Buyer question
Is a Norwegian Forest Cat good for beginners?
Yes: our Animal Library rates the Norwegian Forest Cat 4 out of 5 for beginners (steady and sturdy).
Source: the Norwegian Forest Cat page in the Everybarn Animal Library. Norwegian Forest Cat in the Animal Library
The detail
A large, double-coated climber from Scandinavian forests, shaped by hard winters and ship life. It is calm indoors and athletic when it plays, and it needs vertical space and seasonal grooming more than constant attention.
- Temperament
- Calm, friendly, independent
- Best fit
- Families, homes with height
- Energy
- 3 out of 5 (Loves to climb)
- Grooming load
- 3 out of 5 (Weekly; daily in molt)
What to weigh
Expect a heavy spring molt and a cat that wants to be up high. The breed carries a rare but fatal inherited storage disease that one DNA test rules out.