British Shorthair Blue And White

While not overly affectionate the british shorthair tends to get along just fine with everyone.

British shorthair blue and white. You can find these cats in solid colours bicoloured variants tortoiseshell and calico patterns and even colourpoints. Like their brothers female british shorthairs come in all kinds of shades from blue to white to lilac to black and everything in between. As a powerful cat all components of this breed should be well developed. The british shorthair is a medium sized to large cat and she is a very powerful one.

They re mellow and will tolerate other pets and even though they may not seek out snuggles at every opportunity they re happy to be scooped up for a good cuddle. There are other colors and patterns as well. To make these cats sturdier and well balanced in the early 1960s these cats were then bred with american shorthair british shorthair and even russian blue cats but the present day white shorthair cats are developed using only persian cats. A silver tabby british shorthair is the mascot of whiskas brand cat food.

She has a rounded thick appearance. It is certainly the most popular and well known colour but in actual fact there are literally hundreds of colour and pattern combination british shorthairs being bred all over the world. A coat of blue gray with copper colored eyes and a medium tail is the most recognizable characteristics of this breed. Most people think of a british blue as being the colour of the british shorthair breed.

There s golden silver cream red white blue and black. Smokey the cat in e b. White s children s novel stuart little was a british blue. It was a british shorthair a blue male named brynbuboo little monarch that was the first adult of any breed to gain the gccf title grand.

These cats come with many different coat colors but a striking blue color is one of the most popular. The british shorthair s most common color variety is that of the blue one. A number of careful breeders worked to recreate and restore numbers using a combination of british shorthairs persians russian blues burmese and other pedigree and non pedigree shorthair varieties. The british shorthair has a broad chest muscular neck strong jaws and a well developed muzzle.

In fact this breed is sometimes referred to as the british blue. Full of british reserve the british shorthair cat has a quiet voice and is an undemanding companion. Arlene garfield the cat s girlfriend is portrayed as a british blue in garfield. Orange eyed white bsh cats should have copper amber or deep gold eyes.

Winston churchill church from pet sematary is a british blue. A white british shorthair cat can have sapphire blue eyes known as a blue eyed white bsh. Odd eyes are also accepted by the breed standard.