Russian Blue?

[CatsAreTheBest]

I got my kitten about 3 months back and she is now 6 months old. The shelter stayed that she was a russian blue mix. She looks like a russian blue, but I’m not sure.



Here are some pics

 

[abyeb]

How pretty! Yes, she is a very nice lookalike to a Russian Blue! She has that slender body, shimmery blue fur, and even green eyes! Without papers, RB ancestry is impossible to prove, so she's be called a blue Domestic Shorthair. Blue cats of indeterminate breed can also be called Maltese cats.

 

[Summercats]

I can see Russian blue. May be full but the shelter as said without papers cannot say that.

 

[CatsAreTheBest]

She’s has spots on her stomach. I didn’t know that Russian Blues had that.

 

[abyeb]

She’s has spots on her stomach. I didn’t know that Russian Blues had that.

Sometimes kittens are born with "ghost tabby" markings, which fade as they grow. She likely wouldn't be pure Russian Blue, anyway, so one of her parents might have been a Domestic Shorthair in the tabby pattern.

 

[CatsAreTheBest]

Thanks.

 

[StefanZ]

She’s has spots on her stomach. I didn’t know that Russian Blues had that.

Good catch. Russians may have ghost stripes but I havent never heard about ghost spots not evenon tummy. But the overall looks is quite russian (I dont see eye color on Iphone)

 

[StefanZ]

There is another option too. If she is a diluted tortie. It doesnt need much of a creme, a little spot somewhere. Or part of a paw pad...

Also, many torties has naturally green eyes. Why I dont know, but they often have. And thus, diluted torties are not seldom quite look alike of RB.

 

[Wags]

Gorgeous, she centainly has the look and very RB looking coat. I can't quite see her profile from the photos RB have a 'flat' nose profile, and mauve paw pads - here are a couple of pics of Niki for comparision. View media item 419301View media item 419532View media item 419472