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British plush cats - the pride of the UK - for many years they have conquered the hearts of cat lovers. Their popularity is growing every day. Truly English: they are inherent aristocracy, intelligence and self-sufficiency.

Many represent the British only one - blue color. However, like Scottish, British colts of the colors (photo See next) may have a wide variety. Today, more than 250 varieties of colors are known, and this is not the limit. Rare combinations of shades are highly appreciated by both fellow professionals and among ordinary fans of the breed. Even a cat's a couple of classic monophonic color may appear a kitten of rare coloring. In order to streamline the diversity of the colors of British cats, they are divided into types and groups in the main color, drawing and the type of pigmentation.

Cats are conducted since the end of the 19th century. From this time, the serious work of breeders to eliminate animals both different colors and breed varieties begins. So, initially, these cats had a short thick wool with the same thick undercoat, but the crossing with the Persians made it possible to withdraw the half-hearted pets. The colors of British cats with long wool correspond to the colors of shorthair. Despite this, the British belong to natural rocks that are not too subjected to changes in the type.

If you want to find out more about how to be the color of the British cats, the photo and the description will help with it.

British cats: Table with photo

#	Color code (BRI)	Color code (BRI)
#	Color code (BRI)	Color code (BRI)	W - numbers from 61 to 64
	Monophonic (smooth, solid)
	Turtle (Torchi)
	Smoky (Smokey)	NS / AS / BS / CS / DS / ES - numbers 22,23.24; FS / GS / HS / JS - numbers 11, 12
	Shaped silver color	NS / AS / BS / CS / DS / ES - numbers 11.12; FS / GS / HS / JS - number 11 and 12
	Golden cherished	NY - 11,12.
	Pictured (Tabby)	N / A / B / C / D / E - numbers 22,23.24; F / g / h / j - numbers 22,23,24
	Silver pattern	NS / AS / BS / CS / DS / ES - numbers 22,23.24; FS / GS / HS / JS - numbers 22,23,24
	Golden pattern color	NY - Numbers 22,23,24
	Bicolor, van and harlequin color	N / A / B / C / D / E - numbers 01.02.03; F / G / H / J - numbers 01.02.03
	ColorPoint	N / A / B / C / D / E - number 33; F / G / H / J - number 33
	Colorpoint with drawing	N / A / B / C / D / E - number 21 and 33; F / G / H / J - also number 21 and 33

Monophonic colors

Single color of British cats is uniform, without spots, drawings and any white fur. In appearance and touch wool plush, thick and soft.

The following monophonic colors are distinguished:

Blue, or Gray Color

Classic and most common. It is this color that comes to mind when it comes to British cats. Wool with such a color should be monophonic, while the undercoat may be somewhat lighter main color, but whitish wools are not allowed. The lightest blue color is especially valuable. The kittens allowed the presence of strips, which over time disappear. The color of the iris in the kids of the British gray or blue, but with age becomes saturated amber color.

Black color

This is a rare color, it is complicated in receipt and refers to "capricious". It often happens that the kitten born in black, with age changes the color of the wool on chocolate. Pigmentation wool, undercoat and skin saturated. At the same time, the color of the undercoat and wool should not be different. It is believed that the more inaccessible coloring the ancestors on the pedigree, the richer to get black. Here, the mating rule is applicable to this with such as, without experimentation, so as not to harm the breed.

White color

White color of the british cat should be clean, without yellowness and spots. Kittens allowed blue or black stripes on the forehead, but with age they disappear. An eye color encoding is denoted by the number, so 61 - blue (or) blue eyes, 62 - orange, 63 - disagreement, 64? Green. Interestingly, the name "white"? This is not a color, but its absence, so in the group of monophonic shades, white color is mansion. Animals with perfectly white wool are pretty hard, and the receipt of such a color is associated with a high risk of obtaining unhealthy offspring. So, the parents of white color is high like the appearance of offspring with deafness. Since 1997, selection work with white color is discontinued.

Cream Color British Cats

This is a brighted red, which is obtained in the presence of a brightener gene. This shade of wool refers to the oldest types of monophonic colors, but recently it has become rare in breeding. British cream color must have clean (pastel tones) shade, intense color, and color i.e. "Hot" cream is considered a lack of. Kittens have a table drawing, and for adult animals is allowed residual tabby marks. Nose and pillow pink paws. For the quality of wool, creamy Britons are not inferior to blue and lilac.

Chocolate color

Should be saturated and deep? The darker the shade, the better. This color is different called hanged, or chestnut.

Recently, breeders as a result of careful selection of offspring, i.e. future producers, achieved high quality wool, no inferior to the classic blue. Wool of such cats look like Muton. For the British, the standard recognize all chocolate shades: from light milk to the dark "bitter". The color of the eyes at the British chocolate color is dark orange or copper, and saturated colors in priority. The nose of the nose should be in tone of wool: chocolate or light chocolate.

Lilac color

Live color of the wool of the British cat? This is a combination of gray, pink and blue colors and it looks like clarified chocolate. The nose of the animal, like the pillow of the paw, corresponds to the tone of wool. Orange-copper shades eyes. The purple color is presented in various variations: from cold lavender, to warm pink-gray. Bloodstock cats of this color on the tone can be slightly lighter than coating hair, but pronounced contrast is not allowed. Kittens often have a residual drawing (Moir), which disappears with age. In terms of quality, the wool of the purple British resembles a blue mink coat, to the color of which is mixed a little pink paint. The nose, paw pads and edging of the mucous pink-lilac shade, which with age he darkens.

