British Shorthair Brown Spotted
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British shorthair brown spotted. The genetics of the silver tabby british shorhair. I breed british blue and self colours tabbies including black silver tabby brown blue and red tabbies both spotted and classic. The spotted gene is an additional gene that works on top of the underlying tabby pattern. The first is that the spotting gene is a mutation and a unique and additional gene.
In britain the classic brown black tabby is most common especially in towns to the point of being considered the quintessential british cat. Profile section 3 british group 1 british sh section 3 british group 2 british lh a quarter of all kittens registered with the gccf each year are british shorthairs making the british the most popular pedigree cat in the uk. The british is a patient relaxed soulmate forming strong bonds with human companions of all ages and being tolerant of other pets such as dogs and rabbits. I select cats with top english.
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. Cats with brown gene variants have reduced amounts of black pigment and appear. The stripes and other markings for this colour should be a shade of rich chocolate brown while the ground colour should be a pale silvery shade of chocolate. The nose leather should be chocolate.
They do enjoy spurts of playing and activity but ultimately they are a pretty relaxed cat. Full of british reserve the british shorthair cat has a quiet voice and is an undemanding companion. The spotting gene is not yet fully understood but there are two main theories to explain it. Chocolate silver tabby coloured british shorthair cats.
My hobby is showing the cats to help to maintain my breeding of a good standard of british. Paw pads can be either chocolate or pink in colour. Lilac silver tabby coloured british shorthair cats. British shorthair cats are not overly active cats.
Limatz bsh brown spotted gr ch limatz pretty pandora. While not overly affectionate the british shorthair tends to get along just fine with everyone. Browse british shorthair kittens for sale cats for adoption. I also aim to breed kittens that are healthy and well socialised.
Because the classic pattern is recessive to mackerel tabby classic tabbies breed true for that pattern. They are quite docile and laid back. This dna based parentage test uses microsatellite marker analysis to compare the dna profile of an offspring to the profiles of possible parents.