What are the different types of coat?
The conversations have finially begun to take place about the ‘standardization’ of the Peterbald coat descriptions!! Now, if we can only get everyone on the same page, you will be MUCH less confused 🙂 We basically have broken the Peterbald into two main coat types: the ‘bald coats’ and the ‘hairy coats’. THE BALD COATS ARE PERMISSIBLE FOR SHOW AT ALL LEVELS OF COMPETITION. (1) Ultra bald, or hairless born (100% Hairless). A few other names you may have heard this coat type referred to are: ultra hairless, born naked, or hairless born. The ultra bald PDs are born totally without hair. They are completely hairless, and do not grow any coat after birth. They are usually born without whiskers or eyebrows and often have their eyes open at birth. The skin is soft, warm and sticky to the touch. They feel like warm rubber, hence the term “sticky bald”. These cats tend to prefer to be massaged over the typical, stroking (“petting”) motion. The ultra bald is probably homozygous for the Peterbal
