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Read more about British Shorthair eye colour. Over time, more green eyed silver tabby British Shorthairs started to emerge, and their popularity grew. As a result of their popularity, green eyed silver tabbies were eventually recognised and now British Shorthair silver tabbies can have eyes of either colour. Initially, these cats were supposed to have hazel or orange eyes, as non-tabby British Shorthairs should. Silver tabby eye colourĪll British Shorthair silver tabbies should have either hazel, orange or green eyes. Read more about the blue tabby British Shorthair cat. Find out more about the bicolour tabby here, and read more about the British Shorthair Bicolour.īlue tabbies are very rare, and incredibly pretty. This gives them a white 'face mask' that is very striking.
Bicolour kittens have the White Spotting gene that restricts the development of pigment on the tummy, the legs and part of the face of the kitten. The Bicolour silver tabbyĪll types of tabby and silver tabby British Shorthair cats and kittens can also be bicolour. In a black silver tabby cat the pattern is in silver and black, and creates a striking appearance. The pattern resembles the wings of a butterfly over the back of the cat. It is also called the blotched or marbled tabby. The classic silver tabby pattern is very unique. The Classic silver tabby British Shorthair Of course, this could be due to a selection of polygenes. There is some evidence of this because some mackerel tabbies can look almost spotty at times, and some silver spotties can look almost like mackerels. The second is that spotted cats are simply mackerel tabbies that have been bred over the years in such a way that the stripes have become interrupted to the extent that they now appear like spots. The first is that the spotting gene is a mutation and a unique and additional gene. The spotting gene is not yet fully understood, but there are two main theories to explain it. The spotted gene is an additional gene that works on top of the underlying tabby pattern. The genetics of the silver tabby British Shorthair See a litter of our silver tabby kittens growing up: If Cruella De Vil had a British Shorthair, she would have a silver spotty for sure! These beautiful kittens tend to be more silver/paler than the other tabby patterns, because there is less of the black pattern on top of the silver. The Spotted silver tabby British Shorthair Black silver mackerel tabbies are a real favourite of ours.Īs with all tabby patterns, they can come in any colour and any pattern combination. The original Whiskas cat is a black silver mackerel tabby, although they have now also used a Classic Silver tabby, and even a spotty one too. Think of Tigger! Mackerel tabbies are beautiful, stripey cats a little like zebras. The Mackerel silver tabby British Shorthair This is being done particularly in red and cream British Shorthair cats, because their tabby patterns are for more visible than they are in other colours. So by using ticked tabbies, we can ensure that our kittens' tabby patterns have minimal effect and are therefore much less likely to show through. The breed standard for a non-tabby cat requires that a ‘self’, or non tabby cat, does not have a tabby pattern showing through on their fur. Some people are working with ticked tabbies to introduce the ticked tabby gene to their non-tabby cats. Interestingly, all cats are tabby cats, but some have a gene that masks the tabby appearance. A silver ticked tabby British Shorthair cat has a silver undercoat with black tips (or blue, chocolate, etc depending on what colour the cat is). The ticked tabby gene restricts the pigment in the hair to the tips.
The ticked gene is an additional gene that works on top of the underlying tabby pattern. The ticked silver tabby has a very interesting appearance. There are 4 variations on the tabby gene, and each results in a different appearance in the tabby pattern: The ticked silver tabby British Shorthair This removes the pigment from the hairs, giving the silver effect rather than a more cream-yellow effect of a non-silver tabby.Īll silver tabby cats also carry one or two copies of the Agouti gene, which is the gene that is responsible for the tabby pattern. The most common silver tabby, and the one that people think of, is the black silver tabby.Īll silver tabby cats carry either one or two copies of the silver gene. All silver tabby cats can come in all of the basic colours of British Shorthair cats: black, blue, chocolate, lilac, red, cream and tortie.
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