Red (Red, Golden)

The red color of the British was introduced from Persian and other exotic cat breeds having a red shade of wool. These cats on the forehead are often found noted by Tabby. British cats with red wool's eyes have a rich orange color. Hue of the nose, lap red pads, brick. A significant disadvantage of the red shade of the British is an uneven color distribution, so, the tail of the cat often has a cordical tip, so meet the British with a homogeneous red color is pretty hard. In view of this, the standards will admit a small weakly exposed Tabby pattern.

Cinnamon

Rare enough, very desirable color, whose name is translated from English as cinnamon. The shade is similar to the clarified chocolate color. Cinnamon color kittens are quite rare, because The gene of this color of the wool recessive. At the Cinnamon British always pink paw pads and nose, but brown or dairy? No longer cinnamon.

Faun

No less rare and wanted color for breeders. Looks like a clarified, burned cinnamon.

It was recognized as an independent color in 2006.

The color is very interesting for breeders due to the possibility of eliminating even more clarified colors. The belonging of the cat to Faun is confirmed by DNA test. Individuals with similar, but not confirmed color refer to blue, cream or chosen.

Truck colors

Turtle variety of color? It is a combination of solid color spots leaving a mosaic pattern on the cat's wool in various combinations. Intense solid colors? black, chocolate and cinnamon? Combined with redIn turn, diluted options: lilac, favn and blue? With creamy. This type of wool color is characteristic only for cats.

Turtle wool color appears gradually. A newborn kitten can be a little specks, but as they grow, their quantity will increase. Young British cats can be observed gray undercoat or a somewhat muted red shade, but finally the color is formed by year.

Cats of turtle colors are rightfully considered to be the queens of any nursery, because They can give offspring, diverse in color scheme.

Options for turtle colors of British cats:

Black turtle

This is a harmonious combination of proportional red and black specks of different shades. The hairs are scratched evenly. The black color should be saturated, and red, respectively, bright and intense. On the paws and head of the turtle british should be attended by both shades. Mixed specks are allowed according to the standard. It will be desirable to be a red "flame tongue" (subpalin) on the muzzle. It is not desirable to have drawings on the stains of red.

Chocolate turtle

It is a combination of chocolate and red shades in identical proportions of mosaic. General requirements as in the previous case: intense, saturated color, harmonicity in the location, evenly scratched hairs, podpaled on the muzzle and the lack of drawing.

Cinnamon turtle

This combination of cinnamon and red shades on wool color stains. The requirements for the color are the same as black and chocolate turtles.

Blue, or bluish-cream turtle

Combines blue and cream spotted pattern, specks should also be proportional. The tone of this color can be both light cream and medium-blue. A cream subpalin is welcomed on the muzzle in such a type of color.

Lilovaya (option: lilac-cream) turtle

This is a uniform combination of respectively purulent and cream shades. Colors must be clear. The desired subpassions in cream color going to the nose.

Favn Cherepakh

The combination of the color of the wool of Favn and cream stains. The main requirements are the same as to other turtle colors of the British.

Tabby colors

Tabby colors are a tiger, marble, as well as spotted pattern on aguity type wool. Also, the Tabby color implies the presence of the following important elements:

Taking? The presence of zonarly colored hair, which make up the background, and the hairs of the pattern almost to the very base is scratched into one color.
So-called "Scarab Sign"? Pattern on the forehead in the form of the letter "M".
The presence of a light spot, similar to the fingerprint, on the ear shell.
The stroke of the mucosa and the nose mirror is basically color.
Necklace on the chest (at least 3rd strips), curls on the cheeks and rings on the tail and paws.
On the stomach 2 rows of double spots.
The drawing is clear, saturated, not blurred, is gluing in any basic color or mosaic (for the turtle british), a contrast to the main background, which is a few shades lighter.

Types of Tabby

Tabbie drawing does not depend on the main color of the wool, it is a drawing of a dark color on a light background. The color variations can be as much as the colors exist at all.

Not divided into patterns of drawing, you can select colors:

brown Tabby ? The main part of the wool is copper-brown, and the drawing of a saturated black.
blue tabby Different with a background light blue tint and rich blue marks
for chocolate Tabby Characterized bronze hue of wool and drawing of deep chocolate color.
lilac Tabbydifferent with purple pattern and beige background tint.
red Tabby: Dark red drawing and intense red wool tone.
cream Tabby ? Figure in saturated cream shades, wool color warm pale cream color.
silver Tabbi-colors, or Silver Tabby: Silver black, blue, chocolate, red, lilac silver, creamy-silver. A drawing of a deep saturated shade of the main tone, and the plot outside the figure, has a silver or pale silver shade to the main color (for example, silver-cream or silver-blue. The letter "S" is added to the picture code.

