Short Hair Grey Cat

However there is something particularly beautiful about many gray cats.

Short hair grey cat. Nearly all russian blues share some traits. Grey cat breeds often have a charm which is much greater than simple pigmentation of hair follicles. There are some cat breeds that are accepted by the cat registries only if they are born with grey colored coat.

Many gray cats boast coats of blue and silver. Three short hair and one medium hair cat breeds are exclusively gray that is to say blue silver or silver blue. Some of the most common grey cat breeds are maine coon exotic american short hair sphynx cornish rex and norwegian forest cats.

However the most popular version has a dark grey coat and dazzling copper or gold eyes. Uniform gray fur which breeders and fanciers call blue with silvery tipping. Chartreux a french breed is available only in blue.

Russian blue perhaps the high quality regarded of the short haired gray cat breeds the russian blue combines a muscular frame with real elegance. Unless you ve got breed papers on hand it s hard to prove that gray cat nestled on your lap is a true russian blue or a domestic shorthair. While cats appear in a palette of colors there s something special about a gray feline.

Many grey cats boast coats of blue and silver. A short dense coat. Their origin is shrouded in legend and the mists of time but their ancestors were probably mousers in 17th century monasteries.

Of course gray is just a generic term when it comes to cat color. Like the domestic shorthair the british shorthair also comes in a vast variety of colourings. Purebred short haired gray cats often have a coat more dense than that of a randomly bred gray feline.