British Shorthair Black And White Cat

British shorthair cats are the crossbreeds of domestic cats that were brought by romans to great britain and the native wild cats.

British shorthair black and white cat. Odd eyed bsh cats must have one sapphire blue eye and one amber or golden eye. With the rise of cat shows during the victorian era cat fanciers began to breed the cats to a particular standard and keep pedigrees for them. He is known in cat fancy history as the father of the cat fancy. They are friendly and brought up in our family home.

Unlike siamese these cats have green eyes and they come in many patterns and colors including black and white. A silver tabby british shorthair is the mascot of whiskas brand cat food. She has a fun easygoing. Smokey the cat in e b.

Originally bred to keep rodents at bay in homes and on farms shorthair breeds have a thick dense coat that was designed to keep them warm when living outside. Loveliest little girl with unusual colouring. Mocha black smoke british shorthair cross. British shorthair coat colors vary from blue brown silver cream to red as well as black and white.

Black shorthair cats are descendants of british shorthair cats. They re easygoing loyal and calm. Orange eyed white bsh cats should have copper amber or deep gold eyes. Just like siamese the oriental shorthair tends to be inquisitive chatty and even tempered.

Patterns in the fur of the british shorthair having a large range of colors in british short hair such as black blue red cream chocolate lilac turtles cinnamon and faw in addition to whites would be bicolor and tricolor or whole white. Short legged but full bodied british shorthair cats are undemanding mellow and yet very intelligent. White s children s novel stuart little was a british blue. Other eye colour combinations are not accepted.

The british shorthair while originally coming from the farms and streets of britain is also considered to be the first cat of the cat fancy. The british shorthair is native to england. Sir john tenniel s famous illustration of the cheshire cat in alice s adventures in wonderland by lewis carroll is based on the british shorthair. Turtles are mixtures with cream or red.

Later to improve the quality and thickness of their coat original british shorthair were crossbred with the furry persian cats. All others were simply described by coat type or color. Often confused with their relative the siamese the oriental shorthair is a popular breed in its own right. We have available two gorgeous black british shorthair male kittens please view mum s picture for sale.

A white british shorthair cat can have sapphire blue eyes known as a blue eyed white bsh. At the earliest cat shows british shorthairs were the only pedigreed cats exhibited. The father of this breed is harrison wier who is thought of as the first professional cat breeder. Something in between a dark grey and black smoke.