British Shorthair

The origin of the British Shorthair cat lies in England at the end of the 19th century, at which time the first specimens were exhibited. The breed was obtained by crossing particularly typey English domestic cats and Persian cats. The blue British Shorthair cat is also often wrongly called Carthusian, in some breed clubs it is even listed under this name.

The British Shorthair cat has a dense and quite short coat that is not too soft ("crispy"). The coat is characterized by a lot and dense undercoat, it jumps up easily. British Shorthair cats are very powerful and muscular, with short and very stocky legs. Their paws are large and rounded, but the tail is smaller than usual. Overall, the breed makes a rounded impression, it has a broad chest. The head is also broad and the ears are set wide. British Shorthair cats have large, expressive eyes that are usually orange or copper-colored (the eyes are usually green in the silver variety). The cat only reaches its full size after about 2 years and thus develops rather slowly. A fully developed tomcat weighs between 7 and 8 kilograms, a cat between 5 and 7 kilograms. The British Shorthair cat comes in about 50 color variations, divided into full colours, bicolours and points. In addition to the colors, there is also the variant with the so-called tabby markings.

The British Shorthair is a friendly, intelligent, calm, and good-natured breed of cat. She is an excellent hunter and knows how to get her way. She gets along very well with other cats and dealing with them is easy.