Persian Cat Short Hair Grey

Through selective breeding cat fanciers began to mold the persian to its present day appearance. In the late 1950s the persian was used as an outcross by some american shorthair breeders.

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They bred cats to have a round head short face snub nose chubby cheeks small rounded ears big eyes and a sturdy body.

Persian cat short hair grey. Persian cats contain much diversity within the breed perhaps most strikingly so this is because of the difference between traditional persian cats and those with peke face typing the latter resulting in various degrees of shortening of the nose and palate. Blue kittens often called grey feature a beautiful solid coat ranging from a light pastel blue to a deep slate grey. With that snub nose shoe button eyes and long lustrous coat it s no wonder the persian is the world s most popular cat breed.

An athletic cat with a very muscular body their coat is pale at the root shading to an even grey at the ends. The first persian cat to come to europe in the 1600 s has silky gray fur but now can come in every color and pattern. Their head is made of a series of heart shapes keiger says.

The exotic shorthair is a breed of cat developed as a short haired version of the persian. Solid color silver and golden shaded and smoke tabby parti color calico and. For convenience this is done on the basis of similar colors or patterns.

In the late 1950 s some american shorthair ash breeders decided to outcross to the silver colored persian cat to improve the ash breed by bringing in the silver color and green eyes of the persian breed yes silver persians do have green eyes. Blue persian kittens photo gallery. Cat fanciers have sought to equalize competition among breeds by dividing the huge persian class into smaller groups.

The exotic is similar to the persian in many ways including temperament and conformation a flat nose and face with the exceptions of the short dense coat. Their fur was longer than that of the angora cat and they had shorter legs. The hair shaft is luminous reflecting the light in an even glow.

The show was held by close up face and yellow eye from beauty female gray persian cat. Petersburg russia october 11 2015. These kittens are likely to have either brilliant golden penny colored eyes as adults.

The seven groups recognized by the largest registry the cfa are. On this page you will see some of our past blue persian exotic short hair fold kittens. Still gotta love those smoky grays.

Owner and her gray persian cat during the world cat show in the mall piterland. Cattime refers to the breed as the doberman pinscher of cats his dense dark gray coat requires a good combing at least twice weekly. We are going to start our list of grey cat breeds with those which have blue eyes.

Perhaps the best known of the short haired gray cat breeds the russian blue combines a muscular frame with true elegance.

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