Persian Cat Turned Grey Through Stress?

Thanks for all the input. My Persian was nearly a year old when I got him so I don’t really think it was a question of a normal colouration. That is kitten to adult. He was perfectly heathy and came from a town environment – no change in water that I can see.
He was scared and timid when I got him and now goes round the neighbourhood visiting anyone who will stroke him. I still put it down to stress.

I have a black persian cat (Coco) he is nearly 8yrs old and he has gone grey over these last few months. He is happy enough and eating well.

The only thing that it could be is that we got a persian kitten from a breeder but the cat had ringworm, we all got it but the Coco and myself got a terrible rash which was very itchy. He ended up having antibiotics and I had fungal infection tablets. We all got over it ok but poor Coco has gone grey.

my mom has a beautiful orange persian since akitten than she had to give him to my sister who has two cats of her own. her two have claws and the persian doesn’t. when i whent to visit my sister i noticed that my moms persia had turned compleatly gray all over his back.

Thank you Mr or Ms Anonymous for your good advice. It is the first time I have heard that.

Many black persians START life with a very dull “off” black color (in other words grayish) and slowly turn very black by maturity.

Your cat seems to have followed the normal pattern for a black Persian.

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I wouldn’t doubt a cat could turn grey from stress. I had a Maine Coon many years ago that changed color from the drinking water. I had lived in the country where the cats drank fresh well water. When I moved to the city we were on city water with all of its additives. My grey Maine Coon turned brown in about 6 months. When I moved back to the country years later and went back to well water the fur changed from brown back to grey. Makes you wonder what’s in the public water system these days. I now invest in filters.