Tabby colors depending on the drawing are divided into:

Tiger (mackel) Tabby

This color is considered an ancient natural pattern, and is quite widespread among cats. Along the spine, from head to tail, a narrow solid strip is visible in the main color. And along the entire surface of the body are vertical parallel strips. Than them more, and what they are already, the better. They should be clearly separated from the main background. A drawing of the letter "M" is required to the British forehead. A continuous line leads to the head of the outer edge of the eye. On the neck "Necklace", on the cheeks are narrow stripes, on the abdomen of cats double spots, similar to buttons, and on the tail and limbs are uniform narrow rings. Despite the fact that such a color belongs to the dominant in the group of tabby colors, in the British breed it is quite rare, and the real British "crucibles" are very valued among professional breeders.

Spotted (Spotted) Tabby

The basis of spotted pattern is a tiger pattern. Spotted British under the action of polygens are interrupted by strips, forming along the whole body small rounded stains on wool, which can be of different sizes, but necessarily the same form and uniformly located. Scarab sign, as in the previous embodiment, is required. Down to the neck and along the back are intermittent stripes. The kittens allowed a solid strip on the back, but with a tendency to form a specks. On the chest, the neck and tail of the cat open and closed rings, painted tail tip. On the paws there may be rings and specks. On cheeks? stripes.

Marble Tabby Color

It refers to classic, popular drawings. In essence, this is a mutation of a striped option. The drawing resembles a slice on marble. All its elements should be contrasting, symmetrical, have a rich color. On the forehead necessarily notice "M". From the external corners of the eyes to the nape are narrow strips, and from the navel, the "Butterfly" drawing is beginning to go on the neck and shoulders. On the cheeks of the cat, narrow rings are spinled into the spiral. Three parallel lines pass from the shoulders to the tail. On the sides, pronounced divorces, neck and chest "necklace". In the area from the chest to the stomach Are the "buttons"? Two parallel rows of specks. On the paws and tail there are clear uniformly located rings, the tip of the tail is dark.

Torbi-color (Sokr. From Tabby and Torti)

This is when the animal of the turtle color combines in itself, in addition to the spot mosaic, the drawings of the tabby, which cover the whole body of the cat and have all distinctive signs. If the color is uniform, there are no strips and characteristic signs of the tabby, then the cat has a conventional turtle color. Torbi color is distinguished by severity, the clarity of the Tabby pattern, which goes evenly and appears above the turtle (both in red and black) color.

Abyssinian, or Ticket Tabby

Color is named after the Abyssinian rock, where he is most pronounced. With this color, the hair should be evenly painted with strips of the dark main and, accordingly, light background shades. This is called Tikkig. Each wool has a double-triple ticking. Moreover, the wool should not be patterns, stains or patterns. Mark are permissible only on a clarified abdomen. The presence of "necklaces" on the chest should be minimal.

Smoky colors

The smoky colors of the british wool are quite common and numerous. The peculiarity of this color is that under the influence of the hen-inhibitor gene, the hens are scratched only from above, and the hair is deprived of the pigment from the roots and undercoat. Such zonar staining is called typing. In this group, 2 subgroups: smoky type and chinchilla.

Smoky should not be confused with Aguti color. Smoky-type cats have a fully painted nose mirror and should be without drawings on the body. Holly typing is rather deep: it must be painted on 4/5 of the total length. The main signs of the smoky British: pronounced contrast, the undercoat as close as possible to white, and the tips of the wool of saturated color. This color of the British cats photos does not fully transmit to the full: first it seems that the cat has a solid color, but only a lively can be estimated all its beauty, since when moving the "silver" appears, which is hidden under plush wool.

Varieties of smoky color

Black smoky

The wool of contrasting shades: from smoky-black to silver on the sides. Blesley's undercoat, on the backs of the back and the sides are visible black crap. Forers and legs are black, without drawings and mark.

Blue smoky

Wool contrasting colors: from smoke-blue to silver. Forers and blue paws, without any mark. The undercoat closer to the white shade, and the wool on the stomach, chin, from the bottom of the tail of silver-white. Chocolate smoky is characterized by a chocolate chocolate wool, turning into silver on the sides. Chin wool, nise belly of a silver-whitish shade. The undercoat is close to white, muzzle and chocolate color paws, without marks.

Lilac smoky

The shade is distinguished by purple in contrast with a white undercoat. On the sides goes into silver. Chin, belly and bottom of silver-white tail. Lilac muzzle and legs without marks.

Red smoky

It implies a red shade of wool with white undercoat, chin and stomach silver-white. The face and legs have a monophonic red shade. Tabby on wool is not allowed.

Cream-smoky

With a cream-smoking color, white contrast in the sides of the sides with the transition to the belly and the bottom of the tail. The undercoat is characterized by white. Cream colors paws, Tabbi drawings are not allowed.

Truck smoky collar

Look like mixed shades with a combination of derivatives of the main? black and red? flowers. Tipping can be any intensity. White color prevails in the undercoat. Collar, ears and sides of a silver shade.

Silver colors: typical and shaded

These types of colors are developing on a gene background agouti.

Silver Shading (Shading-Color)

This color is characterized by a 1/3 hair scoke. It is characterized by white undercoat and black tipping. Mandatory is the presence of tipping in the head and tail. On the chin sections, chest, the bottom of the tail and the abdomen must prevail a white shade. Procas is uniform, which makes the impression of a dark cape. Cat's eyes, nose and lips should be necessarily with black edging. Let's say a light pattern (unlocked rings) on the tail and legs. Eye color can be green or green blue.

