Is kitten pure British short hair?

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This we cant know from a pic. If purebred, he should have papers, or at least a solid background story.

But yeah, he is of the type.
 

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Is kitten pure British short hair ? Or mix ?
What a beauty 😻 You didn’t mention where you got her or her background so it’s really impossible to say for sure. But most cats are domestic short hair or domestic long hair unless you have papers to prove otherwise or they look exactly like a purebred pedigree cat.

To me she does not look like a purebred British short hair… they have a much rounder face, their fur is very thick & plush. Their bodies are sort of rounded and stockier, and they have larger rounder eyes. See the link below. They were originally bred to revive the gene pool as a mix of domestic British cats and pb pedigree Persian cats.

Your baby looks like a dsh blue tuxedo to me who could have other origins too.





Is kitten pure British short hair ? Or mix ?
 

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Looks like a domestic short hair to me. I think the markings will remain the same, just with an adult body inside the fur.
 

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broken mackerel tabby, but coloring less usual. a rosetted bengal as granddad? with momma mackerel tabby.
 
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The kitten is Bengal mix British short hair.
 

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broken mackerel tabby, but coloring less usual. a rosetted bengal as granddad? with momma mackerel tabby.
I was wondering where the golden color came from and thought maybe Bengal too.
 

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prob domestic, shorthair solid blue. but has some likeness to a russian blue.
has the fur a silvery shimmer?

which country are you in?
 

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ps on the paper for insurance or vet; write domestic short hair.


speculation ifvits a pet quality rb is another chapter.

very sweet! you did found it today?
 

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ps. Looking in the computer, I begin to suspect she isnt solid blue, but she is a diluted tortie!

Torties tend also to have green eyes. Why I dont know, but its more common with them than just sheer coincidence.


How are her(!?) pawpads looking? is some whitish / creme and others are darker, bluish?
 

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Impossible to tell exactly just from the pictures. Are these kittens you are thinking of adopting?
 
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This cat is mine now. The previous owner said this cat is a mix of British Shorthair and Persian. The big bone is about 3 months old.
 

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This cat is mine now. The previous owner said this cat is a mix of British Shorthair and Persian. The big bone is about 3 months old.
Whatever kitten is, its not from a Persian. Because face is perfectly normal, no flat persianish face.
Brits have a somewhat shortish muzzle, so probably not british either.

My guess is, ex owner took 2 more or less random breeds he knew off... Nothing peculiar, most people doesnt know much about cat breeds.
He mean a longhair and a shorthair...

And yeah, a longhair mated with a shorthair will usually give a shorthair kitten.
 
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