Theory for the reason why grey cats are ‘blue’ (infographic)
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...
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Why are tortoiseshell cats nearly always female?
As you might well imagine, the reason why tortoiseshell cats are nearly always female is to do with the genetics and how the genes that dictate the coat colour and pattern are linked to...
‘Blue’ is the dilution of a black cat coat
Dilution refers to making a colour lighter as if mixing it with white. When black is made lighter is becomes a pale or slate grey. Sarah Hartwell refers to it as ‘blue dilution’. Grey...
Russian Blue is a black Russian moggy from the north of the country
In truth, the glamorous, pedigree, purebred Russian Blue is a black moggy from Russia. I am referring to the original cat, wandering around the streets of Archangel which is on the coast not too...
What is a dilute coat color in cats?
The term ‘dilute’ refers to the weakening of the colours of a cat’s coat as if watered down. The colours are paler. Cat breeders can deliberately create this colour by selective breeding of pedigree...
Picture of dilute tortoiseshell cat with fierce human expression and broken ears
This is a photograph of a cat which caught my eye. When a cat picture catches my eye I like to publish it on my website. I have no information about her. She looks...
Blue lynx cat
The blue lynx is an extremely rare variant of the Canada Lynx, a medium-sized wild cat species living in Canada and in certain parts of North-West America. The diluted coat color is due to...
What is a blue-cream colored cat?
A blue cream colored cat is a dilute tortoiseshell cat (dilute tortie). The blue-cream colour is the dilute form of the tortoiseshell pattern. The blue replaces the black and the cream replaces the red...
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