In the silver-shaped version there are the following colors:

silver-blue silly;
silver-lilac;
silver-red;
silver-cream;
silver chocolate;
turtle shaped.

Silver chinchilla (silver velial)

The color, in which the pigment is distributed only by 1/8 of the hair from its entire length. It is characterized by the predominance of white undercoat. On the back, tail, in the head of the head, on the sides and on the ears there is a black typing. The basic requirement for silver chinchillas is a uniform distribution of typification. The areas of chin, chest, abdomen and bottom, tail, as well as whites white. On the lips, the nose around the eyes is a dark rim. Eyes in such a color green or bluish-green.

The black color is used by the name of the chinchilla, and for the rest of the silver line, the main color is indicated: Blue chinchilla, red chinchilla, etc. For the silver colors of the British red-line cats, the name "Kameo" is added: smoky kameo, a coaming chamber, camero.

Deep, expressed typping in silver types of color allows the figure to appear, which causes the appearance of silver tacks with different patterns (spots, stripes or marble). For example, silver marble (blue, black, etc.) are well-known so-called "whiskers" types.

Golden colors

The golden series of colors of British cats is shared in the same way as silver. This type was derived relatively recently, which explains many controversial issues in the classification. In golden variation, there can be no red and cream shades of wool.

Bloodstocks of golden cats are not white, like silver, and a saturated warm cream color or apricot. Hair has black (as an option: brown) Tipping on the head, in the back area, tail and sides. Chin cat, ears, chest and belly tender-apricot, nose? Brick, pillow paws are dark (from brown to black). On the tail type deeper than on the other parts of the body. Eyes must be green. Mirror of the nose of a reddish shade. Kittens are permissible tabby marks. In adult individuals? Letter "M" on the forehead, as well as closed rings on the legs and tail and open necklace.

Color Point

Color-Point Color Point Cat Point is distinguished by special color marks.

Such an unusually attractive type of color of the British was inherited from Siamov. Processes are the most intense on remote sections of cat wool, but the rest of the units is lighter, but not pure-white.

The accumulation of pigment (markings) is called "Points", and the total color in relation to the main body is called the Color Point. The Siamese color gene is recessive and in order to be manifested in the future, both parents should have it. Also, the gene is connected with a blue eyes. British Color Point Color is difficult. Kittens are born purely white or close to white, so in the photo of the British kittens of all colors to find a color-pointh, it is unlikely to succeed. Marks begin to score with time.

The Color gene of Siamov is combined with all the colors of the British breed. If he "works" with one-photon colors, then it is called a color-poen, if in a complex with a tabby coloring - this is a battlefield, and a combination of paintings on Points with silver? Is the name of a silver links-point, respectively, shaped colors? This is a shade-point.

Solid flags are characterized by a rhombid color of the face, and the color of the mark should be identical color with pronounced borders on the transitions. The rest of the body is painted in bright colors, and the lighter, the better. The mask of the face should not go any way to the head. The pads of the paws, the nose on the shade fully correspond to the main color of the mark.

The number of color-punctuate colors is the same as solid:

point forces (marked dark brown);
choklit (all chocolate shades);
blue Point (bluish noted);
lailak-Point (warm lilac shade);
red-Point (warm red color mark);
crim-Point (cream marks);
cinnamon-Point (color gold cinnamon colors);
favn-Point (beige-sand marks).

Turtle Points

In such colors, in most options, the color of marks repeats any of the main shades, and the specks on it of red or cream shades. Okrash wool light cream or beige. The pads and the nasal mirror are mostly tone of Points.

The following colors of the turtle color-poetch are:

forces-Torti Point;
blue Crim;
chokli-Torti;
lilak-Torti;
cinnamon-Torti;
favn-turtle.

Tabby Point (Links)

They are distinguished by the presence of a table drawing on Points: the letters "M", drawing around the eyes, pronounced spot in the field of mustache, stains on the ears. The body of the links is strongly clarified, without drawings. On the front paws of the cat pattern in the form of open rings, running up from the fingers. On the hips there are strips, and on the hind legs to the jumping joints? solid shade. Paw pads and area around the nose to tone notes. Links-Point colors are presented in all manifolds in which only can be turtle and pound colors.

Silver Color Points

In this group of colors, the Color Point belongs to SMUK-Point and Silver-Tabby Point. From other variations of the colors are distinguished by a lighter shade of the housing and mark, as well as the presence of a blessed undercoat. Requirements for this line is the same as for the Point Color, but the contrast is not so pronounced and intense. SMUK-Points (smoky) may have shadow bands, which does not apply to the disadvantage.

Shamed-Point and Color-Point

To distinguish the chinchilla-point from the color of the chinchilla is quite difficult, but it is possible: for chinchilla-point is characterized by blue or blue eyes. Also, the tone of the tipping is slightly eviluted in relation to Points. For these types of colors, the requirements are the same as the tipped. The contrast between celebrates-points and the rest of the body is not so important.

Interestingly, the Golden Color Points is very rare, so the description in their respect has controversial moments.

White Color - Partycores

Party colors in the British breed are distinguished by originality and uniqueness.

