This has allowed the type of the British Blue to become very well developed, and also kept a lot of genetic diversity within the breed, which keeps the breed healthy because less inbreeding is required to continue the line. Once the blue from the Russian blues had been bred into the British blue line, breeders then had to work very hard to get the lovely British Shorthair type back: the large cobby body and round head with small ears and orange eyes.įortunately, the British Blue is a very popular cat and this means that it has been bred extensively. We have found that British blues that have been bred from a long line of purely blue British Shorthairs do tend to have more of a look of a Russian blue in the face, and share their slightly more crazy personalities! If you see a Russian blue today, you will no doubt see some similarities between the British blue and the Russian blue. The Russian blue also has green eyes, whereas the blue British Shorthair should have orange or amber eyes. They are not as cobby as the British Shorthair, and they do not have the beautiful round head shape. Below is an image of an early British Blue. This resulted in the blue colour that we know and love entering the British Shorthair breed to create the British Blue. British Shorthairs were bred with Russian blues. The blue colour, which is in fact a beautiful grey colour, was introduced to the breed from the Russian Blue breed. We can trace the ancestry of some of our cats back to 1908, and we have even found some photographs of the original British Shorthair cats that started the line all those years ago. Originally, all British Shorthair cats were tabby cats. What a beauty she is! History of the British Blue The picture above is our British Blue queen. The British Blue, or blue British Shorthair, is the best known and most recognisable of all of the many colours of the British Shorthair cat.
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