Consider yourself of equal good fortune if you find yourself “owned” by a Korat. They will reward you with years of affection, loyalty, and love. They are considered a symbol of good fortune by the Thais. Many good luck traditions surround the Korat: they are the color of silver, signifying wealth; they are the color of rain clouds, with eyes the color of young rice, meaning good crops. The gift of a pair of Si-Sawat cats to the bride ensures a fortunate marriage.
Coat and color, as well as a muscular and semi-cobby body type, set this breed apart. The coat is a solid, even, silver-blue color with no tabby markings or shading, but the hair shafts themselves are lighter at the roots and shade to a darker blue just before the tips. The fur is tipped with silver, giving a silvery sheen or ‘halo effect’ to the coat. The Korat goes through an ‘ugly duckling’ phase and doesn’t attain its true beauty until two to four years of age. The eye color is not usually true until the cat matures.
Korats are not as vocal as their Siamese comrades; they have other ways of getting their wishes across. At dinnertime they’ll wrap themselves around your ankle, clamber up onto your shoulder, and perhaps give you a nip on the shin if you don’t hurry up with the cat food, but given something important to say, they speak their minds.
On the cat activity level scale, they are an 8: social, playful, and full of life, but not bouncing-off-the-walls hyper. They are also reported to possess high intelligence.
Like the Siamese, Korats are fetchers of tossed toys, cats whose favorite game is the one in which you take an active part. Korats crave affection from their humans, and will scheme to gain possession of your lap, your arms, and your heart
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