Russian Blue?

[CatsAreTheBest]

I got my cat around 3 months back. She is now 6 months old. When I got her they said she was a Russian blue. She is slender and long, but her eyes are yellow and green. Is she a Russian blue mix or a domestic shorthair?

 

[StefanZ]

Has decent looks for a look alike

 

[CatsAreTheBest]

Thanks. Her eyes are yellow on the outside and green on the inside. I thought Russian blues have vivid green eyes.

 

[StefanZ]

Yes good RB shall have vivid green eyes. Pet quality not always...

But on the pics his eyes are OK, at least on this in your icon.

Without papers or at least, solid proven background he will always count as domestic, but if I saw him with a known RB owner or breeder, I wouldnt react, and would take him on face value - ie a fully normal RB.

 

[abyeb]

Yes! To agree with StefanZ, a very nice lookalike to a Russian Blue! She has beautiful green eyes, a slender body, and a shiny coat that hint at some possible RB influence. Without papers, though, she's be called a blue Domestic Shorthair. Blue cats of indeterminate breed can also be called Maltese cats.

 

[CatsAreTheBest]

Thanks

 

[Columbine]

As far as eye colour goes, at six months it may not yet be fully developed - my boys' eyes are still changing at 8 months old. My understanding is that the quicker their eye colour develops as kittens, the earlier it'll start to fade in later years (at least, from memory that's what my breeder told me). I'm sure StefanZ will know more than I do though

 

[Wags]

As per the above - yes at 6 months the eyes aren't fully developed - they settle around 10 months. And they do start with green around the iris which speads outwards over time, so his eyes seem to be following that, very beautiful kitten.