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LONG-HAIRED CATS

LONG-HAIRED BLUE-CREAM

This very popular breed is a product of matings between Blue and Cream Long-hairs , and occasionally the result of a Tortoiseshell mating with a Blue or even a Black Long-hair. It is a very useful in the breeding of Creams. A shot-silk or misty haze is the desired effect, with a coat of soft and good texture of blue and cream intermingled. This is the standard aimed at in Great Britain and on the continent, but in the United States the coat must be patched as in the Tortoiseshell. For many years the English Blue-creams ere patched, but this was not liked, and much work was done by British breeders to get the desired intermingling and the soft texture of the hair. The two colours should be of the palest pastel shades, with no trace of red. It is often found that an almost perfect specimen has small patches of cream or blue or both on the legs, face or head. This is a fault that fanciers are endeavouring to breed out to get perfect intermingling all over.
The head and body type of this breed has steadily improved, and it would be difficult to find a more cobby cat, equalling the finest specimens of the Blues and the Creams.
Males of this variety are seen very rarely and if they live are invariably sterile. There is always an element of surprise in the breeding of Blue-creams, and beginners interested in these cats may like to know that to produce a Blue-cream, a Cream female should be mated to a Blue male. This will give Cream male kittens and Blue-cream females. A Blue-cream female mated to a Cream will produce Blue-cream females, Blue males and both male and female Cream kittens. Owners of Blue females who wish to start breeding Creams should mate the Blue female to a Cream male, which will give Blue males and Blue-cream females. A Blue-cream from this cross when mated to a Cream should produce Cream males and females, Blue-cream females and Blue males. When selecting a kitten from one of these matings, the one which appears to have no markings or patches and has the palest coat should be chosen as being most likely to help to produce that most elusive perfectly intermingled Blue-cream.

Standard Points

Colours and
markings To consist of pastel shades of blue and cream, softly
intermingled. 30
Coat and
condition Dense and very soft and silky. 20

Head and
type Head broad and round; tiny ears, well-placed and
well-tufted; short broad nose; colour intermingled on face. 20

Eyes Deep copper or orange. 15

Body Short, cobby and massive, short thick legs. 15