Is My Cat an Ojos Azules Breed of Cat?
by Firdausz
(Malaysia)
When 3 years old
Here is the photo 3 weeks old and 3 years old of the same cat.
Hi...Firdausz.. thanks for visiting and asking. The whole Ojos Azules cat breed is a bit of a mystery to many including me. I struggle with it.
There are virtually no photographs, for example.
The best known photo is of an orange and white cat photographed by Channon, a well know cat photographer.
But how do we know that the piebald gene that causes the white fur in a bicolor cat has not also altered the eye colour? The piebald gene does turn eyes blue. And the gene that creates the Ojos Azules is not the piebald gene but a new mutation.
A solid dark coated cat with dark blue eyes would, it appears, be a certainty to be an Ojos Azules cat but your cat is a bicolour tabby and white cat and he or she almost looks like a lynx pointed cat of some sort. See for example lynx pointed Siamese cat. If your cat is a pointed cat then blue eyes would be normal and she or he would not be an Ojos Azules.
Also please remember that a cat has to be registered with a cat association (purebred) before it can be called part of a cat breed.
On that basis I can't say for sure that you cat is an Ojos Azules - sorry.
A person might leave a comment to help. I hope so.
Thanks Jennifer.
Your cat is a siamese mix of some sort. Lynx point it appears from the stripes, which is why he has the blue eyes.
No he isnt he has light blue eyes in the middle ojos azules has dark blue pattern right in the center of the eye