This is Stevie - she’s the most loving kitty I’ve ever had, very playful with my older calico and vocal when playful and excited. I am curious what yall think her breed might be? She doesn’t have papers and was a rescue from a trailer park .. apparently whoever had her mom dumped her and she had many many babies.
-
Too many ads? Join our community of cat lovers now to reduce ads by 90%! Click here to join for free!
Russian blue or DSH?
- Thread starter Lilwaaag
- Start Date
- Joined
- Dec 7, 2023
- Messages
- 98
- Purraise
- 277
She's beautiful! Reminds me of my Maisie, who was, like your cat's mom, also rescued off the streets after having far too many babies. I learned that purebred Russian Blues are quite rare, and almost all breeders will spay/neuter their kittens before handing them off--meaning there's less chance of a backyard breeder having one to breed. Still, I did the silly DNA tests on Maisie, expecting her to have SOME Russian Blue in her (she has the color coat, the lilac paw pads, the dark grey nose skin, and other typical "tells" of the breed), but both tests came back with 0%. She's a wonderful mix of all sorts of kitties, and I suspect your lovely girl is too--although I could be wrong!
She could be a pet quality RB of the british type, she has also a nicely silvery shimmer on the bluegrey as russian blue shall have; but I dont think so. Esp the second pic has wrong nose profile.... - even the eyes are greenish - not all RB have show quality splendid green eyes.
Nay, the heavy money bet is she is a solid blue domestic
Anyway, if its important for you to think she is a RB of some sort, pet quality; so please do so. She wont shame the breed, and could surely get job as stand in for RB in the night passes.
Nay, the heavy money bet is she is a solid blue domestic
Anyway, if its important for you to think she is a RB of some sort, pet quality; so please do so. She wont shame the breed, and could surely get job as stand in for RB in the night passes.
There is an old, archaic term for "grey cat," called "Grimalkin." (AKA: "Gray Malkin.")
"Grimalkin" can mean anything from an ordinary cat to a female cat with gray fur. In Shakespearean times "Grimalkin" meant "Witch Cat." The three witches in the play, "Macbeth," had a Grimalkin cat that helped them cast their spells on Macbeth.
In the novel, "The House of Seven Gables," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there was a grimalkin cat that the narrator thought was the devil, looking for souls to catch.
There is also a grimalkin cat that appears in the novel, "Wuthering Heights," by Emily Bronte.
Your cat, being female and gray, fits the definition, perfectly!
So... There is a lot of history behind the term "Grimalkin." If you want to, you could call your cat a Grimalkin and you would be, technically, correct.
en.wikipedia.org
"Grimalkin" can mean anything from an ordinary cat to a female cat with gray fur. In Shakespearean times "Grimalkin" meant "Witch Cat." The three witches in the play, "Macbeth," had a Grimalkin cat that helped them cast their spells on Macbeth.
In the novel, "The House of Seven Gables," by Nathaniel Hawthorne, there was a grimalkin cat that the narrator thought was the devil, looking for souls to catch.
There is also a grimalkin cat that appears in the novel, "Wuthering Heights," by Emily Bronte.
Your cat, being female and gray, fits the definition, perfectly!
So... There is a lot of history behind the term "Grimalkin." If you want to, you could call your cat a Grimalkin and you would be, technically, correct.
Grimalkin - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Latest Posts
-
-
-
Introduced as kittens, their friendship a year on...
- Latest: tarasgirl06
-
