Read All About Persian Chinchilla Cats

by Cynthia Turner on December 2, 2009

Persian cats have always been regarded as rather regal and grand cats. Pedigree Persian cats are large in body structure and have sturdy legs and punched faces with stocky bodies. These cats seem to be a magnet for warmth for those fond of cats and sometimes even for those who are not.

The Persian breed of cats is again divided on the basis of some of their characteristics. When you examine them closely you will see that there are subtle differences in the color of their body hair. There are some remarkably different features which make the Chinchilla breed stand out.

The Persian cats were starting to be exported to USA in’08 when the Chinchilla Cats Club was founded. If you have to identify and value whether a cat is a Pedigree Chinchilla cat or not and distinguish it from others, you have to examine its coat as that is the only means by which you will be able to make out the difference. The color of the body hair has distinctions which would show the difference. A pure breed black coated Chinchilla will have only1/7 of its body hair as black.

To describe a chinchilla cat you will always find that they have an undercoat of compltely white hair and the hair on head, tail back and flanks is black on the tips due to which they seem as if they have a silver coat. These cats have pure white ear tuffs, chin, chest and stomach whereas their legs have a sprinkling of black.

A most attractive feature that you will see in these cats are their black rimmed eyes which tend to give an expression of having eye makeup on them. You will also find that their nose and lips are outlined in black.

The coats of Silver Shaded cats have different color hair tips which give them a shadowy effect. You will see some fascinating colors from blue to lilac to chocolate. When you consider both Silver Shaded and Chinchilla the former has more ’shadowy’ coat. The coats have a wonderful mixture of colors giving it more shades than you can imagine.

Some cats have a multiple colored under coat which has marvelous result as far as their coat is concerned and are called Golden Shaded which look completely stunning to the eye. Another great breed is the Cameo Persian cat which has got some red tips on their coat.

The eyes are what the Chinchillas are distinguished with. All the Chinchillas, Golden shaded, Silver shaded and Cameo Persian cats of pure variety will have eyes which are either green or blue green. There is a slight difference between the Golden Shaded and the rest of them as far as their rim colors are concerned. While the Golden Shaded would have brown rims surrounding their eyes and nose the rest of them have beautiful dark color rims around their eyes and nose.

Blue Persian Cats are one of the most sought after varieties of Persian cats. For furtherChinchilla Persian Cat information follow the links herein.

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