The particolor group includes all the colors and their combinations with a particular degree of white. Particolors from Bicolars should be distinguished: if the first have colored spots are not solid color and / or drawings, then the second are distinguished by monophonic color spots. Following standards, at least 1/3 of the part and not more than 1/2, the white shade is biccologists (minimally 1/3 and the maximum 1/2 white on the total surface of the body) and partballs; more than 90% white? Harlequin cats (approximately 5/6 white) and vany (maximum amount of white).

For bicolors perfect, when the chin of the cat, the chest area, the abdomen and the inner surface of the paw white. On the neck there should be a closed white "collar", and on the face of the letter "L". Painted the top of the animal head, shoulders, tail and so-called. "Cloak" on the back, which should not have whiten enclosures. Approximately such distribution in standards is desirable and more preferred.

Harlequinon white back, head and hips are clearly defined large or medium colored spots of different shapes. Ideally, the area of \u200b\u200bthe neck, chest, abdomen, paws and chin should be white. The tail is blurred completely.

Color of British cats van It has a lot of white. Communicably two spots on the cat's head separated by a whiten line. At the same time, the ears should be white, tail - painted. In the color of the baths are allowed small colored specks on the housing in the amount of 1-2.

Tricolor Turtle With white hooked with floor, so only cats can be tricolored. This color has the following feature: Black and red spots are not mixed, as in the turtle color, but isolated and outlined.

Mitted - This is a color, not recognized in the British breed, therefore is considered a disadvantage. In such animals, white spottedness takes no more than 1/4 of the total surface. It is also characteristic of a white breast band from the chin, white groin and belly, so-called. "Socks" on the paws.

Cats are popular pets. They are found worldwide, and the number of breeds have long been over 500. The British Fold Cat is widely known at the American continent and in Europe. These are beautiful graceful animals with ash, chocolate and black wool color.

The history of the appearance of breed

The breed refers to one of the oldest. In the form in which we currently know, it was taken back in the 19th century, when the Persian was crossed with an English home kitty. The roots of this breed go deep into antiquity, by the period of the rule of the emperor Claudia.

Together with the legion meters in Britain, cats went on the ships, which successfully saved the shore and began to master new places. It is these representatives, descendants of the Roman breed and become the progenitors of the British Fold Cat.

For a long time, this breed was widely known in Europe, and Russia was delivered relatively recently. The black color of the British cats appeared due to the fact that the British believe that it was such a suit that the pet brings happiness and good luck to the house.

Description

The head of the British cat or cat should be wide and rounded, the right form. The ears are placed wide, medium size, slightly omitted. The tips are rounded, and the outer part is thickly covered with wool. The spout of these animals is small, short and wide. British black cats have big round golden shade eyes. On the face, they are placed quite remotely from the nose, which gives the head an even more impressive look.

British cats and cats have a strong, muscular, with well-developed wide bones. The paws are short and strong, the tail is thick, has a middle length and is narrowed to the end. Full of adulthood and the final body formation falls on 4-5 years of life, despite the fact that the kittens grow very quickly and stronger. The weight of them at this age reaches 6-8 kg in males, by 1.5-2 kg less in females.

Wool

British black cat should have even wool color. No enclosures, transitions or shades are not allowed. The undercoat should also correspond to the color and do not differ from the main flaper. There are about 30 varieties of color in the breed.

Wool can be long, in this case it is thick and requires much more attention and care from the owners. Special shampoos and brushes are used for combing. A black or animal of any other suit also refers to clean rock representatives.

Character

For lovers to play, stroke and squeeze their pet, the British breed is hardly suitable. These cats and cats are famous for their love to paint, but do not like them to touch. Get used to a quickly to a new room and will be affectionate and playful with those who love them and cares for them. At the same time, from guests and new people, if possible, will hide and avoid contact in every way.

British black cat or cat will never be bored alone. They are self-sufficient and perfectly spend time with themselves. Therefore, it is this breed that is well suited for occupied people and businessmen who at home spend a minimum of time.

Care

British black cat is one of the most unpretentious breeds among this type. First of all, what to pay attention to is wool. For combing, the undercoat is purchased special brushes and trimmers. The process is carried out weekly, if necessary, 2-3 times in 7-10 days. Especially during the molting period.

Also, during the annual renewal of wool, cats and cats are actively licking themselves, and lumps of hairs are collected from them in the stomach. In order not to impass the intestine, it is necessary to give special pastes, tablets or feed, which naturally dissolve wool in the pet organism.

Most of all harm to the furniture can be applied sharp and long claws of the British Cat. To protect your home utensils, you need to install several "scratches" in the house. It can be special columns with a wound rope that can be purchased in a pet store, or beautiful lamps of cutted trees. It is also necessary to regularly trim the claws and process them with prophylactic agents, since this breed is susceptible to fungal diseases.

Health

British or any other suit) inherited a strong health and immunity from his ancestors. But there are several diseases that can meet this breed. First of all, professional breeders and specialists recommend watching the heart of a pet domestic pet.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy manifests itself in adult representatives and is not subject to treatment, so it is necessary to prevent such a disease regularly, at least 1 time per year, to conduct an ultrasound of the heart. Start this procedure from the early age of a cat or cat.

Also, the British black cat is susceptible to teeth diseases. Therefore, for the oral cavity it is necessary to monitor constantly. If the periodontalosis does not notice in time, then the pet can be lost to 30-35% of the teeth. Regular cleaning, removal of stone and checking veterinarians will help prevent it.

