This cat breed had me totally confused.

[Silver Crazy]

Just for a bit of fun.

Can you figure out what breed this cat is...my friend sent me the pic and she had to tell me what it was. Couldnt work it out.
See if you guy,s can figure it out.

 

[lutece]

Well, it looks to me like an Ocicat with a bullseye on its side... So my guess would be an Ocicat with classic tabby pattern (because this pattern is recessive, it can pop up sometimes). In the GCCF (England), there is a recognized breed called "Aztec" which is a classic tabby patterned Ocicat. Aztec

 

[Silver Crazy]

Your right first up..I had never heard of them before..you are way up on the breeds compared to me..lol

 

[lutece]

We do have some beautiful Ocicats at the shows in my region, so I'm familiar with the look of the breed
I'm curious, is it a GCCF Aztec, or a non-standard classic tabby Ocicat?

 

[Silver Crazy]

We do have some beautiful Ocicats at the shows in my region, so I'm familiar with the look of the breed I'm curious, is it a GCCF Aztec, or a non-standard classic tabby Ocicat?

I have no idea..my friend just sent me the pic because she likes to drive me crazy..I will give her a call and see where she got pic from.

 

[lutece]

Here is a link to the CFA breed presentation if you want more information about the breed

http://cfa.org/Portals/0/documents/judges-ce/Ocicat.pdf

 

[Silver Crazy]

This is the link to the website for the Ocicats....Beautiful cats..maybe you can work out whether its an aztec or non standard..getting over my head here. Definitely going to look up more on them.
.Zayenah Ocicats

 

[lutece]

They have lovely cats! It looks like their cats are registered through CCCA which doesn't recognize Aztec, only Ocicat, and the show standard requires the spotted pattern. So it looks like under their rules, it's an Ocicat that can be used for breeding but not eligible for awards at shows.

 

[Silver Crazy]

Ok..so Aztecs cant be shown as Ocicats under the CCCA rules here in Oz..sad cause lovely looking cats.

 

[lutece]

The spots are a defining characteristic of the Ocicat breed, so I can understand why the rules don't allow the ones with classic pattern to be shown (and that's probably why the GCCF wants the cats with the classic pattern to have a different breed name, too). They can still be used in breeding programs, anyway.

 

[Silver Crazy]

Makes sense..just read up on how the breed came about..really cool.

 

[sivyaleah]

Ooo I love ocicats. We were at the Garden State Cat Show (New Jersey) earlier this year and I fell in love with this one!

 

[Silver Crazy]

I am liking them more and more too..lol..Now wonder if you can get silver ones??
Seems you can..cool.