A Michael Broad Blog
The blue-cream cat coat is a dilute version of the black-red cat coat which describes the tortoiseshell coat so the blue-cream coat is a dilute tortoiseshell. Blue is a dilute black. It is blue-grey. Grey cats are called ‘blue cats’ by the cat fancy as you probably know in recognition of the slight blue …
You know that in the cat fancy grey cats are called blue cats. The best known is the ‘Blue British Shorthair’. This is a grey-furred cat. Grey fur is caused by the presence of the dilution gene. It causes the melanin pigment clumps in each hair strand to be dispersed with gaps as shown …
Gray cats are called ‘blue’ because the grey coat has a faint blue tint. This is because the grey coated cat is genetically a dilute black coat; the effect of the presence of the dilution gene. This partly explains why cat breeders and the cat associations i.e., the cat fancy refers to grey cats …
The ‘blue Maltese’ refers to a cat that has grey fur. Grey fur is referred to as ‘blue’ sometimes because of the faint bluish tinge. Malta has grey cats and because of this some people decided to link Malta to greys cats. No doubt there are grey cats on the island of Malta but …
Colonel Meow, one of the most famous internet cats in the world, died January 29 after a brief illness. He was rescued several years ago by the Seattle Persian and Himalayan Society after being found abandoned on the side of a road. Colonel Meow underwent a thorough vet exam, and was soon adopted through …
This is the latest batch of photos from Leanne and I think her title for the poster is very apt: ‘Brilliant whites and glorious greys’ ….certainly describes those beautiful cats and kittens. Grey is an interesting colour for a cat’s coat I think, because there are many shades of grey. Search results for “grey …
