Some Must Know Facts About Persian Chinchillas

By Cynthia Turner

Have you ever seen a cat which is grand and has a regal air about it? Well you should know that you are looking at a pedigree Persian cat which has a solid body with muscular legs and a punched face. They love to be loved by those who like cats and by those who dont like cats as well.

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

In'08 with the Chinchilla Cat Club established, the cats started being exported to the United States. To actually know and appreciate a Chinchilla Persian cat you need to make sure its a pure-bred cat, and to distinguish whether it surely is a Chinchilla Persian cat or not is to observe the color of its coat since that is the basis on which Persian cats are categorized. The extent of colored hair can vary. For instance a Persian with a black coat, the color would be on only about 1/7th of the hair.

The Chinchilla cats look as if they have a shining silver coat because they have an under coat which is pure white with black tips on the hair of the head, back, tail and flank. These cats also have white hair on their chin, chest, stomach and ear tuffs but the legs are somewhat dotted with black tips.

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

Then there is the Silver Shaded, which has more of a variety in the tips of its colored coat. The colors can interestingly range from lilac and blue to chocolate. This makes the Silver Shading have more shadows in its coat as compared to the Chinchilla. You can visualize the great shadowy effect the coat would give off.

Some cats have a multiple colored under coat which has amazing 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 breed 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. Whereas the Golden Shaded would have brown rims around their eyes and nose the rest of them have beautiful dark color rims around their eyes and nose. - 29953

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