Munchkin can find it hard to jump (although many can) and they move very differently to standard legged cats, with a much wrigglier, rolling motion.
Curious, intelligent, friendly and playful, the Munchkin is in other respects much like any domestic cat, possibly more inclined to enjoy handling and lap-time than some, but equally keen to exercise their feline hunting behaviour by chasing and hunting toys if given the opportunity.
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