To ensure that the British always felt good, it is necessary to properly care for them, select a special diet and regularly attend specialized clinics for the examination. Preferably, one doctor who will be aware of all illnesses and the peculiarities of your pet throughout their lives to watch the cat or cat throughout life.

Feeding

In nutrition, British cats and cats are not picky and there will be almost everything that they will be offered. Therefore, it is necessary to make a right diet and feed your pet natural and high-quality meal in order for it to be healthy, beautiful and active. Many mistakenly believe that there is nothing better for cats. Such a diet will not bring the necessary nutrients and vitamins to the organism of the animal.

Poshomags show a large number of feed types, both dry and wet. Some firms are developing a special balanced diet intended only for this breed. Preferences must be given to more expensive goods, they contain a greater number of natural meat, fresh vegetables and nutrients.

If you are a supporter of natural products, you must prepare daily servings on your own. A cat or a cat should receive the necessary proteins from meat, natural tissue from vegetables and herbs, can also be sometimes added eggs and dairy products. Periodically, homemade pet needs to buy vitamins that, after inspection, can recommend a veterinarian. Also in the house in free access should always be fresh water.

How to choose a kitten

Ash, black, cats or any other suit are highlighted by their attractive appearance. To purchase a healthy kitten, you must first make sure in good qualities of parents. This is checked by passport and pedigree. Experts recommend taking kids only in proven nurseries.

First of all, besides the passport and pedigree, the kitten must have all the signs of the breed. Next, you need to pay attention to the activity and playfulness of the baby. If lethargy is manifested, that is, the likelihood of infection or disease. The state of the ears and eyes should also be normal.

Everyone knows that the colors of British cats have a huge number and each color has their own connoisseurs. Many people with such a phrase, as the "British Cat" seems to be an animal, which has a classic blue color and luxurious thick wool. It is currently very popular (Tabby).

Color is a combination of characteristics such as wool color, drawing on it, as well as the color of the eyes. The color of the wool is associated with genetic signs with the color of the pads on the paws and the nose. And if a blue cat on the pad has found any pinkish spot, then it is not blue, but blue-cream.

For care of the hair of British cats requires no little strength and effort. But such works after paying off - because you can look infinitely on these beautiful animals.

The most rare colors

British cats are sometimes born kittens with amazing colors. There are no such kittens, because they are built by the huge size of the queue of people who want to buy them.

Rarely meet cats with chocolate or black wool and have copper eyes. A large rarity is a white Briton with different eyes.

It should be noted that smoky color, shaped and chinchilla is one group of silver color. Blue British Cats are very popular, there is a lilac color in second place, on the third -Serbian Tabby, on the fourth - spotted, and in some countries the color of Brown Spotted is popular.

Color of the British breed of cats must be uniform, should be without spots, shades and white hairs. The british wool is thick, short and soft to the touch.

Turtle color

The turtle color is considered to be a rare coloring of the British cats, it only happens in girls. Along the body of the cat, the spots of two shades are smoothly mixed. Cats with this color sometimes born kittens with a very interesting color, so they are valued.

Smoky color

These British cats are owners of silver undercoat, which turns the main color in the smoky. Smoky colors of two colors can occur.

Chinchilla

In such British, the main color of the wool is flushed with another shade, which in turn covers the tip of each hair. One of the rather rare colors of the British is gold-shaped with green eyes.

Coloring Tabby

Marble

Spotted (Whiskas)

Tiger color

The color of such cats can be almost any, but a distinctive feature is a drawing that resembles a wild-origin of cats. For the British breed of cats according to the standard, three drawings are installed: marble, spotted and tiger.

Color Point

These representatives of British cats are distinguished by colored spots. By color, they look like Siamese cats. In rare cases there are British cats of such a color pattern.

Bicolor color

This color takes place when any color is combined from the main colors, it is called Bicolor. They are divided into (when the tail color and there are two stains on the head), harlequin (large colored spots), as well as a bicolor (almost half of the body painted).

Each of these colors exist their clear criteria, and if they are observed, it is possible to provide British cats a successful performance at exhibitions. The color of the eyes and distribution of spots on symmetry plays a fairly large role.

British cats, the excretion of which began at the end of the XIX century, to this day are the true pride of the UK. Large cats with plush wool in legend inherited their smile from Cheshire cat. The first snow-white beauty belonging to this breed was officially represented at the exhibition in 1987. To this day, the deposits of British cats are of particular interest for felief lovers. The false British does not exist, this anatomical feature is inherent in Scottish cats.

From this point on, the popularity of the breed is consistently growing. The British attract not only intelligent character and plush wool, but also a huge variety of colors, which have more than 25 species. It will help to explore the colors of the British cats table with photos, as well as a description of the species and types of painting of this breed. Among the color gamut wool there are very rare combinations, which are extremely highly appreciated both from professional breeders and in fans of the breed. We will understand which colors are British cats.

Types of color

Selection work on representatives of the British breed with the involvement of various blood led to a variety of both colors and breed species. If initially the British had a short wool with a thick undercoat, then crossing with a Persian cat made it possible to obtain half-hearted animals. British long-haired cats correspond to the colors of shorthair.

