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The best known color is blue gray and the cats are sometimes referred to as british blues.
Blue british shorthair cat white. British blue female cat looking for a quiet home where she can be spoilt and the centre of someone s household she isn t fond of dogs but has been around them. White s children s novel stuart little was a british blue. Smokey the cat in e b. Heavily muscled with heavy boning they have rounded thick appearance.
We have kittens. Characteristics of a british shorthair cat cuccioli scottish fold e british shorthair characteristics of british. The british shorthair has a broad chest muscular neck strong jaws and a well developed muzzle. Winston churchill church from pet sematary is a british blue.
The same for other cats so ideally a home as only pet unspayed but flead and wormed she is not microchipped new owners will need. Odd eyes are also accepted by the breed standard. A white british shorthair cat can have sapphire blue eyes known as a blue eyed white bsh. Their intelligence and easy going nature makes them popular with families and just about anyone.
As a powerful cat all components of this breed should be well developed. The coat comes in just about any color or pattern you could wish for including lilac chocolate black white pointed tabby and many more. They have the most beautiful and soft plush coats that are very easy to care for and adorable faces with large round eyes. The breed looks like what they originally were a cat to keep rodents out of the barn and the house.
White shorthair has been believed to have originated by cross breeding long haired persian cats. How to brush a cat. The shorthair does not reach full physical maturity until he is 3 to 5 years old. But the present day white shorthair cats are developed using only persian cats.
The legs are thick and strong. Orange eyed white bsh cats should have copper amber or deep gold eyes. They are loyal non demanding and playful. Arlene garfield the cat s girlfriend is portrayed as a british blue in garfield.
Odd eyed bsh cats must have one sapphire blue eye and one amber or golden eye. 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. The breed is cobby in design compact and effective with a spherica. This was the same cat used in the film darkman under the supervision of head animal trainer brian mcmillan.
Other eye colour combinations are not accepted. British shorthair cats and kittens have quickly become one of the most popular breeds in history and modern day. A silver tabby british shorthair is the mascot of whiskas brand cat food.