| American Blue Cat Standards Head and Neck: The top of the skull is softly rounded and broad, with well balanced contours. The head smoothly blends into a short, heavy-set neck. Females have a lighter, more refined neck. The face is broad with full cheek jowls, especially large on males; females are smaller and more refined. Muzzle is comparatively small with prominent pads, expressing a pleasant smile. Ears: Ears are set wide apart and are very erect and rounded at the tip. They are medium in height and width. Ears have very few inside furnishings upon pink skin. Outer ears are completely covered with short, silver-tipped hair. Behind outer ear are thinner hairs that may be lighter and more silvery in color and finer and more silky in texture. Eyes: American Blues have almond-shaped eyes with the outer corner higher than the inside corner. May have one faint eye-stripe from outside corner of eyes disappearing towards ear. Eye Color: Blues have green eyes that vary in range from bright yellow-greenish to vivid emerald green. Some variations include an emerald green inner iris color with an almost yellow outer iris color. The Siamese always have blue eyes, varying from sky blue to bright aqua. Eye color may change several times until maturity. Nose: The nose is straight with a slight stop just below inner-eye level before ascending upon the forehead. It may be very large and broad on males, while moderate on females. No curvatures or bumps allowed. Body: Males: Medium to large in size. They are compact, robust in build, large-boned, heavily muscled and solid with broad shoulders and a deep, wide chest. Huge cheek jowls. Females: Can be small to medium in size, but mostly medium. They are medium-boned and compact, more refined overall, much smaller head and jowls. Tail: The full, double-coated tail is thick, uniform from base to tip, with little or no tapering and with a rounded ending. Faint, darker rings (stripes) on the lower three-fourths of tail are a definite “must” American Blue characteristic. Tail length should be two-thirds of the body length. Males have larger tails than females. Legs and Feet: Leg length is well proportioned to the body: not too long nor too short. Legs are stocky and muscular. Females are medium-boned; males are large-boned. Feet are medium and well rounded. No extra toes are allowed, although an extra upper inside-rear functioning digit is acceptable (a rear foot “thumb”). Nose Color: Nose leather on blues and blue-point creams are charcoal gray, although newborn kittens will display mauve nose pads. Skin Color: Body skin is pale blue. Inner ear skin is pink. Lips are blue (gray). Female teats are pink with pale blue skin surrounding. Pad Color: Pad color is mauve. The Blue Coat: The short, plush, luxurious double coat is an even bright gray-blue of various blue shades. Guard hairs are silver tipped which creates a shimmering "glow". All blue kittens are born with shadowed leopard spots (stars) on their sides which fade by the time they are six (6) months old. They may not display their tail rings (stripes) until they are around six (6) months old. Blue-point Cream Coat: The short coat consists of more numerous guard hairs and fewer undercoat hair than the blues. The color is pure cream with darker blush areas with some individuals which may develop as they mature. Tail rings (stripes) may not be noticeable until kittens are six (6) months of age. |
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| The American Blue Cat |