Many people imagine the British only as smoky, blue or striped cats and do not even imagine what kind of color varieties exists in the breed. Even a pair of quite ordinary parents can get a rare color kitten.

To streamline the variety of colors of British cats, they are broken into types and groups in color, drawing and pigmentation method.

Types of colors of British cats:

solid (or monophonic);
typed: smoky, veiled, shaded;
golden;
silver;
turtle;
color Point;
partycores: Harlequin, Bicolor, Wang, Mitted;
tabby: Spotted, striped, marble, ticked.

Representing all the diversity will help the British Cat College table.

Blue monotorous

It is this color that comes to mind when it comes to British, so we will start with him. Often it is called classic, or just gray. Wool must be monophonic, the undercoat can be lighter, but white wools are not allowed. Valuable is the brighter color. A small kitten can be strips that disappear with age. Beautiful saturated amber eye color in the blue British manifests itself with age, although kittens are born with gray and blue iris.

Monophonic

In addition to the blue there are still six monophonic colors: black, white, chocolate, purple, red, cream. Single color is uniform, without white wool, stains, drawing. Soft wool, thick, plush.

Coal-black plush British look extremely effectively, they have a saturated pigmentation of undercoat, wool and skin, but to buy such a kitten is not easy. This is due to the fact that in adolescence, kittens can change the color of the wool on chocolate.

White British Cat Snow White Wool, without yellowness and spots. The kittens are allowed stripes on the forehead of blue or black, which with age without trace pass. Kittens with perfectly white wool get hard, and the breeding of cats of such color is associated with the risk of receiving a sick offspring. Since 1997, selection work with this color is not conducted.

In the warm chocolate color appreciated saturation and depth of the shade. The color is darker, the better. This color is called a warned, or chestnut.

Considering the monophonic colors of British cats, a purple imagine the most difficult. This color is a pink and blue connection. Paws paws and spout painted in tone of wool. Getting such a color is the result of professional breeding. The gene that is responsible for the lilac color does not exist. The goal is achieved by a rare combination of parental genes. Kittens are born a gentle, practically pink color, and adult animal color resembles a latte.

Red British cats in the people are most often called red. Wool is uniformly processed, without spots and drawings. Nose and pillows paw brick-red. The color intensity is valued.

Tender cream Britons are often called beige, or peach. Nose and paw pads are pink.

Rare colors of British cats

Today, relatively new and rare homogeneous colors - Cinnamon and Favn are distinguished. The dark races of British cats are dominant, so clarified kittens are rarely born.

Cinnamon is a very rare and desired color, its name comes from English Cinnamon, which is translated as cinnamon. The color is similar to the clarified chocolate. The gene of this color, revealed 50 years ago, recessive, so cinnamon kittens are rarely born.

Favn is an even more rare color, which is a cinnamon cinnamon. He is recognized quite recently, in 2006, and is of particular interest to breeders, as it makes it possible to bring new brightened colors.

Kittens, similar to Olenenka, i.e. Favna, and cinnamon cinnamons are counted for cream and blue colors. To identify a rare color, a DNA examination is carried out, which confirms the belonging of the animal to the rare color.

Silver and golden

Silver color is one of the most popular in British cats. It may be the following types:

shaped;
veiled;
smoky;
tabby.

Golden color is also not occurring in its pure form. This bright color is one of the most expensive British cats. It can be submitted by the following types:

shaped;
veiled;
tabby.

The ticked tabby, shaped and veiled colors are called chinchilla. Representatives of golden and silver colors are called chinchilla and gold chinchilla.

Cherepakhov

Turtle cats - Favorites breeders. From these moms, you can get the most diverse offspring. Their unique color, also called Torch, combines two groups of colors at once - red and black, and this is possible only in females. Turtle cats can only be born as a result of genetic anomaly - mosaicism. Such animals are fruitless and have genotype XXY.

The turtle color is evenly distributed throughout the whole body black and red spots (or derivatives of these colors, such as blue and cream, chocolate and cream, lilac and cream, etc.).

The types of turtle British there is a huge number:

Classic turtle (black and red, chocolate-red, lilac-cream, fav-cream, cinnamon-red, lilac-cream).
Smoky turtle (black and red smoky, chocolate-red smoky, etc.).
Turtle Tabby, or Torbi (Black and Red Tabby, Shocked Tabby, etc.).
Turtle Color Point, or Torti (Torti Point - Black Turtle, Blue Cream Point - Blue Turtle, etc.).
Bicolor turtle or calico (black and red turtle-bicolor, etc.).
Bicolor-Cherepakh-Tabby, or Torbiko (marble, striped, spotted turtle-bicolor).

The kitten of the turtle color can be born from parents of different groups of colors, for example, mom - red, and dad is black.

Tabby

Picturesight cats resemble wild color. They have stains, stripes, rings on the body and paws and the mandatory letter "M" on the forehead. Color Tabby also has several types:

Spotted, Spotted, or leopard - the most common tabby. The cats of this color are similar to miniature leopards.
Striped, mackerel, or tiger. Narrow frequent bands should not be interrupted and intersect with each other. After a year, the tiger color can turn into a leopard if the stripes begin to interrupt.
Marble color is very spectacular, bright and most difficult from the tabby. Stripes on the back straight, but on the sides they form well-looking circles and rings.
Ticked color stands by a mansion - it does not have a picture and looks like a monophonic with "spraying". Reminds silly or veiled. Each hairs has its own stripes.

Color Point

British color Color Point have a light color of the housing and dark markers on the face, ears, paws, tail - Points. This color is also called Himalayan, or Siamese. The color of Points corresponds to one of the main colors, and the body color harmonizes with it.

Types of color-go:

solid;
shaped;
veiled;
bicolor;
smoky;
turtle;
tabby.

Color with white

The combination of any basic, pattern or turtle color with white is called the common name of the bicolor - it is colored spots without white villi, with clear boundaries. There are several groups of this color:

Bicolor - from 1/3 to 1/2 white - muzzle, chest, paws, belly. Colored - one or two ear, head, back, tail.
Harlequin - only 5/6 white color - collar, neck, chest, paws.
Wang - the main color is white. Colored spots on the head, but the ears are white, painted tail, color spots on the back are allowed.
Tricolor, or Calico, is a turtle (i.e. two-color) color with white.
Mitted - not recognized as standard and is considered a shortcoming. White color is not enough, no more than 1/4, head, neck, collar, belly and paws are white.

Now you know what are the colors of British cats. The photo table helped us understand the diversity of types and species of colors.

Everyone knows that British cats are the most plush pastures that can only imagine. They are beautiful, chubby, playful and always want to cuddle, and squeeze them. Past of the British, who are of all sorts of colors it is impossible to pass by without detaining a look at it. In this article we will talk about the British of the White Color.

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Features of white color

Some people may think that the colors of the British cats can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and some allocate only blue color, however, the real connoisseur of this breed can highlight more than two hundred different colors. Today we will talk exclusively about the British snowy color cats, as and how they differ and about their features.

First of all, I would like to note that the snowy British cats are incredibly beautiful. Snow-white color in the aggregate with their teddyness makes them incredibly beautiful animals. Their wool is completely snow-white, and the splashes of another color are excluded. Now, given, gaining great popularity among lovers of these cats.

However, breeders are faced with some problems in breeding. At birth, cats can be with defects, such as loss of hearing, lingering, blindness, etc. In addition to physical defects, it is not always possible to get absolutely snowy color in the animal.

White adults of British cats are divided into three categories:

Category BRI W 61 (white with blue eyes).
Category BRI W 62 (white with orange eyes).
Category BRI W 63 (white with heterochrony of the eyes).
Category BRI W 64 (white with green eyes).

Because of genetic problems, it is very often born with deafness. The laying raids are still nothing to do with this defect. Cats with different color eyes usually have one eye blue, and the other with an orange tint. There is such an opinion that animals with heterochrony bring good luck to their owner.

During the breeding of white Britons there is a certain rule - do not cross the white individuals among themselves. Usually one individual of another color is also involved in breeding.

Coloring with kittens

At birth, British kittens are not completely snow-white. They have gray stripes that completely disappear by 1 year and the pretty becomes completely white. This situation is normal, since the crosslinking is involved in the crossing of another color, and according to the rules of razodshaft, white cats are prohibited between themselves. Otherwise, the kittens may develop physical defects.

Strips and specks, which were mentioned above may tell about the origin of the shaggy kitten. If the kittens were obtained from the Blue British, then the labels will be the corresponding bluish-gray shade, if black is black. Over time and age, these notices disappear, so they are absent in adults, and the kids are quite acceptable. It is said that the origin of the White British is written on the forehead.

Color of adult cats

The very color of the adult cat must be uniform, clean and be monophonic from the root to the tip of the hairs. Adult white British should have no strips, dimming and specks. The wool should be snow-white. Also, there should be no yellowness that most often occurs around the eyes and at the base of the tail. Nose and pads should be pink. It is worth noting that the white Brites are not really painted in a shed color, and in fact the color of the wool is hidden by the genome W.

Features of the color of the lop cats

Scottish cats are short-haired British relatives. They also have a lot of different colors, but highlight, even, snow color as the most spectacular, and among all the dwarf cats, white looks the most aristocratic.

Scottish Fold and are an independent breed, and judging by the name, these cats arose in Scotland. The first mention of these cats appeared in the 19th century. It is worth noting that the Scots are not a type of British, but are an independent breed. However, many are mistaken, and they consider the Scottish Fold species of the short-haired British and call them the lisubule British pressed assistants.

Scottish Fold Although they are independently rock, but with the exception of some minor features, they are very similar to British short-haired cats. White Fold Scottish lesames possess the same snow-white fur as their British conifers. Also, these cats did not escape the defect associated with the deafness. As described above, deafness both at the British and the Scots are associated with the W genome, which hides another color allocating white.

The eyes of the false white cats are of the same colors as the British white short-haired. All the favorite blue-eyed lesatics most often suffer deafness. However, blue eyes and snow-white wool color is most sought-after. Also very beautiful white folds with a heterochrony of the eyes, they have one eye blue, and the other copper color. No less beautiful scottles with copper eyes.

Wool from Scotland soft and plush to the touch. All softness, density and teddyness of the wool kittens can be felt even in the photos. The main feature of white scottles is the presence of pressed ears, and the rest is valued by the absolute snow color and hull eyes, as a priority. Otherwise, color with white Britchikov coincides.

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